US Politics February 2019: This is one of the great losers of all time.

Pecker bozos pick fight with Bezos over pecker pics

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xpost How quickly we forget Anthony Weiner.

man Gavin de Becker is probably the best dude to have in your corner with this type of scenario.

― omar little, Friday, February 8, 2019 8:21 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah well when you can afford the very best....

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Any editor worth their salt would scrawl 'TOO ON-THE-NOSE' across this manuscript and ship it back to its author.

Bowing out:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/john-dingell-my-last-words-for-america/2019/02/08/99220186-2bd3-11e9-984d-9b8fba003e81_story.html?utm_term=.f14506930445

Meantime, pretty as a picture.

Roger Stone argues against gag order, says he's no Kim Kardashian https://t.co/oMhVH1Obqx pic.twitter.com/57Prj3qHpk

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 8, 2019

he's right!

dick picks (sic)

hmmm

sick dick picks sic

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f6/Grateful_Dead_-_Dick%27s_Picks_Volume_11.jpg/220px-Grateful_Dead_-_Dick%27s_Picks_Volume_11.jpg

How do we know they're not talking about Grateful Dead bootlegs?

BEZOS HOARDS BETTY BOARDS.

a below-the-belt selfie, or "Grateful Dead bootleg"

Any editor worth their salt would scrawl 'TOO ON-THE-NOSE' across this manuscript and ship it back to its author.
― Shaved Cyborg (Old Lunch), Friday, February 8, 2019 8:48 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't recall any nose play being part of the threatened blackmail but maybe I should re-read the Medium post

I remember peckers, not noses

"Pecker bozos pick fight with Bezos over pecker pics"

Yes but it's also Pecker v. De Becker!

The past 24 hours seen an insane amount of news break about the Trump Org. To recap 1/

— Zach Everson (@Z_Everson) February 8, 2019

Rich Dick Picks De Pecker to Pressure Pecker on Dick Pics?

Jeff Bezos' Penis at the Old Renaissance Fairgrounds, Veneta CA 72

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/heres-why-your-tax-refund-is-lower-this-year.html

Yep I have to pay for the first time ever

because I was laid off and got a large-ish severance, I may get a refund for the first time in eons

Orange Shithead gets no credit

What da fuck

North Korea, under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, will become a great Economic Powerhouse. He may surprise some but he won’t surprise me, because I have gotten to know him & fully understand how capable he is. North Korea will become a different kind of Rocket - an Economic one!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2019

Flattery works on him, so...

https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/487313.jpg

My God, he thinks Kim is Mao. He really believes it. Oh, Christ. Oh, no. https://t.co/zUiWjAIXez

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) February 9, 2019

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional bargainers are working toward a border security deal amid indications that the White House is preparing to accept a bipartisan agreement that would give President Donald Trump a fraction of the money he’s demanded for his proposed southern border wall.

Participants said they expect money for physical barriers to end up well below the $5.7 billion that Trump has sought to begin construction of the wall, which has attained iconic significance for him and his conservative supporters. Underscoring the clout he’s lost during a battle that’s dominated the opening weeks of divided government, the amount seems sure to fall much closer to $1.6 billion, the participants said, a figure that was in a bipartisan Senate bill last year.

“That’s what we’re working toward,” said Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., one bargainer.

...Coupled with a widespread expectation that the agreement would not use the term “wall,” the pact would represent a significant retreat for Trump, for whom “Build the wall!” has been a battle cry since his presidential campaign.

Democrats seemed to draw a firm line on spending.

“Throughout the talks, Democrats have insisted that a border security compromise not be overly reliant on physical barriers,” said Evan Hollander, spokesman for Democrats who control the House Appropriations Committee. “We will not agree to $2 billion in funding for barriers.”

...The aide also said the agreement need not contain the term “wall,” a word that Trump has lately alternated between embracing and abandoning.

ZERO MONEY FOR THE GODDAMN WALL "PHYSICAL BARRIER"

democrats won't agree to $2 billion for a wall. but they will agree to $1.6 billion for "physical barriers". isn't this the exact number that fuck schumer floated a month ago? ZERO DOLLARS. ZERO.

1.6 B is really jack shit in terms of actually doing anything

1.6 B to take down all that razor wire.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/QEHZijrFO6WfKwguha1vhrIhQoA=/1484x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NUAEXDBKHQI6TEDOTVK3MRI6WQ.jpg

Holding the House gives the dems enough power to make Trump retreat a considerable distance, but not enough to force through non-negotiable demands. Believing he could simply force the issue was Trump's big mistake; Pelosi knows enough not to make the same error. When you can't get the full victory, you look for the symbolic victory and accept you'll only get part of what you want. The war against Trumpism won't be won in one battle.

When you can't get the full victory, you look for the symbolic victory and accept you'll only get part of what you want.

this is what normal presidents, even bad ones, have done. They understand politics that much.

1.6 B is really jack shit in terms of actually doing anything

that's true. but give them 1.6 billion this year and they'll ask for (and will get) 2 billion next year, too. it's a symbol of racism. that's why republicans want it. that's why democrats should completely oppose it. if the opposition asks for $6 billion to construct a giant confederate flag in space, you don't compromise by giving them $1.6 billion to build a "large permanent national symbol of southern heritage in the cosmos", you give them ZERO DOLLARS

what makes you think they'll get $2 billion next year?

if there's a bipartisan agreement to spend $1.6 billion on a wall, why not?

If you plan to make this symbolic fight the opening salvo of a fight to the death with racism, with no compromise until total victory, then look at US history and prepare to lose.

at that point, you've ceded the whole "this is totally racist and shouldn't be constructed at all" point, which is arguably important, and instead moved the debate to the amount of dollars that should be spent on it

they JUST had this battle. the 35-day shutdown. the majority of the country was clearly AGAINST the wall. this is fucking ridiculous, you guys. standing against this is not a commitment to never compromise until racism is eradicated - that is a ridiculous extrapolation.

Part of the Dems' calculation is to get Trump back to their December bargaining posture before he threw his tantrum, thus showing what an idiot he was all along. In fact, isn't the latest proposal less than the December? I'm on the road, can't look.

Don’t text and drive

Racism eradicated? That's like me saying we must eradicate homophobia. Fight it? Hells yeah. In a series of small victories.

of course. but $1.6 billion is no kind of "small victory". that is a step TOWARD racism, not a step away from it.

you don't reward the dumb fuck who proposed the wall by giving him only part of what he wants.

wtf, i feel like i must be misunderstanding everyone, this is insane

3.6 B is really jack shit in terms of actually doing anything

*bloodcurdling scream*

No, Karl, you're right. But giving the racist some symbolism and money that does nothing, while taking away some his power and handing it to the very minorities he hates, that is not a bad deal. If that's the deal they make. And that's a big if.

putting aside the idea that it's ok to support a racist idea if it's not ultimately going to be effective - which i totally disagree with - how does this hand power to people of color?

The idea is barriers is like whatever—up to others if this makes sense as border security. “The Wall” is a monument to racism, so no money for “barriers” now. Karl otm.