US Politics, October 2019 — I guess statement you could say with thread. I made a thread. The thread was PERFECT.

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so what was the cost of a snake moat? asking for a friend.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:12 (four years ago) link

the president is a racist eight year old

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link

“Sir, I know you’re really frustrated,” she told him. The president invited her to meet with him on Sunday in the White House residence.

Ms. Nielsen knew that Miller wanted her out, so she spent the flight huddled with aides on a strategy for getting control of the border, a Hail Mary pass. She called it the “Six C’s” — Congress, Courts, Communications, Countries, Criminals, Cartels.

Unbeknown to her, Ms. Nielsen’s staff started work on her letter of resignation.

When Ms. Nielsen presented her plan to Mr. Trump at the White House, he dismissed it and told her what he really needed was a cement wall.

“Sir,” she said, “I literally don’t think that’s even possible.”

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:17 (four years ago) link

sorry: meant to say an insane racist eight year old

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:18 (four years ago) link

should've just added a seventh C

xp

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:18 (four years ago) link

Cell?

When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:21 (four years ago) link

Calum?

When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:21 (four years ago) link

IN THE NAVY!

an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:24 (four years ago) link

https://howmuch.net/costs/wall-block-install
i'm sure it's the same cost no matter where you put it of course.
1,954 miles = 10,317,120 Feet divided by 350 = 29,478 multiplied by $20,061 = $591,358,158
let's assume the laws of physics clearly don't apply and you don't need to provide additional support so just multiply that times 6 and bingo bango you got a 36 foot tall, 2,000 mile long border wall for 3.4 billion
SO DON'T TELL ME I'M KIM POSSIBLE

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:26 (four years ago) link

the president of the united states demanded that his staffers look into the cost of digging a moat along the mexico/us border and filling it with snakes and not only are you not surprised, it doesn't make you feel any differently toward him than you did before you had that information
truly the stupidest universe

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:34 (four years ago) link

how many snakes would it take to fill a 2000 mile moat?

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:38 (four years ago) link

"Fill" needs better quantification there. Call in a consultant.

A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:39 (four years ago) link

does the Rio Grande have many snakes and alligators in it? If so, jobs half done, someone could've taken a few photos and been promoted, missed opportunity there.

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:39 (four years ago) link

how about rubber snakes and alligators. from China.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:42 (four years ago) link

I want to get off this boat.

treeship., Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:42 (four years ago) link

how many snakes would it take to fill a 2000 mile moat?

There's only one snake, but the catch is you don't know where it is at any given moment

Stockhausen Serves Empirical Jism (Matt #2), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:44 (four years ago) link

What about anacondas? it would take far fewer snakes. get Jon voight on it asap!

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:47 (four years ago) link

How is he the president?

treeship., Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:48 (four years ago) link

It’s an important job!

treeship., Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:49 (four years ago) link

Does he really want desperate refugees eaten by alligators?

treeship., Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:51 (four years ago) link

"Though not the largest gator in the swamp, the beast was deemed dangerous, captured and forced into isolation. He has lived alone in his private pit ever since."
let us pray

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 23:04 (four years ago) link

Does he really want desperate refugees eaten by alligators?

Did he say "eaten" by the alligators? This is a falsification that amounts to treason!

A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 23:06 (four years ago) link

There's only one snake, but the catch is you don't know where it is at any given moment

irl lol

an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:48 (four years ago) link

re the reptile moat, do you think it'd be worth it to encourage his name being replaced by "Blofeld" on Twitter?

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:54 (four years ago) link

the State Department IG wanting a meeting with congressional committees tomorrow seems interesting

Dan S, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:00 (four years ago) link

lol

Dan S, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:04 (four years ago) link

The fainthearted lions of the Senate ought to bear in mind that a defiant citizenry inflamed by indignation and jealous of its rights can overwhelm a corrupt regime’s dirty electoral plans. An election with an impeached Donald Trump at the top of the Republican ticket is an invitation to an electoral uprising that should haunt Mitch McConnell’s dreams.

this is well done

https://nyti.ms/2p5iWDQ

The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 02:56 (four years ago) link

So which Steve Linick will show up tomorrow?

The unprofessional, flighty, politically vindictive one...

State Department Inspector General Steve Linick during the financial crisis targeted a whistleblower friend of mine, a whistleblower who is one of the most honorable men I know. From what I understand Linick is unprofessional, blows with the wind, and is politically vindictive.

— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) October 2, 2019

or the smart, honest, serious one:

I worked with Steve Linick, the State Department’s IG who has requested an urgent briefing with Congress, in the 1990s at the USAO. Smart, honest, and not a guy to mess with.

— MoatSnakeHat (@Popehat) October 1, 2019

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 03:35 (four years ago) link

let’s throw it back to 2011:

“Maybe they'll need a moat," Obama said mockingly to laughter from the crowd. "Maybe they'll want alligators in the moat."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-mocks-gop-jokes-they-want-border-moat/

maura, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 10:42 (four years ago) link

There's only one snake, but the catch is you don't know where it is at any given moment

Schrodinger's Snake

Instant Carmax (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:39 (four years ago) link

Now the press is trying to sell the fact that I wanted a Moot stuffed with alligators and snakes, with an electrified fence and sharp spikes on top, at our Southern Border. I may be tough on Border Security, but not that tough. The press has gone Crazy. Fake News!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2019

just an amazing tweet

gbx, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link

the story is moot

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:58 (four years ago) link

wow that's what I was going to have for lunch, a moot stuffed with alligators and snakes

the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link

its true, he never said he wanted a Moot

“Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:04 (four years ago) link

just around his Scottish hotel

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link

At least the backtracking "I never said I wanted a wall with spikes, or a moat full of alligators!" tweets prove that Trump is still capable of embarrassment. On some level, he knows what a stupid worthless asshole he is.

shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link

I gotta hand it to Steyer for consistently putting his money where his mouth is

A pro-impeachment group is targeting GOP senators in battleground states with a round of ads as they try to build pressure on Republicans to break with President Trump in the growing battle.

Need to Impeach, which is mainly funded by Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer, announced that would run $3.1 million in TV and digital ads against Republicans in a number

The group will target Sens. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) over the next two weeks, while lawmakers are back in their home states for the recess.

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:14 (four years ago) link

Gonna need more upward movement in the polls than this

A CNBC All-America Economic Survey released on Monday found that 47 percent of Americans oppose impeachment, compared to 44 percent who approve.

But 88 percent of Republicans, according to the same poll, oppose impeaching Trump.

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link

wonder if those will change at all as the corner of the rug starts lifting

Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link

It has always been a long shot, but it's necessary to do it anyway.

A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link

Pelosi news conference on now

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:22 (four years ago) link

I'd be interested in knowing what percentage of those opposed simply fail to understand what impeachment entails and what percentage would happily self-immolate in the course of burning down the house of someone they mildly disagreed with because fuck that fuckin' motherfucker (flips double bird, melts).

Furter-Bursting Tater Squirter (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link

Other polls say other things

BREAKING—CBS News poll finds majority of Americans approve of impeachment inquiry against Trump - ⁦@CBSNewshttps://t.co/8ZPBw8NOU0

— carole king (@carolekingnyc) September 29, 2019

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link

this is how it should work for all citizens: unless a nationwide poll shows a majority of people think you should be prosecuted, you can criminize til your heart's content

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Do Nothing Democrats should be focused on building up our Country, not wasting everyone’s time and energy on BULLSHIT, which is what they have been doing ever since I got overwhelmingly elected in 2016, 223-306. Get a better candidate this time, you’ll need it!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="

The Do Nothing Democrats should be focused on building up our Country, not wasting everyone’s time and energy on BULLSHIT, which is what they have been doing ever since I got overwhelmingly elected in 2016, 223-306. Get a better candidate this time, you’ll need it!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2019

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soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 16:15 (four years ago) link

Oops, that didn't work out like I meant. Sorry.

soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 16:15 (four years ago) link


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