Trump Thread II: The man make a tweet

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

every now and then i gotta remind myself that Trump jr is a 40 year old grown rear end man and not a dumb teen.

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Dmitri-9: Nov 30, 2004; There's something really sexy about Scrooge McDuck. I love Uncle Scrooge.

Heck Yes! Loam! posted:

https://twitter.com/lrozen/status/892210929735262208

At what point does every lawyer thats been in the same room as Trump get disbarred? They've all lied in public venues for him.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:05

hiddenriverninja: May 10, 2013; life is locomotion
keep moving
trust that you'll find your way

nerdz posted:

every now and then i gotta remind myself that Trump jr is a 40 year old grown rear end man and not a dumb teen.

That alleged story where Trump slaps Junior in college in front of some other students tells you pretty much everything about the both of them (except the misogyny, I guess)

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:06

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

I wonder if Tillerson is rescinding delegation to screw up the State Department for nationalistic reasons or just because *~THIS IS HOW WE DO IT IN BUSINESS*~

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:10

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

Goddamn that's what, 3 things today? I have a feeling it's going to be one of those weeks again :getin:

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:16

Xand_Man: Mar 2, 2004; If what you say is true
Wutang might be dangerous

hiddenriverninja posted:

That alleged story where Trump slaps Junior in college in front of some other students tells you pretty much everything about the both of them (except the misogyny, I guess)

for not wearing a suit to a baseball game

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:18

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

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

That's exactly how I felt when I hit that broadcast and WHAM! TURTLECOCK!

I wanted to share that experience with all of you

I'm not making any of this up, it was the show about the guy doing the "Photo Ark" of endangered species

Later in the episode they showed an endangered lynx hunt and kill a rabbit and the rabbit screamed and screamed as the lynx killed it, it was incredibly graphic

You watch National Geographic, you see it all, you see everything

im worried about you

but go on

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:20

Hieronymous Alloy: Jan 30, 2009; Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!; Morbid Hound

skylined! posted:

im worried about you

but go on

At the end of the show there were totes adorbs endangered gorilla babies, so that was nice

That's it, that's the whole story

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:21

axeil: Feb 14, 2006

Lote posted:

Man that Scaramucci bombshell on Monday afternoon. Now this. We barely get 24-48 hours before the next scandal breaks.

I have no idea who first suggested The Cheeto Sky but it is very real and it is happening.

I can only hope our space colony that must orbit Earth for 1000 years isn't infiltrated by a crazy megalomaniac at the last minute and have it all get hosed up.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:21

Ever Disappointing: May 4, 2004

Lightning Lord posted:

I wonder if Tillerson is rescinding delegation to screw up the State Department for nationalistic reasons or just because *~THIS IS HOW WE DO IT IN BUSINESS*~

Of course he's doing it for Nationalistic reasons. Remember, he received the Order of Friendship from Putin. He's got a lot to live up to

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:23

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

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

At the end of the show there were totes adorbs endangered gorilla babies, so that was nice

That's it, that's the whole story

an animal kingdom version of party plane jones' tweet narratives

amazing

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:24

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

axeil posted:

I have no idea who first suggested The Cheeto Sky but it is very real and it is happening.

I can only hope our space colony that must orbit Earth for 1000 years isn't infiltrated by a crazy megalomaniac at the last minute and have it all get hosed up.

stupid watergate precedes stupid coming of the stupid mule

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:25

Azhais: Feb 5, 2007; Switchblade Switcharoo

http://i.imgur.com/Wll4hco.gifv

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:30

Charlz Guybon: Nov 16, 2010

Good Lord! :psyduck:

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/white-house-officials-tricked-by-email-prankster/index.html

quote:

CNN) � A self-described "email prankster" in the UK fooled a number of White House officials into thinking he was other officials, including an episode where he convinced the White House official tasked with cyber security that he was Jared Kushner and received that official's private email address unsolicited.

"Tom, we are arranging a bit of a soir�e towards the end of August," the fake Jared Kushner on an Outlook account wrote to the official White House email account of Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert. "It would be great if you could make it, I promise food of at least comparible (sic) quality to that which we ate in Iraq. Should be a great evening."

Bossert wrote back: "Thanks, Jared. With a promise like that, I can't refuse. Also, if you ever need it, my personal email is" (redacted).

Bossert did not respond to CNN's request for comment; the email prankster said he was surprised Bossert responded given his expertise. The emails were shared with CNN by the email prankster.

White House officials acknowledged the incidents and said they were taking the matter seriously. "We take all cyber related issues very seriously and are looking into these incidents further," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told CNN.

Cyber experts consulted by CNN say the incidents are illustrative of how vulnerable Americans -- even those in the highest reaches of power -- remain to the potential threat of spear-phishing, the process through which officials are duped by hackers, and expose government computers and systems to various cyber threats. No one in any of these situations clicked any links making them vulnerable, and the prankster appears motivated by mischief not anything more malignant, so the severity of these White House pranks should not be overstated. But spear-phishers often begin the process by falsely posing as a friend or associate before asking the victim to take further action.

"This shows how susceptible government officials are to spear-phishing in general," Adam Malone, a former cyber specialist and special agent for the FBI, told CNN. "Spear-phishing is the most common technique used by hackers to gain access to their victims. This information shines a light on how easy it is for people to build trust with unverified individuals."

Former Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta infamously fell victim to such a trap, though the person who preyed on him had more nefarious intentions than mockery.

"I try and keep it on the humorous side of things," the email prankster told CNN. "I'm not trying to get the keys to the vault or anything like that."

One such exchange appears to have possibly played a role in the tensions between then- White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, who resigned from his job earlier today, and since-fired White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.

Masquerading as Priebus, the prankster emailed Scaramucci's official account using a mail.com account on Saturday, the day after Priebus' resignation was announced.

"I had promised myself I would leave my hands mud free," wrote the fake Priebus, "but after reading your tweet today which stated how; 'soon we will learn who in the media who has class, and who hasn't', has pushed me to this. That tweet was breathtakingly hypocritical, even for you. At no stage have you acted in a way that's even remotely classy, yet you believe that's the standard by which everyone should behave towards you? General Kelly will do a fine job. I'll even admit he will do a better job than me. But the way in which that transition has come about has been diabolical. And hurtful. I don't expect a reply."

The very real Scaramucci responded: "You know what you did. We all do. Even today. But rest assured we were prepared. A Man would apologize."

Fake Priebus wrote back: "I can't believe you are questioning my ethics! The so called 'Mooch', who can't even manage his first week in the White House without leaving upset in his wake. I have nothing to apologize for."

Actual Scaramucci responded: "Read Shakespeare. Particularly Othello. You are right there. My family is fine by the way and will thrive. I know what you did. No more replies from me."

In another exchange, Scaramucci was hoodwinked by the same prankster pretending to be Ambassador to Russia-designate Jon Huntsman Jr.

"Who's (sic) head should roll first?" the bogus Huntsman asked from a Gmail account on Friday, before the Priebus termination had been announced. "Maybe I can help things along somewhat."

"Both of them," responded the real Scaramucci, in an apparent reference to both Priebus and White House Senior Adviser Steve Bannon, about whom Scaramucci has been quite critical.

After a few other nice messages of support from faux Huntsman, Scaramucci wrote, "Are you in Moscow now? If not please visit."

Huntsman himself was also tricked, with the prankster pretending to be Eric Trump, the President's son. "Thanks for the thoughtful note," the ambassador-designate wrote to fake Eric Trump. "Russia will be a challenging but no doubt rewarding assignment." The fake Eric Trump responded with this suggestion: "Maybe we could have Dad sat (sic) on a horse, top off, giving the full Putin! He's in better shape than his suits suggest."

Eric Trump, too, was similarly hoodwinked by the prankster emailing as his older brother, Donald Trump Jr., but he soon caught on and responded, "I have sent this to law enforcement who will handle from here." Neither Huntsman nor Trump would comment on the record. The email prankster told CNN he never heard from anyone in law enforcement about his email to Eric Trump.

The email prankster tweets under the name @SINON_REBORN, where he posts his pranks, and describes himself as a "lazy anarchist." In June, he hoodwinked Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs and Michael Corbat of Citigroup, and he did the same to Barclays CEO Jes Staley in May. Staley, thinking he was being emailed by Barclays chairman John McFarlane, praised the man he thought was his colleague in effusive detail, saying among other things that he had "all the fearlessness of Clapton." The prankster said Staley was the most surprising of the responses, because it was the first one and because "he responded in such gushing detail."

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:31

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

Tir McDohl posted:

Of course he's doing it for Nationalistic reasons. Remember, he received the Order of Friendship from Putin. He's got a lot to live up to

True but he could just issue nationalistic orders. This seems like it could just be "What? They want to do stuff without asking the CEO of State, Inc? How dare they!?" Or a combo I guess

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:32

axeil: Feb 14, 2006

Data Graham posted:

In a way it's gonna be kinda nice for whoever has to pick up the pieces after all this is over

Like okay, you have to re-staff the State Dept and the DOE and EPA and fifteen other major federal organizations. The old institutional knowledge is all gone. But hey! You have a bunch of beautiful big buildings to fill up with new hires, all the furniture is still there, hell the old whiteboards mostly haven't even been erased. You can rebuild everything from the ground up! Won't it be nice having someone do that who is actually invested in success rather than self-immolation

They aren't going to rebuild it through hiring staff. If they succeed in gutting things completely the only groups able to actually keep these organizations functional are government contracting groups. Obviously the most famous is Halliburton from the poo poo they pulled in Iraq but there are hundreds of companies who are not government employees but do a surprisingly large amount of work for the government.

They might be the only source of institutional knowledge left in 3 years.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:33

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

Charlz Guybon posted:

Good Lord!

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/white-house-officials-tricked-by-email-prankster/index.html

The Trump Admin: Full of dipshits

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:35

Charlz Guybon: Nov 16, 2010

Pretty Boy Floyd posted:

It's amazing how all these people that Trump shamed, brutally disrespected and embarrassed during the campaign are even down to work with him. Any time I see the names Rand Paul (he called him ugly in a debate!), Lindsey Graham (he gave out his cell phone number to the public for fucks sake!), Ted Cruz (so many things)... I just start laughing

Graham has at least been pushing bills that go against him like the Russian Sanctions and this new one about protecting Mueller.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:36

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

https://twitter.com/hotlinejosh/status/892154610441498624

:lol:

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:37

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

skylined! posted:

https://twitter.com/hotlinejosh/status/892154610441498624

And yet I remain, Master Chapo. What schemes will I hatch as enemies fall all around me? In chaos, there is opportunity for the deadliest viper. I know you are my match in that regard, but we shall see what happens when our steel shall meet. Farewell!

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:41

Fraction Jackson: Oct 27, 2007; Able to harness the awesome power of fractions

Lightning Lord posted:

True but he could just issue nationalistic orders. This seems like it could just be "What? They want to do stuff without asking the CEO of State, Inc? How dare they!?" Or a combo I guess

That wouldn't make much sense, though. Like, really huge decisions might go through the CEO or a board of directors but most stuff never gets anywhere near that high in the chain of command. And Tillerson would understand that since he ran an actual large and publicly-traded corporation. He's not a complete moron, he knows there are tons of decisions that get made on all kinds of things that he has nothing to do with.

This seems a lot more like an intentional attempt to hamstring State as much as possible.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:41

SirPablo: May 1, 2004; Pillbug

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/892228146371715073

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:47

buttcrackmenace: Nov 14, 2007; see its right there in the manual where it says; Grimey Drawer

someone's updated the "screwed the mooch" loss edit

https://twitter.com/matthewprince14/status/892084202123952128

v nice

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:48

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

Charlz Guybon posted:

Good Lord!

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/white-house-officials-tricked-by-email-prankster/index.html

Between today's news about DoE and the State Department, this just really cements how vulnerable this country is right now.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:49

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

When something real bad that would have been avoidable under half-sane administration happens, will the country blame Democrats or what

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:53

marshmonkey: Dec 5, 2003; I was sick of looking
at your stupid avatar
so
have a cool cat instead.; Switchblade Switcharoo

https://mobile.twitter.com/bombsfall/status/892106340755283968

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:56

Arglebargle III: Feb 21, 2006

Data Graham posted:

Trump Thread: A series of scorpions asking for rides across rivers

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:58

RuanGacho: Jun 20, 2002; "You're gunna break it!"

marshmonkey posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/bombsfall/status/892106340755283968

The thing everyone is ignoring is how poorly this reflects on Harvard Law.

Scaramucci graduating from them, not killing him.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:58

Cabbit: Jul 19, 2001; _{Is that everything you have?}

Charlz Guybon posted:

Good Lord!

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/white-house-officials-tricked-by-email-prankster/index.html

It's surreal to me that Eric loving Trump caught on to this poo poo quicker than anyone in the administration.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:58

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

"Erroneous" listing left by Kislyak in editor's costume. "Is--how you say?--a promise for Mr. Mooch" he says to perplexed law students as he leaves his hat and false beard behind.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 04:59

OctaMurk: Jun 21, 2013

axeil posted:

I have no idea who first suggested The Cheeto Sky but it is very real and it is happening.

I can only hope our space colony that must orbit Earth for 1000 years isn't infiltrated by a crazy megalomaniac at the last minute and have it all get hosed up.

We are rapidly falling into the Scandal Event Horizon and soon we will be dealing with a scandal a second and all of our brains will explode

# ? Aug 1, 2017 05:02

Oracle: Oct 9, 2004

Cabbit posted:

It's surreal to me that Eric loving Trump caught on to this poo poo quicker than anyone in the administration.

The guy was pretending to be his brother. Probably got caught because he was being too nice.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 05:02

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

https://twitter.com/adrmurray/status/892161815949451264

:lol:

# ? Aug 1, 2017 05:02

pillsburysoldier: Feb 11, 2008; Yo, peep that shit

C2C - 2.0 posted:

https://twitter.com/adrmurray/status/892161815949451264

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EKmRlAm-ng

# ? Aug 1, 2017 05:06

Chard: Aug 24, 2010

Man, this week has been insane. Can't wait to relax tomorrow, which is Saturday.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 05:08

Pakled: Aug 6, 2011; WE ARE SMART

I'm kinda sad The Mooch is gone. Insane stories of extreme incompetence make the news way lighter than awful stories of calculated evil by competent members of the Trump Administration, like the State Department thing.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 05:10

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

Also, can people not get passports anymore? :wtc:

# ? Aug 1, 2017 05:16

i am harry: Oct 14, 2003

Also, if you ever need it, my personal email is Tom.Bossert@aol.com.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 05:17

Dick Trauma: Nov 30, 2007; God damn it, you've got to be kind.

i am harry posted:

Also, if you ever need it, my personal email is Tom.Bossert@aol.com.

The... best... people...

:smithicide:

# ? Aug 1, 2017 05:23

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Mustached Demon: Nov 12, 2016

Lightning Lord posted:

Also, can people not get passports anymore?

If this ruins my honeymoon there'll be hell to pay. HELL TO PAY!!!!

We already have the passports and poo poo and I have no clue how leaving/entering works via air.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 05:24

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