hm, i thought i wouldn't be surprised by any further appointments but it turns out i was wrong
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
so this is kind of obvious but isnt the gop basically telling the youth to go fuck themselves?
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/gop-plan-major-social-security-cuts
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:20 (seven years ago) link
no no, they're "saving" social security don't you see?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:33 (seven years ago) link
his fucking idiotic rally is on in the background here right now. It's mind boggling what this shit head is babbling on about. I want to cry!!
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
I refuse to listen to him at this point. The very sound of his voice makes me sick.
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:39 (seven years ago) link
sadly my first thought was that it made slightly more sense than his last 10+ announced appointees
― Karl Malone, Friday, December 9, 2016 3:12 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
like, bobby valentine has at least BEEN to Japan, and is known there in the baseball community at least. and more importantly, unlike the education, EPA, labor, HUD, etc, picks, he doesn't completely hate and oppose the idea of Japan as an entity
― Karl Malone, Friday, December 9, 2016 3:13 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sadly otm
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:40 (seven years ago) link
yea i can't watch videos or listen to his voice either xps
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:41 (seven years ago) link
just watching him gesticulating is ridiculous and infuriating.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 December 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
I genuinely (and blessedly) don't think I've heard Trump speak or seen any video of him since he was elected.
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
Oh no wait, I saw that fucking first 100 days video but I think that's it.
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Friday, December 9, 2016 2:46 PM (thirty-eight seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
possibly the worst part of being in the inauguration protests is the risk of thatwell and it's going to be cold as fuckin balls
― El Tomboto, Friday, 9 December 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
you'd also be able to avoid people with signs calling him like 'orange' and 'a cheeto' like okay we get it
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 9 December 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
oh god, sitting through that cold was interminable when it was a president I was enthusiastic about, I can't imagine being in that environment for Trump
― ¶ (DJP), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:51 (seven years ago) link
yea i was there in 08 and it was unbelievably cold
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:52 (seven years ago) link
anger warms the heart more than pride thoughit also lasts longer
― El Tomboto, Friday, 9 December 2016 20:59 (seven years ago) link
Anger is an energy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN-GGeNPQEg
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 December 2016 21:00 (seven years ago) link
Maybe it will rain, and Trump ends up pulling a William Henry Harrison.
― a full playlist of presidential apocalypse jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 9 December 2016 21:01 (seven years ago) link
Predictions feel like a fool's game at this point, but 'Trump dies in office' feels like a pretty safe one to me.
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
Dead to me, tbh.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 December 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
id personally prefer "trump first president removed from office" but either way works
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Friday, 9 December 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
Even if it isn't by natural causes, you figure he will at some point tweet something nasty about the Secret Service and they'll start being all 'oh hey look at those pretty flowers over there, aren't they something' at all of his public appearances.
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 21:11 (seven years ago) link
not sure if this article has been posted but i know a number of you have said the same thing: https://newrepublic.com/article/139245/trumps-distractions-will-provide-republican-cover-rip-apart-safety-net "Trump’s Distractions Will Provide Republican Cover to Rip Apart the Safety Net"
On a daily basis, Trump has proven able to divert media attention away from the plutocratic government he is assembling and on to a variety of shiny objects. His meetings with Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio received far more coverage, for instance, than the fact that his designated Environmental Protection Agency director worked hand in glove with polluters as Oklahoma’s attorney general. He has not tweeted about Obamacare or turning Medicare over to private insurers, but he did appoint one of the most fiercely dedicated foes of both programs to run the Department of Health and Human Services.In 2005, when Democrats wanted the GOP’s plan to privatize Social Security to drive news coverage, Bush played into their hands. In a way, he did so consistent with the best liberal traditions of public debate. Likewise, when President Barack Obama asked Congress to pass health care reform, Congress undertook a major public legislating process, while Obama quarterbacked. He gave a prime-time health care reform address to a joint session of Congress, and participated in a televised negotiation with congressional Republicans at the Blair House—a final gesture for cross-over support—before Democrats passed it on their own.In all likelihood, Trump isn’t going to do any of this.And in a very intentional way, he won’t really have to. House Speaker Paul Ryan has been priming Republicans in Congress to streamline Obamacare repeal and Medicare privatization for years. Unifying control of government so Congress can set the agenda, and the president can sit back and sign bills, has been the party’s long-game for years. The difference is that instead of keeping drama at bay, the GOP president will be creating routine distractions from the hard work of crafting unpopular legislation.For the press, the temptation will be hard to resist. Covering major legislation is grueling, complicated work that doesn’t generate a return-to-clicks in the way a Trump rally or a Trump tweet does. Many dedicated, hardworking reporters will work insane hours covering the GOP’s decision-making and legislative maneuvers, but much of that hard work will end up below the fold, where much of the public won’t see it. This will insulate the party from blowback while the process is underway, which is precisely when blowback is most needed.
In 2005, when Democrats wanted the GOP’s plan to privatize Social Security to drive news coverage, Bush played into their hands. In a way, he did so consistent with the best liberal traditions of public debate. Likewise, when President Barack Obama asked Congress to pass health care reform, Congress undertook a major public legislating process, while Obama quarterbacked. He gave a prime-time health care reform address to a joint session of Congress, and participated in a televised negotiation with congressional Republicans at the Blair House—a final gesture for cross-over support—before Democrats passed it on their own.
In all likelihood, Trump isn’t going to do any of this.
And in a very intentional way, he won’t really have to. House Speaker Paul Ryan has been priming Republicans in Congress to streamline Obamacare repeal and Medicare privatization for years. Unifying control of government so Congress can set the agenda, and the president can sit back and sign bills, has been the party’s long-game for years. The difference is that instead of keeping drama at bay, the GOP president will be creating routine distractions from the hard work of crafting unpopular legislation.
For the press, the temptation will be hard to resist. Covering major legislation is grueling, complicated work that doesn’t generate a return-to-clicks in the way a Trump rally or a Trump tweet does. Many dedicated, hardworking reporters will work insane hours covering the GOP’s decision-making and legislative maneuvers, but much of that hard work will end up below the fold, where much of the public won’t see it. This will insulate the party from blowback while the process is underway, which is precisely when blowback is most needed.
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 9 December 2016 21:11 (seven years ago) link
i.e. trump's tweets may be reprehensible and disturbing but keep your eye on the ball re: shitty and dangerous GOP legislation
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 9 December 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
― ¶ (DJP), Friday, December 9, 2016 3:51 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's OK there should be plenty of hot air
― Evan, Friday, 9 December 2016 21:14 (seven years ago) link
Isn't part of the problem that people already don't pay attention to or understand enough the machinations of government? I mean why does this work as a "distraction" technique in the first place? Why are more people clicking the tweet story than the medicare story?
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 9 December 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link
I feel like I said this somewhere before, but Trump tweets (and, by extension, any words he types or utters) only have utility as a window into the complex of mental illnesses from which he suffers. None of it represents his true intentions or reflects his actions or means a goddamn thing so, yes, focus your attention on what he actually does.
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 21:22 (seven years ago) link
Are you all familiar with the handy acronym IOKIYAR*?
*It's OK If You're A Republican
― jane burkini (suzy), Friday, December 9, 2016 2:51 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
thats some fucked up acronym algebra my dude
― flappy bird, Friday, 9 December 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
By that logic wouldn't most of Trump supporters also be mentally ill?
xp
― Evan, Friday, 9 December 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
I can't take credit/blame for the acronym algebra! It's been in use for 15 years.
― jane burkini (suzy), Friday, 9 December 2016 21:32 (seven years ago) link
yeah I have to look it up about every 3 months or so thanks to Balloon Juice
― El Tomboto, Friday, 9 December 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
I was looking at it, trying to somehow make it about Steve Aoki
― ¶ (DJP), Friday, 9 December 2016 21:59 (seven years ago) link
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Friday, December 9, 2016 4:22 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, I mean all this decoding and shit, I don't want to completely write it off but at the end of the day we know who he's putting in his cabinet, we know what bills the GOP want to pass, we'll presumably be able to find out what executive orders he signs. So I'm not sure if it matters why he tweets a tweet.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 9 December 2016 22:03 (seven years ago) link
i still think about the video of him talking about harambe- it's jarring because you can tell he put some critical thinking skills to work and also expresses himself coherently
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 9 December 2016 22:04 (seven years ago) link
In response to somebody posting a vid of Trump complaining that the cover title is not "Man of the Year:"
https://mobile.twitter.com/Mobute/status/807056385577861120
Big Xmas Jeb Lund – @Mobute
everyone's going to have to get used to the fact that he is always going to use everyone else's ability to be a human being against them
https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/807050319289061376 …
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Friday, 9 December 2016 22:15 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/JXW05hd.jpg
― 龜, Friday, 9 December 2016 22:17 (seven years ago) link
dave itzkoff has a good tweet about that one
― El Tomboto, Friday, 9 December 2016 22:19 (seven years ago) link
in more evidence of his corruption, donald trump arranged to win the brian eno lookalike competition
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 9 December 2016 22:19 (seven years ago) link
The blue man group shifting to normal desk jobs
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Friday, 9 December 2016 22:22 (seven years ago) link
Josh RoginVerified account@joshroginThe rumor I heard was that Rudy fell asleep in a meeting & Trump decided he just wasn't up for the SecState travel schedule & workload.
― 龜, Friday, 9 December 2016 22:29 (seven years ago) link
Giuliani voluntarily withdrew. I know this because he said so. He wants to spend more time with Chris Christie.
― clemenza, Friday, 9 December 2016 22:37 (seven years ago) link
wow at trump literally surrounding himself with dickheads
― rob, Friday, 9 December 2016 22:40 (seven years ago) link
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/trump-biographer-says-stop-overestimating-him-hes-a-cross-between-a-junkie-and-a-hungry-chicken/
― 龜, Friday, 9 December 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
― a full playlist of presidential apocalypse jams (C. Grisso/McCain)
i would just like to point out what a profoundly, profoundly awful president john tyler was.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 9 December 2016 22:45 (seven years ago) link
If you shit talk Trump on Twitter to the point where he strokes out, would that count as an assassination?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 9 December 2016 22:45 (seven years ago) link
― rob
if herr starr isn't nommed for a cabinet-level post i'll be deeply disappointed
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 9 December 2016 22:47 (seven years ago) link
Bobby Valentine floated as ambassador to Japan
as someone pointed out, at least he speaks Japanese
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 10 December 2016 00:03 (seven years ago) link
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, December 9, 2016 5:45 PM (
but executive power! Treaties annexing sovereign nations! There's a lesson in Tyler for Trump.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 December 2016 00:08 (seven years ago) link
cia report says russia intervened to get trump elected
welp,
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Saturday, 10 December 2016 00:50 (seven years ago) link
...
― Treeship, Saturday, 10 December 2016 00:51 (seven years ago) link