Paul Ryan wants post-landslide credit for taking some 'principled stand' against Trump without actually taking one.
— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) October 11, 2016
I don't know if you guys have heard, but Trump's encouraging mass defection of his voters from the down ballot GOP. pic.twitter.com/EAg5UML4mU
— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) October 11, 2016
Our very weak and ineffective leader, Paul Ryan, had a bad conference call where his members went wild at his disloyalty.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 11, 2016
Trump's full answer on Paul Ryan (fixed typo): pic.twitter.com/To9oQZnEog
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) October 11, 2016
'asset out of containment, repeat, asset out of containment' https://t.co/oXcrg50VM4
— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) October 10, 2016
@dandrezner Of the last two days, he's tweeted about Paul Ryan being terrible three times, and only mentioned Hillary once. #priorities
— Megan Reiss (@MegReiss) October 11, 2016
Maybe he's implying that he'll appoint a special prosecutor to look into Ryan's noncooperation. https://t.co/8iZwwptqfN
— Daniel Drezner (@dandrezner) October 11, 2016
Also, the disinformation complex Republicans have fostered around themselves mean many GOP voters will come to believe this nonsense. https://t.co/f5pmsGYMUU
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 11, 2016
Disloyal R's are far more difficult than Crooked Hillary. They come at you from all sides. They don’t know how to win – I will teach them!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 11, 2016
ETA:
You’ll know the Trump/Ryan feud is for real when the FSB gets Ryan’s emails.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 12, 2016
Paul Ryan's district is only R+3. Undervotes could cost him his seat. He romped in his primary, but back then he was on board with Trump.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 11, 2016
Back in 2012, when his party's own nominee wasn't calling him "very weak and ineffective," Paul Ryan won his district by 11.5 points.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 11, 2016
Also, Paul Ryan losing his seat would fit the pattern of people who endorse Donald Trump suffering movie-level cosmic justice.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 11, 2016
Since Paul Ryan's career and legacy are in tatters he might as well give a big speech denouncing Trump and at least get Strange New Respect.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 11, 2016
Next up? (Dream big!)…
As Ryan catches hell, McConnell gets off easy, even though he's carrying more water for Trump with SCOTUS blockade. https://t.co/O925XXqRLJ
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 11, 2016
lamh36
Trump on O’Reilly
@ndrew_lawrence
Draft dodger says “I wouldn’t want to be in a foxhole” with former POW John McCain
gf120581
I assume McConnell is (a) making plans to move his stuff back into the Minority Leader’s office and (b) trying to find as quick a way as he can to confirm Garland in the lame duck. (Don’t laugh; you know they’re going to try that rather than risk Hillary nominating someone more to the left.)
PigDog
He’ll have a great comeback as America’s number one frown model. Seriously, every pic of him is full-on sad grimace-face.
Mnemosyne
Ugh. I hated having to go to work with a cold today, but I had to since I’m taking Friday off with unbreakable plans. I need soup and ginger ale, stat!
JPL
@lamh36: twitter is telling me that Trump complained because Hillary kept going on his side of the stage… Do you know if he said that O’Reilly. She’s the stalker, not him.
NotMax
Someone please pass some throat lozenges to the proverbial fat lady, she’s a-gonna be needing them.
redshirt
This just gets better and better.
May that “Don’t tread on me” snake eat itself whole.
Aussiesmurf
My concern on Garland isn’t his attitude – its his age. For better or worse, the lifetime appointment of judges on the Court has meant Rs appoint VERY (comparatively) young judges who could sit for 30-40 years. Cf Roberts & Alito.
Iowa Old Lady
@Mnemosyne: I’m a huge baby when I have a cold, and I’m coming down with one now. Want me to write an excuse for your boss? I could sign it Dr. IOL.
germy
@Iowa Old Lady: Dr. Bornstein could dash off a letter while you wait in the car.
dmsilev
As the zombie horde, lead by an orange-pelted shambling monster, approaches the village, one brave woman grabs a chainsaw and fires it up:
(that is, I swear to God, an actual HRC quote, and the scary thing is that she’s right)
satby
Anything that gives Paul Ryan a bad day makes me happy. He’s a vile POS.
lamh36
Ha…they are eating there own. The Weekly Standard told Sean Spicer “we got receipts”…lol
@thehill
Weekly Standard releases audio after RNC official accuses it of making up quote
Baud
@dmsilev: “Come with me if you want to live.”
raven
Rachel’s bridge don’t fall.
lamh36
Bye Felicia…
Billy Bush Negotiating Exit From NBC After Lewd Tape via @nytimes
I really don’t know WHY NBC Today show thought they’d be able to keep him…
Major Major Major Major
I saw somewhere (here?) that this will be the first presidential election since 1864 without a full Supreme Court. I shouldn’t have to point out what was going on in 1864.
dmsilev
@Baud: No, that was a different groping GOP politician.
Jeffro
@dmsilev: That was a great article and I loved the comparison between the attention-wh0re (Trump) and attention-prude (Clinton…sorry, had to make a point!)
Hey Paul Ryan, here’s a math question for you: if all the Trumpkins vote Trump and skip the down-ballot, and all the Establishment voters write in “Pence” or “Reagan” for prez + vote straight Establishment R down-ballot, what’s your effective turnout rate?
Truly, profiles in courage, this Ryan guy…
Anonymous At Work
@gf120581: Mitch expects to be back in the minority office for 2 years tops and to filibuster and poison-pill-amendment the entire time. Ryan’s the one who, if he stays Speaker, has to actually do stuff. Mitch’ll spend 2 years saying, “No” in the most passive-aggressive way possible.
NorthLeft12
@lamh36: Please! Won’t anybody call Sean Hannity?
Iowa Old Lady
@Major Major Major Major: The Rs break pretty much everything.
lamh36
@ThisWeekABC
Eric Trump says father’s 2005 remarks were “locker room banter” that “alpha personalities” sometimes engage in
I’ll say it again…what kind of folks do these people hang out with?
NotMax
@PigDog
Yeah, he’s even become lazy about maintaining his Mussolini faceand now most often looks like he recently ate a spoiled taco bowl.
Another Benito pose.
lamh36
@THR 4s4 seconds ago
Donald Trump tells Bill O’Reilly he’s “better off without” Paul Ryan, John McCain’s support
Jeffro
Also, c’mon Obama, pull the Garland nomination on Election Eve…make them feel the full weight of what they did…let Hillz nominate an even more liberal, younger judge…pleeeease?
Mary G
The Hill says they have the email as proof:
NorthLeft12
@dmsilev: That is actually a very good campaign slogan. I may actually use it at work with my boss [I have my quarterly review on Thursday].
dmsilev
@lamh36: Well, in Eric Trump’s case, clearly he hangs out with Donald Trump.
hovercraft
@JPL:
Well she is the devil after all, by invading his space she was placing his soul in danger. Even though he is a big strong alpha male, she is very strong, when she’s not being weak and lacking in stamina. She is scary, to him and America, but weak and ineffectual in the face of Putin and ISIS.
MomSense
@PigDog:
Trout mouth. Sad!
dr. bloor
There’s more schaden here than I can possibly freude, although I’m game to try.
lamh36
Oooh…Rachel reporting that the Nebraska fundraiser with Pence, cause of lack of interest in attending but it wasn’t the only one.
Hmmm…
NotMax
@lamh36
“Welcome to the Silver Spoon in Mouth Club. Members and guests required to check coat and brain at door.”
redshirt
Since many on this blog seems to get sick all the time, here’s some tricks not to get sick:
1. Practice immaculate hand/mouth/nose/eyes discipline. That is, unless you are positive your hands are free of germs, don’t stick them in your orifices. Carry hand sanitizer at all times.
2. Skip buffets/food sitting out in the open in public. It’s been coughed/sneezed on.
3. Thoroughly wash any veggies/fruits.
4. The absolute first moment you think you might be getting sick, burn it out, by the following:
A. Gargle mouthwash. Huff the fumes. Swallow a little bit.
B. Take a multivitamin and overload on Vitamin C.
C. Sweat – simulate a fever by working out hard and getting very hot.
D. If you can, take a couple of shots of hard liquor. I recommend vodka but I suppose anything will work.
E. Sleep as soon and as long as possible.
5. Only for the truly hardcore: If you’re taking public transportation at a time there’s a lot of people with colds/flu, wear a mask.
Follow these steps to prevent 90% of colds and flu! Doctors hate me!
NorthLeft12
@lamh36:
I have very little idea why NBC would want to keep him.
Jeffro
@hovercraft:
You know, I heard from Alex Jones that she and Obama literally smell like sulfur…TRUE!
Even more true? I saw a video of Obama mocking the crap out of Alex Jones today…sometimes I think a little sunlight and a lot of good humor is all we need to clean up this cockroach infestation. Also, cockroach spray.
Calouste
Sounds like the Zombie-Eyed Grannie Starver is going to feel the wrath of the Wannabe Sex Offender.
Mai.naem.mobile
This is almost enough to make me believe Trumpster is a Clinton plant. Almost.
eclare
@NorthLeft12: Hahaha!
hovercraft
@germy:
Sorry that man has never and will never step outside of LA, Vegas, NYC, the Hamptons, and the Southern tip of Florida. So unless you go to one of those he can’t help you.
Lizzy L
This is truly amazing. (Warning: some hyperbole.) The Rs created the conditions for Donald Trump, they handed him the nomination, and now he appears to be destroying them. I should not be this happy, I should be worried about the country — and I am — but I am contemplating John McCain, Pat Toomey, Kelly Ayotte, Mark Kirk, MARCO RUBIO, (ohpleaseyes) and Paul Ryan LOSING, and I can’t quit smiling.
lamh36
@DylanByers
Wow: Kellyanne Conway tries to suggest settling lawsuits implies guilt…. @andersoncooper reminds her Trump “settles lawsuits all the time…”
Jeffro
@redshirt: amen to all of these plus a TON of fluids (other than liquor)…at least double what you’d usually put down in a day.
raven
@redshirt: “Carry hand sanitizer at all times.” Come on. . . it’s like all those terrified people at the grocery store frantically wiping off the buggy handles. My grandma, Ingeborg, used to say “you have to eat a pound of dirt before you die”!
PPCLI
I’m entertained by all this mess and confusion. But I do hope this doesn’t distract people from pressing what should be perhaps the most important question to press.
We have a candidate whose second campaign manager appears to have been a bought-and-paid for Putin stooge. Several other high advisors are on Russian payrolls in one way or another. The Kremlin is obviously trying hard to influence the election in the direction of this candidate. We’ve recently learned (though the evidence is ambiguous) that he is taking information directly from these Russian sources. We have some reason to believe that he has borrowed money from Russian interests, and we have reason to believe that he was involved at certain times with mobsters. This candidate is such a pathological liar that he will deny water is wet repeatedly without shame or hesitation, and with gaslighting confidence, so his word is worthless on any topic.
How is it that the entire body politic isn’t rising up and demanding that before we consider him for one day more, he needs to give detailed documentation of who he owes money to, who he has business associations with, and who he gets money from. Just for starters. How could this be a partisan question?
gf120581
@lamh36: News of Nebraska; according to Politico, Deb Fisher, who was one of those who bailed on Trump this weekend, came crawling back to support him (probably after getting some very nasty calls from the deplorables). Governor Ricketts also reaffirmed his Trump support, but he also canceled a couple of fundraisers. Looks like the new game plan may be mumble you support him before running for cover.
lamh36
@GlennThrush
John Podesta says he’s spoken to FBI about @wikileaks hack of his email — says Trump pal @RogerJStoneJr had “advanced knowledge” of breach.
hovercraft
@raven:
They knew the value in infrastructure back then. Sigh.
redshirt
@raven: I don’t overuse it, but if I’m going to eat something and can’t wash my hands, it’s the go to. If I have to touch anything on the subway, bam! Better safe than sorry.
Percysowner
@lamh36:
My understanding is part of the reason they held back on releasing the tape was because they were looking for a way to edit out Billy Bush’s part in the tape. The leak meant they couldn’t save him. Now why they thought he was so important to save him I don’t know, maybe he has a contract that means they have to make a big payout if they let him go?
NotMax
@redshirt
Or just down a few drops of propolis diluted in a glass of water. Not a guarantee, but pretty efficacious.
(Vitamins in quantities more than the body can use are flushed out in urine, thus essentially wasted. And some vitamins are deleterious in large amounts.)
Shall never understand people who admit they are sick going to work and exposing others to illness.
Aleta
@dmsilev:
She speaks locker room better than any of them.
redshirt
@Mai.naem.mobile: I loved that rumor last year and I hope it makes a re-appearance. Sow some more chaos amongst the Repukes.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
and Old Man Ross hits a homer!
(he’s, I think, twelve years younger than me)
Chi-SF tied at 1
redshirt
@Jeffro: Yes, I should have added that. And I’m not suggesting getting drunk, just using the anti-germ properties of hard alcohol to further the burn.
Ruviana
@redshirt: Number Three will shock you!
raven
@redshirt: Speed on brother, hell’s only half full!
lamh36
@ProgressNC_GB
Wow. @PatMcCroryNC not only said he’ll vote for @realDonaldTrump, but he called him a role model.
stinger
Love how Trump compares bragging about sexual assault to sneezing.
dmsilev
@Aleta: If she were just slightly nerdier, she’d be quoting Gandalf facing down the Balrog: “You Shall Not Pass!”.
Jeffro
Anyone else really liking the new DBT record, American Band? Pretty awesome stuff.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
usually smack dab in the center of the entrance to the store, cause the Ebola will get you if take the time to step to the side. And you’ll get the Zika if you don’t toss the wipe into the bottom of the cart and leave it there.
In other news, anybody just catch Rhonda the Revolutionary is almost in tears talking about how she’s gonna rise up if Hillary steals the election. I’m tempted to say I’d like someone to ask her what she thinks Trump and/or Hillary is going to do to help/hurt her, but I could probably write that script of ignorance, hate, paranoia and confusion.
NotMax
@raven
Amen to that. Immune and bodily defense systems serve a purpose and can decline from lack of use.
Baud
@lamh36: More honorable than Paul Ryan.
Mike J
@lamh36:
Aug 21:
Roger Stone @RogerJStoneJr
Trust me, it will soon the Podesta’s time in the barrel. #CrookedHillary
Central Planning
@redshirt: Follow these 10 weird tricks…
dmsilev
@Baud: That’s a very very low bar to clear.
MomSense
@lamh36:
Woah.
raven
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Yea, scared the shit out of me of sho.
redshirt
@NotMax: I’m suggesting a multivitamin and drinking a lot of OJ. Yes, you may piss out some of the minerals, but it can’t hurt at this level.
eclare
@NotMax: I think George Carlin had a bit about how he liked for his white cells to get some exercise.
wenchacha
“Alpha males” my shiny metal ass.
Is it his roots that make him rather “fussy” or seem less than ubermanly when he waves his hands around? It’s similar, in a strange way, to Tony Soprano’s fussiness over food and other peoples’ inappropriate behavior.
Spoiled abused narcissists, I guess. I’m sure he can glower and shout and whisper and all that. And if I were opposite him in some lawsuit, I would never have money enough to win on my own. But he doesn’t elicit any response in me that says “this guy is a decent leader.” Neither did Dubya, of course. Bill Clinton could talk like a grownup, but he’d get very defensive kid-sounding when he had his back up.
Yipes. Watching PBS Frontline about ISIL. Secy. Chuck Hagel seems like a grownup compared to anyone who ran for the GOP nom this year. I know he’s no Democrat, but at least he seems like an old-style Republican.
Aleta
@redshirt:
Added effect: People give you a wider berth.
Baud
@dmsilev: I believe that bar is buried deep underground below where the C.H.U.D. live.
Aunt Kathy
Check out Josh Barro’s Twitter feed from the last couple of hours. He’s announced he just officially changed registration from R to D cuz he didn’t want to (paraphrasing) be part of a party that had no interest in governing, and that was actually trying to destroy the republic.
Also, too, TPM has report of Pence telling woman at rally it’s NOT a good idea to start a revolution if Hills wins, but “Don’t worry, there will be a revolution on Nov 8.” By now these people have been totally convinced that if Trump loses it will be because of voter fraud. I fear that we are entering into dangerous territory….
redshirt
@dmsilev: Sam Bee told me last night Hugh Hewitt dropped some dope LOTR references. Made me question my love of Tolkien. Thankfully, I remember Colbert.
raven
@NotMax: I think burnin and stirrin ruined me.
Patricia Kayden
@Mnemosyne: Hope you feel better soon.
PPCLI
@lamh36: Man, you would have thought Kelly would have remembered the classic Donald answer in the first debate on the racial discrimination in renting lawsuit: “I didn’t admit guilt!!!” Three times through clenched teeth.
That might have ended any other presidential campaign, but it was just the 100’th most bizarre thing about debate 1, so I can understand why Kelly would have forgotten.
Miss Bianca
@Major Major Major Major: let me see…pretty much the same thing as right now, except with even moar gunz.
Dork
@lamh36: When you’ve lost O’Liely, thats a bigly tell.
Damn I wish Larry Wilmore was still on. Mike Yard and his Conspiratorial Man act would be comedy gold
raven
@wenchacha: He’s a grunt, that’ll do it.
Jeffro
@Aleta: It does clarify things a bit…
I think most folks here saw it all coming early on, but clearly some portion of the country has woken up and been galvanized by the thought of waking up on Nov 9th with this dangerous clown as president. We get down sometimes and knock voters, parties, the media, the whole system, but…it’s kind of working. Maybe despite human nature, maybe despite the built-in “both sides” media environment…it’s working.
The GOP wasn’t strong enough to resist the Trump virus, but America as a whole is looking like it can take on a huge change in demographics, white reactionary politics, a celebrity-driven media, a TV star vs a much-maligned homework-doing grandmom…and still produce a talented, thoughtful leader at the head of a unified majority party.
I mean, we all feel lucky the way things are shaping up these days, and there is still MUCH work to be done, but still: it’s working. Quiet competence + a diverse and educated country. It’s working.
Cckids
@lamh36:
Wow. So Bill O’Reilly’s never met Trump.
Bigger man. Pfffft. As if.
Aleta
Right now in Fla Trump is asking people to vote absentee ballot asap.
NotMax
@Jim, Foolish Literalist
It’s a strange message indeed, right inside the entrance: “Welcome. Our customers, staff, store and carts are filthy. Happy shopping!”
redshirt
@Aleta: I meant one of those Anonymous Guy Fawkes masks of course, but your point stands.
lamh36
Tonight is the night for crazy interviews.
First on Chris Hayes: Congressman on Chris Hayes who basically said he didn’t know if he would withdraw Trump support if he said, “I love raping people
Secondly on AC360: Apparently Anderson Cooper interviewed Kelly Anne Conway and according to twitter folks it was “brutal”. A must see!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Cckids: holding up his hands and talking about the “bigger man”, is he trying to taunt Trump?
DCrefugee
This is both rather cool and nicely done: Carly Simon has allowed her song “You’re So Vain” to be used in an anti-Trump video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lQFLBhRwds&feature=youtu.be
redshirt
@Baud: Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers?!
If anyone gets this reference I owe them 10 internet bucks.
Oldgold
I understand the glee many are expressing at this sh.t show. And, in part, I feel it myself. Yet, over the recent past watching Trump, has made me damn uneasy.
This is damn frightening stuff.
Iowa Old Lady
@Aunt Kathy: Good for Josh Barro. He always seems sane to me.
joel hanes
Prominent female R in my Iowa hometown sent letter to editor to endorse HRC after Trump’s grabbing remark and the second debate.
Local Rs now split, and hating on each other in the vituperative, fact-free mode we’ve come to know and love, blowing up letter-to-the-editor comment sections into hundred-comment hatefests. Eternal vengeance vowed. “You’ll never get another contribution from my list of donors”
It’s a good thing I have a nearly infinite capacity for popcorn.
redshirt
@shomi: Thanks for the vote of confidence! Since you are literally wrong about everything, I take this as a 5 star review.
Baud
@Oldgold: It’s frightening. But the glee has a purpose. Cowering in fear, especially when we’re ahead, does not encourage turnout.
Central Planning
@redshirt: I saw that movie once. Once.
MomSense
@Oldgold:
Especially since we have to share our country with the 27-40% of the voting population who support him.
lamh36
Apparently Trump just said in Florida that election is Nov 28th…
He’s cracking ya’ll!
redshirt
@Oldgold: It’s a risky game to play. If we win and win in the fashion it looks to be shaping up as, it might finally change the game board in a major way.
If we lose, we’re doomed.
High stakes, high reward. I like our odds though.
Aleta
Trump: “Hilary Clinton wants a World Government.”
Patricia Kayden
@Anonymous At Work: The Dems can get rid of the filibuster.
Baud
@lamh36: The election IS rigged.
redshirt
@Central Planning: Yeah, it’s not good. But you don’t win my internet bucks.
NotMax
@raven
A whole different type of trench warfare, as it were.
lamh36
dude has since issued a statement saying he was sorry…or something.
@TheFix
GOP congressman suggests he might back Trump even if Trump said he liked rape http://wpo.st/auk42
Eric
The best part is that trump has never been a republican. Maybe not the best. But a good part.
Aleta
@Oldgold: He’s done so much damage and it continues. Effects on kids must be horrible.
lamh36
dude has since issued a statement saying he was sorry…or something.
@TheFix
GOP congressman suggests he might back Trump even if Trump said he liked rape
Patricia Kayden
@redshirt: Thanks. Great tips you’ve got there.
Lizzy L
From the NYT today:
Punchy
Lwmmie see if I get this…ZEGS is going to continue to endorse a man who is quite actively, doggedly, and vicously trying to get him fired and unemployed?
He’s going to help elect a guy who will fire him as soon as he’s president? (I know, not really the CinC’s thing to mess with Congressional leadership, but guarenteed Trump wont be playing by any rules)
John Weiss
@NorthLeft12: Hey, now he’s a Bush and therefore suspect, huh? Come on, the guy was a show host pallin’ around with the talent. Sure, it would have been cool to have called the asshole out, but put yourself in Bush’s position. He’s got no control over the Orange Miracle. If anyone could’ve called the asshole out it would have been the producers.
However, he certainly could’ve said, “I’d rather not talk”.
NotMax
@Central Planning
Makes Night of the Lepus look like high art.
:)
Baud
@lamh36: That guy! If you drew it cartoon politician villain, he would look just like that.
Joel
@Mike J: It would be something if Stone and Trump were marched to prison like Aldrich Ames.
Patricia Kayden
@Jeffro: Can Alex be mocked? He has absolutely no shame.
Martha from Augusta
@redshirt: Number Five surprised me!
Baud
@Lizzy L:
Beautiful.
Central Planning
@redshirt: Dang it.
My response was a riff on another 1984 classic… “My father hung me on a hook once. Once.”
raven
@Lizzy L: We’ll see, this is one backward ass place outside of Atlanta and Athens.
Oldgold
Although I like our prospects of winning this election cycle ‘bigly.’ I would prefer a narrower victory over a sane center-right party.
p.a.
@redshirt: Pretty solid advice. Some quibbles: alcohol~ bourbon (America fuck yeah!) or calvados (French, but apples), not vodka. Hand sanitizer~ meh. Just because everyone else is creating superbugs doesn’t mean you have to also. Personally, I rely on my personally built up 57 year old layer of bacteriological crud for protection. We be mates.
Also too, I swear by Zicam (and knockoffs). Take at 1st sigh of cold, and I honestly believe (placebos can be effective!) my rhinoviruses are less severe and of shorter duration.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
redshirt
@Patricia Kayden: Welcome. I’d like to add if you have access to a sauna, use it. Absolutely the best treatment, and you can skip the exercise. Just be careful of putting your hands in your mouth/eyes/ears/nose/eyes!
Iowa Old Lady
@John Weiss: To me, his real bad behavior started once they got off the bus and he urged the woman they’d been talking about to hug Trump and then him. It was like he and Trump shared a secret joke about her. That was on him. And this was his work place, not a locker room.
Baud
@Oldgold: If you want to see a sane center-right party again, you need several bigly Dem wins.
Barbara
@John Weiss: He also did not have to ask the actress to give hugs to Trump and then himself.
Omnes Omnibus
@Central Planning: Johnny Dangerously.
Mary G
@John Weiss: I think it was Bush asking the soap actress to give the Donald a hug, then one for the Bushie, that put the nail in his coffin. You can understand not contradicting the network’s big star on the bus, but the hugging part was all his idea.
DCrefugee
@lamh36:
Actually the Republicans are supposed to vote on November 9. Pass the word…
Major Major Major Major
@p.a.: hand sanitizer is gelled alcohol. No superbugs being made.
some_doc
@redshirt:
0. Get a flu shot
00. Tell [boss to tell] sick coworkers to stay home
Face hygiene (wash hands before touching eyes or mouth) and getting enough sleep are legit. But a mask alone is for their protection, not yours. Meaning, if someone insists on working sick, the sick person should wear a mask to contain their coughs and sneezes. If you want to protect yourself, you need to cover your eyes as well. Droplets containing virus can infect you through any mucous membrane. Mask plus wrap-around glasses or, ideally, face shield. Plus serious hand hygiene. Why do I never see anyone on the bus with a mask and face shield?
Mary G
@Iowa Old Lady: You type faster than I do!
ETA: and Barbara does too!
Funny how the hugging crept us all out the most.
Aleta
@shomi: My granny used to say, For body aches and pains, hit yourself a few times with a hammer and then stop.
Omnes Omnibus
@redshirt: Do you wear Kleenex boxes as slippers and store your urine in jars?
John Revolta
@lamh36: Huh. Is that the same Pat (ptui!) McCrory who’s begging FEMA for money at this very moment?
Seriously, fuck that guy.
redshirt
@p.a.: Hand sanitizer is essentially alcohol. And I only recommend that, not anti-bacterial products (which thankfully the FDA has cracked down on – no more anti-bacterial soaps). We won’t create super bugs by occasionally using hand sanitzer.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
and I’m pretty sure Bush said “Mr Trump”, cause that shit just fascinates me.
Central Planning
@NotMax: I have not seen that, but I just read about it on wikipedia. Sounds hilarious. I might have to buy the RiffTrax version
p.a.
hmmm, new issue: I don’t have permission to edit my own comment. not timed out, so ???
anyway ch: sigh to sign. obviously.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Doesn’t everybody?
amk
Barbara
@Mary G: The hugging cemented the bond between them — it made Bush an active participant in Trump’s games with females. Anyone who has ever watched little kids playing together knows what was going on there.
Baud
@amk:
Purity troll.
p.a.
@some_doc: because in today’s climate they’re likely to cause a terrorism scare.
Mary G
@Barbara: Yeah, predator pack behavior.
Omnes Omnibus
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I, um, well…. ::Backs quietly away::
redshirt
@some_doc: I wear glasses in all public transportation settings and in the winter use a gator for a subtle mask. Does that work?
Aleta
Question: Today I bought some whole chickens from a friend who’d just had them processed at a slaughterhouse. Do I have to wash them more than would be needed for a chicken from a grocery store? If so, how? What’s the process ?
amk
@Baud: Note the 0 Replies. I wonder why.
lamh36
Anyone else noticed that Bill C is LESS and LESS on the trail an prominent like he used to be?
I think that’s probably on purpose.
Of course he still does fundraisers and stuff, but on the trail…haven’t seen him since Trump decided the Bill C was worse was the way they were going to go
redshirt
@Omnes Omnibus: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I haven’t had so much as a cold in 20 years. Haven’t had the flu in… 30 years? Don’t even recall. High School I think.
p.a.
@Major Major Major Major: @redshirt:
Oh, thought it was antibacterial.
Oldgold
@Baud: Perhaps, but many believe this toxic strain of Republicanism first took root in the immediate aftermath of our ’64 landslide.
Baud
@amk: I don’t understand twitter-fu, but I assume he blocked replies.
@lamh36: I’ve noticed that he comes and goes throughout the election cycle.
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus: I think Kleenex boxes make better hats, myself. What? What are you looking at?
Baud
@Oldgold: I think it was more the immediate aftermath of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
p.a.
@redshirt: Will a croc work as a mask too?
me
Wishful thinking. I see quite a few of Ryan and Johnson signs and only enough Trump signs to count on one hand.
Brachiator
Nate Silver’s latest post presents the presidential election gender gap in stark terms.
Lizzy L
@raven: Yeah, I’m not holding my breath over either result. But dreamin’…
lamh36
Ok…now for some superficial stuff..
How slow am I that I DIDN’T realize Joel Edgerton played Charlie in the Kinky Boots film?
Someone mentioned it on TLo and I never realized it! OMG he was sooo young!
Ruviana
@redshirt: So this then?
dogwood
@lamh36:
Bill isn’t disciplined enough to be completely trusted on the campaign trail. A week or so ago he was badmouthing Obamacare.
amk
@Brachiator: lil nate is now wandering around in alternate reality?
Barbara
@Aleta: If I am ever in doubt about whether raw produce or meat is clean enough, I wash it in cold soapy water. You have to rinse it really well, of course. In the case of meat, the biggest risk is bacterial contamination. However, if it is a whole chicken, it would only be surface contamination, and thus would almost certainly get killed in the cooking process.
Baud
@me: Probably, but yard signs are irrelevant. Although Republicans are more dedicated voters than Dems, Republicans, like Dems, are motivated most by who is at the top of the ticket. If their turnout is low because of Trump, I could see an upset.
SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch
Election Day November 28th!! Fucking hilarious.
redshirt
@Ruviana: LOL. Germs would flee in fear.
lamh36
Ok…back to politics…
Where is Betty…is this a big deal or nah?
@orlandosentinel
The Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board endorses Patrick Murphy for U.S. Senate
Aleta
@Barbara:Thanks. I was also wondering about the inside cavity, if it would need some kind of special washing?
Anoniminous
@NotMax:
Hey!
Night of the Lepus has one of the All Time Great Lines in the History of Cinema:
jl
” Disloyal R’s are far more difficult than Crooked Hillary. They come at you from all sides. They don’t know how to win – I will teach them! ”
Looks like Trump will spend as much or more time trying to bring down crooked unfair and rigged GOP traitors to his cause than he will spend on HRC. Makes sense from Trump’s reality show, WWE, view of the world. The crummy third-rate pseudo-faces who stood in his way to the top now turn on him and reveal themselves to be, in reality, sniveling treacherous cowardly heels who turn on him.
G-damn, sure, it looks like he’ll be knocked out of the ring now, but watch as he fights through his no good back-stabbing crooked coaches and trainers, gets a hold of a folding chair and lays them all out on the floor, knocked out cold. Trump, leaps and atomic-bombs the crooked ref. The crowd goes nuts and cheers. They are all on his side now, every last one. They saw the light. Then, standing alone, battered bleeding and bruised, he advances on the Crooked Hillary, who is revealed to be a demon, sheer evil. Trump alone, staggers… determined, relentless, alone… oh… wait, what was I talking about….?
John Revolta
@Iowa Old Lady: @Barbara: @Mary G: I’m pretty convinced that he was actually trying to get Trump to grab her by the p###y.
Ruviana
@redshirt: Other riders too, probably!
Mnemosyne
@redshirt:
I work with people who have toddlers at home, so there’s always the risk of a cold. Adorable little germ factories, they are.
The most annoying thing about a cold with a stuffy nose is that I can’t sleep, because I can’t breathe right, and even getting the decongestant you have to buy from behind the counter only works for about 4 hours before I wake up stuffy again. I tried a dose of Benadryl last night and that helped a little.
@NotMax:
Meh. I was out sick yesterday, so everyone already knew I was sick. I kept to myself and used a lot of hand sanitizer if I did need to touch something before handing it to someone else.
redshirt
@Ruviana: Also, a positive. It’s win-win-win really.
me
@Baud: I’d argue that there are a significant number of people in this district that take the time to put out yard signs for Republican candidates but fail to put out a Trump sign suggests that there is a distinct lack of enthusiasm for Trump.
Barbara
@Aleta: I would wash that too. But really, chicken almost always gets cooked to an internal temperature that would kill any commonly found pathogen. The danger with meat is almost always from undercooking.
Kay
Just a great guy, that Donald:
hovercraft
@Iowa Old Lady:
He’s been pretty much a democrat in all but name only ever since the kamikaze contingent in the house tried to default on the National debt. He clung onto his party, hoping that sanity would return, but he’s finally given up. Considering that his father is a conservative economist of some renown, I’m sure this was a hard decision for him. Good for him.
? Martin
@John Weiss:
CA hostile workplace laws are pretty aggressive. Bush did several things that are ground for a suit against the employer in California, not the least of which was asking for the hug from a position of authority.
Mnemosyne
@John Weiss:
Four words that could have saved Billy’s ass: “How ’bout them [fill in name of sports team].”
Omnes Omnibus
@me: Flip side of the that: I’ve noticed that a lot of people around my area have added Hillary and Clinton/Kaine signs to their Russ and Pocan signs in the past couple of weeks.
Anne Laurie
@Jeffro:
I actually feel bad for Merrick Garland, who seems to be a genuinely good man with center-liberal credentials. True, he’s not as young as I’d like for a Dem-appointed SCOTUS justice, but that’s the only argument I’ve heard against him.
Maybe we should let Garland’s nomination go through, possibly during the lame-duck session, and count on Justices Thomas, Scalia or Roberts to quit in a huff once the she-devil of their fevered imaginations ascends to the Oval Office?
Miss Bianca
mmm, off to make some dipping chocolate. Got the marzipan balls rolled up, coconut chunks chopped, ginger chunked and candied orange sliced…play nice now till I get back, y’all!
Adam L Silverman
@lamh36: He was on the trail today. He’ll be in Florida again tomorrow.
Adam L Silverman
@redshirt: How do you keep it from eating your face off?
BillinGlendaleCA
@Aunt Kathy: Sad. Josh can’t be may favorite Republican anymore.
Mary G
@Anne Laurie: Alito; Scalia continues to be dead, huzzah!
Major Major Major Major
@Adam L Silverman: it’s upside down.
Viva BrisVegas
@Patricia Kayden:
But will they?
They’ve had the chance before and didn’t take it.
Adam L Silverman
@Aleta: First rinse thoroughly, inside and outside, with cool/cold water and pat completely dry with paper towel. Then you have two options: 1) Make a brine with kosher salt, lemon slices including the peels, cracked black pepper, and what ever other seasonings you like, put the chicken in a sealable container or plastic bag, and pour the brine over it. Seal the container and or bag and refrigerate for at least 24 hours. Or 2) Place the chicken in a sealable container. Using kosher salt, pack the chicken, inside and out – basically you’re bedding the chicken down in the salt after rubbing it all over the inside, then covering it in kosher salt, seal the container, and refrigerate for at least 24 hours. I highly recommend that you spatchcock the chicken in either case, but definitely in the latter case.
Mnemosyne
@Aleta:
Current FDA advice is to never wash chicken, because all you end up doing is spreading the bacteria around. Cooking it should be sufficient to kill anything that washing would have gotten rid of.
Just One More Canuck
@redshirt: it was a fine piece of cinema, right up there with Surf Nazis Must Die
Joel
@Mnemosyne: I use afrin — sparingly — when it gets really bad. It is bar none the most effective decongestant, largely because it’s topical (hitting the vasculature right in the sinus). The downside is that you develop tolerance very fast. I only use one spray per nostril when I use it, and never more than once every 24 hours.
Barbara
@Mnemosyne: Good to know!
Major Major Major Major
@Viva BrisVegas: i give it 50/50 odds.
Adam L Silverman
@Major Major Major Major: Okay, how does she keep it from eating a hole in her chest?
Gelfling 545
@Jeffro: Oh, great. Does this mean Jones will be the next GOP candidate?
Adam L Silverman
@Mnemosyne: What internal temperature do I have to cook my sink and countertops to?
eclare
@Aleta: Do not wash chickens, you will spread whatever is on them, bacteria wise, all over your sink. I used to think you had to rinse chicken before cooking it, no.
Felonius Monk
@Anne Laurie:
Obama has said he would not pull Garland’s nomination if Hillary is elected. But if McConnell decides to take up the nomination after Hilz wins, I’d love to see Garland withdraw his name and Obama not name anyone else saying that Hillary should select nominate the next Justice after she assumes office. Karma for the Turtle.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Anne Laurie: Scalia is already gone, still dead.
Kay
This is the new Trump strategy:
Nothing makes Democrats sadder than poor email management practices. When this server issue drops all bets are off.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
I wanna have a drink with John Boehner. I imagine he’s a pretty happy man right about now.
Mary G
@Adam L Silverman: I have a friend who’s used method #2 for her Thanksgiving turkey for a couple of years now and it is delicious.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Adam L Silverman: 165.
sigaba
@Kay: Putting lavs on people is never fun. Sounds like Trump is a real piece of work but there are many war stories along these lines.
@Mnemosyne: I wish the FDA would level with people and just tell them the truth, there’s no such thing as safe meat.
Kay
I don’t think I’ve ever heard a candidate say his strategy was to keep the other side’s voters home. These people are just pathetic. Reverse GOTV, but for the other side’s voters? Will they canvass? “Hi. We’d like to talk to you about why you can’t vote this year- Donald Trump doesn’t want to lose”.
redshirt
@me: I can testify to this. I feel like I see more Trump than Romney signs, but the Romney signs used to accompany all the other R’s. Trump signs are often alone.
Omnes Omnibus
@Adam L Silverman: @efgoldman: Wishing you guys and all other Jewish Juicers an easy fast.
normal liberal
@Aleta:
Cut a lemon in half, and use the cut surfaces to scrub the cavity while squeezing the lemon to force the juice out as you scrub. Immediately throw that lemon away – I shove them into the disposal. If you like lemon, quarter another one and stuff it into the chicken, along with whatever seasoning you prefer. (Or do any of what Adam suggested.)
Roast chicken is a leading reason why I couldn’t stick with a vegetarian diet.
Adam L Silverman
@Omnes Omnibus: Thanks. The hardest part will be tomorrow afternoon, when I’m not serving as the second line of defense against something, and am home on break and have to frost the dark chocolate cupcakes I baked this afternoon for tomorrow night’s break fast. I’m making a dark chocolate mousse for the frosting. And this will only be an issue because I usually taste things as I prep. Otherwise, I’m good for a day without food.
Omnes Omnibus
@Adam L Silverman: I would willingly take on the tasting duties for you, but the logistics get in the way.
ellie
@Mai.naem.mobile: Tell me about it! Every time I think he can’t get any more outlandish he turns me into a liar.
Betsy
@Aleta: never wash chicken from store, not necessary, only spreads any germs round your sink etc.
West of the Cascades
@Adam L Silverman: are they granite?
Trentrunner
@lamh36: Bill’s Obamacare gaffe was pretty harmful. Made its way into Sunday’s debate. I’m fine with him being invisible for a month.
Or stand behind the candidate and nod silently. :)
burnspbesq
@Jeffro:
Best thing I’ve heard all year.
Adam L Silverman
@Omnes Omnibus: I understand. I will take and post pictures with recipe links – I got the cupcake recipe from Martha Stewart because I wanted something fool proof and specifically designed to function as a cupcake. My normal chocolate cake recipe is too moist for cupcakes – the structure won’t hold up under frosting in that specific shape and size.
Patricia Kayden
@jl: Alex Jones, is that you?
Miss Bianca
@efgoldman: they’re almost ready. : ) Everything seems to have come out quite nicely, if I say so myself!
No One You Know
@John Weiss: The video shows him egging Trump on. None of that was necessary.
JR in WV
@redshirt:
I have to admit, I have had good results from gargling good bourbon and letting it trickle down my throat. Not much, not even a shot, but letting it burn in the back of my throat.
It helps with coughs and sore throats both. not always, but more than not, and if no bourbon, anything high proof, 90 to 110 will help.
Old country remedy, called the two-hat cure. When you take sick, go to bed and put your hat on the bottom bed post. Drink until you see two hats, and then go to sleep. When you wake up, you will be over your illness. From a Baptist grandma who never drank a drop for pleasure, only to cure the flu or snakebite.
Miss Bianca
@JR in WV: Reminds me of my favorite joke from Hee-Haw:
Junior Samples (to Grandpa Jones): Grandpa, what do you do when you have a cold?
Grandpa Jones: Well, I get a big old jar of corn liquor and I put it on my bedside table. Then, about every fifteen minutes or so, I take a drink from the jar.
Junior (with every appearance of thinking hard): Does that cure your cold?
Grandpa: No, but it makes bein’ sick a whole lot more interesting!
Omnes Omnibus
@JR in WV: I was told that the way to do it is run a very hot bath. Climb in with brandy or whiskey. Sip slowly and steadily in the the bath is tepid. Get out. Dry off. Go to bed. In the morning, you will allegedly feel as good as new. I’ve never tried it.
chopper
@Adam L Silverman:
when cooking something for break the fast I always go with recipes I can make blindfolded with no tasting needed.
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus: That sounds like just the sort of remedy I would try – being a fan of both hot baths and brandy. Not sure it would really work, but honestly…who cares? Sounds like a good evening in to me!
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: Report back. Please.
redshirt
@Omnes Omnibus: This treatment touches on most of my principles: Alcohol and heat.
I recommend it.
joel hanes
@Barbara:
wash it in cold soapy water.
Use sea-salt instead of soap.
Brines while it cleans
Omnes Omnibus
@redshirt: You’re a loony.
redshirt
@Miss Bianca: It will work. And if you want to ensure it, after stepping out of the hot bath with brandy, take a quick ice cold shower. Then go to bed.
redshirt
@Omnes Omnibus: I’m literally never sick. Maybe I should share my secret tricks THEY don’t want you to know?
NotMax
@efgoldman
Ought to have been a given was referring to those who have the option, not to 100% of the labor force.
Didn’t intend to arouse Capt. Obvious from slumber.
Omnes Omnibus
@NotMax: I don’t see why people should read in the caveats that you didn’t type.
ETA: Normally, we read the words that people write.
Plantsmantx
I love it:).
redshirt
@Plantsmantx: Literally the best thing that could ever happen. Trump voters not voting down ballot.
Plantsmantx
@redshirt: The fact that Trump and Bannon want to make this happen is a wonderful thing.
Chris T.
@Adam L Silverman: Fun fact: salting like this kills bacteria. (Not all bacteria, and sometimes even the dead stuff will still make you sick, but that’s why we used to preserve meat by salting it.)
Sugar has the same effect on bread, and this is how cake frosting came about.
Chris T.
@Joel: Nothing works for me. A “12 hour” or “24 hour” spray lasts for maybe 4 hours, after which I get severe rebound effect.
I did break my nose as a child and probably have physical issues. I can always tell where my nasal cycle is just by observing to myself which side feels congested. Exercise opens both sides (somewhat, for some time, but that’s the best I normally get).
I got a nerve block once, for some fairly major oral surgery, that kept my nose open for a full day, at the cost of being completely numb for the same full day…
eyelessgame
Am I the only one who noticed that she gave Billy Bush a full-body, friendly close hug, but her “hug” to Donald was engineered to touch nothing below the shoulders? She knew which one had the reputation as a creep.
Ian
@NotMax:
When paid leave exists across the country and the “right to work” laws are overthrown in all 50 states I shall agree with your statement.
sherparick
@gf120581: They don’t call him “The Turtle” for nothing. When the times get rough, he draws into his shell and hides.
Anonymous At Work
@Patricia Kayden: With 51 Senators, including some more conservative ones (although Lieberman and Nelson will be gone)? Unlikely, especially under Schumer. They’ll get rid of the filibuster for appointments, maybe for bills, but this will be a short 2-year window.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
@redshirt: It’s from the The Descent! Great horror movie.
Lee
The thing is I’m STILL uncomfortable with the level of support gets.
I cannot fathom how anyone could still support him after this. I’ve got some very devout friends that are still defending him.
les
@raven:
S/he musta missed the part where research shows sanitizers don’t, ya know, do any good.
mapaghimagsik
@redshirt:
I think the movie is called C.H.U.D.
Gemina13
@NotMax:
No sick pay provided is usually my reason, coupled with past managers who use taking sick time as a benchmark for dividing employees to keep from employees to lay off.
Gemina13
@Omnes Omnibus:
What you said. I no longer feel bad about jumping in with what turned out to be a “me,too” response.
WaterGirl
@eyelessgame: No, you are not the only one. That jumped out at me right away, too.