"I never mentioned the word Israel." Netanyahu winces as Trump completes the intel breach he began 2 wks ago. https://t.co/oIEeFl5zkk
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) May 22, 2017
Pres. Trump with Netanyahu: "I never mentioned the word or the name Israel" during Oval Office meeting with Russians https://t.co/9GH7DbBTm6 pic.twitter.com/eIJTROLiF9
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 22, 2017
Trump says 4 times "I never mentioned" the word Israel to Russians. He re-opens issue. No-one claimed he did. "They were all saying I did". https://t.co/9iKn4USDKu
— Bill Neely (@BillNeelyNBC) May 22, 2017
His comments just confirmed it was Israel something no U.S official had admitted!! https://t.co/duwH9S6sEI
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) May 22, 2017
There was even speculation Israel was doing us a solid and taking ownership to deflect from another ally. Trump just blew that RIGHT up.
— Orb Orbison (@ZeddRebel) May 22, 2017
Oh man, watch Israeli ambassador Ron Dermer (on right couch) react when Trump says—in Israel—"We just got back from the Middle East." pic.twitter.com/x7nb4uvqpR
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) May 22, 2017
Press statement @WhiteHouse says 1 goals of @POTUS Israel trip is "promote the possibility of lasting peach" pic.twitter.com/HE1l2lThg8
— Matthew Levitt (@Levitt_Matt) May 22, 2017
Didn’t “peach” used to be thieves’ cant for “incriminate one’s associates to the authorities”?
amk
ruemara
I do not understand how a literal pile of garbage was elected POTUS in 2016. We went from Obama to this?
lamh36
Evening BJ…didn’t really watch the show, but I did catch this performance last night
ICYMI: Celine showing them kids how a professional icon does it at the Billboard Music Awards last night
Celine Dion BBMA. 20th anniversary of My Heart… https://youtu.be/6vjQAhddlyw
schrodingers_cat
@ruemara: Didn’t all these Likudniks hate Obama? I am so old that I remember this Dermer person bad mouthing Obama in interviews and the only one to push back was Laura Trevelyan of BBC America, Whory Woodruff, of the NewsHour, just keep nodding her head. This was during the Iran treaty talks.
Mary G
Dermer tries to turn a face palm into fixing his hair, but does not succeed.
David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch
in other words, Trump pressured lntel community to fabricate narrative to shut down FBI investigation and obstruct justice
? ?? Goku ? ?
@ruemara: Don’t you know you got to switch party control every 4-8 years post-1968? Another uniquely American idiosyncracy
schrodingers_cat
@Mary G: He wanted an R in the White House, he has one, can’t say I feel sorry.
David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch
Today’s Bombshells as of 6:30 PM Eastern
► Trump openly admits he blew Israeli deep cover agents
► Flynn takes 5th
► Flynn lied to Pentagon on Russia payments
► Trump pressured intell chiefs to interfere with FBI
ruemara
@schrodingers_cat: Yes. In fact, they interfered in the 2012 elections when Bibi came to fucking campaign for Romney.
@? ?? Goku ? ?: Uniquely American. Like getting shot in the face by a toddler. And about as smart.
? ?? Goku ? ?
@David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch: Echos of Nixon and the Saturday Night Massacre
Xantar
To be fair, everybody has imPEACHment on their minds.
amk
lamh36
Anyone got their conspiracy hats on today?
? ?? Goku ? ?
Somewhat on topic:
Neville Chamberlain gets such a shaft. He wasn’t as naive as conservatives like to claim. He was buying time for Britain so prepare for eventual war. They weren’t ready. In addition, war was incredibly unpopular at the time.
It’s so easy to simultaneously play archair historian AND general. Poor Neville didn’t have a crystal ball.
? ?? Goku ? ?
@ruemara: QFT
opiejeanne
@amk: Tell me that’s a joke, please.
JPL
@David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch: It’s a normal day in TrumpWorld . Nixon was so darn unlucky to be President when the president couldn’t lie his way out of obstruction of justice.
raven
@JPL: This situation in Manchester should get things cooking.
amk
@opiejeanne: I think so. OTOH, who knows with this narcissistic nutjob?
lamh36
So I finally saw the entire video of Melania slapping Cheeto’s hand away on the arrival carpet in Israel today…
Goodness…I think I became so enthralled and frankly enchanted by the Obamas’ obvious affection for one another, that to see that Melania, just can’t seem to even hide some of her seeming contempt even when she knows the public is watching…
I can’t imagine or even recall when PBO and MO every showed anything like that and hell, they’ve been married a long time…so of course they have to get angry at one another, but it never seemed to spill over like this…
Who knows, maybe Melania was just trying to keep Cheeto focused…but it’s not the first time, she’s seemed to not be feeling her husband…
Almost made me feel bad for her, but then I recalled…meh I don’t like her or her husband… so whatever…
efgoldman
I would bet – I HOPE! – that was an auto correct thing.
But some goddamned intern SHOULD HAVE PROOFREAD THE THING!
Holy crap. Remember when Bush had to ralph on, who was it, the Japanese Prime Minister to embarrass us? Those were the good old days.
lamh36
All it will take is for one of these folks to lawyer up and let shit hit the fan.
Quinerly
Saudi Arabia loves Melania: http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/opinions/melania-popularity-saudi-arabia-hossain-opinion/
zhena gogolia
@ruemara:
Are you reading my mind or something? I mean my mind’s constant refrain since 11/8/16?
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
Hey I wish peaches lasted longer once they reached perfect ripeness too!
Morzer
@Xantar:
Or imPEEchment as Trump spells it.
? ?? Goku ? ?
@lamh36:
Trump: You’re fired!
And the proles will eat it up
TenguPhule
@David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch:
So three more revelations from the Deep State Tonight and we can call it a day?
nadezhda
Mr, Mrs & Polly Peachum – John Gay’s “The Beggars Opera” (1728) @Wikipedia. ;)
George Spiggott
My ears heard, “…at last, impeach!”
MisterForkbeard
@David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch: I think you forgot the “Trump Admin refuses to give Ethics office information on who they’ve waived ethics requirements for” :)
George Spiggott
@TenguPhule:
If the IC pitches nine perfect innings, we better score at least one run to win this sucker.
MisterForkbeard
@lamh36: To be fair, my wife is mostly down on PDA. Holding hands is okay sometimes. It’s just how she was raised. Melania could be something similar.
But then, you’d think Trump would have learned better by now. Or that Melania would know to not push him away while there are cameras rolling.
? ?? Goku ? ?
@TenguPhule:
LOCK THEM UP!!
Morzer
@? ?? Goku ? ?:
HANG HIM HIGH!
Origuy
Moving to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches.
Honus
Somebody on MSNBC tonight was sort of excusing Trump because he was exhausted. Participation trophy.
Jeffro
@lamh36: he probably wants to fire them on TV, thinks it will be great for ratings
TenguPhule
@George Spiggott: I don’t think the mercy rule should apply.
Jeffro
@George Spiggott: I’m good with swinging a bat at this point
Citizen_X
@lamh36:
Oh, good. That’ll fix things.
Miss Bianca
Indeed, Anne Laurie, you have the etymology of the term correct. In fact, the character of “Peachum” in The Beggar’s Opera – a fence who employs an army of beggars on the streets of London – was so named to tip the audience off to that fact that he would, indeed, “peach” on anyone who threatened his authoriteh in the criminal underworld.
Why yes, I was a theater scholar once upon a time, now that you mention it…
ETA: A revival of The Beggar’s Opera might have to have a peach-colored pustulant playing the part of Peachum. Just to make it more topical ‘n’ shit. Aaand…someone got there before me! This darned crowd!
TenguPhule
@Citizen_X:
Cut off from those government paychecks, I wonder how those people will make ends meet.
I mean, its not like their stories are worth anything….Oh.
LongHairedWeirdo
A quick query of Mr. Google suggests that “peach” actually comes from “impeach” which means “to accuse” or question a person’s character. (And yes, it’s used to mean “inform on” – I don’t know history, but Mr. Google informed me that James Joyce made it semi-famous, and I remember Heinlein used it, and not by a criminal – by a youngish innocent, though he may have been corrupted by his spacefaring uncle who taught him space ship lingo.)
Just One More Canuck
All we are saying is give peach a chance