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fsif
Jul 18, 2003

Meanwhile in Trump Hires the Best People/I'm a Roman Catholic news...

https://twitter.com/michaelluo/status/890677602721124352

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John Wick of Dogs
Mar 4, 2017

A real hellraiser


To pretend they had principle

Sulphagnist
Oct 10, 2006

WARNING! INTRUDERS DETECTED

Harrow posted:

This is what's doing my loving head in: why the gently caress would you pass something that you want not to pass

Why

Because passing nothing is even worse, to them.

evilweasel
Aug 24, 2002

berserker posted:

What kind of guarantee are Ryan and McConnell possibly good for at this point? Their word is worthless.

the only guarantee you could make work is to larder the bill with things utterly unacceptable to conservatives so they will not, under any circumstances, allow it to become law

and naturally they're not going to do that

DC Murderverse
Nov 10, 2016

"Tell that to Zod's snapped neck!"

god drat why doesn't god just pop a few blood vessel's in McCain's head to end this whole ghastly charade?

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

empty whippet box posted:

Why? What is the actual point of this?

rear end covering. They're going to pretend that they didn't know that their votes enabled exactly what it's going to enable.

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

:lol:

What the gently caress is going on?

Has politics always been this crazy? Is this was the 1850s were like?

Bar Ran Dun
Jan 22, 2006




AmiYumi posted:

And they're getting rightly torn apart on Twitter by scouts for not taking any action during the speech, after the speech, or going forward. "We didn't mean to get political" doesn't mean anything contrasted to thousands of scouts and scout leaders whooping it up on camera at everything Pissbaby said.

Yeah I'm still pretty unhappy, well pissed, with it personally. A huge amount of damage was done to BSA, they should have known better.

Sulphagnist
Oct 10, 2006

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evilweasel posted:

the only guarantee you could make work is to larder the bill with things utterly unacceptable to conservatives so they will not, under any circumstances, allow it to become law

and naturally they're not going to do that

Someone on twitter pointed out that they could have passed a single payer bill if they really wanted conference. :v:

Gumbel2Gumbel
Apr 28, 2010

evilweasel posted:

i think lobsters never stop growing so the older it is the bigger it is

I've eaten an 8 pound lobster and the smaller ones taste much better.

Someone ordered it and never came to pick it up so I bought it super cheap. We served it on a turkey platter and the claws were bigger than my non-Trump sized hands.

Also the shell grows proportionally in thickness so I had to put it on a cutting board on the deck and hit it with a loving hammer to get some parts of it open.

FuturePastNow
May 19, 2014


Bicyclops posted:

Imagine being an intern in this White House. Full with people who won't speak to one another, slamming doors, interrogations about loyalty, threats everyone will be fired, all of the major figures taking potshots at each other through news outlets, 60 percent of the appointments unfilled...

There's going to be a lot of material for a tell-all book in about a decade, if the planet hasn't exploded by then.

We're going to get tell-all books in four years or less lol

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

BrandorKP posted:

Yeah I'm still pretty unhappy, well pissed, with it personally. A huge amount of damage was done to BSA, they should have known better.

Maybe this will be the jolt that forces the BSA to finally make some much needed institutional changes.

nachos
Jun 27, 2004

Wario Chalmers! WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
I consider myself fairly informed about politics and I have no idea what the gently caress is going on right now. I have no idea how they are going to sell this to their base.

Kale
May 14, 2010

berserker posted:

this is helpful

I feel for you guys but at the same time so glad I wasnt born 50 miles south of where I was. How can I not be

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!
Hannity is just a rich rube. He's a prime target for Trump University.

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

SulphagneSocialist posted:

Someone on twitter pointed out that they could have passed a single payer bill if they really wanted conference. :v:

They could have allocated a trillion dollars to NASA to mine Venus for sulphur, but that isn't gonna happen either

DC Murderverse
Nov 10, 2016

"Tell that to Zod's snapped neck!"

nachos posted:

I consider myself fairly informed about politics and I have no idea what the gently caress is going on right now. I have no idea how they are going to sell this to their base.

"Remember that black guy? yeah we wrecked his poo poo today"

pillsburysoldier
Feb 11, 2008

Yo, peep that shit

https://twitter.com/jonlovett/status/890673617901568000

Sulphagnist
Oct 10, 2006

WARNING! INTRUDERS DETECTED

nachos posted:

I consider myself fairly informed about politics and I have no idea what the gently caress is going on right now. I have no idea how they are going to sell this to their base.

If it's any consolation it seems like no one on the Hill seems to have any idea what the gently caress is going on.

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

Gumbel2Gumbel posted:

I've eaten an 8 pound lobster and the smaller ones taste much better.

Someone ordered it and never came to pick it up so I bought it super cheap. We served it on a turkey platter and the claws were bigger than my non-Trump sized hands.

Also the shell grows proportionally in thickness so I had to put it on a cutting board on the deck and hit it with a loving hammer to get some parts of it open.

Yeah, lobsters come at a fairly standard size because that's when they're best. Eating a big one just means you got conned.

Dubious
Mar 7, 2006

The Heroes the Vikings Deserve
Lipstick Apathy

Reik posted:

I thought Gender Dysmorphia was a mental disorder? It's in the DSM-5 and hormone therapy and sexual reassignment surgery are approved treatments for the disorder?

Gendor Dysmorphia isn't even a thing.

The diagnosis used to treat trans people is Gender Dysphoria, and it is much less stressed in the DSM-5 as a mental disorder, unlike it's predecessor, Gender Identity Disorder. GID has been removed from the latest DSM-5. Gender Dysphoria is the distress felt by an individual whose gender identity does not match with the sex assigned at birth. The focus on it's diagnosis is the distress felt by the individual, and much like homosexuality in the 70's is considered less and less a mental disorder by medical professionals. But, people will run with whatever the gently caress they want to poo poo on our rights, as everyone is aware.

Dysmorphia is something that is felt by millions of humans, trans or not, as it relates to a person's feelings about their body and it's appearance. People who constantly stress over their body shape, weight, etc, can fall under this bucket.

source : i'm a big ol tran

evilweasel
Aug 24, 2002

https://twitter.com/nick_ramsey/status/890679339355910146

Inglonias
Mar 7, 2013

I WILL PUT THIS FLAG ON FREAKING EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT IS SYMBOLIC AS HELL SOMEHOW

The Glumslinger posted:

:lol:

What the gently caress is going on?

Has politics always been this crazy? Is this was the 1850s were like?

We didn't have Twitter in the 1850s, thank god.

PerniciousKnid
Sep 13, 2006

"We're not bigots, we're just recognizing that trannyness is a medical disorder, which is why we're refusing to fund medical treatment of it."

berserker
Aug 17, 2003

My love for you
is ticking clock

Hatch's word is worthless right now

Retro42
Jun 27, 2011


The Glumslinger posted:

:lol:

What the gently caress is going on?

Has politics always been this crazy? Is this was the 1850s were like?

The "Grand Experiment" is about to end. Republicans are going to pass repeal/replace/whatever-the-gently caress-it-is-now by the end of the month. Trump is going to fire Sessions and recess appoint a new AG. Not a single Republican will say a word.

NRVNQSR
Mar 1, 2009
Alternatively they could put in something that guarantees Trump will veto it. Maybe 100% corporation tax on all businesses that trade using the President's name.

FizFashizzle
Mar 30, 2005







lol the house is staring down the senate, saying whatever the senate passes they'll pass too just so they can say it's the senate bill and wash their hands of it.

Reminder, the house bill was passed knowing the senate would bail them out.

Kale
May 14, 2010

SulphagneSocialist posted:

If it's any consolation it seems like no one on the Hill seems to have any idea what the gently caress is going on.

Trying to cram any sort of bill through to claim any sort of "win" cause that's all that matters to them by the looks of it? I've followed your politics for 15-20 years now at least and even I have no idea what the gently caress is going anymore besides "winning"

canepazzo
May 29, 2006



https://twitter.com/justinsink/status/890680111573413889

Who among us

Serfer
Mar 10, 2003

The piss tape is real



Anthony Scaramucci posted:

Scaramucci also told me that, unlike other senior officials, he had no interest in media attention. “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own cock,”
Good thing his job isn't to talk to the media

Inferior Third Season
Jan 15, 2005

DC Murderverse posted:

god drat why doesn't god just pop a few blood vessel's in McCain's head to end this whole ghastly charade?
I'm guessing the Arizona governor already has his McCain replacement picked out, and he might even be in D.C. already. It's not impossible that if McCain dropped dead right now, the new guy could be sworn in by the end of the day.

farraday
Jan 10, 2007

Lower those eyebrows, young man. And the other one.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon

https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/890679107540983808

The best loving paranoid schizophrenics.

Gumbel2Gumbel
Apr 28, 2010

FizFashizzle posted:

lol the house is staring down the senate, saying whatever the senate passes they'll pass too just so they can say it's the senate bill and wash their hands of it.

Reminder, the house bill was passed knowing the senate would bail them out.

The House saw the approval ratings and was like "holy fuckin' nope, this is on them"

John Wick of Dogs
Mar 4, 2017

A real hellraiser


Scoochagoochi is loving crazy. I'm really looking forward to his night of long sporks.

davebo
Nov 15, 2006

Parallel lines do meet, but they do it incognito
College Slice

Boy this guy is a class act just like Trump.

Kale
May 14, 2010


Lookin good. LEADERSHIP! Everyone at the white house functioning as a cohesive unit we promise

DC Murderverse
Nov 10, 2016

"Tell that to Zod's snapped neck!"


god bless 2017's weirdness

Cabbit
Jul 19, 2001

Is that everything you have?

Serfer posted:

Good thing his job isn't to talk to the media

The funny part is his job isn't supposed to be talking to the media, as far as I can tell, it's supposed to be crafting the strategy for other people to talk to the media. Yet apparently his actual job is Trump's hype man.

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mango sentinel
Jan 5, 2001

by sebmojo

The Glumslinger posted:

:lol:

What the gently caress is going on?

Has politics always been this crazy? Is this was the 1850s were like?

Actually politics used to be INCREDIBLY loving CRAZY and they just had only cultivated a veneer of order and respectability since the first world war.

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