More Fireballs from Lee Smith: If Trump Is a Russian Agent, How Come the Village Voice's Gossip Columnist, Who Covered Him For 40 Years and Had a Network of Informants, Has Nothing About It In His Files?

Trump didn't rise out of nowhere with no college transcript and no who knew him in college like some presidents I could name.

He was a public celebrity -- we didn't particularly want him to be a public celebrity, but he was pretty insistent on the point -- for about forty years now.

The guy seems to even have informed on himself just to get bad press, which, to a spotlight-seeker, is good press.

So: with 40 years of extensive digging on this headline-making, misbehaving fame-chaser, how come there's no Russia Connection in his background?

There are three parts to this essay, which is a bit long. If you don't have time, let me tell what each part is about:

The first part is about the Village Voice columnist Wayne Barrett who died the day before Trump's inauguration. Smith used to work right next door to him at the Voice, and wants to know why Barret's files, and the files of all the assistants and junior reporters working under him, are barren of Russia Connection information.

The second part -- the most skippable -- follows a break from the first part, like a ***. This part is about how the media essentially died in the Internet age, due to making bad economic decisions (such as giving away their product for free just to get on to the internet, which then priced their product at zero point zero dollars). This led in turn to their having to jump into silly clickbaity bullshit just to chase eyeballs, and hire a bunch of young idiots who literally knew nothing.

As Ben Rhodes described them, in explaining how easily he got the Echo Chamber to repeat the words he said to them.

The second part segues directly into this last part, the closing, about the media's utter lack of professionalism or institutional quality or integrity. Having priced their reportage at zero dollars, they had to essentially become blogs with occasional dispatches from the Washington office, and turned into Jezebel: The Print Edition.

So if you have to skip, skip out in the middle (I have no idea if his theories about the economic missteps of the media are correct), but do read the intro and ending. The ending begins with, "In January, Bannon told the New York Times..."

Posted by: Ace at 02:49 PM

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1 It is in my book which is available at bookstores and airports.

Posted by: Hillary at March 08, 2017 02:43 PM (7wyDO)

2

Oh he will...

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at March 08, 2017 02:43 PM (pJDQf)

3 Foist?

Posted by: Flyboy at March 08, 2017 02:44 PM (zuGtH)

4 afternoon ace.

Posted by: willow at March 08, 2017 02:44 PM (R7cwD)

5 Women's day and what a day to celebrate that Hillary Clinton will NEVER be President of the US of A.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 08, 2017 02:44 PM (jxbfJ)

6 Sixth?

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at March 08, 2017 02:44 PM (TdMsT)

7 More Fireballs from Lee Smith

He was a really good relief pitcher for the Cubs. Good to see he still has his fastball

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 08, 2017 02:44 PM (493sH)

8 7
Wasn't he a racecar driver?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 08, 2017 02:45 PM (jxbfJ)

9 Of course there's no Russian connection in Trump's background. If there were, it would have been all over the place in the press during the election season.

Posted by: bluebell at March 08, 2017 02:45 PM (sBOL1)

10 right Trump was pretty much an open book that THEY socialized with for decades, But Damn Him for breaking into their area of power.

Posted by: willow at March 08, 2017 02:45 PM (R7cwD)

11 So: with 40 years of extensive digging on this headline-making, misbehaving fame-chaser, how come there's no Russia Connection in his background?

I said that here all throughout the campaign. He's been in the limelight for 40 years. If they had dirt on him, they'd have used it.

BEFORE he got elected.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 08, 2017 02:46 PM (4Ru5B)

12 This thing is broken. Willow in at #4.

As for the substance, if anyone strays much beyond the "MFM is a bunch of disingenuous shitweasels" it leads to profound wrongness.

Posted by: Richard Sterban, Oak Ridge Boy and Seismic Wave Propagator at March 08, 2017 02:46 PM (B+qrE)

13 I keep imaging how surreal it must be for Ivanka and the kids to Have them slaughtered in the public sphere like this by their old buddies.

sad.

Posted by: willow at March 08, 2017 02:46 PM (R7cwD)

14
Just rolled outta' bed and noticed that my fingers are all stinky. I wonder how that happened?

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 08, 2017 02:47 PM (HSmrB)

15 It's the same argument people like me made whenever we heard fears about what the Democrat opposition research was going to do to Trump:

"What are they going to do - read thirty year old issues of People magazine?"

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Brings You Bladerunner: The Musical at March 08, 2017 02:47 PM (hLRSq)

16 I still laugh at the reaction of the media when that 'other' woman Palin stated the media 'makes stuff up'

poor lyin babies.

Posted by: willow at March 08, 2017 02:47 PM (R7cwD)

17 Hello Horde.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at March 08, 2017 02:48 PM (TdMsT)

18 Once again, Projection.

There's lots of Russian Connections in ClintonWorld.

There used to be Chinese

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 08, 2017 02:48 PM (SIY7D)

19 Obviously, the Russians got to the Village Voice.

And Trump's anti-immigrant crime tracking program?

VOICE.

Fire can't melt steel, Mr. Of Spades.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 08, 2017 02:48 PM (oVJmc)

20 For conspiracy theorists , Bill Clinton should be the Russian Manchurian candidate . He went there as a college student at their invitation.

Posted by: Jack Sock at March 08, 2017 02:48 PM (BBWB6)

21 th

Posted by: fixerupper at March 08, 2017 02:48 PM (8XRCm)

22 crap

Posted by: fixerupper at March 08, 2017 02:48 PM (8XRCm)

23 9 Of course there's no Russian connection in Trump's background. If there were, it would have been all over the place in the press during the election season.
*
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Of course. Common sense (which, as we all know, is so rarely common these days).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 08, 2017 02:48 PM (Dg36k)

24 Where's the rick-roll link?

Posted by: Brother Maynard at March 08, 2017 02:48 PM (DMUuz)

25 Most vetted president ever: We don't know enough about him!

Total cipher with barely any paper trail: The Lightbringer!

Our superiors in the media have spoken.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 08, 2017 02:48 PM (RD7QR)

26 Yeah but, Hillary has been in the spotlight for years too, and we didn't hear anything bad about her either!

Posted by: davidt at March 08, 2017 02:48 PM (XoldI)

27 What an EXCELLENT point!

Say, didn't Trump honeymoon in Russia, though?!?!?!?!

Oh wait, that was Bernie Sanders. Bill de Blasio also visited Russia as a college student or something.
Huh.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2017 02:49 PM (NOIQH)

28 Trump as a Russian Agent doesn't pass the 'are you fucking kidding me?' test.

It's like the sniff test, but saltier!

The guy WAS Capitalism all the way back when there was still a debate over which was better: Capitalism vs Socialism.

The idea of him being a Russian stooge instead of....his own stooge (kidding, kidding) is just pacifier-sucking, tin-foil hat Code Pink levels of stupid hate.

On the plus side, I had chocolate chip cookies for dessert at lunch.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 08, 2017 02:49 PM (0wojp)

29 they know Trump knows their game. They don't like it, and I think they are insulted He likes America and doesn't believe it has to be (crosses out Russia) sticks in france 2.0

Posted by: willow at March 08, 2017 02:49 PM (R7cwD)

30 I think we should start spreading all the Clinton connection stories only use Trump's name instead to bait the trap.

Posted by: Jack Sock at March 08, 2017 02:49 PM (BBWB6)

31 Lee Smith was that fella...that did that thing, right?

Posted by: old guy that says "fella" at March 08, 2017 02:49 PM (qUNWi)

32 >>Yeah but, Hillary has been in the spotlight for years too, and we didn't hear anything bad about her either!

The dead don't talk. Only vote.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2017 02:49 PM (NOIQH)

33 13 I keep imaging how surreal it must be for Ivanka and the kids to Have them slaughtered in the public sphere like this by their old buddies.

sad.
Posted by: willow at March 08, 2017 02:46 PM (R7cwD)

It's alway best to know who one's friends are, but I agree it is a very public situation. I hope the fact that her clothing line is kicking ass will be of some comfort.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at March 08, 2017 02:50 PM (TdMsT)

34 same reason their was no racist past they could summon during the election

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 08, 2017 02:50 PM (FZYNt)

35 So: with 40 years of extensive digging on this headline-making, misbehaving fame-chaser, how come there's no Russia Connection in his background?

Because we're that damn good...

Posted by: Russian hackers from the '70's at March 08, 2017 02:50 PM (rUIbB)

36 May I suggest a massive crop dusting on Washington DC, and NYC of some combination of:

valium + lithium.

Posted by: Strelnikov at March 08, 2017 02:50 PM (fi5nC)

37 Of course everyone knows there are two reasons Trump won't release his tax returns. 1) he pays no taxes; 2) would highlight his extensive and highly profitable Russian businesses.

Posted by: Undocumented at March 08, 2017 02:50 PM (SsblQ)

38 The Saudis quite openly discussed how they were pouring Kingdom money into Clintonworld. The House of Saud funded something like 20% of Hillary's campaign, which was by far the most expensive in history at $1.2B.

But by all means, let's have another huge hysterical handwaving media freakout over the Russians purportedly interfering in our elections.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 08, 2017 02:50 PM (noWW6)

39 Lee Smith,the guy who was the Cubs closer in the 80's?

Posted by: steevy at March 08, 2017 02:51 PM (r/0kC)

40 29 they know Trump knows their game. They don't like it, and I think they are insulted He likes America and doesn't believe it has to be (crosses out Russia) sticks in france 2.0
Posted by: willow at March 08, 2017 02:49 PM (R7cwD)

Exactly the same as how they save their special vitriol for those former leftists and/or minorities, who escaped the plantation.

Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at March 08, 2017 02:52 PM (qoAfa)

41 He's been in the limelight for 40 years. If they had dirt on him, they'd have used it.

Ditto on the taxes.

a) Yes, he minimized his taxes just like everyone else.
b) Which illustrates just how idiotic the system is.
bb) A reminder that H&R Block is running a commercial about using an IBM supercomputer...TO DO TAXES.
c) Nothing remotely contradictory in any of this, lefties.

Posted by: Richard Sterban, Oak Ridge Boy and Seismic Wave Propagator at March 08, 2017 02:52 PM (B+qrE)

42 Oooh, I smell CONCERN in the air.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride at March 08, 2017 02:52 PM (ul9CR)

43 The first part is about the Village Voice columnist Wayne Barrett who died the day before Trump's inauguration. Smith used to work right next door to him at the Voice, and wants to know why Barret's files, and the files of all the assistants and junior reporters working under him, are barren of Russia Connection information.

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I'm surprised no conspiracy theory nut has jumped all over this. I mean, it almost writes itself.

I expect it to be the lead on MSNBC by tomorrow.

Posted by: josephistan at March 08, 2017 02:52 PM (7HtZB)

44 LadyLibertarian, I imagine it has really urt her heart it would me. But right better to know who friends actually are.

Posted by: willow at March 08, 2017 02:52 PM (R7cwD)

45 The House of Saud funded something like 20% of Hillary's campaign, which was by far the most expensive in history at $1.2B.

Islamophobe!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 08, 2017 02:52 PM (oVJmc)

46 You mean I need to read this post AND a three-part article before posting? F*** that!

Posted by: Slo-Pitch Whiffer at March 08, 2017 02:52 PM (5JlYa)

47 Sock...get outta here.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 08, 2017 02:53 PM (B+qrE)

48 ALL of Trump's detractors would have sucked his dick to get a shot at being on The Apprentice.

And, I'm not just looking at you Anderson Cooper.

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 02:53 PM (NXfyF)

49 Lee Smith or Lee Meriwether?

Posted by: eleven at March 08, 2017 02:53 PM (qUNWi)

50 Wasn't he a racecar driver?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 08, 2017 02:45 PM (jxbfJ)

Never did win no checkered flag, but he never did come in last

Posted by: josephistan at March 08, 2017 02:53 PM (7HtZB)

51 37 Of course everyone knows there are two reasons Trump won't release his tax returns. 1) he pays no taxes; 2) would highlight his extensive and highly profitable Russian businesses.
Posted by: Undocumented at March 08, 2017 02:50 PM (SsblQ)

We should get the IRS to head national security since they are the only department that has prevented leaks of that information. Do I have to use the sarcasm tag for you?

Posted by: Jack Sock at March 08, 2017 02:54 PM (BBWB6)

52
Oooh, I smell CONCERN in the air.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride at March 08, 2017 02:52 PM (ul9CR)
________________________________

Maybe that's what's causing my fingers to stink....

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 08, 2017 02:54 PM (HSmrB)

53 >>He was a really good relief pitcher for the Cubs.

He was no Goose Gossage.

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 02:54 PM (NXfyF)

54 The middle section is where the link to the London Boys is.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 08, 2017 02:54 PM (oVJmc)

55 It's amazing that the media freaks out about this made-up story and yet says nothing about the fact that this man was a walking venereal disease at one point.

Could it be jealousy?

Posted by: Pep at March 08, 2017 02:54 PM (3SgQ1)

56 I said that here all throughout the campaign. He's
been in the limelight for 40 years. If they had dirt on him, they'd have
used it.

BEFORE he got elected.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 08, 2017 02:46 PM (4Ru5B)

This is why Trump was the only candidate that could beat the Obama/Clinton machine. His entire history has been laid out in sordid detail, there was nothing (not even secret tapes regarding mish grabbing) that had any real chance at derailing him. So now comes the nebulous "RUSSIAN" garbage. Trump is the original Gojira and the only way to kill him is to destroy the oxygen around him.

Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at March 08, 2017 02:55 PM (7N6ox)

57 >>Lee Smith or Lee Meriwether?

You are thinking of Robert E. Lee.

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 02:55 PM (NXfyF)

58 would highlight his extensive and highly profitable Russian businesses.

Which the MFM seems incapable of uncovering in 40 years.

Got it, hawkeye.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 08, 2017 02:55 PM (B+qrE)

59 Ditto on the taxes.

a) Yes, he minimized his taxes just like everyone else.
b) Which illustrates just how idiotic the system is.
bb) A reminder that H&R Block is running a commercial about using an IBM supercomputer...TO DO TAXES.
c) Nothing remotely contradictory in any of this, lefties.

And Warren Buffet pays less taxes than his secretary, yet he it totes kewl!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 08, 2017 02:55 PM (4Ru5B)

60 Because we're that damn good...
Posted by: Russian hackers from the '70's at March 08, 2017 02:50 PM

Get your own damn catchphrase!

Posted by: Triple H at March 08, 2017 02:55 PM (DMUuz)

61 Posted by: Richard Sterban, Oak Ridge Boy and Seismic Wave Propagator at March 08, 2017 02:46 PM (B+qrE)

I'm both slightly weirded out and laughing that there's a sock of someone I used to drink with.

Posted by: Country Singer at March 08, 2017 02:56 PM (uiwCw)

62 >>Wasn't he a racecar driver?

Jerry was a Race Car Driver.

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 02:56 PM (NXfyF)

63 Look who contributed the most to the Jimmy Carter Center.

Posted by: Jack Sock at March 08, 2017 02:56 PM (BBWB6)

64 Shorter: because it's all bullshit made up by the lying MSM and libs

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 08, 2017 02:57 PM (2x9LM)

65 In Putin's Russia hair weasel puppets You!

Posted by: DaveA at March 08, 2017 02:57 PM (8J/Te)

66 It's not even a well written Americans episode.

Case in point.

The Mike Flynn dialogues.

If--Mike Flynn was a real high up agent of Russia--would the Russian ambassador handle him over the cell phone where our FBI could so easily eavesdrop on them?

Second part of that equation--if the Russian ambassador did use the best and latest techniques to communicate with his ultra-valuable Russian agent --Mike Flynn--why would we so readily advertise that we had broken their methods?

Se the movie: The Imitation Game in regards to Project Ultra--and the Enigma Code.

Posted by: Strelnikov at March 08, 2017 02:57 PM (fi5nC)

67 >>The second part -- the most skippable --

You overestimate us, Ace.

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 02:58 PM (NXfyF)

68 7
More Fireballs from Lee Smith

He was a really good relief pitcher for the Cubs. Good to see he still has his fastball

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 08, 2017 02:44 PM (493sH)
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Heh.
This is exactly what I thought when I read the headline. I remember "big Lee." Great pitcher and one of the best closers who ever lived; until Mariano came along and blew all his records away . . .by a lot

Posted by: Publius Redux at March 08, 2017 02:58 PM (Fb9aZ)

69 Now add this to what Andy McCarthy wrote about how the two Russia theories do not hold together and you see that the media and the Democrats have got themselves into a little pickle. Namely - if there is all of this juicy information on Trump and the Russians how was it acquired? If it was done using national security warrants, who signed off on tapping/intercepting a presidential candidate? If there is no actual tapped/intercepted information then why are you spreading fake news?

And by Trump accusing Obama they cannot quietly let it go (Mr. thin-skinned Obama won't) and they cannot say that Obama was doing stuff that would have gotten Nixon impeached after he resigned, so they are left with...fake news?

Hmmm. It seems crazy, impulsive, out-of-control Donald Trump has a Mark IA fire control computer.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Brings You Bladerunner: The Musical at March 08, 2017 02:58 PM (hLRSq)

70 Shorter: because it's all bullshit made up by the lying MSM and libs
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 08, 2017 02:57 PM (2x9LM)

Waaay too easy.

Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at March 08, 2017 02:58 PM (qoAfa)

71
There is no russian connection because "the russians hacked the election" is completely made up bullcrap.

Trump did eat some Kung Pao Chicken though, so we better check his chinese connections.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 08, 2017 02:58 PM (ODxAs)

72

What Trump's past does indicate is the he is an alpha male and i'd like tohear the left explain his willingness to be Putin's flunky all of a sudden.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 08, 2017 02:59 PM (lKyWE)

73 Hey, remember when Trump got caught flat-footed and handed over the Crimea to Putin?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 08, 2017 02:59 PM (B+qrE)

74 Trump did eat some Kung Pao Chicken though, so we better check his chinese connections.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 08, 2017 02:58 PM (ODxAs)
===

Trump likes his chicken spicy!

Posted by: Independent George at March 08, 2017 02:59 PM (BDZWU)

75 57
>>Lee Smith or Lee Meriwether?

You are thinking of Robert E. Lee.

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 02:55 PM (NXfyF)

_______________________________________

Lee Majors

Posted by: Publius Redux at March 08, 2017 02:59 PM (Fb9aZ)

76 "You see...the Russians enter through the ears and wrap themselves around the cerebral cortex. This has the effect of rendering the victim extremely susceptible to...suggestion."

Posted by: General Zod at March 08, 2017 03:00 PM (Bdeb0)

77 >>"In January, Bannon told the New York Times..."

I don't know if that's as good as, "It was a dark and stormy night...'.

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 03:00 PM (NXfyF)

78 Beat me to it Garret. Primus FTW.

Posted by: Bosk at March 08, 2017 03:00 PM (n2K+4)

79 Superb essay.

I'll have to disagree with Ace about the middle part being skippable or the least interesting though. It's very helpful in explaining a major reason why the MSM has backed itself into a hysterical corner from which there seems to be no exit.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 08, 2017 03:00 PM (Nox3c)

80 Trump also told the Russians he'd have more flexibility after the election.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 08, 2017 03:00 PM (B+qrE)

81 Trump did eat some Kung Pao Chicken though, so we better check his chinese connections.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 08, 2017 02:58 PM (ODxAs)
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Raycist! There is nothing wrong with Chinese connections.

Posted by: Undocumented at March 08, 2017 03:00 PM (SsblQ)

82 Margins ... blown. Not in the happy fun way either.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 08, 2017 03:01 PM (nw6G5)

83 We Suck!

Posted by: Primus at March 08, 2017 03:01 PM (NXfyF)

84 Hey, remember when Trump got caught flat-footed and handed over the Crimea to Putin?

Like yesterday.

Posted by: South Ossetia at March 08, 2017 03:01 PM (TppKb)

85 Rhetorically, because there is no proof. It's a political invention.

The problem is that as the desperate Hillary Camp went chasIng a distraction on Trump, someone with Russian connections, probably Podesta got kicked in the balls by the Good Idea Fairy.

They hung on the fact that someone, probably starting with Manafort, had Russian connections. Knowing extensively about Russia Podesta and probably his brother decided to try and hang a false Russian scandal on Trump. They used the knowledge that Manafort has Russian connections combined with a national security directive to monitor anything Russian to attempt both the first and second FISA requests. The second was probably granted because they narrowed the search and had some proof that Manafort had some contact with the Russians (as innocent as that might be it still provided cause). They hope while digging around all the servers and comms they would unearth something to destroy Trump.

They didn't and the new problem is he won. He's now in a position to uncover everything that went on. My guess is some of it is illegal or at least systemic abuse. Problem is it is also classified as it is connected to intelligence gathering and unlikely to be release.

Short version. They are now trying to cover their asses for something they thought would never see the light of day.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 08, 2017 03:01 PM (gjdGN)

86 The Left has more projection than Obama's first pitch to home plate .

Posted by: Jack Sock at March 08, 2017 03:01 PM (BBWB6)

87 He was no Goose Gossage.
Posted by: garrett

who was no Rollie Fingers

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 08, 2017 03:02 PM (FZYNt)

88 LOL

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/259263/

Posted by: steevy at March 08, 2017 03:02 PM (r/0kC)

89 Hey...didn't one of the major party candidates help sell uranium to a Russian oligarch?

I'm guessing it was Trump.

It was Trump, wasn't it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 08, 2017 03:02 PM (ELUpj)

90
Trump gave me that 'reset button'. No really,, it's true...

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 08, 2017 03:02 PM (HSmrB)

91 The second part -- the most skippable -- follows a break from the first part, like a ***. This part is about how the media essentially died in the Internet age, due to making bad economic decisions (such as giving away their product for free just to get on to the internet, which then priced their product at zero point zero dollars).

I actually liked the second part. It made me nostalgic for the community feeling that reading print journalism used to give me. The Voice, the New Yorker, Interview, even the Daily News if I thought no one was looking.

Then again, maybe I'm just nostalgic about living in the city for my twenties.

I'm not sure that the lack of Russia info in the extensive Trump files means anything. Did Barrett actually do investigative journalism for his files or just catalog all the juicy tidbits that came over his transom?

(That's an actual question, I don't know. Also I'm not giving credence to the Russian puppet proposition).

Covering Trump back in the day meant sifting through the stories that he planted about himself. Was it a coincidence that one of the "scandals" was was Marla Maples saying how good he was in bed? This is a guy who posed as his own press agent to call in stories about himself without even changing his accent.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at March 08, 2017 03:02 PM (gIRsn)

92 I'm convinced that the Trump is a Russian stooge came from the Hillary's camp oppo research of the Art Of The Deal where Trump tells of a potential deal with the Soviets to built a hotel in Moscow in the late 80s.

I can almost hear one of Hillary's lackeys saying, "we can build on this."

Posted by: MAGA at March 08, 2017 03:02 PM (A4HOq)

93 Lee van Cleef had shifty snake eyes.

Posted by: Roland THTG at March 08, 2017 03:02 PM (oR5ks)

94 Margins ... blown. Not in the happy fun way either.

We can deal with that

Posted by: Steak and Blown Margins Day at March 08, 2017 03:03 PM (TppKb)

95 but if i go read the articles, i won't be able to keep up with comments...

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 08, 2017 03:03 PM (0FbJ1)

96 Occam's Razor: Trump agents had Barrett killed and his incriminating Russian collusion files disappeared.

Posted by: gewa76 at March 08, 2017 03:03 PM (B6OKy)

97 >>Of course everyone knows there are two reasons Trump won't release his
tax returns. 1) he pays no taxes; 2) would highlight his extensive and
highly profitable Russian businesses.

You're right! Everybody knows that Trump made a bundle off of of delivering one-fifth of America's uranium production to Vladimir Putin's Russia.
I demand he make his foundation's records open to the public for scrutiny!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2017 03:03 PM (NOIQH)

98 Maybe its his reset after the election that proves he's a Russian agent, Barack that is.

Posted by: Skip at March 08, 2017 03:04 PM (HDU3V)

99
who was no Rollie Fingers

Who was no Vita Blue.

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at March 08, 2017 03:04 PM (pJDQf)

100 Short version. They are now trying to cover their asses for something they thought would never see the light of day.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 08, 2017 03:01 PM (gjdGN)

Magic 8 Ball sez: Yeah, that.

Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at March 08, 2017 03:04 PM (qoAfa)

101 96 Occam's Razor: Trump agents had Barrett killed and his incriminating Russian collusion files disappeared.
Posted by: gewa76 at March 08, 2017 03:03 PM (B6OKy)

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Also, it involved time traveling ninjas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 08, 2017 03:04 PM (ELUpj)

102 Hey...didn't one of the major party candidates help sell uranium to a Russian oligarch?

I'm guessing it was Trump.

It was Trump, wasn't it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 08, 2017 03:02 PM (ELUpj)
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Great point!! Trump did donated to the Clinton Foundation. Follow the money:

Trump ==> Clit. Foundation ==> Clinton ==> Russia.

Yet another Trump connection to Russia.

Posted by: Undocumented at March 08, 2017 03:05 PM (SsblQ)

103 87. That....thing....isn't Goose!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:05 PM (OVrl9)

104 Great pitcher and one of the best closers who ever lived; until Mariano came along and blew all his records away . . .by a lot
Posted by: Publius Redux at March 08, 2017 02:58 PM (Fb9aZ)

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He had to be one of the most intimidating pitchers ever. He had that look of not giving a shit about your bones and vital organs.

Posted by: Slo-Pitch Whiffer at March 08, 2017 03:05 PM (5JlYa)

105 Trump ==> Clit. Foundation ==> Clinton ==> Russia.

figures Trump would be into the Clit Foundation

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 08, 2017 03:05 PM (FZYNt)

106 Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at March 08, 2017 03:02 PM (gIRsn)

If there was a Russian connection , there would have been a Russian Miss Universe. There wasn't one was there?

Posted by: Jack Sock at March 08, 2017 03:05 PM (BBWB6)

107 Also, it involved time traveling ninjas.

They said they were going to a costume party!

Posted by: John Titor at March 08, 2017 03:05 PM (4WhSY)

108 18 Once again, Projection.

There's lots of Russian Connections in ClintonWorld.

There used to be Chinese

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 08, 2017 02:48 PM (SIY7D
)

Hey, how did you know Clinton used t be Chinese? Though we only knew...huh...leak.

Posted by: MSM fake news at March 08, 2017 03:06 PM (OkKDg)

109 >>LOL

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/259263/

And the MSM is using tweets like this to sell us on the "Chelsea is the best tweeter evah!" narrative.
I swear she could tweet "I just pooped" and she would get praise for hyping gastrointestinal health.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2017 03:06 PM (NOIQH)

110 102 Great point!! Trump did donated to the Clinton Foundation. Follow the money:

Trump ==> Clit. Foundation ==> Clinton ==> Russia.

Yet another Trump connection to Russia.
Posted by: Undocumented at March 08, 2017 03:05 PM (SsblQ)

====================

"We can use it. We'll make the end points explicit in the lead, fill in the details in the middle paragraphs since no one actually reads them, and end with a fart joke."
-The New York Times

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 08, 2017 03:06 PM (ELUpj)

111
who was no Rollie Fingers
_________________

No, my fingers aren't rollie,, just smelly...

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 08, 2017 03:06 PM (HSmrB)

112 Ace, I hope you're avoiding popcorn & other empty carbs at these movie marathons you're attending.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 08, 2017 03:07 PM (ws7ml)

113 >>>

I'll have to disagree with Ace about the middle part being skippable or the least interesting though. It's very helpful in explaining a major reason why the MSM has backed itself into a hysterical corner from which there seems to be no exit.

...

yeah it's not bad but sometimes I have to beg these Morons just to read my first sentence.

The second part is okay, but not really political. I'm also not sure I buy it. I'm sure the dinosaurs made some missteps in reaction to the Armageddon Asteroid, but I don't know if any of those missteps mattered a great deal as regards the ultimate outcome.

Posted by: ace at March 08, 2017 03:07 PM (8rNrN)

114 Lee Marvin

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Brings You Bladerunner: The Musical at March 08, 2017 03:08 PM (hLRSq)

115 My #2 doesn't look like a #2...

Posted by: Chelsea Clinton at March 08, 2017 03:08 PM (NXfyF)

116 Er --- not exactly...

Posted by: Underpants Gnomes at March 08, 2017 03:08 PM (NOIQH)

117 I swear she could tweet "I just pooped" and she would get praise for hyping gastrointestinal health.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2017 03:06 PM (NOIQH)

Who does she think she is? Amy Schumer?

Posted by: Lena Dunham at March 08, 2017 03:08 PM (uiwCw)

118 The "illegal surveillance" probably has a fig leaf of legality, because of the warrants.

The Obamans' big exposure is over the leaking of classified documents.

Known Unknown: Can the leakers be identified?

If so, big potential jail time. Enough to get even a loyalist to flip. Like Big Pussy in The Sopranos getting caught with heroin.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 08, 2017 03:08 PM (SIY7D)

119 If there was a Russian connection , there would have been a Russian Miss Universe. There wasn't one was there?

Ivana and Melania are Slavic. Definite grounds for an independent investigation.

Posted by: gewa76 at March 08, 2017 03:09 PM (B6OKy)

120 Silver threads....(and golden needles)

Posted by: Brenda Lee at March 08, 2017 03:09 PM (dQJCS)

121 >>sometimes I have to beg these Morons just to read my first sentence.

We learned it from watching you!

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 03:09 PM (NXfyF)

122 Lee Harvey Oswald

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 08, 2017 03:09 PM (FZYNt)

123
I swear she could tweet "I just pooped" and she would get praise for hyping gastrointestinal health.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2017 03:06 PM (NOIQH)

In fairness she was a spokesperson for the U.N.'s fight against explosive diarrhea.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 08, 2017 03:09 PM (lKyWE)

124 yeah it's not bad but sometimes I have to beg these Morons just to read my first sentence.

*turns on monitor wipers*

Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at March 08, 2017 03:09 PM (qoAfa)

125 Lee Trevino.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 08, 2017 03:09 PM (nw6G5)

126 >>>112 Ace, I hope you're avoiding popcorn & other empty carbs at these movie marathons you're attending.

i'm trying a new thing where I write a few posts the night before the day so i'm not always so under the gun and feeling stressed. it also lets me write long without worrying about getting fresh superficial content up.

Posted by: ace at March 08, 2017 03:09 PM (8rNrN)

127 109 >>LOL

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/259263/

And the MSM is using tweets like this to sell us on the "Chelsea is the best tweeter evah!" narrative.
I swear she could tweet "I just pooped" and she would get praise for hyping gastrointestinal health.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2017 03:06 PM (NOIQH)

====================

Everyday I thank the Lord that the MSM's power is diminishing.

I read Kurt S.'s (I'm not spelling that) most recent article at Townhall and he filled in the gaps with my theory on media power.

The media is still powerful enough to produce narrative, but no longer powerful enough to control them once they're out in the world. If the narrative is built on a falsehood, it falls apart a lot faster than it used to. If the narrative contains Democratic hypocrisy, it blows up within days if not hours.

All of that to say that it's getting harder for each attempt at a narrative from the media gets harder to have stick in the country's consciousness. Maybe they know this and are flooding the zone in response, hoping that no individual story sticks but that the constant drumbeat sticks.

According to polls, though, that tactic does seem to be losing effectiveness and more and more Americans are tuning them out.

I do wonder how this whole thing plays out over the next 12 months.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 08, 2017 03:10 PM (ELUpj)

128 Known Unknown: Can the leakers be identified?

If so, big potential jail time. Enough to get even a loyalist to flip. Like Big Pussy in The Sopranos getting caught with heroin.

The problem I see is someone would have to rat out the leakers, and who's gonna do that? DC is >99% anti-Trump.

Posted by: gewa76 at March 08, 2017 03:11 PM (B6OKy)

129 126 >>>112 Ace, I hope you're avoiding popcorn & other empty carbs at these movie marathons you're attending.

i'm trying a new thing where I write a few posts the night before the day so i'm not always so under the gun and feeling stressed. it also lets me write long without worrying about getting fresh superficial content up.

Posted by: ace at March 08, 2017 03:09 PM (8rNrN)

==================

I like it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 08, 2017 03:11 PM (ELUpj)

130 Lee, Bruce

Posted by: Roland THTG at March 08, 2017 03:12 PM (oR5ks)

131 109 >>LOL

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/259263/

And the MSM is using tweets like this to sell us on the "Chelsea is the best tweeter evah!" narrative.
I swear she could tweet "I just pooped" and she would get praise for hyping gastrointestinal health.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2017 03:06 PM (NOIQH)
===

Someone should tweet to her that her spinach pancakes are literally Hitler!

Posted by: Independent George at March 08, 2017 03:12 PM (BDZWU)

132 it also lets me write long without worrying about getting fresh superficial content up.

You should try just putting up as little content as possible ... and bury a link in it to some god-awful youtube video.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 08, 2017 03:12 PM (nw6G5)

133 I know lets sell off 20% of the US's Uranium deposits, Hillary

Posted by: Skip at March 08, 2017 03:12 PM (HDU3V)

134 Still with the Russian narrative? It was damn reasonable of them to scale it back from the Russian prostitutes and the golden showers sensationalism. That was just a stretch too unbelievably far!

*squirt*

Posted by: Fritz at March 08, 2017 03:12 PM (2Mnv1)

135
So is President Trump gonna increase the debt ceiling in a few days?

Because that and this bullshit obamacare replacement will be like two punches in the balls.

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at March 08, 2017 03:12 PM (pJDQf)

136 113 >>>

I'll have to disagree with Ace about the middle part being skippable or the least interesting though. It's very helpful in explaining a major reason why the MSM has backed itself into a hysterical corner from which there seems to be no exit.

---

Many of my journo friends on FB continue to wave the proud bloody shirt of "enemy of the people" to the cheers of my other journo friends and ... well ... no one else, really. Not even my other lib friends who aren't journos are taking their side. It's kinda sad.

Posted by: Slo-Pitch Whiffer at March 08, 2017 03:12 PM (5JlYa)

137 126 >>>112 Ace, I hope you're avoiding popcorn & other empty carbs at these movie marathons you're attending.

i'm trying a new thing where I write a few posts the night before the day so i'm not always so under the gun and feeling stressed. it also lets me write long without worrying about getting fresh superficial content up.

Posted by: ace at March 08, 2017 03:09 PM (8rNrN)

That sounds a lot like planning and forethought to me. We're gonna have to start keeping a closer eye on you.

Posted by: Internet Hot Take Association at March 08, 2017 03:13 PM (z/Ubi)

138 The left really needs to start controlling their scene or things are going to get awfully awfully physical around here.

Posted by: Lord Sir x at March 08, 2017 03:13 PM (nFwvY)

139 Leelee Sobieski.

AT&T Lilly (the lovely and talented Ms. Weintrub)

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:13 PM (OVrl9)

140 126. i'm trying a new thing where I write a few posts the night before the day so i'm not always so under the gun and feeling stressed. it also lets me write long without worrying about getting fresh superficial content up.
Posted by: ace at March 08, 2017 03:09 PM (8rNrN)

Well, its good that you're not stressing. Cortisol wreaks havoc with the GAINZZZ

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 08, 2017 03:14 PM (48sDQ)

141 BTW, wouldn't you think that if the Russians were "hacking the election " for Trump and Trump was in on it that he'd be the first out there to admit it. Trump would be crowing about the Russians doing his bidding, how the Russians were HIS lackeys and that they caved to his mad negotiation skills.

Because you know he would do that.

Posted by: MAGA at March 08, 2017 03:14 PM (A4HOq)

142 AT&T Lilly (the lovely and talented Ms. Weintrub)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:13 PM (OVrl9)

Vayntrub

Posted by: buzzion at March 08, 2017 03:14 PM (z/Ubi)

143 135
So is President Trump gonna increase the debt ceiling in a few days?

Because that and this bullshit obamacare replacement will be like two punches in the balls.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at March 08, 2017 03:12 PM (pJDQf)

=====================

Wait...did Trump's constant calls for increased infrastructure spending not tell you that he wasn't really a small government kind of guy?

What about his calls for universal health care coverage?

He's a big government guy who's unafraid to take on and shrink certain segments of government. He's not small government kind of guy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 08, 2017 03:14 PM (ELUpj)

144 Lee Van Cleef

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 08, 2017 03:14 PM (nw6G5)

145 Saruman for the win.

Posted by: Zombie Christopher Lee at March 08, 2017 03:15 PM (dQJCS)

146 87 He was no Goose Gossage.
Posted by: garrett

who was no Rollie Fingers
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 08, 2017 03:02 PM (FZYNt)

Who was no Oil Can Boyd

Posted by: josephistan at March 08, 2017 03:15 PM (7HtZB)

147 34 same reason their was no racist past they could summon during the election

---

or Homophobic

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 08, 2017 03:15 PM (oGRue)

148 142. Her family name is clearly German - lotta folks from Soviet central asia were that, for a number of reasons. I'm helping the girl......and expect gratitude.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:16 PM (OVrl9)

149 Bill Lee.

Posted by: dantesed at March 08, 2017 03:16 PM (88xKn)

150 144 Lee Van Cleef
He was great in that one movie where he plays a geriatric ninja with a hip replacement, and a special-needs sidekick with a perv-van.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 08, 2017 03:17 PM (RwwCT)

151 146 87 He was no Goose Gossage.
Posted by: garrett

who was no Rollie Fingers
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 08, 2017 03:02 PM (FZYNt)

Who was no Oil Can Boyd
Posted by: josephistan at March 08, 2017 03:15 PM (7HtZB)

None of which were the most prolific pitcher of all time ...

Posted by: Liberace at March 08, 2017 03:17 PM (nw6G5)

152 Right off I see a problem with the analysis of the press falling all over themselves over Obama.

It's as though that suddenly happened.

The press has been advocates for Dems for a long time. It was bad in the 1970s and with Clinton. It got way worse with Obama, but it wasn't something new and unusual. Just the severity of it.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 08, 2017 03:17 PM (4ErVI)

153 > He was no Goose Gossage.
Posted by: garrett

> who was no Rollie Fingers
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 08, 2017 03:02 PM (FZYNt)

> Who was no Oil Can Boyd
Posted by: josephistan at March 08, 2017 03:15 PM (7HtZB)

Who was no Dick Pole.

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 03:17 PM (NXfyF)

154 142. Vayntrub is what happens when you write Weintrub with Cyrillic letters and then render the Cyrillic in latin alphabet.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:18 PM (OVrl9)

155 He was a public celebrity -- we didn't particularly want him to be a public celebrity, but he was pretty insistent on the point -- for about forty years now.

At least you can ignore celebrities if you want to with no consequences. Hence I've always cared less about his celebrity status than I've been annoyed that the last several presidents became president.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 08, 2017 03:18 PM (vRcUp)

156 147 34 same reason their was no racist past they could summon during the election

---

or Homophobic
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 08, 2017 03:15 PM (oGRue)

==================

"Hey, Trump built his own gold course so he could include gay people."

"Well, that just proves that he's really super homophobic!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 08, 2017 03:18 PM (ELUpj)

157 Stan Lee

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 08, 2017 03:18 PM (nw6G5)

158 AT&T Lilly (the lovely and talented Ms. Weintrub)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:13 PM (OVrl9)

Vayntrub
Posted by: buzzion

Who is on NBC on a program called "This Is Us".

But she has shorter hair. :-(

Posted by: rickb223 at March 08, 2017 03:18 PM (4Ru5B)

159 I don't know if the Russians hacked the election, but Samanta Lily is hacking my pants.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 08, 2017 03:19 PM (JUq6T)

160 Lee, Bruce
Posted by: Roland THTG at March 08, 2017 03:12 PM (oR5ks)

Nah, apparently he can't beat up 3 junkie thugs.

/sarc

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 08, 2017 03:19 PM (0wojp)

161 Who was no Oil Can Boyd

Who was no Al Hrabosky

Posted by: Roland THTG at March 08, 2017 03:19 PM (QM5S2)

162 got as far as...'more fireballs...'

i love fireballs (atomic)

Posted by: concrete girl at March 08, 2017 03:19 PM (QOSwQ)

163 AT&T Lilly (the lovely and talented Ms. Weintrub)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:13 PM (OVrl9)

Vayntrub
Posted by: buzzion

True, though Vayntrub is the same as Weintraub (wine grape). All of Mitteleuropa swaps spellings and pronunciations in the mutual borrowings of Krautish, Yiddish, and the Slavic languages.

Melania Knauss was born Melanija Knavs, which is pronounced Melania Knauss.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at March 08, 2017 03:20 PM (gIRsn)

164
The Russians would only allocate resources and take the risk to swaying the election only if there was a reasonable chance.

Since the Dems and The Media had Hillary winning in a monumental landslide....

.... might I suggest the Democrats and the MSM hire the Russians to do their polling from here on out.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 08, 2017 03:20 PM (8XRCm)

165 None of which were the most prolific pitcher of all time ...
Posted by: Liberace at March 08, 2017 03:17 PM

I identify more with catchers, as you probably know watching my form.

Posted by: B.H.O. at March 08, 2017 03:20 PM (DMUuz)

166 Who was no Oil Can Boyd

Who was no Al Hrabosky
Posted by: Roland THTG at March 08, 2017 03:19 PM (QM5S2)

Who was no Joe Schlabotnick.

Posted by: Charles Brown, DDS at March 08, 2017 03:20 PM (RwwCT)

167
"Hey, Trump built his own gold course so he could include gay people."

A gold golf course would be fitting.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Brings You Bladerunner: The Musical at March 08, 2017 03:21 PM (hLRSq)

168
Heh. Your A Team idea is immensely tempting.

No joke. Some years ago, a friend of mine and I seriously explored forming "The Bitchslap Brigade".

The premise was simple: People go to our website/ social media, etc. and tell us, "So and so needs to be bitchslapped" and gives us their story (free content, web traffic, etc.= ad dollars= mailbox money). We pick the most worthy (least likely to result in litigation of some sort), drive over, bitch slap said offender, and post the video on our website/ social media.

When we get bored, we let the copy cats take over and collect our mailbox money from their volunteer work.

I like this business model you got there.

We make $$, and the Bonus Part is: We help people while hurting those who need hurting.

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at March 08, 2017 03:21 PM (pJDQf)

169 Donald Trump is not a conservative but he does have certain conservative instincts. On many things we will applaud him but he WILL disappoint us. Put not your faith in princes, and all that.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 08, 2017 03:21 PM (RD7QR)

170 Stan Lee
Harper Lee
Tommy Lee
Robert E. Lee
And SUCK THE WONDER BAT

In Star Wars IX: Ace Gets Mange

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 08, 2017 03:21 PM (B+qrE)

171 75 57
>>Lee Smith or Lee Meriwether?

You are thinking of Robert E. Lee.

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 02:55 PM (NXfyF)

_______________________________________

Lee Majors
Posted by: Publius Redux at March 08, 2017 02:59 PM (Fb9aZ)

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It's like you guys have forgotten everything! It was Lee Marvin.

Posted by: Chilling the most at March 08, 2017 03:21 PM (Cl52v)

172 I don't know if the Russians hacked the election, but Samanta Lily is hacking my pants.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 08, 2017 03:19 PM (JUq6T)

-------

**squinty eyes**

Posted by: THE Winnona Ryder at March 08, 2017 03:21 PM (8XRCm)

173
But there's that whole assault and battery thing.

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at March 08, 2017 03:21 PM (pJDQf)

174 Stagger Lee

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Brings You Bladerunner: The Musical at March 08, 2017 03:22 PM (hLRSq)

175 113---I don't know if any of those missteps mattered a great deal as regards the ultimate outcome.

Posted by: ace at March 08, 2017 03:07 PM (8rNrN)
-------------------------------
Yeah, probably not a great deal.
But still, it's worthwhile to understand some of the non-ideological constraints on the MSM today, particularly if you want to manipulate them.

And we MUST learn to manipulate the MSM to have any hope of neutralizing (and hopefully castrating) them.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 08, 2017 03:22 PM (Nox3c)

176
remember MATT HOUSTON?

his name was Lee Horsey

Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at March 08, 2017 03:22 PM (pJDQf)

177
Drunken Lee

Posted by: fixerupper at March 08, 2017 03:22 PM (8XRCm)

178 Who was no Joe Schlabotnick.

Who was no Cecil Upshaw.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 08, 2017 03:22 PM (B+qrE)

179 Marla Maples Mish was a dead drop point back in the 90s.

true story

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 08, 2017 03:22 PM (oGRue)

180 Right-handed relief fireballs?

Posted by: plum at March 08, 2017 03:22 PM (E4HEb)

181 In honor of Day Without Women, "Radio station only playing songs by male artists..."

Ensuring no residuals get paid to women today.

Cagey.

Posted by: Mathers at March 08, 2017 03:23 PM (mDmux)

182 A gold golf course would be fitting.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Brings You Bladerunner: The Musical at March 08, 2017 03:21 PM (hLRSq)

Constantly spray painting the growing grass is a pain in the ass, though.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 08, 2017 03:23 PM (4ErVI)

183 >>>**squinty eyes**
Posted by: THE Winnona Ryder at March 08, 2017 03:21 PM (8XRCm)

JUST KIDDING, SNOOKUMS!!!!

:::sweats nervously:::

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 08, 2017 03:23 PM (JUq6T)

184 BATTERY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSGmXHxcWt4

Posted by: METALLICA at March 08, 2017 03:23 PM (NXfyF)

185 In honor of Day Without Women, "Radio station only playing songs by male artists..."

----

So.... no Joan Jett, Pat Benatar and Katrina and the Waves.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 08, 2017 03:23 PM (8XRCm)

186 I don't know if the Russians hacked the election, but Samanta Lily is hacking my pants.

Hacking your pants?. I doubt she's actually trying to get into your pants. Such silliness.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2017 03:24 PM (fDdVG)

187 IIRC there was a second deal involving the friends of the Clintons that upped the uranium percentage from 20% to 50%. A little harder to tag on the Clintons as Hillary was no longer at State, but her brother got to wet his beak.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 08, 2017 03:24 PM (SIY7D)

188 WINNING!!!

Trump Admin may soon roll back CAFE fuel standards, the ones set impossibly high by Obama:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/zlcjhdb

(Warning, link goes to NBC)

Posted by: Max Power at March 08, 2017 03:24 PM (q177U)

189 Lyann Womack

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 03:25 PM (NXfyF)

190 Honest Lee?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 08, 2017 03:25 PM (0wojp)

191 183. **sucker-punches BSG, drives off with Ms. Ryder and Ms. Vayntrub, on the way to his angel's house. **

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:26 PM (OVrl9)

192 Hyapatia Lee!

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 03:26 PM (NXfyF)

193 Nice to see the business news media working to drive the stock market and commodities markets down after 8 years of propaganda.

Yellen's rate hike next week is a swipe at Trump and it will kill.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 08, 2017 03:26 PM (hqZPQ)

194 Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 08, 2017 03:21 PM (RD7QR)

Absolutely right. Some things DJT does will please and others will annoy people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2017 03:26 PM (fDdVG)

195 Lee Atwater.

Posted by: dantesed at March 08, 2017 03:26 PM (88xKn)

196 154 142. Vayntrub is what happens when you write Weintrub with Cyrillic letters and then render the Cyrillic in latin alphabet.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:18 PM (OVrl9)

Well she spells it Vayntrub. So on the remote possibility of my fevered dreams she ever sees this, I want it known that I'm a gentleman and spelled her name correctly, and that should be worth at least a flash of her breasts.

Posted by: buzzion at March 08, 2017 03:26 PM (z/Ubi)

197 So.... no Joan Jett, Pat Benatar and Katrina and the Waves.

https://youtu.be/E1C9N7z5sPc

"Why do girls have to suck at everything?"

https://youtu.be/h7uCPaOwCaA

Much better stuff out there.

Posted by: Steak and Blown Margins Day at March 08, 2017 03:26 PM (TppKb)

198 191. Yeah, I swiped the buggy!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:27 PM (OVrl9)

199 166 Who was no Oil Can Boyd

Who was no Al Hrabosky
Posted by: Roland THTG at March 08, 2017 03:19 PM (QM5S2)

Who was no Joe Schlabotnick.
Posted by: Charles Brown, DDS at March 08, 2017 03:20 PM (RwwCT)

Who was no Ricky Vaughn ...

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 08, 2017 03:27 PM (nw6G5)

200 Yellen's rate hike next week is a swipe at Trump and it will kill.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 08, 2017 03:26 PM (hqZPQ)

----

Nope. Fuel.

Rate hike means the economies heating up.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 08, 2017 03:27 PM (8XRCm)

201 How many times do I have to tell you guys to stop creeping on my At&T Lily!?

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 03:27 PM (NXfyF)

202 True, though Vayntrub is the same as Weintraub (wine grape). All of Mitteleuropa swaps spellings and pronunciations in the mutual borrowings of Krautish, Yiddish, and the Slavic languages.

Melania Knauss was born Melanija Knavs, which is pronounced Melania Knauss.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at March 08, 2017 03:20 PM (gIRsn)

----------------

So how do you explain Lippschitz?

Posted by: Soona at March 08, 2017 03:27 PM (Fmupd)

203 can someone with a twitter account send this to Ace:
http://packbow.com/

Posted by: Baadcat at March 08, 2017 03:27 PM (mC2KI)

204 Jet Li

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 08, 2017 03:27 PM (oGRue)

205 Lea and Perrins

Posted by: Jack Sock at March 08, 2017 03:27 PM (BBWB6)

206 Oh, and I blame Miley for having Chris Isaak in my head all day.

Posted by: Skip at March 08, 2017 03:27 PM (HDU3V)

207 196. Heh...I was hoping to help decolonize her name before I colonized the rest of her. But I like your plan, too.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:28 PM (OVrl9)

208 :::launches Hypatia Lee with his catapult into courtyard, then storms castle and rides off with Winona:::

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 08, 2017 03:28 PM (JUq6T)

209 That is a good article, ace.

You've probably never seen the phrase "seeming to imply" in the lede of a story in a major American newspaper before --- a news story. So did Trump imply, or seem to imply?
How are readers supposed to parse "incorrectly" if the story is about
the reality of riots in a place where Trump "seemingly" "implied" there
was violence? So what's the point --- that Trump is a racist? Or that Trump
can see the future?

Journalism died in darkness at the WashPost.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2017 03:28 PM (NOIQH)

210 Who was no Oil Can Boyd

Who was no Al Hrabosky

Posted by: Roland THTG at March 08, 2017 03:19 PM (QM5S2)

Who was no Joe Schlabotnick.

Posted by: Charles Brown, DDS at March 08, 2017 03:20 PM (RwwCT)

Who was no Ricky Vaughn ...Posted by: ScoggDog at March 08, 2017 03:27 PM

Who was no Van Lingle Mungo.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 08, 2017 03:29 PM (DMUuz)

211 >>Yellen's rate hike next week is a swipe at Trump and it will kill.

Nope.

We can't get out of the weeds until we are seeing rates upwards of 5%...

of course, that makes the debt as scary as a Debbie Wasserman Schulz BJ.

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 03:29 PM (NXfyF)

212
A small rate hike will be okay and we really need to get off this near 0% interest rate for lenders.

Fuck the banks. They've been borrowing $$ for free and then loaning it to us at high interest rates for years now. Thanks, obama!

Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at March 08, 2017 03:29 PM (pJDQf)

213 Hitler is a Russian agent?

Posted by: wth at March 08, 2017 03:29 PM (HgMAr)

214 The author of the piece shrugs off blatant media bias with 'Everyone knows the press leans left.'

Okay, so the press leans left. We know that. But does that mean reporters get to lie outright, claiming cool journalistic objectivity while applying that bias in their reporting?

Free content on the internet is not responsible for the MSM's loss of credibility. It didn't make them the partisan weasels they are. They voluntarily became the partisan weasels they are.

Posted by: troyriser at March 08, 2017 03:29 PM (Fw5cQ)

215
Student Loan interest rates are ridiculous. On purpose, too.

Loans for cars are at ridiculous rates today.

Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at March 08, 2017 03:30 PM (pJDQf)

216 185----So.... no..... Katrina and the Waves.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 08, 2017 03:23 PM (8XRCm)
----------------------------
Bush's fault.

No wait. Katrina and the waves were Bush's fault.
So NO Katrina and the waves can't be his fault, can it?

No, I was right the first time.
Bush's fault.
Doesn't have to make sense.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 08, 2017 03:30 PM (Nox3c)

217 Well, the rate hike will devastate domestic oil production, agriculture, and make borrowing more expensive. I don't see an economy humming on all cylinders. It's a spike on any plans Trump has for spending. And it's coupled with the business news media suddenly discovering our economy's fucked.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 08, 2017 03:30 PM (hqZPQ)

218 214
Okay, so the press leans left. We know that. But does that mean reporters get to lie outright, claiming cool journalistic objectivity while applying that bias in their reporting?

Posted by: troyriser at March 08, 2017 03:29 PM (Fw5cQ)

======================

Yes, it does.

It does not mean that the people have to believe them.

I think more and more people don't believe them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 08, 2017 03:30 PM (ELUpj)

219 I understand the NYT management. And I get the cable news networks.

But what is Bezos up to with WaPo?

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 08, 2017 03:31 PM (SIY7D)

220 208. You fool! I've still got Lilly and my angel, and you're stuck with that silly car!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:31 PM (OVrl9)

221 In before the Scorpion!

Posted by: Grump928(c) at March 08, 2017 03:31 PM (QQ+il)

222 Hitler is a Russian agent?

If you want intellectual consistency, they're all out.

Moose out front should have told you.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 08, 2017 03:31 PM (B+qrE)

223 So how do you explain Lippschitz?

Posted by: Soona at March 08, 2017 03:27 PM (Fmupd)

Translated: Sycophant (Bum-kisser)

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Brings You Bladerunner: The Musical at March 08, 2017 03:31 PM (hLRSq)

224 Buddy Lee?

Posted by: Publius Redux at March 08, 2017 03:32 PM (Fb9aZ)

225 >> Well, the rate hike will devastate domestic oil production, agriculture, and make borrowing more expensive.

Not if they pass some fucking Tax Reforms.

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 03:32 PM (NXfyF)

226

Omg shep smith sucks ass

Posted by: ThunderB at March 08, 2017 03:32 PM (RY9Jq)

227 "Wayne Barrett who died the day before Trump's inauguration"

I question the timing.

Posted by: Mr. Soros Hitler "Obama" Stalin-Mao at March 08, 2017 03:33 PM (zKIA2)

228 Sara Lee is sad that Ace stopped calling...

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 08, 2017 03:33 PM (JUq6T)

229 If Trump is a Russian agent, how come I've never seen a picture of him at Starbucks Moscow?

Posted by: wth at March 08, 2017 03:33 PM (HgMAr)

230 Light Horse Harry Lee

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Brings You Bladerunner: The Musical at March 08, 2017 03:33 PM (hLRSq)

231 We're not getting tax reforms in 2017.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 08, 2017 03:33 PM (hqZPQ)

232 Uncle Palpatine, I put up a recipe for Angel Biscuits on the food thread over the weekend, which would make excellent bahn mi sliders, and possibly up your score with the ba's.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 08, 2017 03:33 PM (DMUuz)

233 NOOD jerbs

Posted by: blaster at March 08, 2017 03:35 PM (tewYv)

234 213. Heh. Reminds me of the joke about the secret weapons of the USSR and the Reich.

Soviets had Field Marshal Winter
Germans had Stalin, who killes more Red Army than the Wehrmacht ever dared dream possible.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:35 PM (OVrl9)

235 Omg shep smith sucks ass

Posted by: ThunderB at March 08, 2017 03:32 PM (RY9Jq)

Well...duh!

He is also an awful news anchor.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 08, 2017 03:35 PM (rF0hx)

236 So how do you explain Lippschitz?

Posted by: Soona at March 08, 2017 03:27 PM (Fmupd)

Omg shep smith sucks ass
Posted by: ThunderB at March 08, 2017 03:32 PM (RY9Jq)

And the thread is now fully circled.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 08, 2017 03:35 PM (8XRCm)

237 >>We're not getting tax reforms in 2017.

Oh, I would bet you dollars to donuts that Trump takes on Corporate Tax Reform in the next 8 months.

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 03:35 PM (NXfyF)

238 232. I'll dig it up. Thanks for the tip.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at March 08, 2017 03:35 PM (OVrl9)

239 So how do you explain Lippschitz?

Never explain. I changed it when I went into haberdashery.

Posted by: Ralph Lauren at March 08, 2017 03:36 PM (gIRsn)

240 226

Omg shep smith sucks ass
Posted by: ThunderB at March 08, 2017 03:32 PM (RY9Jq)

Now THERE'S a Lipschitz.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 08, 2017 03:36 PM (RD7QR)

241 230
Light Horse Harry Lee

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Brings You Bladerunner: The Musical at March 08, 2017 03:33 PM (hLRSq)
_______________________________________________
"And Willie Lee, Jessie Lee and . . . "
"Richard H.""That's me!"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urgrF6OBuZc

Posted by: Publius Redux at March 08, 2017 03:37 PM (Fb9aZ)

242 234: Heh, read "The Court of the Red Czar". Stalin's fuckups led to a lot of dead Russians at the beginning of Barabarossa.

Posted by: Jackal at March 08, 2017 03:37 PM (jblgS)

243 I'm in the bond market and there is a theory out here that the Fed is part of the deep state and is going to raise rates alot to choke off the economy . Stocks crash, things implode etc... all to put it on Trump and get people pissed off at him. It could happen. Hope not.

Posted by: BIG AL FREDO at March 08, 2017 03:37 PM (iWo0u)

244 Well, the rate hike will devastate domestic oil production, agriculture, and make borrowing more expensive.

A quarter or even half a point will do no such thing.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 08, 2017 03:38 PM (659DL)

245 ah fuck, I broke the build here at work. stupid VB all in a C# project. good thing there's not a barrel here.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at March 08, 2017 03:38 PM (J4bXT)

246 Interesting, long read. The point about Barret is just another nail in the coffin of this ridiculous, unhinged conspiracy theory. That said....

I dissent.

There absolutely is no truth that the media became a propaganda organ of the Democratic Party when Obama became president. It's been that for at least a century. It only gets caught now due to the new media, which actually is the mainstream media these days.

As recently as the time just before Dan Rather was exposed as a liar and fraud, the Democrat/opposition media would have taken out Trump with this lunacy. The police state agencies of the Banana Empire would have fed and shaped intercepts with the opposition media, which would have run with it, and then the Democrat Overlords would have started a faux investigation that was a prosecution.

They can't do such a thing any longer, and the odds are greater that members of the former Obama Administration will die in prison after espionage convictions than Trump will do anything more than laugh at the communists as they collapse and die.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 08, 2017 03:41 PM (LFwVV)

247 ah fuck, I broke the build here at work. stupid VB all in a C# project. good thing there's not a barrel here.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at March 08, 2017 03:38 PM

Did you know some of my original BASIC assembly code was in VB right up until 4.0?

Posted by: billg@microsoft.com at March 08, 2017 03:43 PM (DMUuz)

248 It's gotten to the point that I write e-mails to two people in my family in sections. This is because too often, if I write a long missive, those two will remark on either a misrepresentation of what I've said or say something altogether wrong, telling me they've just skimmed it.

Posted by: washrivergal at March 08, 2017 03:47 PM (Ivjge)

249 Posted by: Publius Redux at March 08, 2017 02:58 PM (Fb9aZ)
Rivera was on steroids...

Posted by: Timon at March 08, 2017 03:58 PM (27k1O)

250 Ho Lee Fuk

Posted by: Sum Ting Wong at March 08, 2017 03:58 PM (KeRkT)

251
You are thinking of Robert E. Lee.

Posted by: garrett at March 08, 2017 02:55 PM (NXfyF)

_______________________________________

Lee Majors
*
*
Major Lance.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 08, 2017 04:01 PM (Dg36k)

252 "More Fireballs from Lee Smith: If Trump Is a Russian Agent, How Come the Village Voice's Gossip Columnist, Who Covered Him For 40 Years and Had a Network of Informants, Has Nothing About It In His Files?"

Simple. Lee Smith was a Russian agent (Pun)

Posted by: Davod at March 08, 2017 04:43 PM (FWznJ)

253 Wasn't WikiLeaks supposedly a Russian tool to help Trump? This latest intel disaster certainly doesn't. Another fake talking point bites the dust.

Congressman Devin Nunes , 2013: "This wiretapping incident, essentially, of the House of Representative. I don't think people are focusing on the right thing when they talk about going after the AP reporters. The big problem that I see is that they actually tapped right where I'm sitting right now, the Cloak Room in the House of Representatives."

Maybe if Brennan, Holder, Lynch and Obama had spent more time doing their jobs instead of playing politics with national security, this WikiLeaks debacle might have been avoided. Not to mention the previous Snowden debacle. But they were too busy wiretapping reporters, Congress and Trump.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at March 08, 2017 04:43 PM (Ndje9)

254 I grew up on the East Coast and was a teenager in the late 70's, early 80's. Trump was all over the back page tabloids even back then. Everyone knew him. When I turned 21, the first casino I ever went to was the Trump Taj Mahal. He was and continues to be, the personification of capitalism (not a bad thing). I'm amazed anytime one of these left wing progressives calls him a communist. If the word capitalist was illustrated in their progressive Pictionary, it would have pictures of men like John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie and Donald Trump.

Posted by: Pancake at March 08, 2017 04:46 PM (LPFcl)

255 78
Beat me to it Garret. Primus FTW.

Posted by: Bosk at March 08, 2017 03:00 PM (n2K+4)

Primus sucks!!

Posted by: Bob in Houston-Vast Right Wing Basket of deplorable! at March 08, 2017 05:11 PM (XRxxn)

256

Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2017 03:06 PM (NOIQH)

Those are supposed to be pancakes???? I though maybe it was a pile of Shrillary's old discarded gin soaked livers.

Posted by: Bob in Houston-Vast Right Wing Basket of deplorable! at March 08, 2017 05:18 PM (XRxxn)

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