US Politics, October 2018: next week will be even longer

superman's cape is apparently a red bandaid for a combover over hairplugs gone horribly wrong-o
he's an old jester with a broken heart, who says turn me around and take me back to mar-a-lago

lol

you think Trump ever played catch with any of his sons

nope

hands are too small to throw a ball iirc

Perhaps not, but who here ever had the privilege of fast forwarding through the boring parts of action movies for their beloved papa?

Surprised Van Damme has never had occasion to visit this white house

He seems like the kind of dad who would have a screening room, but never let anyone watch movies with him

movies shown in that "man"cave ~ boof o'kavanaugh whose red, red wine spilled all over senator patrick leahy's stolen emails. president clinton, what do you think of ken "the report" starr's baylor tenure?

Got my vote

NEW from me via #FOIA: John Kelly called Elizabeth Warren an "impolite arrogant woman" in an email following a conversation he had with her about Trump's travel ban.

“Absolutely most insulting conversation I have ever had with anyone," Kelly wrotehttps://t.co/XzSkJGCdzr

— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) October 11, 2018

I'm thinking of killing myself as an example to other white men

underrated portion of today's important meeting, from the official WH transcript

THE PRESIDENT: Well, it’s great to have you, Jim. Great to have you.

JIM BROWN: It’s good to be here, Mr. President.

THE PRESIDENT: Kanye, it’s great to be with you.

KANYE WEST: Great to be here.

THE PRESIDENT: And these are two friends of mine. And Kanye has been a friend of mine for a long time. And Jim is — Jim came out of nowhere, and he said, “I like what the President is doing.” A long time ago we met. Right? And I just appreciated it very much.

And, you know, if you look at the employment numbers, if you look at the median income, if you look at every single indicator, we’re keeping our promise, Jim. Thank you. And I want to thank you.

JIM BROWN: And I like North Korea.

THE PRESIDENT: I like North Korea too.

got some kind of time-oriented vertigo reading about the travel ban just now

I'm thinking of killing myself as an example to other white men

― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, October 11, 2018 8:12 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is garbage and disrespectful to suicide victims, their families, and those that struggle with suicide ideation.

That’s cool the president likes north korea

Makes me like the us a little more

🇰🇵 ✊

xp and a little bit to white men too

* tho obv the unspoken "american" that we had a blazing row about a month or so back was unspoken at a very high volume indeed, as it always is

the quiet american nest pas

Settle down birdie

Dagz should say his piece, he’s otm

I bet Kanye thinks the MAGA hat is some kind of amazing design concept

Like how he was probably really into iPhones when they came out, or something

I kinda like his modified version with the lower profile

xpost to Treeship

What makes you think I don’t struggle with it?

I’ve lost 2 beloved colleagues to suicide in the last 8 months and have had a lot of extremely dark days this year, as many of us have had and yet I still can find it within myself to say shit like this on a thread where half the time i’m reading people justifiably blowing off steam of spouting your brand of hysteria and I just roll with it.

I don’t post much so it’s not like you’d know this about me, so I’m going to both ask for your forbearance and ask you to get over yourself.

The discussion of Stephen Miller as Ralph Wiggum from earlier reminds me that I hear most of Treeship’s posts in the voice of Martin Prince.

i don't know who that is but fuck you

also, sparkle motion, i'm sorry for your losses, and my post by no means assumed you didn't have hardship in your own life. i just was not a fan of the rhetoric.

>I agree this is shameful and terrible but they're not random unrelated words. This is patriarchy and misogyny in visible action--supporting Hillary made him feel like less of a man, and less able to participate in masculinity, whereas jumping on the Trump bandwagon strokes his sense that he's included in the benefits of (explicitly) maleness and (I think, implicitly) whiteness, which is not an uncomplicated statement but still...BOOM. There you have it, in simple terms.

― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Thursday, October 11, 2018 10:37 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Agree totally -- was more stunned by his baseline honesty than being sarcastic by saying he was spelling it out -- there's a through-line in his entire rant so consistent I almost feel like thanking him for putting it this simply; Hillary's fine, but dads need to start playing catch with their sons again

https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/square_medium/2/22757/449297-martinprince1.gif

very helpful

The Kanye thing is incredibly honest, and embarrassing and stupid. I wonder if any other presidents would have had Kanye into the Oval Office to talk about what cool Dads they seem. Bill Clinton?

i don't know who that is but fuck you

― Trϵϵship, Thursday, October 11, 2018 9:11 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

New board descrip

definitely not

My colleagues have to go to dinner with their new boss in like 3 Thursdays and were asking me for conversation topics. I told them to say "Hey!, if this were the 80s all of us would be rushing home to catch the Cosby Show tonight!" I wonder if Kanye watched a lot of Cosby show and is now acting out.

god I hope I never "have to" go to dinner with my boss. any boss.

I am getting out of there next week so I get to miss the dinner and mandatory holiday parties. The last time I was working there two years ago I had to go to lunch with the boss and talked about how dogs can see ghosts. I nail these functions.

dogs can definitely see ghosts though

anyone who has had a dog knows that

Jim Brown had his bell rung a little too often

He also once threw a woman off a balcony or out of a window or something to that effect iirc so he’s on brand for this crew.

Leonard Cohen apparently wrote a Kanye West poem back in 2015:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpOEK31VAAA9ejO.jpg

so what if they want to go to war but don't have the planes?

https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/america-s-fighter-fleets-are-in-terrible-shape-but-matt-1829684952

That’s the worst thing Leonard Cohen ever wrote

on top of all the terrible things kanye is, he's also *of course* that asshole who's always showing you things on his phone.

that Leonard Cohen poem is wonderful

kanye is not picasso, but is definitely an asshole

That’s the worst thing Leonard Cohen ever wrote

― Trϵϵship, Friday, October 12, 2018 8:33 AM

that Leonard Cohen poem is wonderful

― El Tomboto, Friday, October 12, 2018 8:50 AM

You're both right.

All three of you are right.

if we're talking some alternative kind of right

is there any other kind

Co-opting the word 'alternative' is not the least of their crimes. Though I like to think that 'alt' is really just German for 'old', 'cause ultimately they're just a bunch of senile neo-nazis, regardless of age.