US Politics November 2017

Of Kushner, one source told BuzzFeed News, McMaster said he had no business being in the White House and should not be involved in national security issues.

what's sad is that this isn't even remotely controversial to anyone outside of the trump family.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-values-that-values-voters-care-about-most-are-policies-not-character-traits/

this seems like something that should be obvious but maybe isn't

Oh this is a crazy deep dive

https://www.gq.com/story/inside-rand-pauls-neighborhood-fight

Like most everyone else in the Rivergreen development, Goodwin told me, Boucher pays in the ballpark of $150 a month for professional landscaping, while Paul insists on maintaining his yard himself. Goodwin said that part of what nagged at Boucher was the difference in grass length between his lawn and that of his libertarian neighbor's. "He had his yard sitting at a beautiful two-and-a-half, three inches thick, where Rand cuts it to the nub," Goodwin said.

Also at issue, according to Goodwin, is Paul's tendency to mow outward at the edge of his property, spraying his clippings into Boucher's yard. Boucher, he said, has asked Paul to instead mow inward when near the boundary line, and even sought help from the Rivergreen Homeowners Association but has gotten no relief.

Elsewhere in the White House

As if we needed more evidence that trickle-down economics are a scam. https://t.co/GvagiFRRiM pic.twitter.com/qrOvhyNXCS

— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) November 20, 2017

Wouldn't the principled libertarian perspective be that, just as Paul's right to fling his fists stops at the end of his neighbor's nose, his right to spew his grass clippings hither and thither stops at the sacred line dividing their properties?

And libertarians are nothing if not consistent in exercising their logically-airtight principles.

hahahahaha that excerpt Ned posted

This strikes me as a stretch. A few people said Catz said that McMaster said this. Everyone in actual attendance denies it was said and Catz denies telling anyone it was. https://t.co/x5csfh18gV

— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) November 20, 2017

would love if some anti-mcmaster bannon holdover (or, even better, kushner) leaked an untrue story whose details show that the source thinks trump is stupid

learning that RP is apparently a good tipper disturbs me in that I no longer completely hate him

A viable story in national politics hinges on grass length? Okay. Whatevs.

If the blades are short, you must report. If the clippings blow out, it's time to shout.

Has anyone made the joke yet that the Rand Paul fight gave new meaning to the term “petty bourgeois”?

Atlas Mowed

honestly now that the severity of the injuries and assault is clearer I don't find the story funny anymore. the descriptions in the GQ piece are savage

it's still funny

given the amount of actual physical suffering on the part of the populace that this dude is responsible for, I consider it karma

The next paragraph after the ones I quoted:

Goodwin recalled picking up Boucher, a devout Catholic, at his home after church one Sunday afternoon several years ago. Boucher had confronted Paul about his yard-maintenance practices a few minutes before Goodwin's arrival, to no avail, and Goodwin saw Boucher grow agitated as they both watched Paul blow grass onto his lawn. "I've asked him and I've asked him and I've asked him," Goodwin recalls Boucher fuming. "How long can you sit there taking someone plucking a hair out of your nose?" Goodwin asked. "How long could you take that before losing your temper?"

How long has this been going on, indeed.

two bad neighbors

Meantime, this guy

http://ijr.com/2017/11/1020133-exclusive-30-sources-expose-sexually-explicit-evidence-harassment-ohio-gop-rep-wes-goodman/

Per another comment: "Best bit is when someone texted Goodman about his room # so they could close his bar tab, but he misunderstood and wrote back with the number and a ;)"

President Donald Trump said Sunday a final decision would come this week on whether to maintain a ban on importing elephant hunting trophies from two African countries, indicating he was leaning toward keeping the Obama-era rules in place.

"Big-game trophy decision will be announced next week but will be very hard pressed to change my mind that this horror show in any way helps conservation of Elephants or any other animal," Trump wrote on Twitter Sunday night.

...
Criticism from allies who have big platforms on the right clearly moved the needle. Conservative radio host Michael Savage, who is very popular with the Trump base, and Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham, who recently published a pro-Trump book, both spoke out against getting rid of the Obama-era policy. - Washington Post

So Michael Savage and Laura Ingraham care about elephants? Kinda surprised (figured elephants were dispensable to them) Maybe cuz the animal is a symbol of the Republican party...

tbf to Boucher, if he'd asked Paul numerous times to change what he was doing, and the solution was as simple as turning the mower around and mowing the edge going the opposite direction, then every time Paul went the 'wrong' direction he was pointedly saying "fuck you" to his neighbor. depending on how often Paul mowed, that's a lot of "fuck you". otoh, a "devout Catholic" should have turned the other cheek.

on a more topical note, what or who is going to save us from this egregious republican tax bill?

Big-game trophy decision will be announced next week but will be very hard pressed to change my mind that this horror show in any way helps conservation of Elephants or any other animal," Trump wrote on Twitter Sunday night.

Donald J. Trump otm

Whoever wrote that for DJT otm.

Can’t tell which one of about six threads this ones should go into, but the stock photo for the “Antifa” character here looks far more like a ninja/terrorist from some late 80s video game advert than any actual Antifa kid you’re going to run into.

NRA magazine staying on brand with half-informed scare tactics in defense of white authoritarian rule https://t.co/H7Hu5P11cv pic.twitter.com/YqgFIf06KL

— nebraska antifa (@antifa_ne) November 20, 2017

https://i.imgur.com/G0uvHRb.png
(ninja gaiden, NES)

https://www.lukiegames.com/assets/images/PS2/ps2_smugglers_run_p_xlm0kn.jpg

Antifa 7800

https://arcryphongames.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/ninjagolf_front.jpg

hey everyone, i don't post much here these days, i'm like a month behind on these threads, BORN TO DIE, WORLD IS A FUCK, etc

just popping by to say FRANKEN MUST GO

peace

Even as someone who has as at least many criticisms of Bernie as I do reasons to like him, his saying Franken should stay on was a disappointment. (Of course, that was before these latest allegations came to light, so he may change his tune yet.)

http://www.andysowards.com/blog/assets/old-retro-video-game-magazine-ninja-gaiden.jpeg

hi goole, nice to see you

https://images.sftcdn.net/images/t_optimized,f_auto/p/68cdc740-9b34-11e6-a5fb-00163ec9f5fa/2699472581/clumsy-ninja-screenshot.jpg

/Big-game trophy decision will be announced next week but will be very hard pressed to change my mind that this horror show in any way helps conservation of Elephants or any other animal," Trump wrote on Twitter Sunday night./

Donald J. Trump otm

rumor has it only fresh ivory can hold together 2scoops spiral combover :(

He's probably got all his elephant trophies in the country during the ten minutes that the ban was lifted.

wtf

For everyone supporting child sex predator @MooreSenate, we just got some new #MAGA style hats in stock for you. For everyone else, support @GDouglasJones on 12/12 and drop him a donation today: https://t.co/rfWT4wOrx7 #NoMoorePredators #ALsen pic.twitter.com/QiVdAR5RSH

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) November 20, 2017

oh ffs

Dear Democrats: stop fucking up

that's just some outside group, not an actual party organization

They are still calling themselves Democrats and they are still fucking up.

I mean, you could take the high road, but why let republicans have all the fun of wading through waist-deep shit?

this is p stupid but it's not anywhere close to the depths of the "Bernie Bernstein" robocall, gimme a break

incompetence and evil, our perennial choice

This account is...odd:

C'mon, Alabama, we can't send a child sex predator to the US Senate. Support @GDouglasJones on 12/12 and drop him a donation today: https://t.co/rfWT4wOrx7 #NoMoorePredators #ALsen pic.twitter.com/qLIORVPdv5

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) November 20, 2017

C'mon, Alabama, we can't send a child sex predator to the US Senate. Support @GDouglasJones on 12/12 and drop him a donation today: https://t.co/rfWT4wOrx7 #NoMoorePredators #ALsen pic.twitter.com/Z4w84Mx4J4

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) November 20, 2017

And seems mainly there to re-post one guy

i prefer to categorize the choices as the Horrible and the Miserable per Alvy S

I mean, you could take the high road, but why let republicans have all the fun of wading through waist-deep shit electoral victories?

hey the substitute teacher was in today

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is having reporters say what they’re thankful for before asking her questions & @CeciliaVega says, “I am thankful for the First Amendment.” pic.twitter.com/WiCTT4xoxI

— Sarah Lerner (@SarahLerner) November 20, 2017

I like all the “civility politics are good now” responses to the hat making fun of Roy Moore.

Sarah Sanders says that reporters who are called on must say what they're thankful for before they can ask a question.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 20, 2017

“I’m thankful none of my brothers abused a dog.”

— Fiorello La Garbagecan (@StuntBirdArmy) November 20, 2017

Hahaha