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Caros
May 14, 2008

Tibalt posted:

Hi thread. How you doing.

Hillary is running or at least trying to figure out if she can.

No. Sweet God, please no.

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Caros
May 14, 2008

Mahoning posted:

Have you never had an elderly loved one suffer some seemingly minor injury before? It tends to be a LOT tougher to get back to a healthy state at that age.

One of the complications for broken ribs is also pneumonia, which is, I'm told, really lovely for an old person.

I have faith in rbg though.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Triskelli posted:

Still trying to think of good signs for the protests tonight.

“Where’s my receipt for Holy Hell?!”
“No Justice, No Peace”
“The Prez is covered in Cheeto Dust and his Brain is Swiss Cheese”
“Don’t let him get away!”
“I got feathers if you got tar”
“1 month to do something useful, Mark (Sanford)”

Help me spitball here.

He may have committed some 'light' treason.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Z. Autobahn posted:

Love that we've gone so far down the rabbit hole that "Let's accurately count the votes to determine who won" is now apparently :decorum:

It kind of is though.

Republicans have spent the last decade disenfranchising democratic voters through scuzzy and often outright illegal means. They are not going to play fair in any meaningful way.

They go low, we go high by not fighting in a situation like this could give them a senate seat, which could lead to another stolen court seat or who knows what down the lines.

It's be great if we lived in a world where they played fair and we could to, but until that happens I'd rather that dog not keep dunking on us while we wring our hands about how it isn't allowed to play basketball.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Your Taint posted:

Did they have orders to keep firing right up until a certian time, even while negotiations were going on? That's so strange to me.

Negotiations were already done by that point. They had set a specific time (11th hour of the 11th day) as the start of the cease fire, and yeah, people were still expected to fight up until that time.

In practice a lot of the soldiers gave the sort of half hearted effort one would expect that soldiers would give, but there are stories of British and Americans going over the top and getting killed the day of. It was horrible.

Caros
May 14, 2008

eke out posted:

oh right the previous explanation was it would be too disruptive to close roads and the Wise and Caring Leader decided not to bother people with it, so of course trump has to make up some completely new lie

https://twitter.com/scottbix/status/1061798801642545154

Not to ever defend shucks of all people, but presumably he'd have to get driven back, which puts the drive time at 2:24. Unless I'm misreading and that is there and back.

Why the gently caress she thinks 'the president would have to drive to Honor loving war dead on the hundredth anniversary of the great war isn't worth a two and a half hour drive is a better question.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Pander posted:

He literally said 2.5 hours "each way".

Oh, well lol, then. Carry on.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Solaris 2.0 posted:

Is Time even still relevant? Like outside of “Person of the Year” when was the last time anyone talked about Time or any reporting they have done? Do they even have investigative reporters anymore.

It’s a dying relic and we only care because our President is stuck in the 1980s and got spanked by a fake time cover with his face on it by a porn star.

That was Forbes.

Caros
May 14, 2008

KickerOfMice posted:

Yes! There was 2,peas and carrots, and they had a facebook vote or something, peas won. Does that mean carrots gets killed and eaten?

Also, what crimes are these birds responsible for that they need a pardon from the POTUS? :iiam:

Sending pipe bombs to democratic politicians mostly.

Caros
May 14, 2008


Uhhh... Is this big news? I feel like this is fairly big news, but my sense of time, space and consequences has been so warped by two years of Trump that I can't tell anymore.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Bicyclops posted:

Clinton flavor of adultery is not actually that common, though. Most adultery is one spouse committing a single instance (or repeated instances with one person), and actually includes a romantic connection and not just a sexual one. Usually marriages move past it, oddly enough. What Clinton did as a President was collect women who felt like they couldn't say "no" as sex partners, because toxic masculinity being what it is, that is a symbol of power in our culture. The Lewinsky thing has more in common with the #metoo movement and it being revealed that every famous or powerful man is a sexmonster than it does with common marital infidelity.

While Bill was certainly credibly accused of impropriety and sexpestness for his behavior as Governor, and there is the Epstein crap after, there is no evidence that he 'collected women' as president.

Sort of an ackshually post I guess, but it is worth getting the timeline right imho.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Robot Hobo posted:

Trump must be so happy that GHW Bush died at the perfect time for him. This week's news has been an utter disaster for Donald, the kind of week where he desperately needs anything else to happen that could distract the media from his own failures... And then his prayers are answered.

Also, I was confused at first to see people suddenly talking about GHW Bush, because I was certain he had died already, though I couldn't remember exactly when. When Mrs. Hobo heard the news, she had the exact same reaction. Wishful thinking?

His wife died in April, so maybe crossed wires with that?

Caros
May 14, 2008

Shammypants posted:

How many times can the markets rise on hope of a deal with China and collapse later when they release it was all a lie? Its literally happened a dozen or two times this year.

Is this rhetorical? Or are you honestly asking how often wall st is willing and able to act irrationally.

Because boy do I have news for you on the latter.

Caros
May 14, 2008


At this point I'm fairly certain Susan Collins could watch a man be shot on live television, and say that she hasn't seen the full picture, so long as the shooter was a republican.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Groovelord Neato posted:

very. he's had long disgraced racist charles murray on multiple times and had a meltdown when ezra klein pointed out what a bad idea that was.

harris's takes and guests got so bad his subreddit turned into mostly people criticizing him.

I am always shocked when I realize Murray is still alive. His work is so overtly racist that my mind just insists that he must be either dead or in his late 90's.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/politico/status/1075058627189358592

Could he actually find 5 billion without Congress approval?

That depends on if Mexico will pay for it.

Caros
May 14, 2008


Oh what in the actual gently caress?

Caros
May 14, 2008

Google Butt posted:

https://twitter.com/SwordAndScale/status/1074934600269524992

lmfao glad all the shitheads are making themselves known

Wow. I'm mostly just sad that I stopped listening to that podcast years ago so I can't drop it now instead.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Skippy McPants posted:

They are not right. The most charitable reading I'm willing to proffer is that they're wrong for the right reasons. Their impulse to protect free speech from corporate whims is noble in a vacuum, but they're not screening for their own bias. For example, their Tumblr is alive and well.

Yeah, it is worth mentioning that patreon cracked down on some leftists and antifa groups last year and this fucker didn't make a peep about it. It isn't a principled stance, it is a tantrum in support of their favorite hard R dropping fascist poo poo head.

Caros
May 14, 2008


I get a certain amount of schadenfreude from the fact that this is the last thing Paul Ryan gets to deal with. No elegant stride out of office, but dealing with a screaming toddler.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Grapplejack posted:

Ryan is amazing, I can't believe he didn't even bother to count his votes for this bill :lol:

This man was hailed as a policy wonk! A Republican champion!

Not like it would matter. If they pass the 5 billion dollar wall nonsense then the senate tells them to go suck a lemon. If they pass the clean Cr then the white house toddler throws his tantrum.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Levitate posted:

I still can't believe how Paul loving Ryan got tagged as the house speaker, policy wonk, and "cool guy" by the media and poo poo

They had to beg him to be speaker after Kevin McCarthy got caught saying the quiet part loud about benghazi.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Your Taint posted:

We all know that the Dems are going to blink first on this, right?

Also when's the deadline? Midnight est tomorrow night?

Oh absolutely. Dems are totally going to blink when they literally have Trump on tape saying "This shutdown is my fault" in an instance where the shutdown is absolutely his fault.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Your Taint posted:

And what exactly do we have to base that argument on? What past behavior have Dems showed that proved they won't blink here?

Previous experience? The dems didn't cave in the 2013 shutdown because the optics of it were republicans shutting down the government in order to get something that they wanted. They did cave in the DACA shutdown, because it was clearly them shutting down the government to get something they wanted.

The senate passed a clean CR. The house was willing to pass a clean CR. The only reason the house hasn't, is because Trump says he won't sign it. They have the fucker on camera saying that he will own the shutdown, and every single person knows that it is going to be his fault if it happens. The democrats have literally all the leverage in the world here, what sort of brain damage makes you think that they'd blink?

Catalyst-proof posted:

Is the TSA going to be furloughed for this shutdown? Right before Christmas travel?

TSA is unlikely to shut down. The TSA can be considered essential (particularly at Xmas time) and thus they'd keep on keeping on. That said, the decision seems to be up to the executive branch, and Trump is a fuckin idiot, so who knows.

Caros
May 14, 2008

The Glumslinger posted:

https://twitter.com/ryanobles/status/1075824515337412611

How long until Trump starts calling Pelosi "Negative Nancy"?

Steve scalice doesn't have the balls to stand up to Trump. I'm shocked.

Caros
May 14, 2008


I love wall.

Caros
May 14, 2008

World Famous W posted:

I probably should do some real work at some point today.


Did you have to whiten his skin to get the orange to stand out more?

Caros
May 14, 2008

Your Taint posted:

And people just yesterday were mocking me for saying the Dems would cave.

I'm mocking you now, actually.

Caros
May 14, 2008


If there is one thing Trump hates, it is properly rosy cheeks.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Jesus. Just watching the news, I realize that Trump's 'I will take responsibility' thing was ten days ago.

I thought it was two days ago. But time and space have no loving meaning in Trump's America anymore.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Crabtree posted:

I wonder what Trump's version of The Death of Stalin will look like.

Trump slowly closing his eyes, an advisor swearing that the finally dead corpse, only to be horrified as it loudly voids its bowls for the better part of thirty minutes.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Ague Proof posted:

He posted this today:
https://twitter.com/KevinSpacey/status/1077263549326651392

The most brazen, disgusting response to #MeToo possible.

He is also facing charges so... Yeah, not great timing on that either

Caros
May 14, 2008


Merry Xmas, even to all the losers and the haters.

Caros
May 14, 2008


Not even remotely news tbh. No one other than a die hard trumpist actually buys the bone spurs nonsense. Trump draft dodged because he was rich, news at 11.

Caros
May 14, 2008


If only Ted Cruz could have somehow stopped his father.

Caros
May 14, 2008

ewiley posted:

Yeah but retail workers lack the folksy charm of black lung and chronic silicosis or coal ash retention ponds.

They also lack the high pay and intergenerational job passing that made people nostalgic for those jobs.

There is a reason people aren't lamenting the loss of sears jobs the way we lament the loss of manufacturing, and it is because they weren't great jobs.

Mind you, that is stupid as gently caress, but that is why.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Lightning Knight posted:

Trump instalocks Master Yi, blames team for feeding while he farms the jungle for 25 minutes, then dies in the first team fight.

But I'm not Donald Trump. Am I?

Caros
May 14, 2008

KickerOfMice posted:

Speaking of religion, you know who is going to hell? The testicle-face who broke into my car last night and stole everything out of the glove box!

Who steals sunglasses and hand sanitizer?

Might be able to sell the sunglasses, and depending on desperation, drink the hand sanitizer.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Lightning Knight posted:

I love this tweet because it’s a Republican describing a Republican voter and assuming that Democrats should in any way give a single gently caress what people like them think.

Describing a republican voter who probably did vote for Trump and is just ashamed to admit it.

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Caros
May 14, 2008

InsertPotPun posted:

On the bright side he's still 8fucking7 so he probably won't be around to vote for trump ion 2020 anyway.

You know that RGB is only 85, right?

Old people live forever, is what I'm saying.

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