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Bicyclops
Aug 27, 2004


Ahahaha good, she deserves it.

e:

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Roumba
Jun 29, 2005
Buglord
I think this is what it's like when you're hit with a lethal dose of laughing gas. I know Doom is coming but I just can't stop laughing.

parthenocarpy
Dec 18, 2003

lmao trump sings the Green Acres intro better than the national anthem

evilweasel
Aug 24, 2002

Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:

That's an incredibly restrictive reading of the quorum clause (which I'm sure you know.)

I've long argued that supporting changing the rules to allow members to vote securely from their home state/district office should be a campaign issue for any progressive candidate. It sucks balls that a random d.c. lobbyist has a better chance of seeing 30 reps on a weekday than I do of seeing mine. Move non-committee staff back home, give Congressmen a cubical and access to communal conference rooms. For added lols, make the Senators actually use their desks.

It's a Republican thing to whine about how much they hate Washington anyway, I think they'd have a hard time defending the status quo under :decorum:.

It's definitely restrictive and if I were a judge I probably wouldn't buy the legal argument that the constitution mandates in-person voting, but if I were passing laws I wouldn't want that issue sitting out there as a potential hook for the Supreme Court to invalidate all of my legislation.

But the real answer is just tradition.

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

Vile Pilot posted:

Trump is going to be president until 2024 and then Pence is going to take over. It is the Reagan dynasty all over again. Kushner, Ivanka, Don Jr., etc might even become president one day too.

Nope.


Chimp_On_Stilts posted:

Watching the GOP sit on its own balls is pretty fun, but do keep in mind that a lot of government workers can be seriously hurt by a shutdown.

This could even last until we get a new congress. Imagine the difficulty of going without pay for two months.

Just keep it in mind.





Ok, back to watching these assholes reap what they deserve.

At least this time NIH et al are funded, I think? Government shutdowns play utter hell with research.

Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


https://twitter.com/willmenaker/status/1075851971918290944

mdemone
Mar 14, 2001

HappyHippo posted:

The fact that it's got tbt in it makes me feel like an aide wrote it

Oh word, you don't think Trump knows how to embed video?

zenguitarman
Apr 6, 2009

Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather


Rampant Dwickery posted:

I keep looking at this and all I can think of is "Daddy horny, Michael."

Fuckdammit Tambor I feel dirty posting that thanks to your rear end in a top hat behavior

Take a look at banner Michael!

Ague Proof
Jun 5, 2014

they told me
I was everything

HappyHippo posted:

The fact that it's got tbt in it makes me feel like an aide wrote it

Google tells me it means "throwback thursday", so it must have been written by Jr.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
https://twitter.com/DougJBalloon/status/1075824289960652801

:thunk:

ReidRansom
Oct 25, 2004


Random Stranger posted:

That's how you stop the shutdown: "You cannot go to Mar-A-Lago." Of course, at this point I think things are set in stone until January 3 since they're going to have a hard time pulling anybody back in for a vote over the holidays.

They should try, somehow. If not to actually stop the shutdown, at least to just punish Dumbass for it. Skeleton detail, no non-essential travel, must stay in DC.

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/cam_joseph/status/1075851378336124928

mango sentinel
Jan 5, 2001

by sebmojo
I think most likely scenario is sciavino scheduled that tweet before Trump's fit and forgot to delete it.

Rocko Bonaparte
Mar 12, 2002

Every day is Friday!

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

Yep. He truly is.

It’s beautiful. How long until the photos of him golfing come out?

Christmas Day. Or maybe the day after would be more appropriate when everybody wakes from the collective stupor and has to go rush to do something that's now impeded by a shutdown.

Darko
Dec 23, 2004

This is already Trumps dumbest press conference whatever thing yet.

Tayter Swift
Nov 18, 2002

Pillbug

Poe's Law had a good run. RIP

ReidRansom
Oct 25, 2004


Oh, and no far flung bullshit for his worthless kids. Make them all spend the holidays together until the shutdown is ended. It's more economical that way.

Yeowch!!! My Balls!!!
May 31, 2006

jonathan chait was singing this guy's praises earlier this week

he rules

eke out
Feb 24, 2013




my favorite thing about this it it only extends funding for the government till february

like passing an actual budget with wall money was impossible so.. how about we try to get wall money in exchange for nothing at all

Ague Proof
Jun 5, 2014

they told me
I was everything

Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:

jonathan chait was singing this guy's praises earlier this week

he rules

https://twitter.com/DougJBalloon/status/1075842132680810498

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe

eke out posted:

my favorite thing about this it it only extends funding for the government till february

like passing an actual budget with wall money was impossible so.. how about we try to get wall money in exchange for nothing at all

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/1075852562576928770

Sir Lemming
Jan 27, 2009

It's a piece of JUNK!

Satire is dead, and we have killed it.

parthenocarpy
Dec 18, 2003


Finally, something he can sing better than the national anthem!

Lightning Knight
Feb 24, 2012

Pray for Answer

This account is magical.

https://twitter.com/DougJBalloon/status/1075841979127394305

Boris Galerkin
Dec 17, 2011

I don't understand why I can't harass people online. Seriously, somebody please explain why I shouldn't be allowed to stalk others on social media!

Are they trying to ram this through knowing/hoping dems won’t go for it so they can point fingers?

ReidRansom
Oct 25, 2004



So like, what, the House passed it? Isn't it DOA in the senate no matter what?

Solaris 2.0
May 14, 2008

While Trump shuts down the government to retreat back to Florida so he can Golf, Obama went to a children's hospital and handed out presents

evilweasel
Aug 24, 2002

no but seriously what the gently caress is up with this

https://twitter.com/steveholland1/status/1075854889576738818

mango sentinel
Jan 5, 2001

by sebmojo

ReidRansom posted:

So like, what, the House passed it? Isn't it DOA in the senate no matter what?

No, the House Republicans were like "here's our fix" they haven't voted yet.

Petr
Oct 3, 2000
I don't really see how this ends well, though. I'm still really skeptical the Republicans have any incentive to make a deal.

Lycus
Aug 5, 2008

Half the posters in this forum have been made up. This website is a goddamn ghost town.
Why is he talking about heroin? The steel slats will not stop a single ounce of heroin.

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead
https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1075784336434053120

https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1075784697156759557

https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1075801278477783040

he's also been retweeting a particularly clever-but-ominous Rudy Giuliani parody account

https://twitter.com/DefenseRudy/status/1075772814144106496

https://twitter.com/DefenseRudy/status/1075573783627411457

https://twitter.com/DefenseRudy/status/1075546133663952896

https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1075557395160420353

https://twitter.com/DPRK_News/status/2785213465

evilweasel
Aug 24, 2002

Boris Galerkin posted:

Are they trying to ram this through knowing/hoping dems won’t go for it so they can point fingers?

the goal is to throw this back at the Senate but it remains far from clear they even have the votes to get this out of the House

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

Solaris 2.0 posted:

While Trump shuts down the government to retreat back to Florida so he can Golf, Obama went to a children's hospital and handed out presents

If Neoliberal Obama really cared about children, he'd try to abolish the idea of private property.

evilweasel
Aug 24, 2002

Petr posted:

I don't really see how this ends well, though. I'm still really skeptical the Republicans have any incentive to make a deal.

they're not gonna make a deal, their only option is surrender, and they know it

Guze
Oct 10, 2007

Regular Human Bartender

evilweasel posted:

no but seriously what the gently caress is up with this

https://twitter.com/steveholland1/status/1075854889576738818

He's a big dumb idiot who thinks the specific word "wall" is the problem.

arbybaconator
Dec 18, 2007

All hat and no cattle

evilweasel posted:

no but seriously what the gently caress is up with this

https://twitter.com/steveholland1/status/1075854889576738818

lol it's going to be Russian steel isn't it

Crow Jane
Oct 18, 2012

nothin' wrong with a lady drinkin' alone in her room

Guze posted:

He's a big dumb idiot who thinks the specific word "wall" is the problem.

And, of course, that people are mostly objecting to the way it'd look

Boris Galerkin
Dec 17, 2011

I don't understand why I can't harass people online. Seriously, somebody please explain why I shouldn't be allowed to stalk others on social media!

evilweasel posted:

the goal is to throw this back at the Senate but it remains far from clear they even have the votes to get this out of the House

Yeah but if they could bring it to the floor and vote for it and have it fail then they could just go on fox and say “look we voted and 100-something dems said no, it’s their fault Christmas is canceled” and everybody who watches Fox News would accept it as gospel. Basically just covering their asses.

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Dapper_Swindler
Feb 14, 2012

Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

oh my god, i am in hell.

https://youtu.be/ha8i062kYy8?t=183

Dapper_Swindler fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Dec 20, 2018

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