Donald, Imma let you finish but Millard Fillmore was the greatest president of ALL TIME
― troops in djibouti (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 15 December 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
“If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House waite [REALLY?] so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?”
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 15 December 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/310516-trump-attacks-vanity-fair-way-down-big-trouble-dead
heh
― 龜, Thursday, 15 December 2016 14:55 (seven years ago) link
what a fucking child
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:05 (seven years ago) link
No, people just aren't being fair. It isn't fair! Everybody's so mean!
I just realized that we're all trapped in that Twilight Zone episode with the kid who controls reality and punishes people he doesn't like.
― My Lunch Is Older Than Your Lunch (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
It's a nice Cabinet, Donny -- REAL nice.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:11 (seven years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/bc/a1/01/bca101c76911199c54c8288180fa1f12.jpg
― My Lunch Is Older Than Your Lunch (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:12 (seven years ago) link
"If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, then why did people only report on it, in increasing detail and specificity, for the past 8 months, repeatedly bringing it up in the news and during the debates, both in regards to hacking as well as to real conflicts of interest and pro-Russia figures within my circle, again and again, to the extent that Russia stuff far exceeded any discussion of domestic policy, right up to the very edge of the election and beyond, leading me to repeatedly and publicly discount said reports and disregard any intelligence to the contrary? Tragic!"
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:14 (seven years ago) link
OL that's my fave showbiz metaphor thus far, good work
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:17 (seven years ago) link
I'll take a bow once I'm sure it won't anger little Donnie.
― My Lunch Is Older Than Your Lunch (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:30 (seven years ago) link
There was a debate where Trump was blurping on about how important "cybers" were, right? I'm sure we mocked it? PRESCIENT, imo.
― There shouldn't be a thread for Dennis Perrin tweets (stevie), Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:31 (seven years ago) link
― My Lunch Is Older Than Your Lunch (Old Lunch), Thursday, December 15, 2016 10:09 AM (fifty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
More like Vanity Unfair
― altony rightano (voodoo chili), Thursday, 15 December 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
See, I could at least toss Trump a few points if he'd employed that zing but I legitimately believe it's a formulation that lies outside of his cognitive abilities.
― My Lunch Is Older Than Your Lunch (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 December 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
Mock me if you think this is ridiculous, but having dealt with narcissists in my life before, I think there might be some relationship psychology that is also applicable to how to deal with Trump. I think there's a danger of getting into an "anger dance" with him, where people equate taking random shots at him with resistance and then he takes shots back and people freak the fuck out about it and lose their cool. That's how I feel about all this furious tweeting, it just feels like a pointless anger dance. The real "resistance" is going to be thwarting his political objectives, slowing down his power grabs, and, ultimately, organizing people to vote him out of office, and that's best done via targeting congress and local and state governments.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 15 December 2016 16:37 (seven years ago) link
Is there anyone here actually claiming that @ing realDonaldTrump is the true face of resistance or progress or activism, though?
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 15 December 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
That makes a lot of sense to me. Will require a lot of discipline on our side to make it happen. xp
― There shouldn't be a thread for Dennis Perrin tweets (stevie), Thursday, 15 December 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, December 15, 2016 11:38 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
No, but I don't literally mean just tweeting, I mean all of the kind of aimless rage and panic that I see flying around.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 15 December 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
This is a good doc on how to get Congresspeople to listen, btw. Even with a GOP majority, congresspeople still want to get reelected:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DzOz3Y6D8g_MNXHNMJYAz1b41_cn535aU5UsN7Lj8X8/preview#heading=h.fwfuc1708kuz
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 15 December 2016 16:42 (seven years ago) link
good link
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 December 2016 16:45 (seven years ago) link
Can't read it at my stupid job but I'll repost it in the social activism thread.
― My Lunch Is Older Than Your Lunch (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 December 2016 16:51 (seven years ago) link
@GaryMiles_DNBREAKING: State launches audit after voting discrepancies leave 60 percent of Detroit precincts unrecountable.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/12/vote-audit/95358702/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 December 2016 16:58 (seven years ago) link
http://qz.com/862412/trumps-16-cabinet-level-picks-have-more-money-than-a-third-of-american-households-combined/#int/words=dinner_supper&smoothing=3
― 龜, Thursday, 15 December 2016 17:25 (seven years ago) link
feel like that's bad news since detroit probably voted hillary - republicans will seize upon it as evidence of voter fraud? xp
― 龜, Thursday, 15 December 2016 17:26 (seven years ago) link
I figured that was why Dr. Schadenfreude posted it.
― My Lunch Is Older Than Your Lunch (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 December 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/06/it-was-a-corruption-election-its-time-we-realized-it-trump-united-states/
ugh horrible truths
― a Warren Beatty film about Earth (El Tomboto), Thursday, 15 December 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
I feel like the Detroit polling places being fucked up and the FP column I just linked are of a pieceSince nobody cares to even defend our institutions anymore, why bother doing your job if you work for one? It's hard to tell whether it's apathy, incompetence, corruption or enemy action at this point
― a Warren Beatty film about Earth (El Tomboto), Thursday, 15 December 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
We Americans may not be subjected to shakedowns by the police, the judge, or the county clerk.
was inclined to stop reading here tbh
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 December 2016 17:42 (seven years ago) link
as in Goldfinger, i opt for enemy action
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 December 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link
i made no presumptions about who did what in Detroit fwiw
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 December 2016 17:47 (seven years ago) link
from ft
When 2 million American adults are behind bars for trivial offenses, their lives permanently derailed, while no legal institution has punished any executive for bringing about the collapse of the world economy?
here here. obama got a pass because he 'fixed' the mess. he failed in the end because nobody was held accountable.
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 15 December 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/809472667506081792
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:12 (seven years ago) link
Trump 2016: You Asked For One Thing But You'll Wrap Your Lips Around Whatever The Fuck I Give You
― My Lunch Is Older Than Your Lunch (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
Is the Naked Cowboy a permanent fixture at Trump Tower Bar? I had some family visiting in september and we walked into the lobby for kicks on a weekday afternoon. The place was dead but the cowboy was standing at the bar taking tequila shots and since then i've him in the background a lot in news broadcast.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
that wine glass martini probably cost $18
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
Trump doesn't give a fuck what you want to drink, why should he
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:27 (seven years ago) link
alcohol's for losers!
i'd probably hate him a little less if he were a drunk tbh
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:39 (seven years ago) link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4037802/Donald-Trump-taps-Sylvester-Stallone-arts-role.html
― 龜, Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:35 (seven years ago) link
lmao
― marcos, Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:36 (seven years ago) link
weird shouldn't he be appointing someone who hates the arts/wants to abolish the NEA
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:39 (seven years ago) link
you have got to be shitting me
― nomar, Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:39 (seven years ago) link
the funny thing is that i bet we are going to see yearly turnaround in these positions, it will be a spectacle
― marcos, Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:42 (seven years ago) link
i guess america might as well stop pretending and just go full idiot cliche
― nomar, Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:43 (seven years ago) link
I bet we see Donald in a future installment of The Expendables.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:50 (seven years ago) link
The first step in getting people to understand trump is pointing out how he uses rapid-fire spectacles to divert attention, like a three-card monte dealer.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
The second step is that his rapid-fire spectacles consist of hiring lunatics and incompetents to run the country.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link
That's just the opening salvo.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:57 (seven years ago) link
I guess Sly won't be smart enough to let Creed be his swan song
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 December 2016 22:16 (seven years ago) link
There's always president!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 December 2016 22:18 (seven years ago) link
To his (screen?)credit, at least Stallone wrote/directed/produced a lot of his flicks, morseso than anyone else in the American 80s pantheon.
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Thursday, 15 December 2016 22:19 (seven years ago) link