Trump Thread II: The man make a tweet

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Carlosologist: Oct 13, 2013; Revelry in the Dark

I hope this week we get an attempted coup over the Senate Majority Leader spot led by Ted Cruz

# ? Jul 31, 2017 00:30

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# ? May 2, 2024 19:35

Spaced God: Feb 8, 2014; Can't post for 2 hours!

After all that happened last week, this weekend feels like the calm before another storm.

Any bets on what's gonna happen? I expect Mooch goes on a tirade about his ex-wife, and maybe some more posturing against NK/China, but whatever actually happens will be way stupider than my predictions.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 00:32

Party Plane Jones: Jul 1, 2007; by Reene; Fun Shoe

Party Plane Jones fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Jul 31, 2017

# ? Jul 31, 2017 00:33

Mr Interweb: Aug 25, 2004

https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/891708347480715264

# ? Jul 31, 2017 00:54

Stairmaster: Jun 8, 2012

Mr Interweb posted:

I read that even someone like Stalin, who had no problem killing anyone in his administration, was actually a major pussy.

Dude used to rob banks so I'd dispute that.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 00:57

Kekekela: Oct 28, 2004

https://twitter.com/Scaramucci/status/257985752888127488

:laugh:

# ? Jul 31, 2017 00:59

Loel: Jun 4, 2012; "For the Emperor."

There was a terrible noise.
There was a terrible silence.

Stairmaster posted:

Dude used to rob banks so I'd dispute that.

From what I recall, he was a stupendous badass who did his time in Siberia, and loathed the intellectuals coming out of Berlin who wanted to enjoy the revolution after he and his did all the work.

(Been years since I read his biographies though)

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:00

Starsfan: Sep 29, 2007; This is what happens when you disrespect Cam Neely

Party Plane Jones posted:

23 https://twitter.com/RayliLujan/status/891707028690882560

anyone mind filling me in on what's happening in this one?

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:08

C2C - 2.0: May 14, 2006; Dubs In The Key Of Life; Lipstick Apathy

I'd probably be in jail, but if Christie got in my face like that I'd have no choice but to slap the poo poo out of him.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:09

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

WampaLord posted:

coyo7e is on the hot take express today.

coyo7e translates as 'smug gullible douchelord' in the original Idiot

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:09

Party Plane Jones: Jul 1, 2007; by Reene; Fun Shoe

It got lost in the shuffle about the Mooch and the Rancid Penis but here's Bill Browder's testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee:

quote:

Who was this group of Russians acting on behalf of the Russian state? Two men named Pyotr and Denis Katsyv, a woman named Natalia Veselnitskaya, and a large group of American lobbyists, all of whom are described below.

Pyotr Katsyv, father to Denis Katsyv, is a senior Russian government official and well-placed member of the Putin regime; Denis Katsyv was caught by U.S. law enforcement using proceeds from the crime that Sergei Magnitsky uncovered to purchase high-end Manhattan real estate (the case recently settled with the Katsyv�s paying $6 million to the U.S. government). Natalia Veselnitskaya was their lawyer.

In addition to working on the Katsyv� s money laundering defense, Ms. Veselnitskaya also headed the aforementioned lobbying campaign to repeal the Magnitsky Act. She hired a number of lobbyists, public relations executives, lawyers, and investigators to assist her in this task.

Her first step was to set up a fake NGO that would ostensibly promote Russian adoptions, although it quickly became clear that the NGO�s sole purpose was to repeal the Magnitsky Act. This NGO was called the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation (HRAGI). It was registered as a corporation in Delaware with two employees on February 18, 2016. HRAGI was used to pay Washington lobbyists and other agents for the anti-Magnitsky campaign. (HRAGI now seems to be defunct, with taxes due.)

Through HRAGI, Rinat Akhmetshin, a former Soviet intelligence officer naturalised as an American citizen, was hired to lead the Magnitsky repeal effort. Mr. Akhmetshin has been involved in a number of similar campaigns where he�s been accused of various unethical and potentially illegal actions like computer hacking.

Veselnitskaya also instructed U.S. law firm Baker Hostetler and their Washington, D.C.-based partner Marc Cymrot to lobby members of Congress to support an amendment taking Sergei Magnitsky�s name off the Global Magnitsky Act. Mr. Cymrot was in contact with Paul Behrends, a congressional staffer on the House Foreign Affairs Committee at the time, as part of the anti-Magnitsky lobbying campaign.

Veselnitskaya, through Baker Hostetler, hired Glenn Simpson of the firm Fusion GPS to conduct a smear campaign against me and Sergei Magnitsky in advance of congressional hearings on the Global Magnitsky Act. He contacted a number of major newspapers and other publications to spread false information that Sergei Magnitsky was not murdered, was not a whistle-blower, and was instead a criminal. They also spread false information that my presentations to lawmakers around the world were untrue.

As part of Veselnitskaya�s lobbying, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, Chris Cooper of the Potomac Group, was hired to organize the Washington, D.C.-based premiere of a fake documentary about Sergei Magnitsky and myself. This was one the best examples of Putin�s propaganda.

They hired Howard Schweitzer of Cozzen O�Connor Public Strategies and former Congressman Ronald Dellums to lobby members of Congress on Capitol Hill to repeal the Magnitsky Act and to remove Sergei�s name from the Global Magnitsky bill.

On June 13, 2016, they funded a major event at the Newseum to show their fake documentary, inviting representatives of Congress and the State Department to attend.

While they were conducting these operations in Washington, D.C., at no time did they indicate that they were acting on behalf of Russian government interests, nor did they file disclosures under the Foreign Agent Registration Act.

United States law is very explicit that those acting on behalf of foreign governments and their interests must register under FARA so that there is transparency about their interests and their motives.

Since none of these people registered, my firm wrote to the Department of Justice in July 2016 and presented the facts.

I hope that my story will help you understand the methods of Russian operatives in Washington and how they use U.S. enablers to achieve major foreign policy goals without disclosing those interests.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/bill-browders-testimony-to-the-senate-judiciary-committee/534864/

Starsfan posted:

anyone mind filling me in on what's happening in this one?

Venezuela.mp4.

Party Plane Jones fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Jul 31, 2017

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:10

Quorum: Sep 24, 2014; REMIND ME AGAIN HOW THE LITTLE HORSE-SHAPED ONES MOVE?

Party Plane Jones posted:

25https://twitter.com/mattwilstein/status/891392277624479744

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:12

Lightning Lord: Feb 21, 2013; $200 a day, plus expenses

Starsfan posted:

anyone mind filling me in on what's happening in this one?

Venezuelan state police got blown up after ambushing protestors, 5 motorcycles were damaged or destroyed.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:12

Gunshow Poophole: Sep 14, 2008; OMBUDSMAN
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Starsfan posted:

anyone mind filling me in on what's happening in this one?

Some sort of civil unrest targeting police in Caracas (plaza Altamira is a public place downtown)

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:13

Wark Say: Feb 22, 2013; by Fluffdaddy

pokie posted:

No it loving doesn't. It means Owner of the world or owner of peace from "vladet'" - to own, and "mir" world, peace.

Jesus, people.

The "ruler of the world" part is there, but I thought that the one that said "Of Great Power" would've taken precedence since Putin doesn't strike me as the folksy kind of guy. Eh, serves what I know :shrug:

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:13

BIG HORNY COW: Apr 11, 2003

Party Plane Jones posted:

16https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/891799680648130560

It's gonna be bad news up here when the ticks start established breeding populations.

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/alaska-science-forum/exotic-ticks-found-alaska-dogs-alaskans

Aside from crazy weather, melting permafrost and communities sinking into the sea - probably the worst side effect of climate change.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:14

La Brea Carpet: Nov 22, 2007; I have no mouth and I must post

Prester Jane posted:

You know there is a suspicion I have had for a long time that I have never uttered publicly because it sounds like something I would say if my I was becoming unbalanced, but with how crazy things are there might just be something too it.

For those who are familiar with my work and Accelerated Christian Education it has occurred to me that A.C.E. might be in part based on Russian mind control experiments. I don't have any specific evidence for this hunch other than the fine details of the A.C.E. program itself. Every single thing A.C.E. tries to do in its curriculum it is universally terrible at except for conditioning children into accepting authoritarianism- the program is very very good at creating lifelong politically motivated Narrativists. Everything else in A.C.E.'s bag of tricks is sloppily done and amateurishly designed- except for the parts of the program designed for psychological conditioning. Those portions of A.C.E. are exceedingly well designed and very thoroughly thought out and stand out like a sore thumb when compared to the rest of the program.

A.C.E. got its start in a single school in a Dallas suburb in 1970. Its original format and curriculum are unknown, however at some indeterminate point in the early 80's the founder of A.C.E joined the Council for National Policy (Conservative thinktank that is to evangelicals what ALEC is to Wall St.) and the curriculum's was restructured into its current format. I am quite suspicious of how a few superstitious religious bumpkins (well connected or not) managed to create such a sophisticated mind control program from scratch.

Mind you, I'm not necessarily implying some sort of long-con Russian plot here- I have no idea what is actually going on. What I do know though is that A.C.E. is designed with a refined understanding of manipulating/creating Narrativists that its peers (like ABEKA) only possess a much more rudimentary form of.

I think this may be a true/true->unrelated phenomenon. A lot of fundamentalist Christian beliefs about family structure, education, and child rearing are based in the concept that the father or other authority figures (church elders, deacons, etc) have the divine right to make decisions and be leaders. They must be obeyed and deferred to at all times, a phenomenon which I'm sure you're undoubtedly familiar.

This particular strain of belief has led to not only the A.C.E. education but other child rearing philosophies such as blanket training and the whole "beat them with rubber pipes" thing.

Whether it is coincidental that these philosophies came about during the rise of Skinnerism in the psychology community I leave to you.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:16

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

I have an idiot friend who is totally hooking onto the stupid Single Payer amendment bullshit.

This guy's a green/libertarian/leftist/conspiracist who wants single payer and probably hates democrats more than Republicans, so this was right in his wheelhouse.

Anything to say? Or just write it off?

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:18

trickybiscuits: Jan 13, 2008; yospos

Party Plane Jones posted:

10https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/891799199112724480

I like nachos too, but if I were in that situation, I'd be throwing them. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to ruin Christie's day. You can get nachos any time.

Party Plane Jones posted:

16https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/891799680648130560

Pavlov posted:

I know anti-vaxers are the reason you can't get the lyme disease vaccine. They were convinced that the vaccine made the disease worse if you got it, even though there was no evidence to support that, and threatened to sue until the vaccine got pulled.

Jesus Christ. I live in Lyme disease country and know plenty of people who've suffered from the disease. A vaccine would be a godsend and these fuckups ruined it. I hope they all have Lyme and it ruins their brains like syphilis.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:18

skylined!: Apr 6, 2012; THE DEM DEFENDER HAS LOGGED ON

so how does this play out

https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/891808202345639936

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:21

Lightning Lord: Feb 21, 2013; $200 a day, plus expenses

dwarf74 posted:

I have an idiot friend who is totally hooking onto the stupid Single Payer amendment bullshit.

This guy's a green/libertarian/leftist/conspiracist who wants single payer and probably hates democrats more than Republicans, so this was right in his wheelhouse.

Anything to say? Or just write it off?

It was basically an empty bill proposed by a Republican to troll the Democrats. It might as well have said "And everyone gets a chocolate cupcake with sprinkles every day for the rest of their lives". Tell him he fell for the bait hook line and sinker.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:22

EugeneJ: Feb 5, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

BIG HORNY COW posted:

It's gonna be bad news up here when the ticks start established breeding populations.

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/alaska-science-forum/exotic-ticks-found-alaska-dogs-alaskans

Aside from crazy weather, melting permafrost and communities sinking into the sea - probably the worst side effect of climate change.

Counterpoint: it's happening in The Hamptons

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:22

Duck_King: Sep 5, 2003; leader.bmp

Starsfan posted:

anyone mind filling me in on what's happening in this one?

Protestors bombing cops in Venezuela I'm guessing.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:24

HappyHippo: Nov 19, 2003; Do you have an Air Miles Card?

Party Plane Jones posted:

10https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/891799199112724480

quote:

“He turned around back towards me and got in my face for what seemed like a long time, but was probably only about 30 seconds or a minute. First he told me, 'Why don't you have another beer?' which I thought was a decent come back, and I thought that was kind of funny. Then he started calling me a tough guy.”

This guy is good people

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:24

PT6A: Jan 5, 2006; Public school teachers are callous dictators who won't lift a finger to stop children from peeing in my plane

trickybiscuits posted:

Jesus Christ. I live in Lyme disease country and know plenty of people who've suffered from the disease. A vaccine would be a godsend and these fuckups ruined it. I hope they all have Lyme and it ruins their brains like syphilis.

Every anti-vaxxer or "vaccine skeptic" should be publicly and severely whipped. But I don't really wish a horrible disease on them, just for someone to literally beat some sense into them.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:24

FizFashizzle: Mar 30, 2005

trickybiscuits posted:

I like nachos too, but if I were in that situation, I'd be throwing them. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to ruin Christie's day. You can get nachos any time.

Jesus Christ. I live in Lyme disease country and know plenty of people who've suffered from the disease. A vaccine would be a godsend and these fuckups ruined it. I hope they all have Lyme and it ruins their brains like syphilis.

There's also a very weird conspiracy theory that blames the us government for inventing lyme disease and i think using ticks to spread it.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:26

Data Graham: Dec 28, 2009; 📈📊🍪😋

FizFashizzle posted:

There's also a very weird conspiracy theory that blames the us government for inventing lyme disease and i think using ticks to spread it.

liberal ticks

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:27

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Lightning Lord posted:

It was basically an empty bill proposed by a Republican to troll the Democrats. It might as well have said "And everyone gets a chocolate cupcake with sprinkles every day for the rest of their lives". Tell him he fell for the bait hook line and sinker.

Did that already. Was met with, basically,

"but if someone asked me if that's what I wanted I'd still say yes."

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:27

Lightning Lord: Feb 21, 2013; $200 a day, plus expenses

dwarf74 posted:

Did that already. Was met with, basically,

"but if someone asked me if that's what I wanted I'd still say yes."

A jerk who hates you has a piece of cake. He says "Do you like cake? Do you want this cake?" you know if you say yes, he will either eat it himself, throw it on the floor and step on it, or smash it in your face. Why give him the satisfaction?

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:29

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Lightning Lord posted:

A jerk who hates you has a piece of cake. He says "Do you like cake? Do you want this cake?" you know if you say yes, he will either eat it himself, throw it on the floor and step on it, or smash it in your face. Why give him the satisfaction?

Excellent

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:33

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

dwarf74 posted:

I have an idiot friend who is totally hooking onto the stupid Single Payer amendment bullshit.

This guy's a green/libertarian/leftist/conspiracist who wants single payer and probably hates democrats more than Republicans, so this was right in his wheelhouse.

Anything to say? Or just write it off?

Even Bernie abstained and put out a statement about how it was a bullshit tactic to try to sow dissension among liberals

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:33

nerdz: Oct 12, 2004; Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.; Grimey Drawer

HappyHippo posted:

This guy is good people

Chris you need to relax, How about a day off at the beach?

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:36

Gyges: Aug 4, 2004; NOW NO ONE
RECOGNIZE HULK

dwarf74 posted:

Did that already. Was met with, basically,

"but if someone asked me if that's what I wanted I'd still say yes."

What if everyone but some dumbfuck understood that it was actually a blatant ploy to try and keep anyone from ever getting a chocolate cupcake with sprinkles, ever? Would you still be the one dumbfuck who said yes and made it harder to get a chocolate cupcake with sprinkles every day for the rest of your life?

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:37

nerdz: Oct 12, 2004; Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.; Grimey Drawer

I still can't believe that Chris Christie got hosed over out of a job in the Trump administration because he suggested Trump use his grody rear end cellphone to pick up a call.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:42

Turtlicious: Sep 17, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Oh hey look, Coyo7e is trolling about poo poo he knows nothing about yet again, what surprise, how do you assholes not have this guy on ignore yet?

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:46

Mr Interweb: Aug 25, 2004

nerdz posted:

I still can't believe that Chris Christie got hosed over out of a job in the Trump administration because he suggested Trump use his grody rear end cellphone to pick up a call.

It's one of those things that I can't believe, but also can totally loving believe at the same time.

Actually, that applies to a lot of things when dealing with Republicans.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:47

Fitzy Fitz: May 14, 2005

skylined! posted:

so how does this play out

https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/891808202345639936

I won't be surprised if it's never brought up again, like 75% of the poo poo that Trump says (e.g. Obama wiretapping accusations).

# ? Jul 31, 2017 01:58

STAC Goat: Mar 12, 2008; Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

Yeah, someone asked me to explain the transgender military thing to them yesterday and my response was just "He lied. Its bullshit. It doesn't exist. The Pentagon said so. He just spouted off about God knows what he was reading or discussing or watching on TV at the time because that's who we have as President. And old crazy man shouting things at people through Twitter."

# ? Jul 31, 2017 02:01

BrianBoitano: Nov 15, 2006; this is fine

http://i.imgur.com/yRXBaRA.mp4

# ? Jul 31, 2017 02:03

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# ? May 2, 2024 19:35

Gyges: Aug 4, 2004; NOW NO ONE
RECOGNIZE HULK

Fitzy Fitz posted:

I won't be surprised if it's never brought up again, like 75% of the poo poo that Trump says (e.g. Obama wiretapping accusations).

Much like firing Comey, the White House was super surprised that virtually everyone hated a movie they thought would be a super clever political judo throw. Unlike Comey it came in the middle of a bunch of other insane poo poo that overshadowed it, and since the policy never went any further than a tweet they're quite happy to pretend it never happened.

# ? Jul 31, 2017 02:03

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