Whiny, Petulent Press Corps Is Unable To Report On Secretary Of State's Work Without Help From Government

Maybe this isnt true but the US government decided not to bring the press corps on this trip so we have to rely on other countries' reports https://t.co/frFUYCaWsS
— Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) March 17, 2017

Entitled much?

Maybe I don't get the 1st Amendment, because I am not a Constitutional Scholar^TM, but where is it written that the government is responsible for the transport of the press?

How's this? Do your damned job, and don't rely on the White House to feed you your copy. Yeah, it's quite a change from the previous eight years, but eventually you will get used to it. Or not. Apparently the American people are caring less and less each day about you and your tantrums.

Posted by: CBD at 11:50 AM

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1 Fresh one!

Posted by: Flyboy at March 17, 2017 11:51 AM (eEcGH)

2 First

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 11:51 AM (ELUpj)

3 Yes!! Morning ace.

Posted by: golfman at March 17, 2017 11:51 AM (k0S3A)

4 Damn!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 11:51 AM (ELUpj)

5 Make the MFM as irrelevant as they should be

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 17, 2017 11:51 AM (493sH)

6 Maybe buy yourself a plane ticket?

Posted by: Roy at March 17, 2017 11:51 AM (VndSC)

7 3 Yes!! Morning ace.
Posted by: golfman at March 17, 2017 11:51 AM (k0S3A)

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CBD, not Ace.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 11:51 AM (ELUpj)

8 Corgis called

Posted by: Flyboy at March 17, 2017 11:52 AM (eEcGH)

9 What ever happened to that plucky reporter that would brave bad weather to get that scoop as shown in movies?

Did Woodward and Bernstein depend upon the government?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 11:52 AM (QBkkW)

10 nick ricaddi, we've been relying on other countries media for new for a decade.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 11:52 AM (R7cwD)

11 CBD, not Ace.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 11:51 AM (ELUpj

Indeed.

*notes time.

Posted by: golfman at March 17, 2017 11:52 AM (k0S3A)

12 Entitled much?

Maybe I don't get the 1st Amendment, because I am not a Constitutional ScholarTM, but where is it written that the government is responsible for the transport of the press?

How's this? Do your damned job, and don't rely on the White House to feed you your copy. Yeah, it's quite a change from the previous eight years, but eventually you will get used to it. Or not. Apparently the American people are caring less and less each day about you and your tantrums.

Posted by: CBD at 11:50 AM

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The press are going to learn a lot of skills over the next few years about basic reporting.

I bet they forget them completely should a Democrat win the White House in 2020.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 11:52 AM (ELUpj)

13 Pretty sure the 1st Amendment does not require the government to fund your travel expenses. But I could be wrong.

Posted by: Penfold at March 17, 2017 11:53 AM (Fbt5B)

14 11 Indeed.

*notes time.
Posted by: golfman at March 17, 2017 11:52 AM (k0S3A)

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Bets on Ace stomping within the next 5 minutes?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 11:53 AM (ELUpj)

15 if only media would be able to report news...
what they don't email you on what you May say anymore?

sad.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 11:53 AM (R7cwD)

16 Nevertheless, they whined.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Swears Never Gonna Give You Up, Never Gonna Let You Down at March 17, 2017 11:53 AM (hLRSq)

17 They only had one lavatory on the plane. Didn't want to over-distress the press by having them figure out if it was the correct one to use.

Posted by: Roy at March 17, 2017 11:53 AM (VndSC)

18 15 if only media would be able to report news...
what they don't email you on what you May say anymore?

sad.
Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 11:53 AM (R7cwD)

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uh oh

This thread is doomed for an enstompening.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 17, 2017 11:54 AM (8XRCm)

19 Did Woodward and Bernstein depend upon the government?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 11:52 AM (QBkkW)

Yes. Mark Felt of the FBI.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Swears Never Gonna Give You Up, Never Gonna Let You Down at March 17, 2017 11:54 AM (hLRSq)

20 we want free 1st class flights with coctails of our choice, and be able to beat up any Trump people 24/7

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 11:54 AM (R7cwD)

21 What would Ed Asner's newspaper editor character say to such a whiny idiot?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 11:54 AM (QBkkW)

22 CBD is jealous of the stompattention OM has bern getting from ace.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at March 17, 2017 11:55 AM (Om16U)

23 Why do they even care about physical proximity?

They don't have to actually BE there to do their usual hatchet jobs of making shit up. They're only limited by the vastness and ingenuity of their imaginations. And what Daily KOS wants them to print.

Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2017 11:55 AM (nNdYv)

24 Amazes me. The press was getting a half price deal, now the assholes will have to pay their own way, FULL price.

Whaaaa

Posted by: Sam at March 17, 2017 11:55 AM (Lat75)

25 Bets on Ace stomping within the next 5 minutes?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 11:53 AM (ELUpj)

Nah. They're communicating via tin can phones.

Posted by: golfman at March 17, 2017 11:55 AM (k0S3A)

26 It is St. Patrick's Day, so stomps may come later than usual.

Posted by: Roy at March 17, 2017 11:55 AM (VndSC)

27 23 Why do they even care about physical proximity?

They don't have to actually BE there to do their usual hatchet jobs of making shit up. They're only limited by the vastness and ingenuity of their imaginations. And what Daily KOS wants them to print.
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2017 11:55 AM (nNdYv)

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They can't ask gotcha questions and get their moment in the sun if they're far away.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 11:55 AM (ELUpj)

28 They don't have to actually BE there to do their usual hatchet jobs of making shit up. They're only limited by the vastness and ingenuity of their imaginations. And what Daily KOS wants them to print.

Correct. Their "stories" are already written..

Posted by: It's Me donna at March 17, 2017 11:56 AM (O2RFr)

29 Cheaptickets.com. Is that such a tough concept for you media types?

Posted by: Scott-High Plains Deplorable at March 17, 2017 11:56 AM (tszjZ)

30 25
Nah. They're communicating via tin can phones.
Posted by: golfman at March 17, 2017 11:55 AM (k0S3A)

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I think they may need an upgrade....

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 11:56 AM (ELUpj)

31 fixerupper.

just for that. my humps my humps.

digging in your ear.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 11:56 AM (R7cwD)

32 Bets on Ace stomping within the next 5 minutes?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 11:53 AM (ELUpj)

I don't see anything waiting in draft.

Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean anything as ace does a lot of his wizard's work offline.

Even so, I'll take the over.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 17, 2017 11:56 AM (HRSh5)

33 Does Tillerson fly commercial?

Posted by: @votermom @vm at March 17, 2017 11:57 AM (Om16U)

34
Correct. Their "stories" are already written..
Posted by: It's Me donna

Sure. But now, they don't get them delivered by the WH staff.

Posted by: Roy at March 17, 2017 11:57 AM (VndSC)

35 Is this an extension of the government is responsible for everything attitude. healthcare, the environment, managing our "risks" throughout our life?

Posted by: USNtakim at March 17, 2017 11:57 AM (hMqvx)

36 Netflix is going Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down after Amy Schumer is reduced to her proper rating of 1 star.

Posted by: buzzion at March 17, 2017 11:57 AM (z/Ubi)

37 Apparently journalists can't fly coach on the company's tab?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2017 11:57 AM (NOIQH)

38 Why should the Trump Administration subsidize its enemies?

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Swears Never Gonna Give You Up, Never Gonna Let You Down at March 17, 2017 11:57 AM (hLRSq)

39 Tired of BS <> fatigue.

Posted by: DaveA at March 17, 2017 11:57 AM (FhXTo)

40 Of course, the MFM couldn't rely on State department new releases, because they lie.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2017 11:58 AM (WQX/u)

41 Felt was a source, Deep Throat, and not a service as this nattering nabob of nothing expects. Woodward and Bernstein actively worked to get their story, unlike this idiot who wants everything spoon fed to him on a silver plate.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 11:58 AM (QBkkW)

42 It's not just the price, it's the privilege. Flying commercial means check in etc. Flying with government plane, no hassles.

God you have to love it. These small steps really piss them off.

FUCK THEM

Posted by: Sam at March 17, 2017 11:58 AM (Lat75)

43
Why, when I click, I get tweet about Rex Tillerson cutting trip short because of fatigue?

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 17, 2017 11:58 AM (ZFUt7)

44 IN yesterdays Spicer presser...

He called on a Female reporter for a question...

She said, yes, I have a couple of questions but can you call on this other reporter first... apparently one from CNN...

Spicer scored when he said, No, I control who asks questions, and apparently you don't have one, so... then called on another reporter...

SCCOOOORRRRRRREEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 11:58 AM (NgKpN)

45 38 Why should the Trump Administration subsidize its enemies?
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Swears Never Gonna Give You Up, Never Gonna Let You Down at March 17, 2017 11:57 AM (hLRSq)

It's a tradition started by Obama's State Dept.

Posted by: Roy at March 17, 2017 11:58 AM (VndSC)

46 I'd like to see Trump cut back on that daily briefing as well.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 17, 2017 11:58 AM (92ruB)

47 >>36 Netflix is going Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down after Amy Schumer is reduced to her proper rating of 1 star. Posted by: buzzion at March 17, 2017 11:57 AM (z/Ubi)

I watched about 15 minutes of her the other night, just to see what the fuss was--I'd never watched her act. It was a chore; she really is terrible.

Posted by: General Zod at March 17, 2017 11:59 AM (Bdeb0)

48
fixerupper.

just for that. my humps my humps.

digging in your ear.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 11:56 AM

Look for Alanis Morrisette's parody of that. A friend once made the mistake of sending it to me before I had seen the Black Eyed Peas original. Made. No. Sense.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 17, 2017 11:59 AM (p+Wdc)

49 Hey --- wait a minute, how do those foreign reporters get into the WH press conferences? Does the US taxpayer pay their transport when, say, the BBC wants to cover the WH?

*scratches head in confusion*

Huh. How do media companies even function if they can't send reporters on the road to cover a story...? There seems to be a flaw in the business plan....

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2017 11:59 AM (NOIQH)

50 36 Netflix is going Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down after Amy Schumer is reduced to her proper rating of 1 star.
Posted by: buzzion at March 17, 2017 11:57 AM (z/Ubi)

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Jesus Christ, they are.

I've never thought of canceling my Netflix subscription.

I'm suddenly thinking of it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 11:59 AM (ELUpj)

51 Good first step. Now ban the asshats from The White House next ...

Posted by: ShainS at March 17, 2017 11:59 AM (mt8X9)

52 The press are going to learn a lot of skills over the next few years about basic reporting.
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Yeah, I'm not sure about that.

Instead, they'll just:

1. Make things up
2. Complain

IMHO, they're not "press" any more, they're "activists." So different rules apply.

Posted by: shibumi at March 17, 2017 11:59 AM (FkAXz)

53 Tillerson pointed a gun at Kim Jong Un and even used a laser!!!!

Posted by: CNN at March 17, 2017 12:00 PM (n3xLS)

54 They probably were worried about running out of cashews.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 17, 2017 12:00 PM (KSSaJ)

55 What would Ed Asner's newspaper editor character say to such a whiny idiot?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 11:54 AM (QBkkW)

In this case, probably not much, because, Commie scum.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2017 12:00 PM (WDdjT)

56 Tillerson pointed a gun at Kim Jong Un and even used a laser!!!!

Okay, I laughed...

Posted by: It's Me donna at March 17, 2017 12:00 PM (O2RFr)

57 Our short delusion of a nonpartisan press has ended. The Democrat press won the war against their Republican counter parts in the past but later died of self inflicted wounds.

Posted by: Drew in MO at March 17, 2017 12:00 PM (cGlgB)

58 redmindbluestate, some music is actually torture.

the only thing worse than don't worry be happy', might be helen Thomas singing it.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:01 PM (R7cwD)

59 So... I have to lift each foot, and then place it carefully on the way back down?!

Posted by: The Press boards the plane at March 17, 2017 12:01 PM (aiRZs)

60 the only thing worse than don't worry be happy', might be helen Thomas singing it.

Willow, You asked for it... Two words... Muskrat Love...

Posted by: It's Me donna at March 17, 2017 12:02 PM (O2RFr)

61 God you have to love it. These small steps really piss them off.

Posted by: Sam at March 17, 2017 11:58 AM (Lat75)

I am feasting, literally *gorging myself*, on the MSM's extreme butthurt since the election. If the butthurt was actual food, I would be morbidly obese.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 17, 2017 12:02 PM (HRSh5)

62 Spicer should demand that the pool select one of their own for stoning just prior to taking questions. "One of you must suffer that the others may hear my Pythian mumbling. You may choose your martyr. Now."

Posted by: General Zod at March 17, 2017 12:03 PM (Bdeb0)

63 So... I have to lift each foot, and then place it carefully on the way back down?!

Posted by: The Press boards the plane at March 17, 2017 12:01 PM

Spit out that gum first. You might hurt yourself.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 17, 2017 12:03 PM (p+Wdc)

64 How much you want to bet that a third of the press decide not to go on trip because they will have to fly like the rest of the world does, aka, like cattle.

Their company is not going to score for a first class ticket and they will have to check in with the masses.

Oh the horror!

Posted by: Sam at March 17, 2017 12:03 PM (Lat75)

65 *sighs*

AoP, I am talking about the character not the meatbag playing the character.

Of course as Mr. Grant, Asner might yell at this idiot "I hate spunk!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 12:03 PM (QBkkW)

66 ack donna! that was just so over the top !

just wait, ill get even.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:04 PM (R7cwD)

67 where is it written that the government is responsible for the transport of the press?

Transport them out.

Just don't transport them back.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2017 12:04 PM (SRKgf)

68 Press: "We plan on attending your diplomatic trip. It's our job to inform the American people"

Tillerson: "No Problem but you'll have to find your own ride".

Press:"You're suppressing freedom of the press you fascist!!"

Posted by: WisRich at March 17, 2017 12:04 PM (hdpay)

69 66 ack donna! that was just so over the top !

just wait, ill get even.
Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:04 PM (R7cwD)

And that's when the fight started, your Honor...

Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 12:05 PM (NgKpN)

70 I guess this means Lunch will not be provided either?

Posted by: Press Core at March 17, 2017 12:05 PM (ycm4Q)

71 see the tree how big it's grown ....

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:05 PM (R7cwD)

72 66 ack donna! that was just so over the top !

just wait, ill get even

Don't have to... I did it to Myself... That dreadful "song" is going through My head... Ack...

Posted by: It's Me donna at March 17, 2017 12:05 PM (O2RFr)

73 Tell the newsies that you only have X amount for their travel. They are all free to figure out how they want to spend it.
Watch the hair pulling and gender/race cards getting slapped down.

Sell tickets

Posted by: Bruce at March 17, 2017 12:05 PM (8ikIW)

74 Oh noes! How will we ever live without reporters interviewing other reporters about how awesome it is to fly on Air Force One?

Posted by: no good deed at March 17, 2017 12:05 PM (hJamr)

75 In-flight meal for the Press?

Peanuts and a bottle of water.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 12:06 PM (QBkkW)

76 Yes,let us bring in more of these lovely people.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/260063/

Posted by: steevy at March 17, 2017 12:06 PM (r/0kC)

77 There was a discussion on the last thread about the economic state of the country.

I've posted a couple of charts on my disqus account that truly shows the economic destruction wrought by Obama.

Https://tinyurl.com/kmxddzp

Please discuss and share the charts as you please.

Posted by: MAGA at March 17, 2017 12:06 PM (A4HOq)

78 I think our govts job is to transport them freely.

to Iraq and afghnaistan to see the mess They've made of things.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:06 PM (R7cwD)

79 Transport them out.

Just don't transport them back.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2017 12:04 PM (SRKgf)

Australia's full, mate. But Antarctica has vacancies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2017 12:06 PM (WDdjT)

80 Of course as Mr. Grant, Asner might yell at this idiot "I hate spunk!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 12:03 PM (QBkkW)

Barry: Speak for yourself! Oh where is my Tahitian boy with my full body "massage"?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 17, 2017 12:06 PM (493sH)

81 Please discuss and share the charts as you please.
Posted by: MAGA at March 17, 2017 12:06 PM (A4HOq)

Is there math involved? I was told there would be no math..

Posted by: It's Me donna at March 17, 2017 12:07 PM (O2RFr)

82 CBD I don't know standard practice for all SecState trips, but it's certainly been routine for presidents and VPs and cabinet members to bring a press pool along, for decades.

Which has absolutely nothing to do with the 1st amendment, obviously, or press freedom, or anything other than courtesy.

Anyway, no big deal, one way or the other.

Meanwhile Rush just said we're on "verge" of a constitutional crisis. Wrong. We've been in one for years, it's just coming to a head.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 17, 2017 12:07 PM (QDnY+)

83 or maybe cheaper, to Chicago.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:07 PM (R7cwD)

84 Saddam gave us all the access we wanted. Trump is worse than Saddam!!!

Posted by: CNN at March 17, 2017 12:07 PM (n3xLS)

85 75 No way,peanuts are for closers.

Posted by: steevy at March 17, 2017 12:07 PM (r/0kC)

86 America won't know the horror of this until the George Costanza of the media called Brian Stelter tells us their stories

Posted by: kbdabear at March 17, 2017 12:07 PM (AOrEZ)

87 44 IN yesterdays Spicer presser...

He called on a Female reporter for a question...

She said, yes, I have a couple of questions but can you call on this other reporter first... apparently one from CNN...

Spicer scored when he said, No, I control who asks questions, and apparently you don't have one, so... then called on another reporter...

SCCOOOORRRRRRREEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 11:58 AM (NgKpN)
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I think she wanted Spicer to call on the NYT's. It was pathetic.

Posted by: WisRich at March 17, 2017 12:07 PM (hdpay)

88 see the tree how big it's grown ....

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Crap.

The upside is Creed is dead.

"Honey" is the new master.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 17, 2017 12:07 PM (8XRCm)

89 Want your day ruined?

Little ditty about Jack and Dianne,

2 American kids, growin' up in the heartland

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 17, 2017 12:07 PM (FZYNt)

90 "Honey"

Noooooooooo!

Posted by: It's Me donna at March 17, 2017 12:08 PM (O2RFr)

91 67 where is it written that the government is responsible for the transport of the press?

Transport them out.

Just don't transport them back.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2017 12:04 PM (SRKgf)

Yes, we have decided to Spread the Idea of the Free Press all throughout the world.

We will be doing this by giving the Press one way tickets to trouble spots and Non Free Regimes throughout the Globe.

This will allow them to both spread their Philosophy, but allow them access to report on these troubled regions.

Thank You....

Posted by: T. Rex. at March 17, 2017 12:08 PM (NgKpN)

92 Flew a 3-day White House press corps charter during W's reelection campaign. Rudest, whineiest bunch of self absorbed nabobs I've ever seen. Had to restock the galleys with liquor at every single stop. Cast included the usual characters David Gregory, Andrea Mitchell, etc.

Posted by: Alf767 at March 17, 2017 12:08 PM (a1lZO)

93 heh.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:08 PM (R7cwD)

94 So let me get this straight: the MFM believes it is entitled to trash PT, because the ends justify the means, and PT's deplorable supporters don't know what is good for them.

In order to twist and spin information on PT, the MFM insists that the government, using tax money from the very people the MFM detests, fly it's privileged collective ass all over the globe.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at March 17, 2017 12:09 PM (TdMsT)

95 brushes teeth to get the taste out .

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:09 PM (R7cwD)

96 I believe that part of the reason that the press rejected Romney who might have made their crap such as the ACA work for a while is because of the Mormons don't believe in drinking so they feared the lavish WH funded cocktail parties would go away. The FNM has done nothing to convince me that they are not that shallow.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 17, 2017 12:09 PM (Jen0I)

97 Rush now giving a decent hypothetical, the exact one many of us have been using to illustrate the situation for weeks now - about a court usurping the president's role as commander in chief in issuing orders to the military.

Absolutely appropriate and apt comparison.

Now let's continue to talk about punishing individual judges, investigate them for impeachable criminality, and redraw district court boundaries.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 17, 2017 12:09 PM (QDnY+)

98 Repotin be hard.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at March 17, 2017 12:09 PM (llaJF)

99 Want your day ruined?

I hate you for that, Rick. LOL

Posted by: no good deed at March 17, 2017 12:09 PM (hJamr)

100 Please discuss and share the charts as you please.

Posted by: MAGA at March 17, 2017 12:06 PM (A4HOq)

This ain't no disqus, this ain't no foolin' around.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2017 12:09 PM (WDdjT)

101 https://youtu.be/iPUmE-tne5U

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 12:09 PM (QBkkW)

102 my work is done.

now off to do chores.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:09 PM (R7cwD)

103 Noooooooooo!
Posted by: It's Me donna at March 17, 2017 12:08 PM (O2RFr)

------

She was always young at heart. Kinda dumb, but kinda smart.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 17, 2017 12:09 PM (8XRCm)

104 62 Spicer should demand that the pool select one of their own for stoning just prior to taking questions. "One of you must suffer that the others may hear my Pythian mumbling. You may choose your martyr. Now."
Posted by: General Zod at March 17, 2017 12:03 PM (Bdeb0)

ONE? Let's bring back decimation. Every tenth one gets beaten to death by the other nine.

And we do that before every press conference. Pretty soon, problem solved.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2017 12:10 PM (SRKgf)

105 I bet there is a Judge somewhere who could help.

Posted by: nip at March 17, 2017 12:10 PM (L5nkE)

106 In-flight meal for the Press?

Peanuts and a bottle of water.
Posted by: Anna Puma

No, you just serve them a coaster and a napkin.

And nothing else.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2017 12:10 PM (4YGWz)

107 so before I go.
shouldn't we start a list of Press demands ?

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:11 PM (R7cwD)

108 Trump should charter Aeroflot for the Press . That would be awesome.

Posted by: CNN at March 17, 2017 12:12 PM (n3xLS)

109 I CLOSE MY
EYES
ONLY FOR A MOMENT
AND THE MOMENT'S GONE!!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 17, 2017 12:12 PM (ngBS+)

110 the softest pillow.
and at least 500 countegyptian cotton sheets.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:12 PM (R7cwD)

111 73 Tell the newsies that you only have X amount for their travel. They are all free to figure out how they want to spend it.
Watch the hair pulling and gender/race cards getting slapped down.
Sell tickets
Posted by: Bruce at March 17, 2017 12:05 PM (8ikIW)

I have long advocated just this approach as a way of dealing with leftists and cutting their budgets. Rather than cut their budgets item by item, just provide them with a lump sum which they have to divide up between themselves.

And watched the uproar that will ensue as they cheap shot each other to get their snouts into the trough.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2017 12:13 PM (SRKgf)

112 WTF is with people trying to earworm everybody?

Posted by: steevy at March 17, 2017 12:13 PM (r/0kC)

113 I CLOSE MY
EYES
ONLY FOR A MOMENT
AND THE MOMENT'S GONE!!
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 17, 2017 12:12 PM (ngBS+)

------

Dust in the Wind is an awesome tune.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 17, 2017 12:13 PM (8XRCm)

114 Frontier Airlines......the official airline of the White House Press Corp.

If you have ever flown Frontier.....you get the joke.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at March 17, 2017 12:13 PM (llaJF)

115 alright bananasplits.
Lightning crashes, a new mother cries / Her placenta falls to the floor

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:14 PM (R7cwD)

116 ... where is it written that the government is responsible for the transport of the press?

In my next Executive Order from the bench ...

Posted by: Judge Robart at March 17, 2017 12:14 PM (mt8X9)

117 The MSM and the Press are cockroaches.

No need to be nice to them.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 17, 2017 12:14 PM (5VlCp)

118 Tell the newsies that you only have X amount for their travel. They are all free to figure out how they want to spend it.
Watch the hair pulling and gender/race cards getting slapped down.

Sell tickets
----
Auction off limited tickets and then give the proceeds to conservative charities.

Posted by: shibumi at March 17, 2017 12:14 PM (FkAXz)

119 Breaking: 9th circuit judge rules that any and all of President Trump's executive orders are null and void, including any futures orders, because, he's mean and stuff.

Also, President Trump's new Air Force

Posted by: Mathers at March 17, 2017 12:14 PM (3myMJ)

120 btw: instapundit has a link to a bloomberg news report on all 80 federal programs cut in the trump budget. each is succinctly described. worth a look to see what all the talk is about in detail.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 17, 2017 12:14 PM (WTSFk)

121 What kind of reporter says "ask this other guy first" - what a career idiot.

Is she banging him?

Posted by: @votermom @vm at March 17, 2017 12:14 PM (Om16U)

122 Or even worse, trans-Atlantic and only half the Press get any kind of meal. See if they resort to cannibalism.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 12:14 PM (QBkkW)

123 I do love dust in the wind. yet
I don't wanna cry, don't wanna Cryyy nothing can make me feel..

anyway.
sniff.
damn it.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:14 PM (R7cwD)

124 the softest pillow.
and at least 500 countegyptian cotton sheets.
Posted by: willow

Yeah, but then how do you get Dr. Hawass out of your pillow fort??

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2017 12:14 PM (4YGWz)

125 Spicer scored when he said, No, I control who asks questions, and apparently you don't have one, so... then called on another reporter...
SCCOOOORRRRRRREEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 11:58 AM (NgKpN)

( *burp* )No more MSM butthurt, please. ( *belch* )I just couldn't eat
( *burp* )another bite. Well, ( *groan* )maybe a bit more.( *loosens belt* )

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 17, 2017 12:15 PM (HRSh5)

126 ...One is a Yugo.

Posted by: Mathers at March 17, 2017 12:15 PM (3myMJ)

127
It is St. Patrick's Day, so stomps may come later than usual.

After a hearty breakfast of "Bangers and Mash".

Posted by: Paladin at March 17, 2017 12:15 PM (ycm4Q)

128
where is it written that the government is responsible for the transport of the press?

Juat put them all on the slow boat to China

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 17, 2017 12:15 PM (lKyWE)

129 Posted by: MAGA at March 17, 2017 12:06 PM (A4HOq)

Thanks for that.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at March 17, 2017 12:15 PM (72PAC)

130 First!!!! What I win ???

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at March 17, 2017 12:15 PM (nQHw/)

131 http://bit.ly/2mDlJxG
----
FAKE NEWS: Did Trump Just Kill Meals On Wheels? Not Even Close.
----
From NeverTrumper Ben Shapiro

WILLOWED

Posted by: EVLINC! at March 17, 2017 12:16 PM (y3aQB)

132 ... some of these programs seem more worthwhile than others and will find support from republican congressmen, e.g. appalachian aid.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 17, 2017 12:16 PM (WTSFk)

133 Charter one of these to take the press on overseas tours: http://preview.tinyurl.com/n8aqoyj

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2017 12:16 PM (WDdjT)

134 What kind of reporter says "ask this other guy first" - what a career idiot.

Is she banging him?
---

Probably angling for a job with whoever is employing him, and trying to make points.

Posted by: shibumi at March 17, 2017 12:16 PM (FkAXz)

135 Meh. They can make up their shit from right here in the US just as easily as on site.

Entitled maggot bags of whinehood.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 17, 2017 12:16 PM (xpfRn)

136 weft, perhaps he wouldn't 'dig it'

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:17 PM (R7cwD)

137 should a Democrat win the White House in 2020.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 11:52 AM (ELUpj)

Bite your tongue!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2017 12:17 PM (SRKgf)

138 91
67 where is it written that the government is responsible for the transport of the press?

Why not start billing them for their travel? And their food, and drink. And they can settle for the cup of (mostly ice) soda and a tiny bag of peanuts when they fly. That is how us common folk have to do it.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 17, 2017 12:17 PM (jxbfJ)

139 Earworm contest......love it. It Lights Up My Life. It gives me hope to carry on. And fills my.night........

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at March 17, 2017 12:17 PM (llaJF)

140 What about the intel leaks, will the press have to pay full price for that as well? Or is access to NSA servers another right the "press" is afforded in the first amendment?

(but only the ordained establishment press, not the unwashed blogger types)

Posted by: illiniwek at March 17, 2017 12:17 PM (BrMft)

141 Trump, "FAA I need a waiver for TACA to operate a charter operation in the US. They will be carrying the White House Press Corpse."

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 12:18 PM (QBkkW)

142 smacks mallamutt.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:18 PM (R7cwD)

143 121 What kind of reporter says "ask this other guy first" - what a career idiot.

Is she banging him?
Posted by: @votermom @vm at March 17, 2017 12:14 PM (Om16U)

Whole press conference was the Press arguing with Spicer...

Was pretty amazing...

Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 12:18 PM (NgKpN)

144 Everyone's talking about the press entitlement, but I'm just sitting here thinking "why did he bother making note of this if he hadn't verified if it was true or not"?

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 17, 2017 12:18 PM (KUaJL)

145 Ace put a nice new bluetooth speaker in the Barrel, to listen to those earworm songs. Just like we did for Noriega, back in the day.

Posted by: Roy at March 17, 2017 12:18 PM (VndSC)

146 You can't truly know earworm until you realize that Blake's The Tyger matches up perfectly with Cult of Personality.

Did he smiiiiiile
His work to seeee
Did He who made The Lamb
Make theeee

Posted by: hogmartin at March 17, 2017 12:19 PM (8nWyX)

147 Trump hatess this county and also probabely bans reporters of color on his be airplane thing he travels with because of his love for power and money. We calls on the Supremme Court to impeech Trump NOW and gives us back Presdent Obama. Under Presdent Obama we had no wars, no terrorism, everyone had a job, and the the world loved us. No we be have hatred because of Trump and we be less safe under this clown Presdent named Trump. TRUMP LIED AND AMERRICA DIED !!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboror, VT at March 17, 2017 12:19 PM (WmgTn)

148 (... i think it will be hard to defend slashing aid to hard-pressed appalachian communities.)

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 17, 2017 12:19 PM (WTSFk)

149 In-flight meal for the Press?

Peanuts and a bottle of water.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 12:06 PM (QBkkW)

They'll get nothing and like it

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 17, 2017 12:19 PM (493sH)

150 ( *burp* )No more MSM butthurt, please. ( *belch* )I just couldn't eat
( *burp* )another bite. Well, ( *groan* )maybe a bit more.( *loosens belt* )
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 17, 2017 12:15 PM

But, OM, the butthurt is only wafer thin....

*ducks*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 17, 2017 12:19 PM (p+Wdc)

151 China has to be seriously considering assassinating Kim Jong Un.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 17, 2017 12:19 PM (97XyN)

152 Whole press conference was the Press arguing with Spicer...

So I ask again ... why have a conference at all ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 17, 2017 12:19 PM (92ruB)

153 141 Trump, "FAA I need a waiver for TACA to operate a charter operation in the US. They will be carrying the White House Press Corpse."
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 12:18 PM (QBkkW)

And I am not kidding on this... I once flew on a DC3 that had Flying Tiger Airline paint still on it...

Not sure who was actually flying the dang thing... or who owned it...

Wonder if they are still around?

Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 12:20 PM (NgKpN)

154 Under Presdent Obama we had no wars, no terrorism, everyone had a job, and the the world loved us. No we be have hatred because of Trump and we be less safe under this clown Presdent named Trump. TRUMP LIED AND AMERRICA DIED !!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboror, VT at March 17, 2017 12:19 PM (WmgTn)

Do you work for McDonalds?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 17, 2017 12:20 PM (493sH)

155 Aw, they have to make their own wittle twavel awwangements, awwww....

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 17, 2017 12:20 PM (0mRoj)

156 "You can't truly know earworm until you realize that Blake's The Tyger matches up perfectly with Cult of Personality"

That. Is. Awesome.

Better, by far, than Yellow Rose of Texas and whats-her-name.

Posted by: Robert Crawford at March 17, 2017 12:20 PM (fGV0W)

157 (... i think it will be hard to defend slashing aid to hard-pressed appalachian communities.)

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 17, 2017 12:19 PM (WTSFk)

They wouldn't need aid if they had jobs, right? So, reopen the coal mines.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2017 12:21 PM (WDdjT)

158 And fills my.night........

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life

Like skyrockets in flight?

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 17, 2017 12:21 PM (ZFUt7)

159 Flying Tigers was actually founded by a couple genuine AVG Flying Tigers after World War II.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 12:21 PM (QBkkW)

160 LMAO! Go Trump! Go!

Posted by: Locke Common at March 17, 2017 12:21 PM (5PqMo)

161 151 China has to be seriously considering assassinating Kim Jong Un.

They may outsource to Russia and Putin, since they have a very particular set of skills.

Posted by: Roy at March 17, 2017 12:21 PM (VndSC)

162 hogmartin.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=

obama+song%2c+mmm+mm&view=detail&mid=
1E42D4D38E6D2AD0F5EB1E42D4D38E6D2AD0F5EB&FORM=VIRE

Obama song

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:21 PM (R7cwD)

163 Spicer tells the press, look to your right, now look to your left. One of you won't make it alive through this briefing.

Posted by: JuJuBee at March 17, 2017 12:21 PM (dargh)

164 I am encouraged by the thought that people don't pay attention to these whining, entitled treasonous mediaweasels.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 17, 2017 12:21 PM (zsHGH)

165 And I am not kidding on this... I once flew on a DC3 that had Flying Tiger Airline paint still on it...

Not sure who was actually flying the dang thing... or who owned it...

Wonder if they are still around?
Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 12:20 PM (NgKpN)

Darn.... looks like they ceased operations in 89...

Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 12:21 PM (NgKpN)

166 Speaking of our lovely friends in the press, Rush is talking about a story I haven't heard of before - ESPN commentator fired after saying "guerrilla" in regards to Venus Williams.

Posted by: josephistan at March 17, 2017 12:21 PM (7HtZB)

167 some of these programs seem more worthwhile than others and will find support from republican congressmen, e.g. appalachian aid.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 17, 2017 12:16 PM (WTSFk)

Much as I hate to agree with you, I'm a bit concerned about the Chesapeake Bay Program because the Bay is vast and touches so many states and localities.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 17, 2017 12:22 PM (gwPgz)

168 afternoon delight

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:22 PM (R7cwD)

169 Did a reporter really try to get Spincer to let another one ask a question?

That is stupid pass stupid. I guess that will be her LAST question ever asked.

Posted by: Sam at March 17, 2017 12:22 PM (Lat75)

170 I see he writes for AP. I think back in the "old" days there used to be something called "International Bureau" and "Wire Service".

Posted by: Joe at March 17, 2017 12:22 PM (TSp48)

171 " i think it will be hard to defend slashing aid to hard-pressed appalachian communities"

Why? Cut aid to "hard-pressed" cities while we're at it.

Meanwhile, cut regulations and encourage business growth. Eventually those communities won't be "hard-pressed".

(What's "pressing" them is an over-active government.)

Posted by: Robert Crawford at March 17, 2017 12:23 PM (fGV0W)

172 I blame anna!

bl scratches ear.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:23 PM (R7cwD)

173 I say "Heyeeeeaaaaayyyyyyeaaay, heyeeeaaaaayeeeeaaaayeay, what's goin' on?"

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2017 12:23 PM (NOIQH)

174
China has to be seriously considering assassinating Kim Jong Un.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 17, 2017 12:19 PM (97XyN

I believe that's why he murdered his half brother

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 17, 2017 12:23 PM (lKyWE)

175 Boo boo.

Posted by: LASue, so very deplorable at March 17, 2017 12:23 PM (CLKfs)

176 148 (... i think it will be hard to defend slashing aid to hard-pressed appalachian communities.)

Somebody hold my beer. Watch this ...

... it's not the Federal Govt's job to take money from one State to give to another. Kentucky can choose to funnel money to Eastern Ky ... or not.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 17, 2017 12:23 PM (92ruB)

177 What would Ed Asner's newspaper editor character say to such a whiny idiot?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 11:54 AM (QBkkW)

In this case, probably not much, because, Commie scum.

Ed Asner - Yes. But Lou Grant, not so much.

Posted by: Paladin at March 17, 2017 12:24 PM (ycm4Q)

178 169 Did a reporter really try to get Spincer to let another one ask a question?

That is stupid pass stupid. I guess that will be her LAST question ever asked.

Posted by: Sam at March 17, 2017 12:22 PM (Lat75)

Yep.... and then he skipped her totally....

No, I'm NOT tired of winning yet...

Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 12:24 PM (NgKpN)

179 "ESPN commentator fired after saying "guerrilla" in regards to Venus Williams"

Yes, he described Williams' aggressive net play as a "guerrilla move" and was fired because raysis.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 17, 2017 12:24 PM (97XyN)

180 This must be why Nancy Pelosi's liquor expenses were $101K when she was speaker. Bukake in the front, liquor in the back.

Posted by: Fritz at March 17, 2017 12:25 PM (2Mnv1)

181 166 Yeah that was a lng while back.Described here.

http://tinyurl.com/khnawho

Posted by: steevy at March 17, 2017 12:25 PM (r/0kC)

182
176 148 (... i think it will be hard to defend slashing aid to hard-pressed appalachian communities.)

Somebody hold my beer. Watch this ...

... it's not the Federal Govt's job to take money from one State to give to another. Kentucky can choose to funnel money to Eastern Ky ... or not.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 17, 2017 12:23 PM (92ruB)

Davy Crocket, on Government spending...

http://www.theroadtoemmaus.org/RdLb/21PbAr/Pl/CrockettWlfr.htm

Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 12:25 PM (NgKpN)

183 A MODERN DAY WARRIOR
MEAN, MEAN STRIDE...

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 17, 2017 12:26 PM (ngBS+)

184 179 "ESPN commentator fired after saying "guerrilla" in regards to Venus Williams"

Yes, he described Williams' aggressive net play as a "guerrilla move" and was fired because raysis.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 17, 2017 12:24 PM (97XyN)

The SJW illiterati strike again.

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 17, 2017 12:26 PM (0mRoj)

185 If the 1A is that expansive, then the 2A obviously means that the government must provide me with a firearm and ammunition.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 17, 2017 12:26 PM (PFy0L)

186 I'M SAILING AWAAAAAYYYY...

Posted by: Robert Crawford at March 17, 2017 12:26 PM (fGV0W)

187 >>163 Spicer tells the press, look to your right, now look to your left. One of you won't make it alive through this briefing. Posted by: JuJuBee at March 17, 2017 12:21 PM (dargh)

Each briefing room chair is hotwired. Spicer: "My boss said to pick the very best one and you...are...not...IT!" Zzzzzt, smoke.

"Next question."

Posted by: General Zod at March 17, 2017 12:26 PM (Bdeb0)

188 In-flight meal for the Press?>>>

Finally a good use for Michelle Obama's Healthy lunch menu.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 17, 2017 12:27 PM (P/aDH)

189 Obama song
Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:21 PM (R7cwD)

Irritating, but not earwormy as it has no actual tune. It's not a song, just elementary school students being made to chant a paean to His Holy Historical Firstness.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 17, 2017 12:27 PM (8nWyX)

190 I ain't no Hollaback Girl.

Posted by: Gwen Stefani at March 17, 2017 12:27 PM (aiRZs)

191 If the 1A is that expansive, then the 2A obviously means that the government must provide me with a firearm and ammunition.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 17, 2017 12:26 PM (PFy0L)

Is it the 5A that provides you with a lawyer if you don't have one?

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 17, 2017 12:27 PM (gwPgz)

192 You know if I was Spincer, I would just tell the bitch she needs to turn in her pass, cause she is NEVER going to be called on again.

Or better yet, tell her employer. The arrogance is beyond the pale.

Posted by: Sam at March 17, 2017 12:28 PM (Lat75)

193 A MODERN DAY WARRIOR
MEAN, MEAN STRIDE...
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 17, 2017 12:26 PM (ngBS+)

-------

Snowdog .... is victorious.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 17, 2017 12:28 PM (8XRCm)

194 China has to be seriously considering assassinating Kim Jong Un.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed

With the supply of fissionable material North Korea has now accumulated, China has to look at all it's nuclear neighbors and wonder if having a nutjob with half the British nuclear arsenal on its borders is such a great idea.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 17, 2017 12:28 PM (ZFUt7)

195 183 A MODERN DAY WARRIOR
MEAN, MEAN STRIDE...
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 17, 2017 12:26 PM (ngBS+)

Too musically complex to make a proper earworm.

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 17, 2017 12:28 PM (0mRoj)

196 In-flight meal for the Press?>>>

Finally a good use for Michelle Obama's Healthy lunch menu.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 17, 2017 12:27 PM (P/aDH)

*stunned awe*

doooooo iiiiiittttt

Posted by: hogmartin at March 17, 2017 12:29 PM (8nWyX)

197 185 If the 1A is that expansive, then the 2A obviously means that the government must provide me with a firearm and ammunition.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 17, 2017 12:26 PM (PFy0L)

That's what I've been arguing about the 'RIGHT' to healthcare...

If they are going to make ME pay for someone else's Health Care, because... Right...

Well... what about them paying for my Guns?

And that's when Liberals heads explode into... but its not the sameeeeee....

Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 12:29 PM (NgKpN)

198 174
China has to be seriously considering assassinating Kim Jong Un.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 17, 2017 12:19 PM (97XyN

I believe that's why he murdered his half brother
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 17, 2017 12:23 PM (lKyWE)

************

Well--didn't Tillerson actually explain to the American public that he would be trying to do some very difficult negotiations and so therefore he would need to insure the privacy of those negotiations for both our country and those that we were talking to--therefore--no press this time.

On top of what you speak of South Korea decided to have their impeachment, and North Korea is doing whatever kind of missile tests.

We had to send missile defense systems to South Korea just recently.

According to this:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-korea-

thaad-missile-defense-system-new-launch-preps-icbm-engine/

Posted by: Holmes at March 17, 2017 12:29 PM (fi5nC)

199 Too musically complex to make a proper earworm.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 17, 2017 12:28 PM (0mRoj)

-----

I'm waaalking on sunshine yah yah....

and dont it FEEL GOOD!!!

Posted by: fixerupper at March 17, 2017 12:29 PM (8XRCm)

200
Carry your own weight, presstitutes!

Cannot afford to take along via an alternate mode of travel? Sucks to be you!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot at March 17, 2017 12:30 PM (v1g1+)

201 195 183 A MODERN DAY WARRIOR
MEAN, MEAN STRIDE...
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at March 17, 2017 12:26 PM (ngBS+)

Too musically complex to make a proper earworm.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 17, 2017 12:28 PM (0mRoj)

Earworm???

don't worry.... be happy.... du du du duuu dooo dooo

Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 12:30 PM (NgKpN)

202 IOW---I don't know why the press is pretending not to know any of this--in order to bitch.

Posted by: Holmes at March 17, 2017 12:30 PM (fi5nC)

203 Hey, I just met you and this is crazy
But here's my number, so call me maybe

Posted by: Carly Rae Jepson at March 17, 2017 12:30 PM (NOIQH)

204 Boo HOO

Posted by: LASue, so very deplorable at March 17, 2017 12:31 PM (CLKfs)

205 Finally a good use for Michelle Obama's Healthy lunch menu.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 17, 2017 12:27 PM (P/aDH)

Heh. That would be a great troll. Research which reporters praised Mooch's school lunch program to the skies, and get a bunch of them on AF1, and serve 'em that gipe. And when they complain, hand out printed copies of their high praise for said selfsame gipe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2017 12:31 PM (WDdjT)

206 Earworm???

don't worry.... be happy.... du du du duuu dooo dooo
Posted by: Don Q

Already done in the last thread.

50 demerits.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2017 12:31 PM (4YGWz)

207 139 Earworm contest......love it. It Lights Up My Life. It gives me hope to carry on. And fills my.night........
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at March 17, 2017 12:17 PM (llaJF)

Or else it gets the hose again.

Posted by: rickl at March 17, 2017 12:31 PM (zoehZ)

208 Posted by: fixerupper at March 17, 2017 12:29 PM (8XRCm)

See, that's more like it.

Doo da doo doo
Doo da doo doo
Doo da doo doo doo da doo

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 17, 2017 12:31 PM (0mRoj)

209
With all that going on, one can sometimes forget it's a small world... after all.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 17, 2017 12:31 PM (ZFUt7)

210 I'm just glad I have tunes going in my office - currently listening to Rammstein, so not disturbed by above fight.

Posted by: GregV61 at March 17, 2017 12:31 PM (MoJlY)

211 867-5309...

Posted by: LASue, so very deplorable at March 17, 2017 12:32 PM (CLKfs)

212 If some penumbra give a right to abortion which means the government must pay for it if your too poor, then certainly the 2a right to bear arms must mean the government needs to provide guns to its citizens

Posted by: MAGA at March 17, 2017 12:32 PM (A4HOq)

213 Its specifically in the Constitution that the press gets free transport to anywhere news exists relating to government.

ITS IN THE CONSTITUTION YOU HATERS!!!

Posted by: Baboo the Oceleot at March 17, 2017 12:32 PM (EIZU+)

214 Each briefing room chair is hotwired. Spicer: "My boss said to pick the very best one and you...are...not...IT!" Zzzzzt, smoke.

"Next question."

Posted by: General Zod at March 17, 2017 12:26 PM (Bdeb0)

If he comes out stroking a white cat, the best move would be to sneak out to the lavatory.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Swears Never Gonna Give You Up, Never Gonna Let You Down at March 17, 2017 12:32 PM (hLRSq)

215
No more adult "happy time" with the Secretary of ~~Sloshed~~ State in a gubmint aircraft?

So much for "She / He / It Persisted". A strong and capable press, my ass.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot at March 17, 2017 12:32 PM (v1g1+)

216 179 "ESPN commentator fired after saying "guerrilla" in regards to Venus Williams"

Yes, he described Williams' aggressive net play as a "guerrilla move" and was fired because raysis.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 17, 2017 12:24 PM (97XyN)

Meh, ESPN was niggardly with the pay anyway.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 17, 2017 12:33 PM (EnKk6)

217
Well I've got a brand new pair of rollar skates
You got a brand new key

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 17, 2017 12:34 PM (lKyWE)

218 216 179 "ESPN commentator fired after saying "guerrilla" in regards to Venus Williams"

Yes, he described Williams' aggressive net play as a "guerrilla move" and was fired because raysis.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 17, 2017 12:24 PM (97XyN)

Meh, ESPN was niggardly with the pay anyway.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 17, 2017 12:33 PM (EnKk6)

Indeed... its a Black Day for freedom of expression...

Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 12:34 PM (NgKpN)

219 The press is nothing more than a democrat fan club staffed with wash women.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2017 12:34 PM (aMlLZ)

220 "My boss said to pick the very best one and you...are...not...IT!"

-----

Holy shit.

Its been decades since Ive even thought of "bubblegum bubblegum in a dish".

Posted by: fixerupper at March 17, 2017 12:34 PM (8XRCm)

221
Heh. That would be a great troll. Research which reporters praised Mooch's school lunch program to the skies, and get a bunch of them on AF1, and serve 'em that gipe. And when they complain, hand out printed copies of their high praise for said selfsame gipe.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2017 12:31 PM (WDdjT)

That would be epic and masterful. Hoist on their own petard, as it were.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot at March 17, 2017 12:34 PM (v1g1+)

222 Well I've got a brand new pair of rollar skates
You got a brand new key

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 17, 2017 12:34 PM (lKyWE)

At least Melanie Safka was hawt.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2017 12:35 PM (WDdjT)

223 I've been in journalism my entire adult life, and this is the best fucking thing I've ever read. Every day my admiration for the Trump Administration grows.

Posted by: Weiner's Blackberry at March 17, 2017 12:35 PM (XIYer)

224 *ahem*

It's a small world after all,
It's a small world after all,
It's a small world after all,
It's a small, small, world!

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Swears Never Gonna Give You Up, Never Gonna Let You Down at March 17, 2017 12:35 PM (hLRSq)

225 >>If some penumbra give a right to abortion which means the government
must pay for it if your too poor, then certainly the 2a right to bear
arms must mean the government needs to provide guns to its citizens

Hey, if the government needs to provide free birth control and tampons (yes, this is really a new thing Dems are pushing), then I don't see why the feds don;t also have to provide free bullets to make sure armed citizens do target practice at the local gun range on a regular basis.

Posted by: Carly Rae Jepson at March 17, 2017 12:35 PM (NOIQH)

226 Its specifically in the Constitution that the press gets free transport to anywhere news exists relating to government.

ITS IN THE CONSTITUTION YOU HATERS!!!

-
Surely you've heard of freebies for the press.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 17, 2017 12:35 PM (Nwg0u)

227 Davy Crocket, on Government spending...

Hell of a read, Don. Thank you.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 17, 2017 12:36 PM (92ruB)

228 May be they are not giving the press a free travel ride as the current secretary of state isn't openly running for office after Trump's term, like She who should not be named, and will never be President.
^..^(____)~~~

Posted by: Cheshirecat at March 17, 2017 12:37 PM (sPDfB)

229 225
Hey, if the government needs to provide free birth control and tampons (yes, this is really a new thing Dems are pushing), then I don't see why the feds don;t also have to provide free bullets to make sure armed citizens do target practice at the local gun range on a regular basis.
Posted by: Carly Rae Jepson at March 17, 2017 12:35 PM (NOIQH)

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

*cringes at the knowledge that this type of argument is actually necessary in this day and age*

*weeps*

*dreams of day when government subsidies pretty much don't exist*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 12:37 PM (ELUpj)

230 146 You can't truly know earworm until you realize that Blake's The Tyger matches up perfectly with Cult of Personality.
Did he smiiiiiile
His work to seeee
Did He who made The Lamb
Make theeee

Oh, yeah? Well sing 'Amazing Grace' to the tune of 'House of the Rising Sun'

Aa-ma
zing grace
How sweet the sound
That saaaaaved a wretch
like me.
I ONCE
was lost
But now I'm found
Was blind
But no-ow
I see.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 17, 2017 12:37 PM (HRSh5)

231 182: i'm not arguing for or against any of the 80 programs facing the axe in trump's budget. my point is that some will have republican support in congress and...

take a look at the programs! it's not all pbs.

bloomberg news has all in a succinct article available through a link at instapundit. worth a look.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 17, 2017 12:37 PM (WTSFk)

232 Reporters who are allowed to be within shouting distance of the leader of the free world every single day expect families like mine, families who save up to take their kids to Washington, DC on once-a-lifetime trips, to go to work every day to pay for their travel expenses?

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 17, 2017 12:38 PM (/f1mm)

233 Watching St Pat's parade in NYC. Every bagpiper in the country must make this thing.

Posted by: Sam at March 17, 2017 12:38 PM (Lat75)

234 212 If some penumbra give a right to abortion which means the government must pay for it if your too poor, then certainly the 2a right to bear arms must mean the government needs to provide guns to its citizens
Posted by: MAGA at March 17, 2017 12:32 PM (A4HOq)

And since Prohibition was repealed, it means that the government should provide high quality single-malt Scotch.

It's in the Constitution! Some penumbra or adumbration somewhere.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2017 12:38 PM (SRKgf)

235 So, yeah, Gal Gadot rocks in the new Wonder Woman trailer:

http://tinyurl.com/Grlzz-Rule-Boyzz-Drool

I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 17, 2017 12:38 PM (zKIA2)

236 Ace Ace bo-berlace
Banana fanna fo-fer-ace,
Fe-fi momer-lace
Ace!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 17, 2017 12:38 PM (0tfLf)

237 Hey Alberta Oil Peon, I looked it up last night and the station wagon I saw being unloaded yesterday was a 1959 Chevy. Apparently the guy across the street from where I work does restorations.

Posted by: rickl at March 17, 2017 12:38 PM (zoehZ)

238 >>*dreams of day when government subsidies pretty much don't exist*

Hey now! Don't you go period-shaming the women folk...

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2017 12:38 PM (NOIQH)

239 Well I've got a brand new pair of rollar skates
You got a brand new key
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 17, 2017 12:34 PM (lKyWE)

Currently picturing Heather Graham, naked on rollers skates. A wee bit distracted now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Slainthe! at March 17, 2017 12:39 PM (RwwCT)

240 The press was so used to a world where they could throw a tantrum and change the world over it.

This is the first President that really called their bluff and he just keeps winning.

You wonder if its always been like this and no one ever called them on it, or if it just because people now have so many choices for news and entertainment.

Posted by: Maritime at March 17, 2017 12:39 PM (JnKpU)

241 Daddy made whiskey and he made it well
Cost 2 dollars and it burned like hell
I cut hickory just to fire the still
Drink down a bottle and you're ready to kill

Posted by: JackStraw at March 17, 2017 12:39 PM (/tuJf)

242 238 Hey now! Don't you go period-shaming the women folk...
Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2017 12:38 PM (NOIQH)

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*further cringes at knowledge that this argument would be seriously put forward by people with the ability to vote*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 12:39 PM (ELUpj)

243 Damn it, the naked Heather Graham gambit. I'm...powerless against it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 17, 2017 12:39 PM (zsHGH)

244 Heh. That would be a great troll. Research which reporters praised
Mooch's school lunch program to the skies, and get a bunch of them on
AF1, and serve 'em that gipe. And when they complain, hand out printed
copies of their high praise for said selfsame gipe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2017 12:31 PM (WDdjT)

They'd probably eat the printed copies for choice.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2017 12:40 PM (SRKgf)

245 224 *ahem*

It's a small world after all,
It's a small world after all,
It's a small world after all,
It's a small, small, world!
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Swears Never Gonna Give You Up, Never Gonna Let You Down at March 17, 2017 12:35 PM (hLRSq)

When my Twins were 10, we went to Disneyland on Vacation... I immediately walked them back to the Small World Ride... made them look at the LONNNGGGG line... and listen to the song...

And told them, if you don't behave... we're going to ride that ride....

The only time my daughter started to whine... I started singing that song...

Best behaved Children EVEAH!

Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 12:40 PM (NgKpN)

246 China has to be seriously considering assassinating Kim Jong Un.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 17, 2017 12:19 PM (97XyN)

Why would the Chinese assassinate Kim Jung Un? The Chinese have been pulling the strings of whatever Kim's been in charge for three generations now. This idea the Chinese are exasperated at the latest Kim's hijinks is pure baloney. The day Kim Jung Un makes a move of his own initiative is the day another Kim takes his place. That's why I think the nerve gas attack on his brother was a desperate attempt to forestall the Chinese.

The Chinese use the Norks for their own purposes. They''ve always used them, either as a catspaw or as a distraction. North Korea would be a free(er) country tomorrow if the Chinese wanted it to be. They evidently don't want it to be.

Posted by: troyriser at March 17, 2017 12:40 PM (Fw5cQ)

247 Oh, and:

Turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit lonely
And you're never coming round

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 17, 2017 12:40 PM (/f1mm)

248 "Amazing Grace" can also be sung to the tune of Gilligan's Island". And vice versa.

Posted by: rickl at March 17, 2017 12:40 PM (zoehZ)

249 Girl look at that body ah...
Girl look at that body ah...
Girl look at that body ah...
I work out!

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 17, 2017 12:40 PM (0mRoj)

250
Transport them out.

Just don't transport them back.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2017 12:04 PM (SRKgf)

Congratulations! You are the first corps of contestants for State Department Snipe Hunt!

Be sure to pick up your Snipe Storage Bag before you begin wending your way back to the United States.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot at March 17, 2017 12:41 PM (v1g1+)

251 take a look at the programs! it's not all pbs.

bloomberg news has all in a succinct article available through a link at instapundit. worth a look.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 17, 2017 12:37 PM (WTSFk)

What are you whining about? Surely you must know that a broad-based cost-cutting program is going to affect some programs that you personally like.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2017 12:41 PM (WDdjT)

252 So much for "She / He / It Persisted". A strong and capable press, my ass.

Strong stomachs and capable of cunnilingus on demand.

Posted by: JEM at March 17, 2017 12:41 PM (TppKb)

253 246 Why would the Chinese assassinate Kim Jung Un? The Chinese have been pulling the strings of whatever Kim's been in charge for three generations now. This idea the Chinese are exasperated at the latest Kim's hijinks is pure baloney. The day Kim Jung Un makes a move of his own initiative is the day another Kim takes his place. That's why I think the nerve gas attack on his brother was a desperate attempt to forestall the Chinese.

The Chinese use the Norks for their own purposes. They''ve always used them, either as a catspaw or as a distraction. North Korea would be a free(er) country tomorrow if the Chinese wanted it to be. They evidently don't want it to be.
Posted by: troyriser at March 17, 2017 12:40 PM (Fw5cQ)

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

The bigger fuss that Kim makes, the less people pay attention to China.

As long as Kim doesn't actually fire a nuke or start a war, China seems to be largely okay with him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 12:41 PM (ELUpj)

254 We're looking for any story that will let us put "Trump" and "Russian" in the same chyron. If you have ideas, please send them to editor@cnn.com.

Posted by: This Is CNN at March 17, 2017 12:41 PM (Zkjpe)

255 fixer, I fear you have started something.

Posted by: bluebell at March 17, 2017 12:42 PM (sBOL1)

256 Brattleboro is proud to announce that all gay and lesbian pets will be covered for healthcare even after that idiot Trump passes a new healthcare law. the city of Brattleboro will not let these poor animals abused by Trump and his redickulous laws. Trump lied and animal healthcare died !!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at March 17, 2017 12:42 PM (WmgTn)

257 Blue Checkmark < 90 IQ.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 17, 2017 12:42 PM (cOHS7)

258 You got to hidey-hide, you got to jump and run

You got to hidey-hidey-hide.......

Posted by: John Fogerty at March 17, 2017 12:42 PM (Pl3Xw)

259 251 Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 17, 2017 12:37 PM (WTSFk)

What are you whining about? Surely you must know that a broad-based cost-cutting program is going to affect some programs that you personally like.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2017 12:41 PM (WDdjT)

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Objection:

I like none of these programs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 12:42 PM (ELUpj)

260 I'm sexy and I know it!

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 17, 2017 12:42 PM (0mRoj)

261 @Maritime
I think people are more fragmented. Propaganda requires unanimity of message and people can get information/entertainment from multiple sources.

Although, the war is still ongoing. We're winning for a change but we haven't won.

Case in point: Mister Metokur/Internet Aristocrat got his account suspended. The guy could be kinda vulgar but this is just corporate censorship in a progressive cause.

Gotta keep fighting. If Heather Graham, naked on rollerskates, will let me...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 17, 2017 12:42 PM (zsHGH)

262 107 so before I go.
shouldn't we start a list of Press demands ?
Posted by: willow at March 17, 2017 12:11 PM (R7cwD)

A pony!

A new bike!

A SHRUBBERY!

Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at March 17, 2017 12:43 PM (RD7QR)

263 251: i was just bringing that article to your attention as a public service. it's a list of the programs. period.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 17, 2017 12:43 PM (WTSFk)

264 St Pat's parade?

Lots of "white privilege" on display

Posted by: Sam at March 17, 2017 12:43 PM (Lat75)

265 Do you remember when we used to sing...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2017 12:43 PM (4YGWz)

266 Surely you must know that a broad-based cost-cutting program is going to affect some programs that you personally like.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2017 12:41 PM (WDdjT)

"affect some programs that you personally like."

Wanna bet?

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 17, 2017 12:43 PM (KUaJL)

267 Tomorrow everyone will be like

Wake me up before you go go...

Posted by: Toddler at March 17, 2017 12:43 PM (aSEMM)

268 Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboror, VT

I thought she suicided-out on election night?

Posted by: Paladin at March 17, 2017 12:43 PM (ycm4Q)

269
I looked it up last night and the station wagon I saw being unloaded yesterday was a 1959 Chevy. Apparently the guy across the street from where I work does restorations.
Posted by: rickl at March 17, 2017 12:38 PM (zoehZ)

It's basically the Impalagreat look

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 17, 2017 12:43 PM (lKyWE)

270 Hey Alberta Oil Peon, I looked it up last night and the station wagon I saw being unloaded yesterday was a 1959 Chevy. Apparently the guy across the street from where I work does restorations.

Posted by: rickl at March 17, 2017 12:38 PM (zoehZ)

Cool! Station wagons are sort of hot in the custom car world lately.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2017 12:44 PM (WDdjT)

271 I'm sexy and I know it!
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 17, 2017 12:42 PM (0mRoj)

...clap your... hands?

Posted by: hogmartin at March 17, 2017 12:44 PM (8nWyX)

272 197
185 If the 1A is that expansive, then the 2A obviously means that the government must provide me with a firearm and ammunition.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 17, 2017 12:26 PM (PFy0L)

That's what I've been arguing about the 'RIGHT' to healthcare...

If they are going to make ME pay for someone else's Health Care, because... Right...

Well... what about them paying for my Guns?

And that's when Liberals heads explode into... but its not the sameeeeee....

Posted by: Don Q. at March 17, 2017 12:29 PM (NgKpN)

I've actually made that argument to liberals - that in order for me to enjoy my 2nd Amendment rights and to participate as a member of the militia of the United States, I should be provided with a firearm.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 17, 2017 12:45 PM (jK8Z7)

273 Hey Alberta Oil Peon, I looked it up last night and the station wagon I saw being unloaded yesterday was a 1959 Chevy. Apparently the guy across the street from where I work does restorations.

While the '59 Chevy isn't a particular favorite of mine, I'm a big longroof guy, and it's cool to see wagons getting some love.

Posted by: JEM at March 17, 2017 12:45 PM (TppKb)

274 "Did Woodward and Bernstein depend upon the government?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 11:52 AM (QBkkW) "

Watergate break-in? Sure, sounds like a good story, but have you seen the Uber surge pricing right now? I'll pass.

Posted by: Intrepid National Laughingstock Reporter at March 17, 2017 12:45 PM (uuwor)

275 272 I've actually made that argument to liberals - that in order for me to enjoy my 2nd Amendment rights and to participate as a member of the militia of the United States, I should be provided with a firearm.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 17, 2017 12:45 PM (jK8Z7)

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That's where you're going to leave that?

Come on, tell us their very reasoned and informed reaction to that idea.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 12:45 PM (ELUpj)

276 "Maybe this isnt true"

well then, maybe find out before regurgitating it?

it's embarrassing. I went to journalism school. i don't know what happened. but damn. i know that if i pulled a stunt like that, my professors would have beaten me.

Posted by: DCPensFAn at March 17, 2017 12:46 PM (xNplS)

277 The press has been gorged on coconuts. They need to be put into a locked press briefing room, and allowed to eat each other, until there are only two left. These you release into DC. Now they only eat other reporters. You have changed their nature.

Posted by: Zod Silva at March 17, 2017 12:46 PM (Bdeb0)

278 China has to be seriously considering assassinating Kim Jong Un.

I would like to see South Korea and Japan do a double team and take over the North, while we hold China at bay.

Posted by: Paladin at March 17, 2017 12:46 PM (ycm4Q)

279 Not really whiny. More like mopey, with a lot os sighs and sad eyes.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 17, 2017 12:46 PM (W8bn5)

280 274 Watergate break-in? Sure, sounds like a good story, but have you seen the Uber surge pricing right now? I'll pass.
Posted by: Intrepid National Laughingstock Reporter at March 17, 2017 12:45 PM (uuwor)

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

"Surge Pricing!?!?!?! It's a human rights violation!!!!! Quick, assign at least a dozen reporters!"
-AP News Chief

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 12:46 PM (ELUpj)

281
yummy, yummy, yummy I've got love in my tummy...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot at March 17, 2017 12:46 PM (v1g1+)

282 Straight up, now tell me, do you really wanna love me forever,
Oh, oh, or am I caught in hit and run?
Do do you love me, do you love me? Baby!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2017 12:46 PM (NOIQH)

283 "Let me be very clear: The policy of strategic patience has ended," Tillerson said at a news conference in Seoul with Yun Byung-se, the South Korean foreign minister. He was referring to the Obama administration policy of trying to wait North Korea out, hoping that sanctions would prove so crippling that Pyongyang would have no choice but to return to denuclearization negotiations.
"We're exploring a new range of diplomatic, security and economic measures. All options are on the table," Tillerson said. While the United States does not want military conflict, threats "would be met with an appropriate response," he added.

Tillerson comment at The Washington Post

Posted by: Holmes at March 17, 2017 12:46 PM (fi5nC)

284 Don't lose faith. Don't let up. Set your sights high and don't settle.

We are Americans. We owe it to the sacrifices made for us to hold our own politicians accountable and not be cowed by these manufactured effeminate pussies in media and academia.

The investigations into the Obama administration and deep state are just beginning. Keep your fucking wits about you.

Posted by: most deplorable Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at March 17, 2017 12:47 PM (nXCp4)

285 @kari

Word

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 17, 2017 12:47 PM (zsHGH)

286 284 Don't lose faith. Don't let up. Set your sights high and don't settle.

We are Americans. We owe it to the sacrifices made for us to hold our own politicians accountable and not be cowed by these manufactured effeminate pussies in media and academia.

The investigations into the Obama administration and deep state are just beginning. Keep your fucking wits about you.
Posted by: most deplorable Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at March 17, 2017 12:47 PM (nXCp4)

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But...Ryancare!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 12:47 PM (ELUpj)

287 Isn't the foreign press already doing the job the "American" press won't do?

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at March 17, 2017 12:47 PM (hKi6n)

288 Speaking of being face down in a puddle of green vomit...

Glenn Beck Praises Trump's Budget Cuts: 'I'm So Pro-Trump Right Now'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2017 12:47 PM (4YGWz)

289 Know who else wouldn't fly the press around first class for free?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 17, 2017 12:48 PM (cOHS7)

290 Hey, if the government needs to provide free birth control and tampons (yes, this is really a new thing Dems are pushing), then I don't see why the feds don;t also have to provide free bullets to make sure armed citizens do target practice at the local gun range on a regular basis.

Posted by: Carly Rae Jepson at March 17, 2017 12:35 PM (NOIQH)

Not a bad idea really. They get cotton, we get gunnzz.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2017 12:48 PM (aMlLZ)

291 >>Keep your fucking wits about you.

I was always keep my fucking wits about me.

Other wits not so much.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 17, 2017 12:48 PM (/tuJf)

292 >>What kind of reporter says "ask this other guy first" - what a career idiot.

Straight up entitlement. "I don't like your picks so I'm going to TRICK YOU and get my way."

I love his response. That's the kind of thing I would do, not to be mean, but just in a "oh let me help you understand that there are rules...and you're going to follow the rules like everybody else, of course".

Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 17, 2017 12:48 PM (gTQoY)

293 Wait, so have we been paying for the press corps travel costs?

Because the hell.

Posted by: alexthechick - rrraaawwwrrr at March 17, 2017 12:48 PM (mf5HN)

294 "affect some programs that you personally like."

The problem is this - yeah, I like PBS. I even like NPR sometimes, though lately the FUCKTRUMPFUCKTRUMPFUCKTRUMP has been a bit thick. Yeah, museums. Meals on Wheels? Sheesh. And so on.

The problem with this is that the Federal contribution as a percentage of their budgets is nugatory. Federal funding for Meals on Wheels is 3% of their budget, right?

I'm quite happy for these programs to continue. But losing Federal money is not going to kill them, nor even dent most of them.

I recall traveling through Ireland a few years back and marveling how all the museums and exhibits were free, courtesy of this or that EU program. Thank you, German taxpayer.

Posted by: JEM at March 17, 2017 12:48 PM (TppKb)

295 292 Straight up entitlement. "I don't like your picks so I'm going to TRICK YOU and get my way."

I love his response. That's the kind of thing I would do, not to be mean, but just in a "oh let me help you understand that there are rules...and you're going to follow the rules like everybody else, of course".
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 17, 2017 12:48 PM (gTQoY)

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Spicer should also never call on her again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 12:49 PM (ELUpj)

296 Kurt "Bad Ass" Eichenwald made this claim on teh Twitters today:

@kurteichenwald
After a 3 month investigation, the FBI this morning arrested the man who assaulted me using a strobe on twitter that triggered a seizure.

Given Kurt's history with "the truth", this could be complete nonsense.

Posted by: The Institute at March 17, 2017 12:49 PM (nGsFZ)

297 So they're saying we're going to get our news the same way we get our classified information on political opponents during presidential campaigns?

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 17, 2017 12:49 PM (/f1mm)

298 I'm quite happy for these programs to continue. But losing Federal money is not going to kill them, nor even dent most of them.

On the other hand, just defunding the Paris climate contribution and the various other nonsense that feeds that will save enough to build the border wall right there.

Posted by: JEM at March 17, 2017 12:50 PM (TppKb)

299 I thought she suicided-out on election night?

Posted by: Paladin at March 17, 2017 12:43 PM (ycm4Q)

Near overdose of Cherry Garcia ice cream. Fortunately the resulting headache didn't effect any vital organs.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Swears Never Gonna Give You Up, Never Gonna Let You Down at March 17, 2017 12:50 PM (hLRSq)

300 St Pat's parade?

Lots of "~~white~~ ginger privilege" on display

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 17, 2017 12:50 PM (Nwg0u)

301 "Did Woodward and Bernstein depend upon the government?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2017 11:52 AM (QBkkW) "

Actually yes, they did. A lot of what they reported on was the proceedings of the various congressional investigations of Watergate. In that regard, they were pretty much not much more than stenographers.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 17, 2017 12:50 PM (HRSh5)

302 254 We're looking for any story that will let us put "Trump" and "Russian" in the same chyron. If you have ideas, please send them to editor@cnn.com.

Posted by: This Is CNN at March 17, 2017 12:41 PM

Here ya go.
Remember, there is a little 20 mile stretch of border in North Korea, up in the north east corner, that borders RUSSIA!!!!
So...Trump and Putin plot the demise of the peace-loving Norks, at the expense of China.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 17, 2017 12:50 PM (0tfLf)

303 It's simply outrageous that Rex Tillerson is not bringing along fake journalists who want to stab him in the back.

Posted by: Corrupt Media: 1. Corrupt Media Self-Awareness: 0 at March 17, 2017 12:50 PM (qYCgM)

304 >>@kurteichenwald
After a 3 month investigation, the FBI this morning arrested the man who assaulted me using a strobe on twitter that triggered a seizure.

This should have a Flashing Light / Siren attached to it.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2017 12:51 PM (4/95V)

305 I keep shaking this soda bread, but it's not fizzing. What a rip off.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 17, 2017 12:51 PM (W8bn5)

306 303 It's simply outrageous that Rex Tillerson is not bringing along fake journalists who want to stab him in the back.
Posted by: Corrupt Media: 1. Corrupt Media Self-Awareness: 0 at March 17, 2017 12:50 PM (qYCgM)

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Who will scream, "What about your gaffes?!?!" at him as he passes by?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 12:51 PM (ELUpj)

307 I didn't watch Trump's meeting with the Taoseach. Did any donnybrooks break out?

Was the entertainment dancing leprechauns in front of mini Stonehenges?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 17, 2017 12:51 PM (EnKk6)

308 Ace is awake.

Posted by: HH at March 17, 2017 12:52 PM (DrCtv)

309 That's not the end of the indignity. On our chartered planes, they replaced the Macallan with Dewar's, and they stopped serving blinis with our caviar. They treat us like peasant stock!

Posted by: Intrepid National Laughingstock Reporter at March 17, 2017 12:52 PM (uuwor)

310 >>We're looking for any story that will let us put "Trump" and
"Russian" in the same chyron. If you have ideas, please send them to
editor@cnn.com.

Psssst! Trump eats Beluga caviar. And sells drinks made with Russian vodka in the bars of Trump hotels. They own him, man!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2017 12:52 PM (NOIQH)

311 This should have a Flashing Light / Siren attached to

It would by hysterical if Drudge put that up with the police siren.

Posted by: JEM at March 17, 2017 12:52 PM (TppKb)

312 "I'm quite happy for these programs to continue. But losing Federal money is not going to kill them, nor even dent most of them. "

Sounds like that's entirely the point.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 17, 2017 12:52 PM (/f1mm)

313 296 Kurt "Bad Ass" Eichenwald made this claim on teh Twitters today:

@kurteichenwald
After a 3 month investigation, the FBI this morning arrested the man who assaulted me using a strobe on twitter that triggered a seizure.

Given Kurt's history with "the truth", this could be complete nonsense.
Posted by: The Institute at March 17, 2017 12:49 PM (nGsFZ)

The guy comes across as a paranoid schizophrenic, so who knows.

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 17, 2017 12:52 PM (0mRoj)

314 Do you remember when we used to sing...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2017 12:43 PM (4YGWz)

The only people who sing together nowadays are Christians. And even then, only during church services. Mostly.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 17, 2017 12:53 PM (HRSh5)

315 Do your damned job, and don't rely on the White House to feed you your copy.

Self-reliance and motivation, how does it work?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 17, 2017 12:53 PM (vtcmf)

316 Freedom of speech - but that does not mean the government gives me a mike, nor does it guarantee that I will be heard.
Freedom of assembly - but there are no guarantees that a group of people will agree with me, or enough so that there WILL be an assembly.
Freedom of the press - but that does not mean the government will coddle the poor dears that are "journalists", giving them printing presses, radio/television studios, etc.
And so on.
Amazing how "journalists" can't figure the basics out. And they wonder why I have very little sympathy for them. (I suspect many more out there also have little sympathy for them.)

Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at March 17, 2017 12:53 PM (XPutd)

317 Kurt "Bad Ass" Eichenwald made this claim on teh Twitters today:

@kurteichenwald
After a 3 month investigation, the FBI this morning arrested the man who assaulted me using a strobe on twitter that triggered a seizure.

Given Kurt's history with "the truth", this could be complete nonsense.

Posted by: The Institute at March 17, 2017 12:49 PM (nGsFZ)

That can't possibly be true--about the guy flashing a death strobe on the Internets getting arrested, I mean.

Besides, the Acme Death Strobe won't be ready for deployment until 2020.

Posted by: troyriser at March 17, 2017 12:53 PM (Fw5cQ)

318 Come on, tell us their very reasoned and informed reaction to that idea.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 12:45 PM (ELUpj)

About what you would expect. A combination of knowing I was being facetious to make a point and incredulity that anyone would suggest such a thing.
As for the free ammo - there used to be a Civilian Marksmanship Program.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 17, 2017 12:55 PM (jK8Z7)

319 Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Yeah

Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Yeah

Posted by: Baboo the Oceleot at March 17, 2017 12:55 PM (ia2he)

320 Who will scream, "What about your gaffes?!?!" at him as he passes by?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 17, 2017 12:51 PM
*****

They have giraffes in Korea?

Posted by: Diogenes at March 17, 2017 12:55 PM (0tfLf)

321 Nood ~~Lena Dumpham~~ unfunny potato update...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2017 12:55 PM (4YGWz)

322 282 Straight up, now tell me, do you really wanna love me forever,
Oh, oh, or am I caught in hit and run?
Do do you love me, do you love me? Baby!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2017 12:46 PM (NOIQH)

Paula Abdul.

brb

Posted by: josephistan at March 17, 2017 12:56 PM (7HtZB)

323 You know who else never let the press on his plane?

Posted by: tu3031 at March 17, 2017 12:56 PM (qJhUV)

324 Given Kurt's history with "the truth", this could be complete nonsense.
Posted by: The Institute at March 17, 2017 12:49 PM (nGsFZ)
The guy comes across as a paranoid schizophrenic, so who knows.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 17, 2017 12:52 PM (0mRoj)

Is this guy still on Newsweek's payroll? Holy hell, you'd think his corporate medical plan would cover mental health issues, but maybe they cheaped out and only gave their employees the Bronze plan.

Kurt seriously needs counseling. Or medication. Possibly both. I'm starting to feel guilty laughing at the poor guy, because I think he's got some real problems that aren't being addressed.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 17, 2017 12:56 PM (HRSh5)

325 "@kurteichenwald
After a 3 month investigation, the FBI this morning arrested the man who assaulted me using a strobe on twitter that triggered a seizure. "

Holy crap.

I'm guessing TV executives, iPad app makers, and police and fire truck light manufacturers are next.

The FBI? Seriously?

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 17, 2017 12:56 PM (/f1mm)

326 Ring my bellllllll, ring my bell

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 17, 2017 12:57 PM (cOHS7)

327 I've actually made that argument to liberals - that in order for me to enjoy my 2nd Amendment rights and to participate as a member of the militia of the United States, I should be provided with a firearm.

I'm for starting up Militias again.

Serious as a heart attack. Self funded Militias answering to local LE.

I would be in.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 17, 2017 12:57 PM (92ruB)

328 Sounds like that's entirely the point.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 17, 2017 12:52 PM (/f1mm)

They might have a point if the President's (who is NOT Hillary) budget had an accompanying EO that banned all Meals on Wheels activities, private or church charities, any privately funded broadcast enterprise with a liberal message, private or state musems, etc. in all 57 states!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 17, 2017 12:58 PM (gwPgz)

329 Imagine a guy who makes $20-30K per year, spends $5-15K more than he earns each year, and has $200K in debt (up from about $100K in debt about 8 years ago). But's he's "rich" because he has a nice car in the driveway and always pays for drinks on Friday night. This always works out well.

Posted by: Our Indebted Federal Government at March 17, 2017 01:00 PM (qYCgM)

330 'Scuze me. Playing through.

http://tinyurl.com/mdzal4n

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 17, 2017 01:01 PM (Nwg0u)

331
T. Rex, SecState.
Lamentations issued gratis upon request.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot at March 17, 2017 01:01 PM (v1g1+)

332 Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 17, 2017 12:53 PM (HRSh5)

And He shall reign,
And He shall reign forever and ever,
King of kings, forever and ever,
And Lord of lords,
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

And He shall reign forever and ever,
King of kings! and Lord of lords!
And He shall reign forever and ever,
King of kings! and Lord of lords!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 17, 2017 01:02 PM (gwPgz)

333 @kurteichenwald
After a 3 month investigation, the FBI this morning arrested the man who assaulted me using a strobe on twitter that triggered a seizure.

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And yet they're allowed to post pix of Lena Dunham.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 17, 2017 01:05 PM (Nwg0u)

334 I'm visualizing Paul Revere having the press demand horses, feed, lanterns, quills & ink, before he made his midnight ride.

Posted by: Robert17 at March 17, 2017 01:05 PM (19WHj)

335 And He shall reign,
And He shall reign forever and ever,
King of kings, forever and ever,
And Lord of lords,
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

And He shall reign forever and ever,
King of kings! and Lord of lords!
And He shall reign forever and ever,
King of kings! and Lord of lords!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!

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But enough about Obama.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 17, 2017 01:06 PM (Nwg0u)

336 This is a marathon, not a sprint. I am willing to give Trump and co. time bring down the hammer.

Posted by: Tilikum KAW at March 17, 2017 01:06 PM (m3iiU)

337 Serious as a heart attack. Self funded Militias answering to local LE.

I would be in.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 17, 2017 12:57 PM (92ruB)

That's actually the legal structure of militia in Texas -- reporting to the sheriff, and the sheriffs report to the Governor. I think that's the legal basis for "calling out the posse." In most states, there is a militia law regulating the unorganized militia, as well as the National Guard. (In fact, all of them as far as I'm aware.) And all males from 17 to 45 except those on active duty or in the reserve, clergy, and a few other exceptions are a part of the Militia of the United States (which is the legal basis for the draft).

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 17, 2017 01:06 PM (jK8Z7)

338 Earworms.

I've had "Johnny Angel" going through my head for weeks now. Sometimes it goes away but it always comes back. I am hoping one of the new earworms can take its place.

Posted by: notsothoreau at March 17, 2017 01:14 PM (5HBd1)

339 I'M THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE USA!!!!!

Posted by: notsothoreau at March 17, 2017 01:31 PM (5HBd1)

340 Freude, sch�ner G�tterfunken,

Tochter aus Elysium,

Posted by: Mostly Cajun at March 17, 2017 01:40 PM (U5CmX)

341 bottle feed babies really miss the bottle.

Posted by: arbitrary turn-back at March 17, 2017 01:44 PM (fJQAI)

342 For decades the media considered themselves part of the political elite movement when in fact they were nothing but hanger on-s using the taxpayer to fund their professional lifestyle. Well those days are over, have these twits lost their ability to call a travel agent or are their employers so cash strapped they expect us to pay their freight?

Posted by: Rose at March 17, 2017 05:58 PM (HA8mN)

343 There is a website called Orbitz.com. I heard they sell plane tickets there. I heard you can actually buy a plane ticket in coach, and fly different places in the world.

Posted by: Jeffrey R. Carter at March 17, 2017 06:17 PM (Cgudb)

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