SCOOP w/ @karendeyoung1: Trump considering last-minute meeting in Mexico with country’s president https://t.co/QdXzF0v0c6
— Robert Costa (@costareports) August 31, 2016
This is insane https://t.co/tgLHQ7BN4P
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 31, 2016
@costareports We're not sending our best.
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) August 31, 2016
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto: “We must do lunch, one of these days.”
Deadbeat Donald Trump: “See ya on Wednesday — you’re buying!”
Donald Trump is considering jetting to Mexico City on Wednesday for a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, just hours before he delivers a high-stakes speech in Arizona to clarify his views on immigration policy, according to people in the United States and Mexico familiar with the discussions.
The possibility, which was hatched in recent days by Trump and his campaign advisers, comes after Trump has wavered for weeks over whether he would continue to hold his hard-line positions on the central and incendiary issue of his campaign, in particular his call to deport an estimated 11 million immigrants who are living in the United States illegally…
Peña Nieto has extended an invitation for the businessman to come visit with him in Mexico to talk about various political and economic issues, the people said. Trump, sensing an opportunity, decided over the weekend to accept the invitation and push for a visit this week.Trump is scheduled to hold fundraisers Wednesday morning in California and deliver his immigration speech in the evening at the Phoenix Convention Center. His trip to Mexico would come in the hours in between his events, should it occur.
Trump’s newly installed campaign chief executive, Stephen K. Bannon, played a key role in devising the stop while Trump met Sunday with his aides and family at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., according to two people who have been briefed on the campaign’s deliberations…
My first thought upon hearing about this was that Trump’s campaign handlers wanted him to show up on the Presidente’s doorstep on Wednesday, and make a media-friendly fuss when everybody inside hid behind the drapes and pretended they weren’t home. My second thought was that they wanted a public refusal from Mexico, which would gin Donald up for a really major tantrum during his Big Immigration Pivot Speech(tm). Seeing Bannon’s greasy fingerprints convinces me, yes, it’s all another publicity stunt to promote The Grift.
Because even Deadbeat Don must have a dim idea by now that he’s not gonna win the election, but he’s got two months and counting of free media for his long con(s). And an all-networks tantrum about how he — all True ‘Mericans! — have now been disrespected!!!! by a bunch of ingrate dark-skinned foreigners!!! — is priceless advertising for mid-November’s upcoming Trump-Breitbart News Network launch announcement.
Peña Nieto is not very popular among Mexicans right now. Maybe he thinks by yelling at Trump he can improve that. https://t.co/q7Hc24M7mk
— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) August 31, 2016
The Mexican government is not aware of any meeting scheduled between President Peña Nieto and Donald Trump. https://t.co/4eTvkh4Uyc
— Enrique Acevedo (@Enrique_Acevedo) August 31, 2016
Statement from office of Mexican president: "There is no confirmation of meetings at this point.” pic.twitter.com/cLiFrt7Bd8
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 31, 2016
Betsy
Wishy-washy — sad!
Mike in NC
Drumpf will demand a very classy taco bowl.
danielx
I am certain this will go well.
khead
It’s been a while since I posted some cat pics. Have some Coal in the afternoon sun.
Elie
Ok — I have been pretty busy with a new job… but tonight I tuned in for the first time to a Trump speech here in WA. Why is he getting this free press? Why is his whole speech on the tube? When is Hillary getting her speeches on the tube? (Never)
He is ignorant and a filthy pig. And his supporters are worse than he is. They are cancer on our body politic and if he is elected (which he won’t be), we would be beyond screwed. As it is, the shame that I feel for our country is profound… this guy should have never been allowed to be where he is and the Republicans should never ever live this down.
Major Major Major Major
@khead: aw, very handsome. Looks like mine.
redshirt
I, too, like taco bowls.
peach flavored shampoo
Wait….what? Cali in the morn, fly all the way to Mex City, then fly back to Fo-nix, all in one day? With events that take several hours, each? For a 70 year old?
Unpossible.
Princess (now General) Leia
Al Giordano is retweeting a confirmation from the Mexican President’s office of the meeting tomorrow.
chopper
knowing trump, he’d probably ask mexico’s president if his plane has a dirt floor or something.
dmsilev
Take it for what little it’s worth but
jl
This may be a signature event of the Trump campaign. Right up there with Tebow’s amazing inspirational speech at the RNC.
Princess (now General) Leia
Guardian also reporting the trip. Crazy.
Major Major Major Major
@dmsilev: that’s the CNN headline I just got too.
BruceFromOhio
Unmitigated, relentless bullshit.
And the shambling corpse of American Media laps it up like a dog eating its own vomit.
Adam L Silverman
@Helen: in the previous post correctly reported that Nieto has confirmed the meeting tomorrow.
Jean
Seems like very little time for schedule and security planning. Bizarre.
dmsilev
Pity the poor folks in the Secret Service trying to coordinate security for Trump tomorrow.
nutella
President of Mexico confirms meeting tomorrow. Says it’s private. Too weird. Maybe they will commiserate about their lousy approval ratings.
BruceFromOhio
@Elie: Yeah, this. Can’t even read MY FAVORITE FUCKING BLOG ANYMORE WITHOUT RIVERS OF SHIT SPEWING OUT OF EVERY FUCKING HOLE.
Sorry, dumpster fire fumes making me a little light-headed there for a moment. Maybe some chamomile and a cold compress before turning in …
Adam L Silverman
@dmsilev: Its the Law Enforcement Attache at US Embassy Mexico City and his or her staff that will be up all night doing the coordination.
Helen
@Adam L Silverman: I root for Clusterfucks. ;)
Face
@Princess (now General) Leia: Wow. Whats the con here? Why in hell would Mexico’s prez want to meet with Trump?
I have a feeling that Trump will claim after this meeting that Mexico agreed to pay for the wall, truth and facts be dammed. The rebuttal by Mexico will only serve to prove, somehow, that Trump was right all along.
Adam L Silverman
@nutella: Easier to do security at the last minute if you make the meeting private. Most likely at Los Pinos, which is the Mexican Presidential Palace.
Adam L Silverman
@Helen: What’s the snack for that? Is it still popcorn?
Elie
I dunno but I don’t think this is going to go well for Trump… he is unpopular in Mexico and showing up on the doorstep of an unpopular (in Mexico) President. If I am the Mexican President, I am setting this fucker up in a position that he will be unable to wiggle from. The Mexican President needs to speak last (as he would as host) in any press conference. He can then just completely disrespect him — but in the subtle way that Trump won’t understand right away or won’t be able to respond to. Trust me, the Obama team is helping him tonight….
Adam L Silverman
@Face: Nieto invited both candidates last week. He has very, very low approval ratings. Not sure if he expected one, both, and/or neither to accept. What the real interesting thing to watch for is what Trump claims they discussed and Nieto agreed to versus what, if anything Nieto’s office releases. My guess is that Trump will try to get his version out first and then if Nieto comes out and contradicts it he’ll accuse Nieto of backtracking, Mexico being an untrustworthy ally, and that the wall just got ten feet taller!
mike in dc
I hope President Nieta will outline, in painstaking detail, ways that Mexico may respond to his immigration policy proposals.
Elie
@Face:
He doesn’t want to meet with him. He made some off hand remark that they would have to have lunch sometime and Trump seized on it just now…I am sure he had no intention of ever meeting with Trump but now that his bluff has been called…
NotMax
Trump to announce while there that his favorite cartoon character is Speedy Gonzalez.
Elie
@BruceFromOhio:
I apologize and feel your pain — really I wonder if I will ever feel that things are ok again. How did this happen? I can’t get over it….
Major Major Major Major
@Elie: and now of course Hillary has to meet with him.
Does she, actually? I have no idea how the optics play.
dmsilev
So, the timing is …interesting. Trump is doing a fundraiser thing in California tomorrow morning. I’m not sure where, so let’s be nice and say LA and say that it finishes at 9 AM. He helicopters to the airport and Trump Force One lifts off at 9:30. 3.5 hours later, 1 PM Pacific, he lands in Mexico City. Let’s be nice and assume that his hosts meet him at the airport and he’s only on the ground for an hour. Wheels up at 2 PM, 3 hours to Phoenix and he lands at 5 PM Pacific and gets in the chopper to head to his rally or whatever the hell it is. Oops, he’s already late for his big speech.
How does this even work?
Helen
Sheriff Joe Arpaio just said he wants to go with Trump. CLUSTERFUCK!!
Adam L Silverman
@dmsilev: I doubt the President of Mexico will come to him. That’s a big breach of protocol. More likely they chopper Trump to Los Pinos.
Ruckus
@peach flavored shampoo:
Exactly, flapping his arms for that long at 70 yrs old? Especially at his liftoff weight and aerodynamic configuration. That chrome dome covering alone has to take half the power to sustain flight.
Face
@Elie: But why would Trump find it so crucial to stuff this in between 2 other events, including right before his “big speech”? Im convinced it will “allow” him to make claims that 1) Mexico supports his wall, 2) Mexico supports deportation, and 3) Nieta supports his campaign. All lies and creations of his mind, but no matter, as the US press will report it as Very Serious.
Elie
@Major Major Major Major:
Ugh — have no idea. If I were her, I would wait to see how this goes? I hope that the Mexican president has the wisdom to avoid a press conference where he can’t have the last word. A private audience should be taped but maybe not… Ugh. Stupid idea and nothing worse than a drowning man swimming near another one…. The President of Mexico is at most risk here… he has nowhere to go but down from here..
dmsilev
@Adam L Silverman: Agreed; I was trying to give the best-case number, but you’re right. So tack on another hour to chopper back and forth (or more). Big Speech is now starting probably 2 hours late at best, and he’s missed the nightly news in at least half the country.
Feebog
Logistically, I don’t see how he does this. Mexico City is a 4 hour flight from LAX. How the hell do you appear at a fund raiser in the a.m., fight the traffic to the airport, fly to MC, fight the traffic, meet with Nieto, fight the traffic back to Mexico City airport, then fly to Phoenix, another 4 hours?
ETA, I see dmsilev beat me to it.
Adam L Silverman
@dmsilev: He always runs 90 minutes late anyway.
Adam L Silverman
@Feebog: They’ll chopper him back and forth from the airports.
burnspbesq
In a perfect world, Nieto will send Trump home with his ass in a shopping bag, and there will be no doubt about it.
Or conjure up some sort of emergency, and make him cool his heels for a couple of hours.
Elie
@Face:
I think that you are right and that the President of Mexico is in the inferior position in this wrestling match… Still there must be a way to show up this show boat who bites so easily on any offered bait. Whatever, the president should definitely have the last word and have a public press conference where the results can’t be spun as easily. It was a stupid stupid thing to offer…I am sure he sees that now….
dmsilev
This will go well:
NotMax
@dmsilev
You left out a touchdown at Mena for “offloading.”
Frankly, would be surprised if Trump has a non-expired passport.
Ruckus
@Feebog:
He has the bestest, fastest 25+yr old plane in the world. He wants to be somewhere he twitches his nose and what do you know, he’s there. Trump is Samantha in, is it still in drag the other way around?
I Am Not King Jon Snow
It does indeed look like the meeting’s a go. Jorge Ramos was pointing out on Twitter that President Pena Nieto’s approval rating is currently 23 percent. He’s one of the most unpopular presidents in Mexican history. He’s also dealing with a plagiarism scandal concerning his law thesis. And the Mexican economy shrank last quarter. So he desperately needs a distraction. I’m expecting a messy and public scene tomorrow. I think President Pena Nieto is going to use the Trump visit to again emphasize, publicly, that Mexico will never pay for that f*cking wall and that Trump is the second coming of Benito Mussolini. Or something along those lines.
dmsilev
@NotMax: He was in Scotland recently, and they let him in, so he probably has a valid passport.
hellslittlestangel
@NotMax: Speedy is one of the good Mexicans, not at all like that awful welfare-scamming Slowpoke Rodriguez.
Peale
@Face: he’s the strong man who’s willing to take it to the enemy, unlike Hillary who runs and hides,
Whichever. Whatever. What it does is keep Immigration front and center as the top issue going into Labor Day, which is really Trump’s only winning issue, while Hillary is tied up with emails part 3. That’s really what he has now because otherwise he’s just Romney with an obsession with Mexico and terrorists and a foul mouth. Unfortunately, I fear that if the election becomes an up down vote on immigration, it will be much closer than we were looking at two weeks ago.
FlipYrWhig
My prediction is that Trump comes out of the meeting saying that the Mexican president was very critical of him and vice versa, so he’d better get used to it because when he’s President Trump that’s how things are gonna work. Nieto can say he stuck it to Trump, Trump can say he stuck it to Nieto, and both retire for a round of attaboys from the few people who still like them.
Ruckus
@burnspbesq:
That’s a great idea. And do a press conference while he’s making him wait. I’d suggest a 3 hr one.
FlipYrWhig
@Peale: the people who care about the supposed horrors of immigration were already Trump diehards, though.
hovercraft
@Elie:
Her Reno speech last week was televised. They’ve been better since the general started, also too since he’s been on the promter he’s a lot less entertaining so they are showing less of him.
GregB
Will Trump be bringinh his famous taco bowls for lunch?
Peale
@dmsilev: or set it up so its carried live for those who want to see it. These major policy speeches (by both candidates, actually) keep taking place when people are at work.
hovercraft
@Jean:
The invitation was Friday, they decided Sunday to go, so three days days to prep.
Steeplejack (tablet)
@Adam L Silverman:
Goo Goo Clusters. Which are actually pretty good, in a Moon Pie-adjacent way.
Elie
@Ruckus:
Naw — he can’t overtly diss him like that… he has to come up with a more subtle thing where he makes Trump
1) look stupid or 2) somehow not in control of himself. Dunno what that might be, but Trump is aggressive and bites on bait pretty well, so there must be something he can use. I can’t get over how stupid this was on Nieto’s part… He HAS to win this on the optics cause otherwise he ends up in the worst place and Trump wins over him and he becomes the Mexican example of what Trump is gonna do … He cannot afford that and neither can we, so I imagine its balls to the walls to come up with a solution that will somehow get him out of the trap he set for himself…
Punchy
@dmsilev: Holy crap, this cant get any more messed up. Sessions is a hard-core Deport Them All Guy, and Rudy is fuckin crazy in too many ways to count. This has the appearance that they’re going to blitz Nieto into saying something they can spin in their favor.
If Im Obama, Im on the phone with Nieto asking just what the fuck is going on because this makes no sense on the outside.
hovercraft
@Major Major Major Major:
I don’t think she does, usually the candidates do it to burnish their foreign policy chops, something she doesn’t need to do.
hovercraft
@Helen:
Oh please, oh please let him go, the more the merrier. This will play so well on Univision and Telemundo tomorrow.
EDIT : Imagine the throngs of locals in Mexico City lining up to welcome him to Mexico.
Elie
@Punchy:
He is hopefully trying to help Nieto — who really got his jones stuck in a trap here. Honesty, what WAS he thinking?
I Am Not King Jon Snow
@Feebog: You don’t, unless you have the starship Enterprise at your disposal. Which is another reason (besides the fact that Nieto is almost certainly going to do something to sandbag Trump) why this Mexican sojourn is a really bad idea. But i guess this is what happens when you have a campaign full of people who’ve never run a campaign.
Steeplejack (tablet)
@hellslittlestangel:
Okay, that was good. LOL.
Adam L Silverman
@Steeplejack (tablet): I’ve had goo goo clusters.
Major Major Major Major
@hovercraft: yeah, alright, that makes sense in the context of Obama’s 2008 trip.
CalD
So presumably, Nieto will be looking to boost his dismal approval numbers by posing with Trump holding a giant check from the Mexican government, made out to the Build That Wall fund.
Betsy
@dmsilev: @Adam L Silverman: @Adam L Silverman: Maybe he’s trying to get out of his big speech, using an important-sounding fake reason. Must have moar time to waffle/pivot/flip-flop/ figure out what the hell to do next
ETA: meant to reply to feebog too, not Adam twice
Punchy
@Elie: It’s one thing to invite Donny Dumbfuck over for some queso and chips and talk futbol and tequila. But if Don is bringing his whole Wreckin’ Crew to stir shit up, thats a declaration of intent to break shit and Nieto should be aware….
dmsilev
@Betsy: At least one version of the Trump-goes-to-Mexico story said that the trip was Bannon’s idea, and the immigration speech seems to have been pushed by the Kellyanne Conway faction of TrumpCo, so maybe we’re seeing the internal civil war break out into public jostling and Trump himself doesn’t have the leadership abilities to actually make a decision.
KlareCole
@Helen: Maybe Presidente meets taco bearing Trump with a small flame thrower? And tv cameras?
JR in WV
@khead:
Those are fantastic, catastic photos. Thanks!
Adam L Silverman
@srv: Exactly how many votes does Bangladesh have in the Electoral College? Exactly how many Americans can even find Bangladesh on the map?
hovercraft
Late night All In said:
Nieto has 23 % approval rating, there are massive protests by striking teachers everyday, also strikes about students who disappeared/murdered, and he has to give his State of the Union on Friday. He may use Trump to try and boost his approval numbers.
I Am Not King Jon Snow
@Betsy: I think this is a real possibility. Perhaps it’s finally dawning on Senor Trump that there is no way in Hades one speech will answer all of the questions people have regarding his immigration policy. The speech is bound to disappoint. So Trump is going to sabotage his own speech, or he will try to distract people from it.
At least that’s the strategic view. Another possibility is that Trump is an idiot and has no idea what he’s doing.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
Should Clinton just shrug her shoulders and say that she’s met the Mexican president enough times that she doesn’t need to make a big deal out of it?
Major Major Major Major
@Adam L Silverman: I don’t think srv can even find October on a calendar.
Exurban Mom
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: Yeah. This is a “Please proceed” moment. Just get out of his way.
hovercraft
@Adam L Silverman:
That would be East Pakistan, right? If I remember my high school geography correctly. Final answer.
Adam L Silverman
@dmsilev: This is dominance politics. Trump is going to try to knuckle Nieto or rather he will claim that he has knuckled him. That’s what will be tomorrow’s play.
Peale
@Adam L Silverman: that’s ok. Only Nixon can go to Mexico or something. Actually, quite a few people can go to Mexico. i didn’t realize that Mexico had stopped talking with us. Maybe it’s our support for the exiled government of Mexico currently in Cozumel that’s been the sticking point. I’m not certain when we broke ties with the country. I blame Carter.
Omnes Omnibus
@Adam L Silverman:
::raises hand::
Feebog
@I Am Not King Jon Snow:
I checked commercial flights, it’s over 4 hours. This should be, ah, interesting.
dmsilev
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: Nah, she’s a diplomat. She’ll thank him for the kind invitation, and say that she’ll happily visit at some time that is convenient for both of them. Which might be in the next couple of months (she’ll presumably be in New Mexico or Arizona at some point, and taking a day off the regular campaign trail for a foreign visit isn’t inherently unreasonable), or it could be after the election.
Adam L Silverman
@hovercraft: yep. I once saw Gartensteen-Ross give a briefing, that made no sense for the audience (a National Guard brigade) and its upcoming mission in Afghanistan that included the regional strategic importance of Pakistan. When he discussed the map he told the Soldiers that Pakistan was to the east of India and Bangladesh to the west. This is what happens when the Islamophobia folks find these law school guys and turn them into terrorism experts. They just don’t know what they don’t know.
Adam L Silverman
@Omnes Omnibus: Fine, how many Americans other than you, hovercraft, Schrodinger’s Cat, any American of Bangladeshi, Indian, and/or Pakistani descent?
hovercraft
@Adam L Silverman:
Wow. Just Wow. That’s just pathetic. If you’re a briefer you have to have at least basic knowledge.
EDIT: In answer to your question I’m going to say 10 % of those who are native born, but I’m including those who are of Asian descent.
Omnes Omnibus
@Adam L Silverman: Gartensteen-Ross is more than a bit daft.
dmsilev
@Adam L Silverman: [raises hand]
Adam L Silverman
@Omnes Omnibus: If it wasn’t for FDD, which relies on Gaffney’s funding network, there would be no Gartensteen-Ross as we know him. Just some Jewish-American guy with a law degree from Wake Forest with a handful of law review articles on environmental law and regulations.
Steeplejack (tablet)
@Omnes Omnibus:
Fun fact: Bangladesh is almost as big as Wisconsin!
Adam L Silverman
@hovercraft: When I politely mentioned it later he claimed, angrily, that he was tired and obviously misspoke. He was resentful that I even spoke with him. He had no idea who I was. Who I was was the technical/functional subject matter expert on the assessment team that the Army had sent to determine if they should keep funding the program that he was part of. Basically I was the person that was determining if any of the content was worthwhile and any more money should be spent on it.
NotMax
@Adam L. Silverman
Ooh ooh, call on me, Mr. Kotter.
dmsilev
Josh Marshall, who has taken his position as one of the leading Trumpologists of our time:
Omnes Omnibus
@Adam L Silverman: My mom and dad. Not sure about my brother (can I give him hints?).
Steeplejack (tablet)
@Adam L Silverman:
:: raises hand::
I even remember when it was Bangla Desh and the capital was Dacca (before they moved it to Dhaka).
hovercraft
@Steeplejack (tablet):
And prone to flooding, it’s main agricultural ares are in the mouth of (my brain is failing me, I learned this back in high school in the early ’80’s), the Indus River. Basically gets washed away every Monsoon season. Now I’m going to google and check my memory.
Omnes Omnibus
@Steeplejack (tablet): Does it have cheese curds?
danielx
@KlareCole:
Not sure about that, but I’d wager that a lot of garbage will be thrown.
amk
Another shiny object and as usual msm falls for it.
I Am Not King Jon Snow
@Feebog: Even if Trump manages to stick to his schedule (which, as you’ve noted, is probably impossible given flight times and likely delays), he’s going to thrashed by the end of the day when he’s supposed to give his big immigration speech. Given how much is riding on that speech, you would think he’d want the day to, you know, prepare and rehearse so the speech doesn’t fall flat.
burnspbesq
@Adam L Silverman:
I do work for companies in the apparel industry. I know where all the cost-effective manufacturing countries are.
KlareCole
There a lot of good ideas expressed tonight, most interesting the suggestion of a war in the Trump camp between Conway & Bannon. It does seem likely that Niete could be in a mess tomorrow, unless he is really politically nimble. Which his ratings wouldn’t really indicate. Trump is so ugly acting, there is so much racial & immigration hysteria in the US, that Trumpe could knock over a table and come out looking in charge. It is all so bizarre and reckless that I want to bite my nails. To say that tomorrow will be interesting, (I don’t recall that anyone did.) would be like saying watching a shipwreck is fascinating. This sort of high stakes toying with another nation is wrong and worrisome.
Peale
@Omnes Omnibus: they don’t deep fry em. Serve em on sandwiches.
Omnes Omnibus
@Peale: Really?
hovercraft
@hovercraft:
Wrong guess on the major flood plane rivers, it’s the Ganges and a few others.
schrodinger's cat
@hovercraft: Brahmaputra. Indus is in Pakistan.
Gelfling 545
@hovercraft: Don’t see how Trump would improve his approval – unless he plans to say that at least he Isn’t as bad as Trump.
Steeplejack (tablet)
@Omnes Omnibus:
I was going to mention that cheese curds are probably lacking or unsavory, then thought it would be too obvious.
Mmm, water buffalo cheese curds.
Peale
@KlareCole: yep. Trump and Sessions aren’t really known for being concerned with the political needs of the host in this case, and Bannon is the type of loon who probably believes Mexico is a national threat, sending its advance illegal army to our shores as part of the reconquista.
burnspbesq
Ideally, the post-meeting press conference will look like it was scripted by Vince McMahon.
Omnes Omnibus
@Steeplejack (tablet): Bratwurst?
Steeplejack (tablet)
@Omnes Omnibus:
I believe Wisconsin would have the edge there as well.
KlareCole
@efgoldman: @efgoldman: Oh, I’m laughing so hard, trying not to awaken my snoozing husband. Hair furher. I feel better already, ef. Hope you are still basking in your anniversary.
M. Bouffant
I am “Little Bangladesh” adjacent in Los Angeles. Does that count?
And I could locate “Big Bangladesh” on a map before I moved here. (Actually, L.B. didn’t exist when I moved here.)
Omnes Omnibus
@Steeplejack (tablet): Woohoo!
schrodinger's cat
@Omnes Omnibus: They do. They have chenna and that’s the ingredient for delicious Bengali mithai.
Omnes Omnibus
@efgoldman:Chutney? I like chutney. Wisconsin is not good at chutney.
Adam L Silverman
@Omnes Omnibus: Sure
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodinger’s cat: Chenna is unfried, right?
danielx
The jokes, they write themselves.
Adam L Silverman
@Steeplejack (tablet): Fine you too!
Adam L Silverman
@burnspbesq: You can be on the list as well…
schrodinger's cat
@Omnes Omnibus: Its the starting ingredient for most Bengali mithai. I am not aware of a fried version like rasgulla, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
* Google tells me that it does exist.
M. Bouffant
@efgoldman: Oh yeah. Vague memories of national outrage at that. Too bad the Venezuelans didn’t finish the job & get the Nix out of our national hair then.
amk
@srv: rw’ers are idiots. so, what else is new?
hovercraft
Florida I’m so proud of you, you actually got this one so very right.
Another good result was Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown who is under indictment was also beaten in her primary tonight.
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodinger’s cat: Excellent.
schrodinger's cat
@Adam L Silverman: Jackals and hyenas of Balloon Juice are smart cookies. BTW I am sure Brachiator knows too, he was in Fatehpur Sikri and Rajasthan and I am sure parts of India that I have to yet visit.
schrodinger's cat
@Omnes Omnibus: Frankly they sound nauseatingly sweet, not sure I would want to eat those little calorie bombs.
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodinger’s cat: In Wisconsin, we just drop the curds into the deep fryer.
hovercraft
@Omnes Omnibus:
I like achar, the spicier the better.
schrodinger's cat
@Omnes Omnibus: Are they any good?
schrodinger's cat
@hovercraft: Heh I made cranberry achar last week, from last year’s cranberries that were still in my fridge.
hovercraft
@schrodinger’s cat:
Never been to Asia, but I did have the benefit of O’Levels.
schrodinger's cat
@hovercraft: I had friend from Sudan who had taken the O levels and the A levels. She was a smart cookie too.
hovercraft
@schrodinger’s cat:
I love, love Indian food, I had curry chicken (Moms) for dinner and I made chapati to go with it. Fortunately I live about 5 miles from Edison which has the largest Little India in the US.
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodinger’s cat: Yes, if you like deep fried cheese curds. If you do not, you won’t like them.
Ruckus
@I Am Not King Jon Snow:
I’ve never run a campaign and I know better. Of course I also know better than to have anything to do with Trump, except to point and laugh, as long as he doesn’t get elected.
hovercraft
@schrodinger’s cat:
I took mine in Botswana.
Goodnight all.
amk
JORGE RAMOS @jorgeramosnews 3h3 hours ago
Mexican President @epn is 1 of the most unpopular in history. He’s desperate. However he risks huge indignation if he doesn’t confront Trump
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Omnes Omnibus
@hovercraft: Meh. IB is a better program. :P
schrodinger's cat
@hovercraft: My friend took her O levels in Khartoum and A levels in London. . She was of Gujarati heritage. She could speak flawless Arabic, English and French. I lost touch with her, after college.
Omnes Omnibus
@srv: You are a really good archivist here. Why bother being an utter ass?
Ruckus
@Omnes Omnibus:
Some people have a place in life that the rest of us just don’t understand.
seaboogie
@schrodinger’s cat: the chenna looks delish (and my fave Indian dish is Palak or Saag Paneer), but unless the curds squeak when you bite into them, they do not meet WI standards. @Omnes Omnibus: Bratwurst – INORITE? Either grilled or pan-fried and then cooked in beer and sauerkraut. On a bun, with good mustard. Them’s the rules….
NotMax
@hovercraft
Which implies there have been others who lost uncontested elections.
mayyouliveininterestingtimes
@hovercraft: My father, who worked for the state, met Brown and swears he didn’t understand a word she said.
Major Major Major Major
@Omnes Omnibus: Mmm those are good.
OT: Saw a tweet (screencap) on the facebooks that I liked, thought y’all might enjoy:
Ruckus
@Major Major Major Major:
A number of the people who think blacks should protest peacefully mean hanging from a rope and not making any noise.
The Dangerman
Damn, if he’d only swipe something while he’s down there (Ay, ay, ay, ay, oh he is the Cheeto Bandito)
Major Major Major Major
@Ruckus: Well, yeah. I still thought it was amusing.
MattF
I wake up from a bad dream and see this on Twitter: Trump claims that Hilz used ‘chemicals’ to bleach her emails’. WTF????
frosty
@Adam L Silverman:
::raises hand::
Srsly?? said Bangladesh was west and Pakistan east???? Idjit.
M. Bouffant
@MattF: What an effing ignorant cretin that orange bastard is. It was a program called BleachBit.
jl
Not sure if anyone posted this yet, but Trump’s visit to Mexico might be interesting, Their former first lady tweeted
Sr. @realDonaldTrump aunque lo hayan invitado, sepa que no es bienvenido. Los mexicanos tenemos dignidad y repudiamos su discurso de odio.
https://twitter.com/Mzavalagc/status/770837304130674688
Though Mr. Trump has been invited, he knows he not is welcome. We, the Mexican people, have dignity and repudiate his hate speech.
Edit: found via Josh Marshall twitter, but linking through that is beyond my skill.
PsiFighter37
Confused as to what either Trump or Pena Nieto think they have to gain…
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
@Omnes Omnibus:
There’s a really good Nepalese place on State Street in Madison.
jl
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: WI cheese spread? That counts as a kind of chutney, with milk in it, right?
bluehill
@Major Major Major Major: So this moving up on twitter trends
#VeteransForKaepernick
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
@jl: I think it has to be more of a queso dip before it qualifies as chutney.
JGabriel
via dmsilev:
President Enrique Pena Nieto:
JGabriel
@Elie:
… i.e., in Spanish.
Mike J
Watching race film from tonight. Downhaul! Tighten your goddamned downhaul!
?BillinGlendaleCA
I hiked up to the Hollywood Sign.
shomi
Does anyone anywhere with any IQ level still believe any of ole small hands blatant phony campaining bullshit? Trying to appeal to moderates with disingenuous bullshit while simultaneously trying not to alienate his idiotic hard right base with totally opposing views?
David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch
@NotMax: not racist enough. he will announce his favorite character is Frito Bandito.
Mike J
@shomi: He’s not going to lose the right, because when he says he won’t build a wall, they know he’s lying and just saying it to reel in the rubes. The Chamber of Commerce Republicans want to believe him and want to believe that the establishment can reel him in.
The media will help him with both sides.
Shalimar
The funniest thing that could possibly happen is Hillary Clinton flying to Mexico City tonight for a surprise all-day meeting with Pena Nieto while Trump, Sessions and Giuliani spend the day in the waiting room.
Bonus points if Clinton holds a press conference with Pena Nieto and only answers questions from Mexican reporters. Kaine can go as her translator.
Shalimar
@dmsilev: Send one of the Trump University lifesize cardboard cutouts of Trump to the fundraiser, thus allowing him to head to Mexico City 2 hours earlier.
Patricia Kayden
Stay safe, Donald. As you have already warned us, Mexico is a country full of rapists and drug dealers. Don’t let them get you.
Geoduck
@MattF: The crowd behind Trump in that picture is a real hoot. The guy in the black shirt looks like he’s trapped in some horrible nightmare. Which I suppose he is.
Keith P.
It’d be hilarious if the Trump campaign got catfished on this.
Betsy
@dmsilev: Excellent news! Pass the goo-goo clusters, please.
Betsy
@KlareCole: a Betty Cracker construction. She is the cleverest woman alive.
Theodore Wirth
Deadbeat Donald Trump: “See ya on Wednesday — you’re buying (taco bowls)!”