I had PizzaGate explained to me at a baby shower.
btw Gore did get face time w/ the Yam himself, said it was "an extremely interesting conversation"
Trump appears to be quite canny at saying whatever the person he's talking to wants to hear and making a favorable first impression
I should've been clearer: Gore's words were so deliberately opaque they might just as well be translated as "We're fucked."
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 21:00 (seven years ago) link
PizzagateFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPizzagate may refer to:Pizzagate, pizza thrown at former football manager and player Sir Alex Ferguson by an Arsenal Football Club player in the 2004 "Battle of the Buffet"Pizzagate, a 2016 conspiracy theory falsely claiming the existence of a child trafficking ring involving the Washington, D.C. restaurant Comet Ping Pong
Pizzagate, pizza thrown at former football manager and player Sir Alex Ferguson by an Arsenal Football Club player in the 2004 "Battle of the Buffet"Pizzagate, a 2016 conspiracy theory falsely claiming the existence of a child trafficking ring involving the Washington, D.C. restaurant Comet Ping Pong
― jmm, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 21:00 (seven years ago) link
for my money this is the best one:
Chris R. Baxter @ChrisRBax Nov 26@carparkrecords @MADEIRA_MUSIC @cometpingpong Change your posters, entertainment & themes to a normalized less perverse manner.
― goole, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 21:01 (seven years ago) link
@FixtheDebtLeon Panetta warns Trump to address the national deficit and debt
@tinyrevolution Glad to see top Democrats are rolling out their "Lose Every State in 2020" initiative
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
Donald J. TrumpVerified account@realDonaldTrumpDeparting New York with General James 'Mad Dog' Mattis for tonight's rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina! See you soon! #ThankYouTour2016
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/dem-rep-thinks-trump-selected-james-mattis-for-defense-secretary-because-of-mad-dog-nickname/
reading the twitter leaves I had literally the exact thought as this guy
― iatee, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 21:30 (seven years ago) link
@blakehounshellTrump Tower is advertising Secret Service protection as a hot new amenity —>
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-tower-secret-service-amenities-232216
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 21:33 (seven years ago) link
unreal
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 21:47 (seven years ago) link
running the country like a business
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 21:48 (seven years ago) link
thats what we need
so is hope hicks going to the be press secretary? i still have never seen her on tv.
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/kid-rock-making-pro-trump-shirts-because-fuck-you-246979
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
http://img.cdn2.wmgecom.com/media/catalog/product/cache/53/small_image/360x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/c/screen_shot_2016-12-04_at_10.17.14_pm.png
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 22:03 (seven years ago) link
http://img.cdn2.wmgecom.com/media/catalog/product/cache/53/image/1200x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/c/screen_shot_2016-12-04_at_10.17.33_pm_2.png
The New York Observer, a newspaper owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, published an opinion piece Friday calling for the FBI to launch a coordinated crackdown on nationwide anti-Trump protests, mobilizations and recount efforts.Titled “Comey’s FBI Needs to Investigate Violent Democratic Tantrums,” the article was written by Austin Bay, a retired U.S. Army Reserve colonel and adjunct professor at the University of Texas in Austin.Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump, purchased a majority stake in the New York Observer in 2006 for roughly $10 million and currently operates as the outlet’s publisher.Bay’s opinion piece appeals to FBI director James Comey to “conduct a detailed investigation into the violence and political thuggery that continue to mar the presidential election’s aftermath,” including a “thorough probe of the protests—to include possible ties to organizations demanding vote recounts.”“The hard left’s violent reaction to Donald Trump’s election is vile and dangerous,” writes Bay. “Peaceful protests? No, the demonstrators vandalize and destroy. They have two goals: intimidating people and sustaining the mainstream media lie that Donald Trump is dangerous.”
Titled “Comey’s FBI Needs to Investigate Violent Democratic Tantrums,” the article was written by Austin Bay, a retired U.S. Army Reserve colonel and adjunct professor at the University of Texas in Austin.
Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump, purchased a majority stake in the New York Observer in 2006 for roughly $10 million and currently operates as the outlet’s publisher.
Bay’s opinion piece appeals to FBI director James Comey to “conduct a detailed investigation into the violence and political thuggery that continue to mar the presidential election’s aftermath,” including a “thorough probe of the protests—to include possible ties to organizations demanding vote recounts.”
“The hard left’s violent reaction to Donald Trump’s election is vile and dangerous,” writes Bay. “Peaceful protests? No, the demonstrators vandalize and destroy. They have two goals: intimidating people and sustaining the mainstream media lie that Donald Trump is dangerous.”
― and this section is called boner (Phil D.), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 22:10 (seven years ago) link
these fucking fucks
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 22:11 (seven years ago) link
people who teach at business schools shouldn't get to call themselves professor, that lends far too much respectability
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 22:25 (seven years ago) link
lol America doesn't respect professors, get real
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 22:28 (seven years ago) link
at least we found the one adjunct who deserves their shitty contingent labor status
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 22:30 (seven years ago) link
I may mean the same thing, but I thought this was the worst one, the most "We are the 80s, and we're coming to town*" - a lot of the language used is very reminiscent of what I remember from then, particularly around Marina Abramović - she's an artist and she works with symbols, wake up sheeple - and the shot of Alefantis watching a Jeff Koons picture - Is this Child Porn?, okay maybe it's not, but should it be on the Instagram of the owner of a child-friendly restaurant?
*(Beep, beep)
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 22:35 (seven years ago) link
This new van jones show is fucking stupid. His big theme today is reaching out for common ground via conceding false equivalencies.
― Treeship, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 03:17 (seven years ago) link
reaching out for common ground via conceding false equivalencies.
I can see this on the crawl
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 03:29 (seven years ago) link
I thought Dole was senile
Former Senator Bob Dole, acting as a foreign agent for the government of Taiwan, worked behind the scenes over the past six months to establish high-level contact between Taiwanese officials and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s staff, an outreach effort that culminated last week in an unorthodox telephone call between Mr. Trump and Taiwan’s president.
Mr. Dole, a lobbyist with the Washington law firm Alston & Bird, coordinated with Mr. Trump’s campaign and the transition team to set up a series of meetings between Mr. Trump’s advisers and officials in Taiwan, according to disclosure documents filed last week with the Justice Department. Mr. Dole also assisted in successful efforts by Taiwan to include language favorable to it in the Republican Party platform, according to the documents.
Mr. Dole’s firm received $140,000 from May to October for the work, the forms said.
The disclosures suggest that President-elect Trump’s decision to take a call from the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, was less a ham-handed diplomatic gaffe and more the result of a well-orchestrated plan by Taiwan to use the election of a new president to deepen its relationship with the United States — with an assist from a seasoned lobbyist well versed in the machinery of Washington.
“They’re very optimistic,” Mr. Dole said of the Taiwanese in an interview on Tuesday. “They see a new president, a Republican, and they’d like to develop a closer relationship.”
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 11:29 (seven years ago) link
people with dementia making high-level decisions about government is a time-honoured american tradition
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 12:57 (seven years ago) link
Bob battling RED CHINA even after he's technically dead
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 13:09 (seven years ago) link
only Dole could go to Taiwan
― brownie, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 13:19 (seven years ago) link
- Bob Dole
― walk back to the halftime long, billy lynn, billy lynn (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 13:44 (seven years ago) link
i bet Twitter Nixon is not happy
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:22 (seven years ago) link
I don't understand anyone who's surprised. It should have been part of the news coverage pre-election: "Whoever wins 270 electoral votes will be elected President, and named TIME Magazine's Person of the Year."
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:37 (seven years ago) link
As has been the case since '96, with slightly more justification this time - first female President vs first President to shave Vince McMahon's head on pay-per-view.
Much more surprising that Farage was in the running, but that's for another thread.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:43 (seven years ago) link
farage is the most influential figure in 21st-century british politics - there's every reason to consider him person of the year
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:45 (seven years ago) link
Must read Perlstein: https://washingtonspectator.org/press-trump-perlstein/
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:48 (seven years ago) link
xp after Gillian Duffy!
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
tbf the window for gillian duffy to be named time's person of the year clsoed a wee while ago
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
yeah no one in the US talked about anything but Trump this year, i'm so shocked he's Person of the Year
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
my money was on eleven from stranger things
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, December 7, 2016 9:45 AM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I hear that the Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce is floating Dakota Tucker's name for Tenneseean of the Year for his similarly-impactful contribution.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:57 (seven years ago) link
Annihilation is a form of influence.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:58 (seven years ago) link
Legit think this is a bigger deal in Trump's mind than winning presidency.
― Houston John (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
if he is unaware of TIME's diminished "importance," as seems likely
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:12 (seven years ago) link
The source of the attention doesn't matter. It's all just fuel for the ego of the most powerful narcissist in the world.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJoRoth/status/806485051571630080
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:19 (seven years ago) link
It's pathetic how easy it is to imagine his twitter tirade against Time if he wasn't selected
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
Technically speaking, Trump has already previously been named Time's Person of the Year along with all of the rest of us.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
The person of the year is you, the trump voter, forwarding along an infowars clip about Hillary Clinton melting off the face of a slain Benghazi hero and stirring it into her mac and cheese, which she didn't cook very well in the first place I bet
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:34 (seven years ago) link
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15390713_10154669958456878_7986727436994403128_n.jpg?oh=323cc7c53bbaefcd2299e4c92dc1b1ce&oe=58F4ED96
― and this section is called boner (Phil D.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:35 (seven years ago) link
i do appreciate that time have selected an image of trump which makes him look like he's turning to greet a manacled james bond and explain his plan to destroy the world's hydrogen
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:37 (seven years ago) link
max made the same joke on twitter! it's true.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
I assumed the cameraman surprised him while he was taking a shit on his upholstered toilet.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
(Which is actually just a La-Z-Boy that he shits on and forces his people to clean daily.)
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/07/trump-names-scott-pruitt-oklahoma-attorney-general-suing-epa-on-climate-change-to-head-the-epa/?hpid=hp_no-name_hp-breaking-news%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar&tid=a_breakingnews&utm_term=.534a8d4c7d86
So much for that meeting with Al Gore...
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link