HAPPENING NOW in Atlanta. Protesters turned Ludacris' hit song into a rally anthem. #MoveTrumpGetOutTheWay pic.twitter.com/Za2ZdYXFYC
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) August 20, 2017
What’s on the agenda as we wrap up this lovely summer weekend?
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2015: "Suck it up, snowflakes. No safe spaces in real life."
2017: "I am being held prisoner in a gazebo by a man with a tuba jesus save me"— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) August 19, 2017
lion face, raaaawr
lemon face, ooooh pic.twitter.com/lEP405zQXG— jenphalian ↙️↙️↙️ (@jenphalian) August 19, 2017
Meanwhile…
You know it's bad when even Kellyanne is hiding from the TV cameras. https://t.co/qqnOQQ39v9
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 20, 2017
.@MarthaRaddatz: When we asked the White House for an official to appear on the show, they pointed us to Jerry Falwell Jr. #ThisWeek pic.twitter.com/eSAGXZkhVl
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) August 20, 2017
Falwell Jr. on Trump saying there were "very fine people" on both sides – "He had inside information I didn't have." #thisweek
— Rick Klein (@rickklein) August 20, 2017
So 'in his heart' Trump thinks torch-bearing Nazis shouting 'Jews will not replace us' are very fine people. Got it. https://t.co/ifXxtU5apE
— Local Milk Steak (@ZeddRebel) August 20, 2017
That moment when an idiot preacher justifies his support of Trump by explaining that he intimately knows the white nationalist movement. https://t.co/g6sobgKvab
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 20, 2017
Can’t say we weren’t warned:
This is, wow. Barack Obama literally predicted last week in November. https://t.co/PNi6EmC5DH pic.twitter.com/wjqAiWjvcO
— Perry Bacon Jr. (@perrybaconjr) August 20, 2017
Baud
I was thinking earlier that music hadn’t really caught up with the Resistance.
khead
The “inside information” about the Charlottesville rally is in the filing cabinet right next to the “secret plan” of Nixon to get the US out of Vietnam.
Schlemazel
Being an old white guy I am unfamiliar with Mr. Ludicris’ catalog, could someone please enlighten grandpa?
Thank you
Quinerly
Posted down thread….some Liberty University grads are turning in their diplomas.
Baud
@Schlemazel:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tw429JGL5zo
Schlemazel
@khead:
And hair furor’s plan for ending ISIS in 30 days, winning in Afghanistan and replacing ACA with something cheaper and better.
Also in that cabinet are Reverend Graham’s ethics, morality and sense of shame
gene108
@Quinerly:
Heh…loosing the support of the next generation of fundies…
I did not see that coming…
raven
In case we want to get all sanctimonious about the south Dick Gregory had it straight:
Catherine D.
@Schlemazel:
Yah, this unreconstructed folkie would like to like buy a track.
Schlemazel
@Baud:
HAHAHAHAHA, obviously you have no idea what it means to be a white grandpa. I only get about half the words & none of the significance. But thanks for trying
Baud
@Schlemazel: I thought the moving pictures might help.
raven
@Schlemazel: He’s from Champaign!
debbie
@Baud:
That’s uncomfortably close to my behavior during my morning commute.
raven
@Schlemazel: They had a goddam fit here after this:
Georgia apologizes for giving Ludacris $65,000, condoms and 2 bottles of his own cognac
debbie
@raven:
No green M&Ms?
Schlemazel
@Baud:
I need dramamine . . . old guy remember
Schlemazel
@raven:
That is insane! For 15 minutes? imagine if he had done a whole show
Laura
@raven: that’s one juicy rider right there.
raven
@Schlemazel: They were in a bind and he actually help them. Kirby came out and asked for a sellout at the spring game and they did it, 90,000 and no music till he stepped up. It’s the condoms that really sent them over the deep end!
lamh36
Oh…really…https://m.popkey.co/4ac1f8/6G5zw.gif
Fester Addams
@Schlemazel:
Annotated lyrics at Genius:
https://genius.com/Ludacris-move-bitch-lyrics
I’m not sure that it’s going to help either.
Yarrow
@lamh36: Ivanka’s one of those Democrats in the White House.
RSA
Lion-face guy seems to have dyed his hair and beard before attending the event. Good alpha male practice there.
Baud
@lamh36: Ha. Breitbart’s too weak even to stand up to Jared.
schrodingers_cat
@Yarrow: Phoniest of all phonies, that’s what she is.
Quinerly
OT…here’s a local story about a talented immigrant. Poco and I are really excited about this new place coming to our sister neighborhood, Benton Park. It’s on our walk route. We have been peeking in the windows. The little video is worth a view,too: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/spray-paint-artist-shakes-up-benton-park-restaurant-with-renaissance/article_25cfd42a-32ef-573a-9152-decb9d39db98.html
geg6
Since it’s an open thread, I must make a confession.
I spoil my dogs. A LOT. I got lobster tails for John and I for dinner last night since they were on sale. They were small so I figured two for each of us. And since the price was so good, I got two extra, one each for Lovey and Koda. They were in ecstasies. No drawn butter for them, of course, but still…that may have been an over indulgence.
WaterGirl
@khead: Damn, I was hoping it would be in the same place as John McCain’s plan about how he was going to get Bin Laden – the plan he never shared with the man elected president.
Schlemazel
@raven:
I would have thought cognac instead
Wapiti
@Yarrow: Is “Democrat” being used here as alt-right-speak for “Jewey-jewey-jew?”
Schlemazel
@raven:
Of course it is the condoms that are the problem. Heaven forefend we try to stop the spread of STDs
schrodingers_cat
@geg6: We had lobsters last week, I gave my kittehs some claw meat, they seem to like raw shrimp better.
Schlemazel
@Fester Addams:
many people have said there is no help for me
schrodingers_cat
@Schlemazel: Well you like Rashid Khan, there is definitely hope for you!
Quinerly
@geg6:
I’m not reading this to Poco (he does like to follow along with Baud’s postings). He would leave me.?
Schlemazel
@Fester Addams:
actually that is sort of helpful. I totally get the “get out of the way” part but am not on board with a lot of the rest of it. It is humorous though
A Ghost to Most
@Baud:
Some artists are quite caught up. From Jason Isbell’s ‘Hope the High Road’:
WaterGirl
@lamh36: It’s the chair guy! That’s a great move, he’s got style.
lamh36
My GIF of the night: Um…”falling up”
My reaction to the GIF: Uh…what…how..??
Baud
@A Ghost to Most: But nothing has broken through to pop culture.
Quinerly
@lamh36:
And the Daily Mail is all over how the “Jewish convert” did it: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4806150/Ivanka-helped-force-Donald-Trump-aide-Steve-Bannon.html
WaterGirl
@lamh36: I can’t laugh at the old guy who fell.
WaterGirl
@Quinerly: I am not clicking on the daily mail. Quick summary, please?
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@Quinerly:
Good for them I guess? A degree from that diploma mill wasn’t worth anything in the first place IMHO.
Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA
So this afternoon I get to my hotel in northeast Georgia a few minutes from the center of the path of totality, camera gear in tow, all excited about the eclipse. At the front desk I overhear the owner and an employee talking — something about “they can’t take her, their schedule won’t work” and “she’ll have to go to a shelter” and “it’s a shame, she’s a good girl.”
“She” turned out to be a fairly young, spayed dachshund owned by a friend of theirs whose living arrangements suddenly changed for the worse. Five minutes and a few texts later, and little dachshund girl isn’t going to a shelter — she’s coming home with me tomorrow after the eclipse. From there she’ll go live with my brother-in-law.
So never mind the eclipse — a little dog got a new home and won’t be going to a shelter.
@Wapiti: Yes.
eclare
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA: Aw, that made me smile!
Catherine D.
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA:
You go! Wonderful!
raven
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA: Yay!
lamh36
@WaterGirl: I’m not even laughing, that’s why the 2nd gif is just meaning how did he even get to that point
A Ghost to Most
@Baud:
There’s still a popular culture? Everything seems so splintered now.
Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA
@eclare: Yeah, after months of anticipation and prep, now I almost can’t wait for the eclipse to end. I’ve got a dog to pick up!
raven
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: If only you were right. I know people who teach there and I’ve had to be at conferences with their faculty development people.
sukabi
Not enough money in the world… But cheap bastards gonna be cheap.
$50.00 for 3 hrs work with a $10.00 bonus possible…
A Ghost to Most
rawstory
JPL
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA: You did good!
lamh36
@WaterGirl: The “chair guy” is Jason Mamoa, pre
Aquaman
Or as I like to call him href=”https://www.popworkouts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Aquaman-Workout.jpg”>Mr Hottie McHottie
JPL
@sukabi: They need to be paid upon arrival. As soon as Trump arrives, they need to get up and walk out.
mouse tolliver
The Civil Rights Movement gave us Martin Luther King Jr. And on the other side of that movement we had…. Jerry Falwell. The apple did not fall far from that racist tree.
sukabi
@JPL: no kidding. The chances they’ll actually be paid after is 0.
Quinerly
@WaterGirl:
Ivanka was afraid her Jewish community was going to ostracize her over Bannon. I get a kick out of the Daily Mail. Don’t mind giving them a click or two. It does shock me how much http://www.memeorandum.com links to them, though.
AdamK
@geg6: Shouldn’t you be giving the big dog a lot more than the little one? My little one gets fat if I try to be too “fair.”
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud:
Tends to happen when you’re dead. Breitbart’s still dead, right?
lamh36
@WaterGirl: Darn broken link…
Jason Mamoa, Mr Hottie McHottie
sukabi
@?BillinGlendaleCA: {snerk} ?
Quinerly
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
Actually, in certain circles the degree is worth a lot. When I interned in the Senate the summer before law school in 1982, many of the interns for Repug senators were from there.
MisterForkbeard
@sukabi: It’s funny, because this is literally what I see when I talk to rightwing people on Facebook. They’re convinced Soros has paid everyone to show up on the internet and in person.
And yet, the only party that consistently proves it has to purchase fake support is the Republicans. Hell, Trump even paid people to show up and clap to his campaign announcement. And the Russian bots are definitely in favor of Trump, too.
lamh36
Ya may have to look at this picture more than once…
it’s NOT what you think..lol
WaterGirl
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA: Any day when you can rescue an animal is a good day. Good job, Mingobat!
The Lodger
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA: Yay Mingobat!
Iowa Old Lady
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA: That is a quintessential BJ post. Good for you!
Quinerly
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA:
What a sweet story!❤???
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@raven:
How was the faculty in your experience? Weirdo fundies? Or actual academics?
Patricia Kayden
@Baud: You need to start thinking up a great musical anthem for Baud 2020. Must be catchy and danceable to get the young ‘uns.
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA: Awww. That’s such an uplifting story. Good for you and your Brother for rescuing that dog.
WaterGirl
@lamh36: How funny! I had no idea – I was gonna ask if the chair guy was anyone I should know. Thanks for clueing me in.
JPL
from Haberman
from the asshole
WaterGirl
@Quinerly: Wow, they would care about Bannon and not her white supremacist Nazi-loving father? Either way, thanks for the update.
Patricia Kayden
@A Ghost to Most: And it was rumored that he started off his campaign with paid actors so he’s just doing more of the same grifting.
Ruckus
@Quinerly:
I take it the degree showed that one was willing to work for scum and do whatever they were told.
WaterGirl
@lamh36: Thanks. I fixed the URL at your first link so I already got to see that photo. Looks like he might spend some time at the gym, right?
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@JPL:
Good. I hope he’s fucking miserable.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@JPL: So, he’s actually going back to “the dump”?
raven
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: That’s the weird thing, they actually have some legitimate academics.
Patricia Kayden
@JPL: I’ve come to the conclusion that Trump couldn’t care less about what the majority of us think of him. If his base continues to support him, he’ll be okay since only the opinion of those who adore him matters to him. He’s not trying to change any of our minds. He’s just trying to appease those who voted for him and who will never stop supporting him no matter what. That’s the only way you can explain rallies such as the one coming up in Arizona.
Quinerly
@Ruckus:
Well, President Reagan was in office and Jesse Helms and Sperm Thurm were senators….
Omnes Omnibus
@raven: The law school tends to produce pretty good National Moot Court teams.
WaterGirl
@lamh36: Back to the chair guy :-) was that gif from a movie or is that him in real life?
JPL
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Gosh I just hope he didn’t have the oval office decorated like his chintzy hotels.
I saw a picture of the family near the helicopter, and his son is never close to him. Kinda sad, because Obama’s girls were always holding his hand or hugging him. They still do.
Shalimar
@Quinerly: Jared and Ivanka will be the new George Soros after Soros dies. Rightwing media need a Jewish bogeyman to blame all of the ills of the world on, and they will have turned on the Trump family by then. Breitbart is already calling it a Democrat White House even though they still pretend to be Trump supporters.
lamh36
@WaterGirl: I’m not even sure…if it was something Mamoa did in a movie or something…lol…I remembered it from somewhere and just searched for “Jason Mamoa chair GIF”…lol
raven
@Ruckus: I got stuck in a limo from Lynchburg to Charlottesville one xmas. The kids were all LU students and it didn’t seemed to me they gave a shit about all that religious stuff. I know they are there but some are no different than any of many church related colleges and universities.
raven
@Omnes Omnibus: Yea, I mean I’m not defending Falwell in the least but it’s not like a Trump School.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@Patricia Kayden: I agree. He thinks that his base is all that matters in order to win reelection. I’m not sure that assumption will hold 3 1/2 years from now or even a year from now. He’s pissed lots of people off and probably won’t stop doing so. This is assuming he makes it that long. I can’t wait to see how the presidency ages him. Is he capable of feeling the stress of the office?
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@raven:
That is weird. I have no idea why any self-respecting scholar would want to work at such a place
Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA
Oh good lord. I just spoke to the hotel manager to confirm that I’m picking up the dog tomorrow (I am). She provided more detail. Pup is about four years old, and the owner has terminal cancer. I’m probably going to cry when I drive away with her.
WaterGirl
@lamh36: It’s very fun, I would have watched the movie if there was one. I may leave it open in a tab for a few days, I giggle every time I watch it. I could use some levity these days. I made chocolate cake for dinner tonight, if that tells you anything about my mood.
sukabi
@lamh36: oh my…lol ?
raven
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
sukabi
@JPL: well then he needs to quit watching FOX then doesn’t he?
Quinerly
@Omnes Omnibus:
I took a look at Liberty’s extensive Wiki page. Very interesting. Notable graduates include many professional sports figures (most I have never heard of), several entertainers who have been on those reality talent shows that I never watch, A LOT of members, past and present, in state government, some House members, Franklin Graham’s son and that deplorable Tony Perkins.
eclare
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA: Oh, I would too. So glad you are there to get her.
raven
@Quinerly:
Faculty development programs are complimentary and open to all LUCOM employees. To register in advance and to select a program to view, email the Office of Medical Education at [email protected]. Please provide your Liberty username and desired program name.
They and Robertson’s outfit are part of an association of FD operations. I went to one meeting and told my people to find someone else to represent us if they were part of it. They did.
zhena gogolia
@lamh36:
What is that gif from, do you know?
ETA: Oops, I see you answered this.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@raven:
Laurence Olivier, on his role in Inchon
From TV Tropes
Quinerly
@raven:
Well, it does teach creationism in the biology program. It’s Wiki page is interesting but I’m bored tonight….need to be getting revved up for tomorrow’s eclipse party. St. Louis is going wild. We are all worried about traffic….
Kay
Thank God for protesters is all I can say.
Who remembers this “partnership”?
If we left it up to our “institutions” weird racist morons would be running the country. Well, we did and they are.
raven
@Quinerly: The Cards are playing in Williamsport.
Kay
What for the “pivot” tomorrow. If Trump can get to the podium without assistance they’ll be declaring him “Presidential”
The bar is REALLY low.
Quinerly
@Shalimar:
And I think it’s funny. Going to love it when Bannon’s rag and Drudge start front-paging attacks on Ivanka.
zhena gogolia
@lamh36:
It’s from a TV series called “The Game.”
Quinerly
@raven:
?
zhena gogolia
@Kay:
Maybe for the pundits. Not for the general public. He’s passed the point of no return, IMO.
MisterForkbeard
@Kay: I do. I couldn’t believe (well, okay. I believed it) that the NYT and WaPo would basically just accept and promulgate whatever half-formed “shadows and questions” that these idiots could come up with. It was such an obvious crock of shit.
I mean, the NYT has been happy to attack Clinton for anything and everything for decades. They’ve reported on baseless slander as if it was fully true. But they h
Kay
Breaking! Giant baby-President is in a bad mood! He hasn’t done a lick of work in weeks. You’d think he’d be rested.
MisterForkbeard
@Kay: Do you think Haberman heard this from the requisite three anonymous sources, or did she just look at his twitter account?
Kay
@MisterForkbeard:
Did they not know Brietbart was a white supremacist site when they partnered with them? How fucking dumb are these people? They really thought Bannon was motivated by a yearning to increase manufacturing output?
Quinerly
CNN’s The ’90’s looks to be good. Bill Gates looks like a child.
MisterForkbeard
@Kay: I think they just decided that any and all ‘questions’ and assertions about Hillary HAD to be reported and discussed constantly on TV. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be doing their (awful) job of reporting (baseless, idiotic propaganda) properly.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@zhena gogolia:
Not even the VSP at this point, I don’t think.
Quinerly
@MisterForkbeard:
I’m told by many in the know that Maggie is a top notch journalist/reporter. I bet she looked at his Twitter feed.?
lamh36
@zhena gogolia: Oh wow really. The Game that was on CW w/one of the Mowry twins?
SiubhanDuinne
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA:
Awwww. What a great story. I hope, by rights, the pup ends up with an eclipse-y name (like, oh, I dunno, “Eclipse” or something. Maybe “Penumbra.”)
Ladyraxterinok
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: There are not a lot of faculty positions around, esp for older people. If that’s the only job offered and you have to support yourself and maybe a child/children…. We want to think we would never compromise, but survival adds another element.
Quinerly
No Trump surrogates on the Sunday news shows. I’m sure it’s some kind of conspiracy or just fake news? (as in the surrogates were there in the studios but the shows wouldn’t show them, mic them, and the hosts refused to call on them?)Axios piece.
Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA
@SiubhanDuinne: I forgot to ask what her name was. It might be nice if she keeps her name; she probably knows it, and since her current owner has terminal cancer, maybe calling her by the name he gave her would be a way to always acknowledge him. I don’t know — it would just feel wrong somehow to change the name he gave her.
Unless he named her Ivanka or something, in which case, I’ll lobby hard for my brother in law to name her Luna.
Kay
@MisterForkbeard:
But to partner. To say “Let’s join together, far Right racist oddball misfits and smear Hillary Clinton”
WTF was that? Bad judgment? Again? They looked at these two candidates and said the one we should investigate is Clinton?
Did they follow up at all on any of the Russian collusion rumors? If they didn’t then how do they explain that?
chris
Anderson Cooper interviewed Elle Reeve of Vice News about her experience in Charlottesville. She said one of the things the nazis called her was “lugenpresse.” Lugenpresse means lying press of course and you can probably guess where it came from. Good interview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnY4jhgypTU
Quinerly
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA:
??❤ . Poco is very interested in this story so keep us updated. I didn’t tell him that she was a Dachshund. He considers them appetizers.
Joy in FL
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA: So will her human– cry, that is. What a beautiful thing you were in that place at that exact time so that dog will have home and love.
These bits of kindness and beauty actually dwarf the influence of the cruelty of some very powerful people. I’m so glad I know about the eclipse puppy : )
Another Scott
57 minutes ago:
He’s so transparent.
1) Who talks like that? “Oh, I’ve been working so hard!!11 And Watching TV!!11”. We know he always lies. So he wasn’t working.
2) We know he only watches Fox News. So it’s their spin on whatever news is out there. Is our Donnie learning that Fox News is Fake News?
Probably not.
(sigh)
Cheers,
Scott.
Doug R
@lamh36: I’m thinking you’re loving Aquaman riding a parademon down through a building in the latest Justice League trailer
Kay
@MisterForkbeard:
Because this can be measured. It can be added up and compared. How many Clinton rumors did they pursue vs Trump rumors? How many hours and people were dedicated to Clinton inquiries vs Trump inquiries?
It’s not unknowable. They have this information. They could DO this comparison at the NYTimes. It’s a business. They know exactly who they had working on what.
clay
Breaking: U.S.S. John McCain has collided with a merchant ship near Singapore. Apparently, this is pretty serious — there’s a search-and-rescue — so I won’t make any jokes about John McCain crashing yet again.
SiubhanDuinne
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA:
I agree. I wrote my comment before I saw yours about the owner. What a sad story, but one with a happy ending for the pup. “Luna” would indeed be a terrific and appropriate name for her if the first one is somehow unworkable.
Another Scott
@clay: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-navy-crash-idUSKCN1B100C?il=0
:-(
It seems to be the same kind of ship that was hit by the Philippine cargo ship in June.
Yup. They’re both Arleigh Burke class destroyers.
Something seems to be up with the training of the crews on those things, or something.
:-(
Cheers,
Scott.
Kay
Lovely people in the Trump Administration. Really top notch:
I’m trying to imagine what the next President could possibly do to be worse than the Trumps and I’m coming up blank.
The bar is REALLY low. The “Hillary Clinton runs a child sex ring” lie they all spread makes more sense the longer you get to know the Trumps. It had to be REALLY bad to make them look good. Of course she had to be a murderer. It’s just about the only thing these people haven’t done.
Insane Clown POTUS
@clay:
It’s named after John S. McCain Sr. and his son, who were both admirals. John S. McCain III is the serial crasher.
Gelfling 545
@Patricia Kayden: I expect they get the bonus they f they get beat up by his fans.
lamh36
post lunch (also salad) pre-dinner Grille Chicken Salad. I’m still mostly full hours after eating it!
https://twitter.com/psddluva4evah/status/899429084253622273
lamh36
@Doug R: there is only 2 reasons I am even interested in JL right now…1)Aquaman 2)Wonder Woman
PPCLI
@Quinerly: When Bush II was prez, an astonishing number of administration aides and interns were from Falwell’s Liberty U, or Pat Robertson’s Regent U. (We can thank Regent for training the unforgettable Monica Goodling, who completely, and absolutely improperly, politicized the hiring process for career positions at the DOJ.) Regent even had a page on their website boasting of having over 150 alumni working in the Bush admin.
Ken
@SiubhanDuinne:
Sköll would be appropriate.
Ithink
@Schlemazel:
The original name of the song is “Move Bitch” from his sophomore and this far best-selling LP “Word of Mouth” (4x Platinum)! He was one of the major hit rappers of the first decade of the 21st century…?
Repatriated
@Kay:
Simple paradigm: “Both sides do it but the Democrats are worse.”
It’s insidious, in that in that framework, every true accusation against a Republican becomes validation for a false allegation against a Democrat.
Frankensteinbeck
@Patricia Kayden: and @? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
I think you are both falling into the trap of thinking like a normal person who can at least see healthy thought on the distant horizon. Trump is a narcissist. Worse, he’s a stupid narcissist with no attention span. This means, contrary to what you would think, that he has the worst self-esteem possible. He requires constant ego stroking and validation. Any criticism agonizes him. He cannot deal with not being the best. The rallies are like hits for a junkie, moments when he actually feels good, because there is nothing going on except people cheering for him. When he is reminded that the rest of the country hates him, it gnaws at him, makes him so miserable that it literally keeps him up at night. This isn’t just how narcissists work. It’s completely consistent with his actions, isn’t it?
WaterGirl
@lamh36: I just googled his name and “the game” and it pulled up a youtube clip of The Game that had CW on the screen, so that must be the one.
WaterGirl
@Kay: I thought it wasn’t legal to put people in jail because they owed money???
WaterGirl
@Gelfling 545: Sadly, that was my first thought, too.
Steeplejack
@Kay:
That we know of.
SiubhanDuinne
@Ken:
It would work in the mythological sense, but the name itself apparently means “treachery,” which would be a TERRIBLE thing to do to a sweet little Dachshund.
efgoldman
@Kay:
In MA the AG has pretty much shut most collection tactics down. They wouldn’t do that for long in MA courts.
clay
@Insane Clown POTUS: Sure. It was just a dumb joke anyway.
Holy smokes, the Wikipedia page on the USS John McCain has the crash on it already!
SiubhanDuinne
@Insane Clown POTUS:
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/899437859815518210
Trump is all heart, isn’t he?
SiubhanDuinne
@clay:
I never cease being stunned at how quickly a Wikipedia entry can be updated. In fact, usually when I see a rumour that someone famous has died, I check their Wiki page. If it doesn’t use the past tense, or give a death date, I’ll generally wait for additional confirmation. They had both Dick Gregory and Jerry Lewis updated within, literally, two or three minutes of news breaking in major media. It is impressive.
Kay
@WaterGirl:
I don’t know. It isn’t what I do. I know we got a rash of calls from Indiana last year from people who had been taken in for unpaid debt in the course of a traffic stop. I don’t take traffic/criminal calls but I heard the general gist in the office. We don’t work in Indiana so we referred.
There was a big hoopla in Ohio over judges holding people for what we call “jail fees” but are a whole set of fines people accrue for petty crimes. The Ohio ACLU sued and sent a report to the OH Supreme Court and the SC issued a warning to local judges to stop doing it. It was great (and effective) the warning because they named the judges. They listed them by county. I cheered. Name and shame. Our local newspaper picked it up because our judge was one of the bad actors.
That’s different, though, this is debtors prison for private collections. It’s worse.
Amir Khalid
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
I’m not sure if the Presidency can age a President who’s not really doing the job.
Insane Clown POTUS
@SiubhanDuinne:
What a classy guy.
Kay
I saw Trump has gone back to referring to his former opponent as “crooked Hillary”
Now that’s Presidential, huh? Those Trumps. They’re a real class act. Smearing shit all over the US Presidency is a daily thing in TrumpWorld. I get real pleasure out of the fact that all of these people he hired will end up smeared with shit, too, just from getting too close to him. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving group.
Kay
If the President and his family really want to “bring the country together” why do they insist on calling the candidate who more Americans voted for “crooked Hillary”?
I don’t know- I’m starting to think this whole family is composed of pathological liars. What are the odds? Is it EVERY Trump or just 4 out of 6?
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Amir Khalid: Golfing is hard work, Amir. Hard Work.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Kay:
Because in “TrumpWorld” that’s “Fake News”. You see, the only reason that “Crooked Hillary” got “more” votes is because of all the illegals voting in dumps like California.
SiubhanDuinne
@Insane Clown POTUS:
So fucking presidential. You will be sick of how presidential he is.
raven
@clay: It’s not named after him.
Insane Clown POTUS
@SiubhanDuinne:
He was right about the whining, though. I AM sick of all the whining.
geg6
@AdamK:
Koda got a much larger tail. Lovey got what I’d consider a crawfish tail.
debbie
@Kay:
I don’t see how it’s possible that there could ever be a worse president.
Doug R
@lamh36: I hear ya. Me, it’s mostly Wonder Woman and The Flash. And the worst kept Secret in the world.
geg6
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA:
This is my favorite story of the whole year.
But her emails!!!
@Kay:
It can’t be dumb. It was more than just Brietbart. The NYT was also more than happy to do little more than reprint press releases from Judicial Watch,in some of their columns despite the fact that Judicial Watch was founded to smear the Clintons.
a thousand flouncing lurkers (was fidelio)
@SiubhanDuinne: Corona.
stinger
@Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA: This is wonderful!
FlipYrWhig
delete
Omnes Omnibus
@FlipYrWhig: You said something positive about me, didn’t you? Bastard.
lamh36
Fight, fight, fight
I’m just waiting like this: https://media.giphy.com/media/Bp5dwyOW9BwbK/giphy.gif
O. Felix Culpa
@Omnes Omnibus:
Can you feel the love tonight.
O. Felix Culpa
@lamh36:
Rooting for injuries.
Omnes Omnibus
@O. Felix Culpa:
Just saying.
O. Felix Culpa
@Omnes Omnibus: Lol.
ruemara
@Kay: know to have not done because there are stories.