US Politics, February 2020. They want to kill your cows.

how many times will OG say "socialism" tonight?

there's got to be at least a 50% chance that he has an utter brain meltdown and let's the speech devolve into nothing but ad libbed inanity

The other scenario is that he monotones his way through it like he's being forced to stay on message

Pressley out too:

Ayanna Pressley is boycotting SOTU pic.twitter.com/GknxipIgru

— Alana Abramson (@aabramson) February 4, 2020

Meanwhile, the Democrats' guests include Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee and one of Jeffrey Epstein's victims.

There's at least one other person blowing it off, but I can't remember who.

oh, you're probably thinking of people itt who will be proud to not watch this tonight. way more than one

as a true patriot i plan on facing the other way from the screen as the president talks

i, on the other hand, will finish a job interview, fix myself a manhattan and get ready to hatewatch

i’m going to see poppy

i mean, he's dead, so

sotu = shit on the union

don't look, at the pulpit
i excreted something, awfulonit

i'm really into the song puns today, what else do we got

I would bet Tlaib isn't showing up either

Tlaib of all people should be loudly disrupting the speech.

GET HER OUT OF HERE, OUT OUT GET HER OUT

I am now going to rewatch George Cukor's classic Holiday with Grant and Hepburn

okay it’s on me for turning it on but tf is this “freedom unifies the soul” nonsense

First headline I came across, from CNN: 'Will Trump gloat tonight? Dems are in chaos and he's about to be acquitted'

Am I wrong for feeling that pretty much every ''''journalist'''' with a nationwide reach needs to be immediately jettisoned into the airless vacuum of space, if only to encourage the prospective journalists of the future to think twice about being useless muckraking douchenozzles whose only apparent goal is to spray gasoline on the last smoldering remnants of civil society?

otm

yep.

otm

the only moment worth remembering is Pelosi ripping up the speech at the end

the extent to which journalists cover politics like they're sportswriters is so fucking disgusting

the anger seemed to be leaking out of her pores

not surprisingly, Fox is one of the few networks that is only focusing on Trump's handshake snub and pretending the 'rip' didn't happen

disgusting

otm, but the business side of journalism will always rewards this behavior. it is simple to produce in large quantities, attracts a good sized audience of sensation seekers who don't want to think hard about politics, and is a low risk for alienating advertisers.

Just absolutely neurologically tip-top. The healthiest president in history.

"He direderd the December dersalt" pic.twitter.com/wZ0Dy5OsCR

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 5, 2020

he's just old

pelosi is that old, she fucks up in the same ways all the time.

they're all fucking old

generally, you don't get to be a leader in this country unless you're about to die. you peak in power and then you make no sense and die

sometimes, you even make no sense and then peak in power long afterwards, it hardly matters

trump not shaking the hand and then pelosi ripping up the speech was like

trump: yaaargannn!

pelosi: ....torrrsssssaaalll!!

trump *DEVASTATED* pelosi!!

pelosi *HUMILIATED* trump!!

one wiffleball to the shin and either one's leg would shatter

Pelosi is not clinging to the podium to forestall physical spasms that she knows are a frequent occurrence, which coincide with her inability to form words. She's also not constantly snorting because she has to rack up to make it through an hour or two's public appearance.

(I don't want people as old as Pelosi or Bernie or Warren to be in government generally! But there's a difference between being old, and being so medically *checks legal diagnostic terms* shitfucked that offsiders scream at children to clear the room as soon as you lose physical control of your tongue at a prayer breakfast)

Anyway I know we're way too jaded to bother paying attention to insanely fucked up things this administration does anymore*, but as well as giving Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal Of Freedom on live TV during the State Of The Union Address today, Trump also excluded Customs & Border Patrol from FOIA requests

and the National Archives have approved ICE to destroy all records from 2017, and

It’s not just ICE. The Department of the Interior and the National Archives have decided to delete files on endangered species, offshore drilling inspections and the safety of drinking water. The department even claimed that papers from a case where it mismanaged Native American land and assets — resulting in a multibillion-dollar legal settlement — would be of no interest to future historians (or anyone else).

Virtually all the papers of the under secretary of state for economic growth, energy and environment are also being designated as “temporary,” despite the incredibly broad responsibilities of that office — from international aviation safety to foreign takeovers of American firms.

Archivists have a tough job even when they are adequately supported. They somehow have to predict what records future historians will judge to be truly significant. But now the State Department is cutting archivists completely out of the process: Instead, it will start using machine learning algorithms to separate the “historic” from the “temporary.” Going forward, it is not even planning to turn these records over to the National Archives — a clear violation of the Federal Records Act.

Karl I've never seen Pelosi slur words or seem me disoriented like Trump does frequently, do you have examples?

current CNN headline:

Trump makes dazzling, divisive reelection pitch in State of the Union
Trump makes dazzling, divisive reelection pitch in State of the Union
Trump makes dazzling, divisive reelection pitch in State of the Union
Trump makes dazzling, divisive reelection pitch in State of the Union
Trump makes dazzling, divisive reelection pitch in State of the Union
Trump makes dazzling, divisive reelection pitch in State of the Union

looks like someone who got purposefully excluded from yesterday's press lunch is angling to get invited to the next one. simply outstanding.

Sorry to self-c+p but

pretty much every ''''journalist'''' with a nationwide reach needs to be immediately jettisoned into the airless vacuum of space

Am I wrong for feeling that pretty much every ''''journalist'''' with a nationwide reach needs to be immediately jettisoned into the airless vacuum of space, if only to encourage the prospective journalists of the future to think twice about being useless muckraking douchenozzles whose only apparent goal is to spray gasoline on the last smoldering remnants of civil society?

“dazzling”

All issues of asslicking, barely-concealed partisanship aside, I definitely take issue with that descriptor, as well. Trump has never been 'dazzling'. 'Vajazzling' maybe but never 'dazzling'.

'The president's rhetoric at times had a quality not unlike a splay of garish genital rhinestones.'

grab em by the vajazzle

So we're onto rimming

it will start using machine learning algorithms to separate the “historic” from the “temporary.”

lmao I would love to hear someone describe to me how this works holy crap

But now the State Department is cutting archivists completely out of the process: Instead, it will start using machine learning algorithms to separate the “historic” from the “temporary.” Going forward, vernacular can only be created for temporary materials (with the help of vernacular specialists) and can't be replicated or used for reproducing the original language.

As an aside: After a long hiatus and a lot of fightback (including from native-speakers), the (two-year-old) "Minority Title" initiative has now abandoned its "one language, one picture" claim, instead focusing on "ancient materials and databases on the historical importance of a particular language."

And so an entirely new language for the US

When in doubt, ask Transformer.

this seems like a plum contract for some vastly overvalued software company founded by the coked-out scion of an inbred republican dynasty, can't wait to see what their algorithm decides is worth preserving for future generations

Breaking: Contents of the National Archives to be replaced wholesale with printouts of Trump tweets.

Pressley and AOC boycotting >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pelosi's sour grapes-looking speech rip

WATCH: President Trump encourages South Carolina Republicans to vote for a Democratic presidential candidate in tomorrow's open primary.

He takes a poll: "Who the hell is easier to beat? Crazy Bernie or Sleepy Joe?" The crowd cheers.

"I don't know. I think Crazy Bernie has it." pic.twitter.com/hC1dD5IwRt

— Nicole Sganga (@NicoleSganga) February 29, 2020

Trump trying to bring the conversation back to himself as usual

US Politics, March 2020 — There’s a very good chance you’re not going to die.