Do we think Trump and his people coordinated with Russia or not? His defensive aversion to a "probe" into Russia's interference looks... bad
― Treeship, Monday, 12 December 2016 22:34 (seven years ago) link
Why not say, "if Russia intervened in any way I condemn them. I don't have any idea why Putin would think a Trump presidency would be in his interest but I can assure him, right now, that nothing is more important to me than the integrity of our electoral process. If it turns out his government undermined this, even to my benefit, there will be consequences."
― Treeship, Monday, 12 December 2016 22:37 (seven years ago) link
A friend of mine pointed out that he can spin this as "All they did was release the DNC's emails. If they were so bad that it made people not want to vote for Hillary, that's not my fault."
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Monday, 12 December 2016 22:39 (seven years ago) link
Yeah. But instead he tries to deny there was any Russian interference at all. It's weird.
― Treeship, Monday, 12 December 2016 22:40 (seven years ago) link
I suspect people in his campaign were in touch with wikileaks and Russian state actors, yeah
― Οὖτις, Monday, 12 December 2016 22:43 (seven years ago) link
It sounds crazy but the evidence points that way
― Treeship, Monday, 12 December 2016 22:44 (seven years ago) link
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/12/donald-trump-interviewed-mitt-romney-to-torture-him-roger-stone-says.html
explains trump's creepier-than-usual smile in that photo
― 龜, Monday, 12 December 2016 22:45 (seven years ago) link
i mean, it was obvious from the start
Yeah. I have no love for Romney, but that was painful to watch.
― Treeship, Monday, 12 December 2016 22:46 (seven years ago) link
I reiterate the point I made during the campaign: I wouldn't want a next-door neighbor who behaved like that. Why the fuck would anyone want such a leering goblin to be in charge of the country?
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Monday, 12 December 2016 22:49 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/intlspectator/status/808434536962924544
― Οὖτις, Monday, 12 December 2016 22:50 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, Trump is truly a ghoul xp
― Treeship, Monday, 12 December 2016 22:51 (seven years ago) link
That Lockheed thing is odd.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 12 December 2016 22:56 (seven years ago) link
it makes sense insofar as Trump thinks his job as president is to bully companies/manipulate the stock market/"make deals"
― Οὖτις, Monday, 12 December 2016 23:00 (seven years ago) link
What I don't understand is how Romney wouldn't have understood from the beginning that he wasn't really in the running and that the whole thing was to fuck with him. Maybe he figured he had nothing to lose playing along?
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Monday, 12 December 2016 23:06 (seven years ago) link
being a toadying lickspittle comes naturally to him
― Οὖτις, Monday, 12 December 2016 23:13 (seven years ago) link
I think he was being punished for having faith in the system, Charlie Brown style.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 12 December 2016 23:17 (seven years ago) link
Yes, probably yet another who believes the presidential election to be a process wherein the wisdom and gravity of one's forebears is mystically passed into the winner's soul. It could still happen, though. Let's give him a chance, folks.
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Monday, 12 December 2016 23:40 (seven years ago) link
Simply calling it odd, instead of what it is (probable cause for an insider trading investigation implicating the President-Elect), already feels like normalization.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 12 December 2016 23:41 (seven years ago) link
the 2020 election will involve ingesting the water of life and inheriting the memories of all past presnits
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WAmjkr4RISU/hqdefault.jpg
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 12 December 2016 23:43 (seven years ago) link
Lol @ "presnits"
― Treeship, Monday, 12 December 2016 23:44 (seven years ago) link
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Monday, December 12, 2016 4:39 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is 100% the line being taken by folks at, eg, r/The_Donald
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 12 December 2016 23:54 (seven years ago) link
http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2016/12/12/donald-trump-interviewed-mitt-romney-to-torture-him-roger-stone-says/jcr:content/image.crop.800.500.jpg/49385962.cached.jpg
black suit = high probability of being a racist (if not a waiter)
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 12 December 2016 23:54 (seven years ago) link
The big tip off for me of the guy in the photo being a racist is that he's roger stone
― Treeship, Monday, 12 December 2016 23:59 (seven years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Monday, December 12, 2016 5:41 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
AFAIC, I just want to know from people who actually understand these things if there's any innocuous way to read the data (like maybe the timestamp is off somehow?), if only because I want to be sure that every scorched earth crusade against Trump is watertight. There's no need for reckless straw grabbing with someone this deeply venal, so I hope the appropriate people are dotting i's and crossing t's on this one.
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 00:15 (seven years ago) link
The former Texas governor, Rick Perry, who wanted to eliminate the Department of Energy but could not remember its name on live television, has emerged as a leading candidate for energy secretary.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/us/politics/donald-trump-transition.html
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 00:45 (seven years ago) link
Huh. Have we had a president who was a complete nihilist before?
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 00:59 (seven years ago) link
Calvin Coolidge?
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:14 (seven years ago) link
The comments on the Lockheed twitter seem to say it was a small amount of shares (700) and that the money saved by selling early only would only amount to about $4000. And that it's common for shares to have pre-market activity.
― nickn, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:16 (seven years ago) link
Chris Hayes is hosting a fascinating segment with Bernie Sanders in Kenosha, Wisconsin talking to Trump voters.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:26 (seven years ago) link
Watching it now but eh
― Treeship, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:29 (seven years ago) link
H8 this person who doesnt think "people working at mcdonalds" should make a living wage because then "everything would go up"
― Treeship, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:30 (seven years ago) link
Feeling rage at these Trump voters tbh, especially dumb mustache man and racist blue scarf woman.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:49 (seven years ago) link
I like the white streak in her hair.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:53 (seven years ago) link
I can't imagine HRC sitting on a stool talking to them as comfortably as Sanders tbh
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:54 (seven years ago) link
hillary's too woke
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 December 2016 02:03 (seven years ago) link
say it was a small amount of shares (700) and that the money saved by selling early only would only amount to about $4000.
how many shares of lockheed did Kushner own yesterday lol
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 02:06 (seven years ago) link
Why didn't they go someplace Trump won? He got killed in Kenosha.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 02:08 (seven years ago) link
He won by 200 votes, according to Hayes.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 02:11 (seven years ago) link
Why was Jennifer Palmieri the communications director of the Clinton campaign? She is so lame
― Treeship, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 02:35 (seven years ago) link
It's rex tillerson confirmed
― Treeship, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 03:00 (seven years ago) link
Tillz
Gonna be a fun confirmation fight
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 03:05 (seven years ago) link
Capitalism's ability to pit the poor vs. the working poor never ceases to amaze.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 03:05 (seven years ago) link
Crazy how he's going to start his administration under a cloud of scandal right out the gate.
Xp
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 03:06 (seven years ago) link
HOW YOU GONNA AFFORD THE BIG MAC WHEN IT GETS MORE EXPENSIVE BC YOU'RE GETTING PAID MORE OH WAIT
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 03:11 (seven years ago) link
These fucking people don't care about improving their lives -- they just want to know that someone's beneath them. Vile attitude.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 03:27 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/michaelpielocik/status/808507027567874048
― 龜, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 03:33 (seven years ago) link
Shades of Cruz at the campaign call center
― Treeship, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 03:42 (seven years ago) link
it pains me to think of that joyous moment, that cruz call photo
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 03:43 (seven years ago) link