Dear deity or deities, is there something I'm doing wrong when I implore you daily to allow Donald Trump to peacefully pass away in his sleep? Please let me know because we really need to rush this thing along. Thanks!
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link
specifically targeting everyone who worked on Obama's climate "agenda" is a special kind of evil, I hope there is a hell and all these dumb fuckers have to live there, since they'll all be dead when Earth becomes Hell incarnate
(seriously though fuck any news org or politician who calls "trying in vain to save this dumb planet" an "agenda")
― frogbs, Friday, 9 December 2016 15:57 (seven years ago) link
It's like how fighting for clean air and water is just part of libtards' stupid "trying not to die" agenda.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
They'll suddenly remember who was involved in the manufacture of their air filtration systems and gas masks when that shit starts to fail.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
was just hoping there's a hell this morning after reading about some of these picks xxp
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 9 December 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
('They' being GOP fucks who think they can comfortably ride out mass extinction in the safety of their fortified McMansions.)
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:07 (seven years ago) link
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-spokeswoman-says-he-will-produce-the-apprentice-in-his-spare-time-c810df41dff4#.9j3ffpitn
trump has time to produce the apprentice but not to take daily intelligence briefings
― 龜, Friday, 9 December 2016 16:25 (seven years ago) link
priorities
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:28 (seven years ago) link
I didn't even know North Carolina could read. Good job, North Carolina!
(I kid, I was born there, and I'm up to chapter books.)
We'll be in DC for the march in January. In fact, I know several people from my corner of the city alone who are going. I wonder if estimates of 130,000 or whatever are actually low? Anyway, how the fuck can they close public spaces from protesting? If Fugazi can play a free show at the base of the monument, surely my family and I can march to the Lincoln Memorial.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 December 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
They played a show at the base of the Washington Monument because they got a permit
― a (waterface), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:34 (seven years ago) link
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch)
i suggest praying for an apology. we all deserve one.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link
Fine. If Fugazi can get a permit to play a free show at the base of the Washington Monument, surely my family and I can march to the Lincoln Memorial, per historical march precedent.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 December 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
― a (waterface)
ok, there's our answer. fugazi needs to ask for another permit and then when they get one, bam! hundreds of thousands of women at the free show.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
@CNBCnowBREAKING: President-elect Trump picks Goldman Sachs president & COO Gary Cohn to be National Economic Council Director
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:42 (seven years ago) link
that swamp is really drainin'
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
there is so much winning i can't even take it
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 December 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
xpost Park dude unfortunately named Mike Litterst, not Mark Litters.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 December 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
otoh, maybe the first appointment Thrillary would've made too (cept perhaps she'd have been skittish about looking quid pro quo)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:48 (seven years ago) link
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, December 9, 2016 11:42 AM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you can appoint them all you want you just cant get paid to make speech to them .
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:48 (seven years ago) link
pretty sure "draining the swamp" means creating a situation where civil servants in major government agencies are driven to quit because their leadership is actively trying to ruin their organizations
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 9 December 2016 16:52 (seven years ago) link
That's what they did to FEMA under Dubya. There's flippin' management school case studies on it now. Then they got to replace the entire New Orleans public school system with charters. Creative destruction! Move fast and break things!
― El Tomboto, Friday, 9 December 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
we actually do need fugazi at this moment in time
― a (waterface), Friday, 9 December 2016 17:00 (seven years ago) link
No, "draining the swamp" means having runny, anxiety induced diarrhea
― Evan, Friday, 9 December 2016 17:04 (seven years ago) link
http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/pep-talk-ian-mackaye-eve-us-elections/
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 December 2016 17:16 (seven years ago) link
the trump/apprentice thing seems like more of an ethical issue on NBC's side than trump's
― k3vin k., Friday, 9 December 2016 17:27 (seven years ago) link
if you can't have Billy Bush at your network because he was involved in a dirty conversation with Trump, then I dunno how you can keep Trump himself
― frogbs, Friday, 9 December 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
the apprentice thing is so far down my list of things to give a shit about right now, are we going to waste this administration complaining about how unclassy and tacky and "reality tv" he is or pay attention to what his admin actually does?
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 9 December 2016 17:32 (seven years ago) link
sadly, yeah
it's gonna be 4 years of coverage of him tweeting insults at comedy shows while his administration fucks over the planet and the working class every which way
― frogbs, Friday, 9 December 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
I'd argue that the Apprentice thing is more about the incredibly uncomfortable conflict of interest of a standing president producing a television series on a major network than it is about Trump being tacky. It's not of paramount concern but it's nonetheless very concerning.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
Accruing media mouthpieces while expressing general contempt for any exercise of the 1st amendment that's at all critical of him or his administration is a thing he's actually doing.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
the conflict seems to be with NBC paying him a salary while also paying its journalists to write critically about him
― k3vin k., Friday, 9 December 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link
Well
Outside of the Capitol Thursday night, a group of red state Democrats gathered to speak out about an upcoming must-pass spending bill they argue doesn't do enough for miners.
With the Capitol lit behind them, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bob Casey (D-PA) – all up for re-election in 2018 in states Trump won– literally stood with the miners they were fighting for. It was a photo op for sure and the first opportunity red state Dems have had since the election to make an overt play for the white working class voters they lost to President-elect Trump.
Here's the issue.
Congress has paved the way for a must-pass spending bill. Without it, the government runs out of money at midnight. The legislation easily passed in the House of Representatives, but in the Senate, there is a problem. Tucked in the legislation is a provision to extend health care benefits for miners and their widows, but it only funds the care for four months. Democrats want the benefits extended for a full year. And they want another measure to be added that requires all government-funded projects to be required to use American products like steel.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 December 2016 17:50 (seven years ago) link
This came out a few months before the election, re plan to purge Obama admin people from civil service:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-purge-exclusive-idUSKCN10003A
Maybe it's wishful thinking for me, but it could turn out to be a mistake. A de-baathification of washington.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 9 December 2016 18:33 (seven years ago) link
drain the baath
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 December 2016 18:34 (seven years ago) link
If he wins the presidency, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would seek to purge the federal government of officials appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama and could ask Congress to pass legislation making it easier to fire public workers, Trump ally, Chris Christie, said on Tuesday.
oh the irony of chris christie, widely reviled hated public worker, delivering this message
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 December 2016 18:40 (seven years ago) link
and yet the most infuriating thing was hearing all the shrieks from Trump supporters (and Trump himself) that Obama PLAYED GOLF!!! a couple times when so-and-so was happening
― frogbs, Friday, 9 December 2016 19:42 (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, 9 December 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
BTW, while it's quite true that you can march/protest without a permit, it's frustrating to show up and just have lots of people milling about with no focal point and shouting hey hey ho ho.
If you want stuff like a podium on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for your speakers, or jumbotrons for those too distant to see, permits are useful. Not to mention porta-potties and trash collection and and and.
Permits may be fascist, maaaan. But Martin Luther King had microphones in front of him when he told people he had a dream. The reason is because he had a fucking permit.
― troops in djibouti (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 9 December 2016 19:53 (seven years ago) link
ExxonMobil Chairman Rex Tillerson’s with ties to Vladimir Putin stock is rising in Donald Trump’s ever-expanding search for a secretary of state nominee
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
Given his tenuous grasp on reality, I'm a little surprised that Trump has yet to nominate a fictional villain to a cabinet position.
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:08 (seven years ago) link
Bobby Valentine floated as ambassador to Japan
you could not. make. it up.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:10 (seven years ago) link
...What the actual fuck is wrong with this man? And what the actual fucking fuck is wrong with anyone who has the power to stop this shit and fails to do so?
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
sadly my first thought was that it made slightly more sense than his last 10+ announced appointees
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 December 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
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, 9 December 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
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
― Karl Malone, Friday, December 9, 2016 3:12 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 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