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Trump Eyeing Dramatic Cuts to Government?
There are some large claims made here. I do not know how to take Trump's grandiose claims.
Jazz Shaw digests it and comments on it, but here's the Hill article he quotes.I'll believe it when I see it, but Trump has surprised many of us before.
Donald Trump is ready to take an ax to government spending. Staffers for the Trump transition team have been meeting with career staff at the White House ahead of Friday's presidential inauguration to outline their plans for shrinking the federal bureaucracy, The Hill has learned. The changes they propose are dramatic. The departments of Commerce and Energy would see major reductions in funding, with programs under their jurisdiction either being eliminated or transferred to other agencies. The departments of Transportation, Justice and State would see significant cuts and program eliminations. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be privatized, while the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities would be eliminated entirely. Overall, the blueprint being used by Trump's team would reduce federal spending by $10.5 trillion over 10 years.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 19, 2017 01:50 PM (8hICw)
The best cuts to government ever made. Everyone will say this.
I can't wait.
Posted by: Lily Formerly of HotAir (Now from AoSHQ) at January 19, 2017 01:50 PM (vivhj)
Govt largess is the where congress derives its power. I don't see it happening either, but I sure hope so.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 01:50 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Flyboy at January 19, 2017 01:50 PM (h4Av0)
Posted by: Roy at January 19, 2017 01:51 PM (fWLrt)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 19, 2017 01:51 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Adriane the Pithy Saying Critic ... at January 19, 2017 01:51 PM (AoK0a)
thing. I don't need anyone telling me to just say no, or to read to my
kids, or to quit eating junk food. Just stay in the fucking kitchen
making the President tasty batches of sammiches.
Posted by: kathysaysso at January 19, 2017 01:51 PM (43OZ6)
Posted by: steevy at January 19, 2017 01:52 PM (r/0kC)
However, the Leftards DO think he will do it. And their panic is delightful to behold.
Posted by: exdem13 at January 19, 2017 01:52 PM (ry4ab)
Re: PBS
During the Alabama / Clemson game I saw an HBO commercial with Big
Bird featured prominently. Between HBO, the iPad apps, officially
licensed pajamas, etc., they clearly do not need taxpayers' support. Cut
them off immediately.
Posted by: Sonofabitch Johnson at January 19, 2017 01:52 PM (Halhc)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2017 01:53 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: trev006 at January 19, 2017 01:53 PM (qRR5v)
Posted by: Sonofabitch Johnson at January 19, 2017 01:53 PM (Halhc)
The president proposes and congress disposes.
(Now if Trump actually is able to achieve any of this then I will consider him a political savant and all of critics to be blind fools.)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Get Your Inaugural Whines at the Outrage Outlet! at January 19, 2017 01:54 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 19, 2017 01:54 PM (4ErVI)
And this, right here, is why we need to abolish the federal income tax again. It is bullshit that the leviathan can grow so large.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 01:54 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: USNtakim at January 19, 2017 01:54 PM (hMqvx)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 19, 2017 01:54 PM (h/uSM)
a 1/2% cut would be dramatic to theses Ass Lamprey.
Posted by: garrett at January 19, 2017 01:54 PM (tdv0F)
Posted by: kathysaysso at January 19, 2017 01:51 PM <<<<<
Sounds good, but I think its also ok if she walks around in a half buttoned flannel shirt and some tight jeans.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 01:54 PM (ODxAs)
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I want to go back to Fancy Nancy and have a First Lady whose first duty will be to tastefully redecorate the White House and throw glittery parties that the D.C. establishment will be forced to attend, and be forced to enjoy. If she wants to tell kids "Just Say No to Islam" on the side, it's OK by me.
Posted by: exdem13 at January 19, 2017 01:54 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: IC at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Golfman at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (k0S3A)
Posted by: vivi at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: Carlos Danger at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (tdv0F)
from space, that is.
Posted by: Publius Redux at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (Fb9aZ)
Notice the article mentions nothing about entitlements.
Posted by: The real fake news. at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (VjZ79)
Posted by: Chris M at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (eAZVt)
Go large or go home.
Go large and make 'em defend why they won't cut.
Make they play in your stadium. Stay on offense. Make Congress stay on defense.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (PukHz)
Posted by: concrete girl at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (QmEKL)
Ace, I think you should drunk blog the inauguration tomorrow, sockpuppeting as drunk Hillary.
Posted by: TexasDan at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Get Your Inaugural Whines at the Outrage Outlet! at January 19, 2017 01:54 PM (hLRSq)
Yeah, it would be a change on the level of FDR/LBJ, but in reverse.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: joncelli, whose moobs are not calm at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (1FhAQ)
How long before a GOPe stooge starts whining, "We can't do that! Someone might get angry!!"
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis
Their spouse's friends.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 19, 2017 01:55 PM (YEelc)
I'm feeling hopeful for once, and I don't know how to feel.
Posted by: sunny-dee at January 19, 2017 01:56 PM (QAOZh)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2017 01:56 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Government Unions at January 19, 2017 01:56 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 19, 2017 01:56 PM (aVYsC)
National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the
Humanities would be eliminated entirely.
Get ready for it...HE'S GOING TO KILL BIG BIRD!!!!!!
Posted by: tu3031 at January 19, 2017 01:56 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 01:56 PM (XdfIf)
Big Bird is in the 1%, libs like to forget that. Years of kids clamoring for Tickle Me Elmo and other toys have made CPB extremely rich.
I grew up with Sesame Street, it and Mr Rogers have soft places in my heart. But for goodness sake, PBS does not need more of my tax money. Especially the joke of a show that the left slanting Frontline is.
Posted by: LizLem at January 19, 2017 01:56 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (IqV8l)
Here's an experiment that anyone can do to realize just how great this is.
If you can still find one, find a phone book.
Look at it from on edge. There will be white pages, yellow pages and (usually) blue pages. The blue pages are government.
Now thumb through those pages and stop randomly. Look at some of the jobs and titles there.
Complete waste and BS.
And remember, your taxes pay for that phone, that phone line, and as that phones rings on a desk, the computer that is sitting next to the phone. The waste is enormous.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Greg61 at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (PuFjU)
What ever PE Trump does is better than the alternative. I have high hopes but go into this with my eyes wide open. Not my first rodeo. But The FAB will never be President and we should still have The Court.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 19, 2017 01:51 PM (8hICw)
Yup. And the Arts and Humanities will do just fine as charities.
Bring it DJT!
Posted by: Thuggish Ruggish at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (wx6iv)
Posted by: R. DUKE at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (ONH2e)
Posted by: Methos at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (3Liv/)
Posted by: Dr. Mr. Badman at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (cfjq1)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (toH8T)
If someone could please google that for me. Thanks.
Posted by: TexasDan at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: West at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (1Rgee)
making the President tasty batches of sammiches.
Posted by: kathysaysso at January 19, 2017 01:51 PM (43OZ6)
...........
I think she should be allowed out occasionally to answer the front door... in her bathrobe.
Posted by: wth at January 19, 2017 01:58 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: garrett at January 19, 2017 01:58 PM (tdv0F)
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At least it's (his/hers/whatever's/?'s) public supported nest egg
Posted by: auscolpyr at January 19, 2017 01:58 PM (suO/a)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at January 19, 2017 01:58 PM (gqpF8)
If someone could please google that for me. Thanks.
Posted by: TexasDan at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (yL25O)
That came from Ryan. They're going to attempt it. Or since it came from Ryan it's failure theater. We'll see.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: tu3031 at January 19, 2017 01:56 PM (qJhUV
HBO now owns Big Bird.
Posted by: Dr. Mr. Badman at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (cfjq1)
Posted by: vivi at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: tu3031 at January 19, 2017 01:56 PM (qJhUV)
Suuure, Big Bird gets off easy.
Posted by: The Chicken at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: Ken Burns at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (KUaJL)
I hope the rumors are true that he does plan some real fiscal reforms.
But I really think the conservative agenda is far more likely to be scuttled by asshole Republicans in the Senate that said they couldn't support Trump because he wasn't a true conservative that will now try and enable to Democrats so they can have their "I told you so" moment.
Posted by: Maritime at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (PqoGA)
But that such talk is even refreshing, stirring, notable, etc. is another measure of how far down the tubes we are. And how useless the GOP has become.
Others have pointed it out already, but we're in a situation where the Dems (vile, deranged, un-American, irresponsible, and generally stupid) are hardly an issue. It's Ryan and his ilk that are the main thing standing between us and a freer, more prosperous, more secure, more American America.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: tu3031
Barn door shut after horse leaves.
Sesame Street was sold to HBO.
Big Bird is already private.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (PukHz)
Posted by: Distracted drivin.... SQUIRREL! at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (DVC2D)
But NOW, do they report cuts in growth as the minimalist trivia it is, or go along as they always have shrieking at the unfairness of it all, thereby giving Trump credit for keeping a campaign promise.
Or, since every proposed cut has always been the worst thing ever, how can they report actual bloodletting?
More popcorn, please. And maybe some Raisinettes and a Coke while you're up.
Posted by: Lily Formerly of HotAir (Now from AoSHQ) at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (vivhj)
Posted by: kathysaysso at January 19, 2017 01:51 PM
Sounds good, but I think its also ok if she walks around in a half buttoned flannel shirt and some tight jeans.
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Message to Boys of America.
See that hawt thing on The Donald's arm? If you work hard, become successful, avoid becoming a Leftard Gamma Male, and have your name on large buildings, you can land a trophy wife like that.
Posted by: exdem13 at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (ry4ab)
A] He's doing this as stray voltage - driving the narrative to what he wants it to be to drive the Left nuts with fear
- and/or -
B] Being Mr. "Art of the Deal" this is opening bid - drastic cuts! - which is setting the stage for negotiating these drastic cuts down to not-quite-as-drastic cuts in which the feds will tell themselves was a win for them.
Trump is fun, huh?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (NOIQH)
Uh, that would be a net reduction versus Obama's past and projected future budgets.
Posted by: West at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (1Rgee)
the debt 11 trillion in the next 10 years contrary to the above story.
==
Beck?
The man's choo choo does not go all the way into the station, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (toH8T)
I know right? It still feels surreal.
Maybe Michelle was right, just 8 years too early...hope is finally makin' a comeback!
Posted by: LizLem at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (hvf9s)
It isn't like the Democrats and their loyal fellow travelers can hate him even more.
Go big Donald. Go really BIG!
Posted by: rd at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (iT57s)
Paging Thom Tillis
Posted by: Al Leppo at January 19, 2017 02:00 PM (vmsda)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 19, 2017 02:00 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:00 PM (NOIQH)
They can use those funds to research a cure for 100 million schanenboners
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 19, 2017 01:54 PM (h/uSM)
Why waste money on the uncureable?
Posted by: local news at January 19, 2017 02:00 PM (1isJI)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at January 19, 2017 01:58 PM (gqpF
Sell of MASS?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 02:00 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 19, 2017 02:00 PM (toH8T)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at January 19, 2017 02:01 PM (gqpF8)
Posted by: Tami at January 19, 2017 02:01 PM (Enq6K)
See that hawt thing on The Donald's arm? If you work hard, become
successful, avoid becoming a Leftard Gamma Male, and have your name on
large buildings, you can land a trophy wife like that.
Posted by: exdem13 at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (ry4ab)
Great advice for young boys.
Posted by: IC at January 19, 2017 02:01 PM (a0IVu)
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You mean Stacey Keach will have to go back to ACTING?!?!?
Posted by: exdem13 at January 19, 2017 02:01 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 19, 2017 02:01 PM (Rsi2C)
Posted by: vivi at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (11H2y)
I really do like that they are talking about inviting a LOT more media into the press box. This is something that should have been done with W. Stop this kabuki show with hostile media outlets and start legitimizing other sources- it can only help you.
And the Daily Mail has been doing a lot of the work our own media refuse to do- give them a seat at the table and talk to them about setting up outlets here in the states.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:01 PM (92kX2)
16 How long before
Posted by: rd at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (iT57s)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (toH8T)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: tu3031 at January 19, 2017 01:56 PM (qJhUV)
Suuure, Big Bird gets off easy.
Posted by: The Chicken at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (yL25O)
actual conversation when my Son was 5...
'Dad, is Big Bird a boy, or a girl'
Son, I really don't know....'
And 20 years later? All this confusion over Gender identity....
Kinda makes ya go.... hmmmmmm
Posted by: Don Q. going hmmmmmm at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (XdfIf)
Sesame Street was sold to HBO.
Big Bird is already private.
Doesn't mean they still won't use it. What do the rubes know?
Posted by: tu3031 at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (92kX2)
Downton Abbey would have done just fine as a commercial venture.
Examining Your Mish Rocks? Not so much. But then, they could have community cable access time for all the viewers they get.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (PukHz)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 19, 2017 02:01 PM (Rsi2C)
Even the 'Ettes are getting boners!
Everyone gets a boner!
Is there nothing Trump can't do?
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (4ErVI)
I think my schadenboner might explode if he said something like "austerity for the govt equals prosperity for the people".
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: NCKate at January 19, 2017 02:03 PM (oM8Np)
I believe he will be proven correct.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 19, 2017 02:03 PM (ul9CR)
Trump is treating this as a businessman coming in to fix a failing company. Good.
Yup. It's fabulous, provided he follows through on this.
I really like what he's done so far with his cabinet picks and pwning the MSM/WH reporters.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:03 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: John Nada - Formerly #NeverHillary at January 19, 2017 02:03 PM (pCUr3)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2017 02:03 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: garrett at January 19, 2017 02:03 PM (tdv0F)
Posted by: DaveA at January 19, 2017 02:03 PM (8J/Te)
Limbaugh about had a frickin' orgasm when he announced this earlier.
Fingers crossed. Not for his orgasm but for Trump to do this.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 19, 2017 02:03 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Big Ben at January 19, 2017 02:03 PM (TTVQ4)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (92kX2)
Not if the pressers start before noon.
Maybe they could set up a cot for Ace?
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 19, 2017 02:03 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 19, 2017 02:03 PM (ul9CR)
Mr-soon-to-be-president Trump typically doesn't shoot himself in the foot.
Posted by: Flyoverpilgrim, still deplorable at January 19, 2017 02:04 PM (ZHm8z)
Posted by: tu3031 at January 19, 2017 01:56 PM (qJhUV)
Oven roasted, or deep fried?
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Get Your Inaugural Whines at the Outrage Outlet! at January 19, 2017 02:04 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 19, 2017 02:04 PM (ul9CR)
Wasn't it just a couple of years ago that Ryan was doing a happy dance over his bipartisan budget agreement that cut $20 billion (BILLION) or so over that same 10 year time frame?
Posted by: Sonofabitch Johnson at January 19, 2017 02:04 PM (Halhc)
Posted by: Boromir at January 19, 2017 02:05 PM (tdv0F)
See that hawt thing on The Donald's arm? If you work hard, become
successful, avoid becoming a Leftard Gamma Male, and have your name on
large buildings, you can land a trophy wife like that.
Or three or four of them!
Posted by: tu3031 at January 19, 2017 02:05 PM (qJhUV)
HBO's Big Bird?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:00 PM (NOIQH)
Hodor!
Posted by: Hodor at January 19, 2017 02:05 PM (7HtZB)
The only one he seems to be reneging on was appointing an independent prosecutor to butt fuck Hillary over, but even that could change.
Posted by: John Nada - Formerly #NeverHillary at January 19, 2017 02:05 PM (pCUr3)
Limbaugh about had a frickin' orgasm when he announced this earlier.
Fingers crossed. Not for his orgasm but for Trump to do this.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 19, 2017 02:03 PM (mbhDw)
Again I will say: How nice is it to be talking about being cautiously optimistic about budget cuts and dept cutting instead of tranny's in bathrooms or lowered expectations for the military?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:05 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 19, 2017 02:05 PM (JNDQi)
Posted by: Sonofabitch Johnson at January 19, 2017 02:05 PM (Halhc)
Posted by: buzzsaw90
100 million Kate Upton clones oughta do it.
***********
I hope everyone over the State Department took advantage of the grief counseling sessions they offered to employees (this is Not a joke) recently, to cope with the election loss.
It'll make their unemployment journey a little easier. I'd say he needs to cut that department by at least $500 million, to make up for the that same sum they sent to the UN Climate Fund just this week.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 19, 2017 02:05 PM (xpfRn)
I'll be honest on this one: I wish he would put these ownership interests into a holding company/trust and sign over management of it to someone else while he is president. Nevertheless, it needs to be said this "Ethics" guy is an asshole.
http://tinyurl.com/h7rt9n7
Posted by: MTF at January 19, 2017 02:05 PM (X4ZNp)
Posted by: wth at January 19, 2017 01:58 PM (HgMAr)
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Ah, c'mon. Use your imagination. She answers the front door in a see-thru teddy and says her husband is so busy that he doesn't pay any attention anymore. And then she asks (coyly) what could possibly break her boredom.
Posted by: Soona at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (Fmupd)
has told the whining presstitutes that they'll be begging him before
long to move the pressers to a larger venue.
Yep. They haven't yet figured out that the whole "We have to move the press briefings" thing was to make them feel like they won. In exchange for giving them this "win" Trump has announced changes in seating, who is in the room.
So..manufactured win and Trump gets to do what he wanted all along.
Yep, not yet tired of the #Winning.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: kathysaysso at January 19, 2017 01:51 PM
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AMEN.
The principal duty of the FLOTUS from the beginning has been to serve as hostess for events at the WH. That's a big enough job, even with a big social-secretary staff.
After that, she should concentrate on giving her husband (and kids) a decent home life.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (Nox3c)
You can slash the appropriations funneled to a lot of these programs, sure, but literally everything in here - changes in agency organization, elimination of program authorizations, passing appropriations bills with less money - requires 60 votes in the Senate at some point.
It's going to be a tough slog.
Posted by: ATaLien at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (b96e6)
Posted by: I smell something Rotten at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (ctO3Z)
Posted by: An Observation at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (pklWy)
If he does even 2/3 of what he promised, he deserves a spot on Mount Rushmore. Or maybe his own damned mountain?
Posted by: rd at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (iT57s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (92kX2)
For the love of all that is good YES!
Trump needs to open up the Press Corp, add people and organizations that actually care about the truth and America, and routinely mock and call out the Ministry of Truth.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (WuRdh)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (ftcCW)
Posted by: I smell something Rotten at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (ctO3Z)
Posted by: Sonofabitch Johnson at January 19, 2017 02:04 PM (Halhc)
That was $23 Billion over 10 years.... all from MILITARY RETIRMENTS!
/spits
Posted by: Don Q. going hmmmmmm at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (qf6WZ)
True dat. Marla = total MILF
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 19, 2017 02:04 PM (ul9CR)
I've already told you all about the time I tried to pick up this hot older lady in the elevator at the Times Square Marquis Marriot, only to find out after that she was Marla Maples.
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (7HtZB)
Trump referred to Johnson, owner of the New York Jets, as ambassador during remarks at a luncheon in Washington honoring supporters on the eve of his swearing in as the 45th U.S. president.
LOL. I hope he does not do for The UK what he did for The NY Jets?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity woman extraordinary) at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (yTnCT)
Posted by: tu3031 at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (92kX2)
Not if the pressers start before noon.
Maybe they could set up a cot for Ace?
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 19, 2017 02:03 PM (4ErVI)
Just a pie of straw adorned with pieces of discarded hobo clothing will do.
Posted by: West at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (1Rgee)
If he does even 2/3 of what he promised, he deserves a spot on Mount Rushmore. Or maybe his own damned mountain?
Posted by: rd at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (iT57s)
Gold plate the moon, emboss it with the Trump crest
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: John Nada - Formerly #NeverHillary at January 19, 2017 02:08 PM (pCUr3)
Posted by: garrett at January 19, 2017 02:08 PM (tdv0F)
thing. I don't need anyone telling me to just say no, or to read to my
kids, or to quit eating junk food.
THIS
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:08 PM (NOIQH)
I hope Trump appoints outreach to rural america and forgotten americans who came out in droves to make their voices heard and voted for him.
And I really hope he imposes a remittance tax on money being wired out of the US (why only worry about repatriating corporate profits when it's probably peanuts compared to millions of millions of immigrants (legal or not) sending money home).
And, a major FU to Hollywood - a tax on movie theatre tickets. Or closing loopholes in Hollywood accounting...and a tax on filming outside the United States. hahahaha.
Posted by: vivi at January 19, 2017 02:08 PM (11H2y)
Get ready for it...HE'S GOING TO KILL BIG BIRD!!!!!!
Posted by: tu3031 at January 19, 2017 01:56 PM (qJhUV)
Oven roasted, or deep fried?
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Get Your Inaugural Whines at the Outrage Outlet! at January 19, 2017 02:04 PM (hLRSq)
Fried. Serve it up on a table with legs made from the legs of Mr. Snuffalofakus. And lots of baked beans. Lots. Want to make it interesting for Bert Ernie's evening romance.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 19, 2017 02:08 PM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 02:08 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 19, 2017 02:08 PM (h/uSM)
Remember photos of his campaign office in his Trump Tower? It was an unused, utility area with concrete flooring and walls. Maybe some drywall here and there, metal folding chairs. Staff working away. Zero money spent on any frills. All business, no time for dead weight.
In early and under budget is his motto.
Posted by: Fuq the Media at January 19, 2017 02:08 PM (t/9G+)
And dear God in heaven, please let some of these spending cuts happen. The next 24 hours can't go fast enough.
Posted by: iwuzhere at January 19, 2017 02:09 PM (GRNzr)
Posted by: West at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (1Rgee)
Well, you would not want him to get separation anxiety.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:09 PM (92kX2)
Get it? Pretty cute.
This is momentous for the actual grass roots of arts in the country, and I'll tell you why. Before the Great Society, things like your Civic Symphony, the local ballet troupe, and the art museum were usually established by old money fat cats as a hobby. Then, the Little People demanded to be allowed to contribute. It's been so long, many of you will not even recognize this, but that's how it was. It all depended on civic pride.
And National Endowments bulldozed all that. Old-line rich philanthropists were nervously edged out and replaced by Corporate Giving advisers. Every arts organization, in order to survive, is now run by Arts Administrators. Grantsmanship first, and then please the Commission.
It would take a truly inspiring level of social collapse for classical theater and music to pay for themselves with ticket sales. But, taking the "giving" out of the hands of tax-distributors and putting the arts' hats back in their hands would make a revolutionary and, I'll dare say, refreshing change.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 19, 2017 02:09 PM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at January 19, 2017 02:09 PM (gqpF8)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (toH8T)
HEY! GET BACK TO WORK!
Posted by: Mortimer's Chinese Employer at January 19, 2017 02:09 PM (Enq6K)
You can slash the appropriations funneled to a lot of these programs, sure, but literally everything in here - changes in agency organization, elimination of program authorizations, passing appropriations bills with less money - requires 60 votes in the Senate at some point.
It's going to be a tough slog.
Posted by: ATaLien at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (b96e6)
25 Democrat Senate seats in 2018. Trump can make this a National Referendum in 2018. Vote Republican and cut Government. Even the squishy squishes would have to go along.
Posted by: rd at January 19, 2017 02:09 PM (iT57s)
>>One of my dreams is having a first lady who doesn't promote a damned
thing. I don't need anyone telling me to just say no, or to read to my
kids, or to quit eating junk food.
THIS
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:08 PM (NOIQH)
Can she bake cookies? I mean, FAB did such a convincing job baking up a batch.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 19, 2017 02:09 PM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: NCKate at January 19, 2017 02:09 PM (oM8Np)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2017 02:10 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 19, 2017 02:10 PM (S4vXM)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 19, 2017 02:10 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (7HtZB)
That'll be hu....
Posted by: local news at January 19, 2017 02:10 PM (1isJI)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT (Soon to be Obamaboro, VT) at January 19, 2017 02:10 PM (Fbj4h)
http://tinyurl.com/h7rt9n7
Posted by: MTF at January 19, 2017 02:05 PM (X4ZNp)
Uh.... he did... He signed over management to his Sons...
You know... the other owners? The ones who have helped run it for years?
Or, should the Son's and Daughters of Trump be PENALIZED because he is now President?
Posted by: Don Q. going hmmmmmm at January 19, 2017 02:10 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 19, 2017 02:10 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 02:10 PM (XdfIf)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (sRFAL)
Jets will always have the memory of Sanchez and the butt fumble.
Posted by: IC at January 19, 2017 02:11 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 19, 2017 02:11 PM (y3aQB)
Cutting is actually ridiculously easy, except when you have a pile of vested interests to protect. If you don't give a f*ck about any of those interests, then cut away, and who cares? They're going to whine, but fired employees always whine.
Example - a bill has been introduced to eliminate the ATF. About f*cking time!!! The only reason the ATF exists is so the Justice Dep't can have some guys of its own with all those cool tactical weapons and they don't have to ask the FBI for it.
WELL CUT THAT WHOLE AGENCY RIGHT NOW! The firearms stuff, send over to the FBI, the alcohol and tobacco stuff, give it back to the states to enforce which is where it always belonged. (c'mon, interstate bootlegging hasn't been a big issue for about 80 years now) There is absolutely no reason for ATF to exist, other than to give an office building full of bureaucrats boners when they look at the shiny uniforms.
We could go through all kinds of stuff. Why does Energy look after nuclear weapons? They shouldn't. Give that entire division to the DoD, and let them take care of it with their budget and their people. That's what streamlining is.
On and on - it really ain't that hard.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2017 02:11 PM (Mb+1L)
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Clarification.
Is that an ACTUAL reduction.
Or one of those "reductions" where the increase in the buget is 7% instead of 10% and reported as a 3% slash.
Posted by: fixeruper at January 19, 2017 02:11 PM (8XRCm)
The only one he seems to be reneging on was appointing an independent prosecutor to butt fuck Hillary over, but even that could change.
Posted by: John Nada - Formerly #NeverHillary at January 19, 2017 02:05 PM (pCUr3)
Considering he's been saying what the problems are as he sees it for over 30 years, I'm not surprised.
We'll see though. He's going to have to use all of his powers and might still come up short.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 19, 2017 02:11 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT (Soon to be Obamaboro, VT) at January 19, 2017 02:10 PM (Fbj4h)
Mary, did you turn off the spell check when you forgot your meds again?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:11 PM (92kX2)
I think Melania has already accomplished her number one job which is bringing glamour and class to the White House.
I'm waiting to hear the media talk about how fashionable she is.
I know that'll never happen, they'll just bitch about how much she spends on clothes.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 19, 2017 02:12 PM (IgBFP)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 02:08 PM (ODxAs)
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I'd call that more of a walkback, to me dreamers are not the priority. Build the wall, deport the violent felons, fuck over the sanctuary cities, bring sanity back to immigration.
Then we can talk about the ones who are still here illegaly but otherwise havent caused any trouble on a case by case basis.
Posted by: John Nada - Formerly #NeverHillary at January 19, 2017 02:12 PM (pCUr3)
Posted by: Fritz at January 19, 2017 02:12 PM (2Mnv1)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 19, 2017 02:10 PM (0tfLf)
................
Starbucks will be overwhelmed.
Posted by: wth at January 19, 2017 02:12 PM (HgMAr)
Simple EO would do it.
Then, fire at will.
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 19, 2017 02:10 PM (S4vXM)
That would work for the federal public employee unions.
Not the state ones.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 19, 2017 02:12 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (7HtZB
On a scale of 1-10, how did you fare?
Posted by: Pepe at January 19, 2017 02:12 PM (gOfxh)
Posted by: ATaLien at January 19, 2017 02:12 PM (b96e6)
Posted by: West at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (1Rgee)
Pro Tip : Get a mechanical clock with a second hand and wrap it in a towel soaked in hobo urine. Put it in his nest and he'll sleep through the first night.
Posted by: garrett at January 19, 2017 02:12 PM (tdv0F)
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 19, 2017 02:11 PM (y3aQB)
ZOMG EVIL RICH TRUMP AND WOODY ARE MOVING THE JETS TO THE UK!!11!!1eleventy
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at January 19, 2017 02:13 PM (WuRdh)
Make taxes so simple you can submit them on your phone or computer.. and automate the IRS so there only needs to be a skeleton crew.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 19, 2017 02:13 PM (UpGcq)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 02:13 PM (ODxAs)
Not the state ones.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 19, 2017 02:12 PM (8hICw)
Eliminate federal funding to states with sanctuary cities, and that problem will take care of itself.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:08 PM (NOIQH)
I think Melania has already accomplished her number one job which is bringing glamour and class to the White House.
I'm waiting to hear the media talk about how fashionable she is.
I know that'll never happen, they'll just bitch about how much she spends on clothes.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 19, 2017 02:12 PM (IgBFP)
They are already bitching about the added expense for security because she is going to be at Trump Tower for the next few months.
Posted by: IC at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Blake MacBain at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (Ws18s)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (gqpF8)
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (7HtZB)
One of the things Washington is just figuring out...
Trump does not owe a damn thing to anyone there.
He has not been a Professional Politician, so the Special Interests don't own him....
Thus, EVERYTHING is on the table...
Posted by: Don Q. going hmmmmmm at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (tOcW/)
My other fantasy is to get rid of baseline budgeting.
The average person doesn't understand that accounting trick that happens no where else but government.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (IgBFP)
It's so weird, I've been told since, hmmm, mid 1980's that such a thing is Unpossible.
*toddler fits*
I DON'T WANNA ACTUALLY LIKE TRUMP
NO
YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (mf5HN)
Barn door shut after horse leaves.
Sesame Street was sold to HBO.
Big Bird is already private.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (PukHz)
From what I've just read they're not sold, though. I could be wrong, but they still appear to get 30% of their funding from taxpayers in their left hand, while HBO gives their right hand big money for exclusive rights to air new episodes for five years. Non-HBO peasants will get to watch what they paid for nine months later during those five years.
Screw those guys in particular. Cut them off.
Posted by: 16 Paranoia Filled Days Later at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (Halhc)
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Dramatic like Lifetime Movie Channel's I Banged My Teacher and the Summa Bitch Still Flunked Me or dramatic like The Longest Day?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (Nwg0u)
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Who care. We know she can afford to actually buy her own clothes.....has been doing it for a while now. She doesn't need anyone to "dress" her, aka giving her free clothes. She would rock a burlap sack......
Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (JNDQi)
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (7HtZB
On a scale of 1-10, how did you fare?
Posted by: Pepe at January 19, 2017 02:12 PM (gOfxh)
0, but I tried.
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (7HtZB)
The first teh gays to be sacrificed: Bert and Ernie.
Don't know that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OH0wlkfbc
Posted by: DaveA at January 19, 2017 02:15 PM (8J/Te)
Posted by: Mortimer's Chinese Employer
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may I please have some ointment for my leg, sir ?
The chains, they chafe so...
*sniffle*
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 19, 2017 02:15 PM (toH8T)
for security because she is going to be at Trump Tower for the next few
months.
Posted by: IC at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (a0IVu)
If anyone says that to me, I'm just going to respond, "It's for the child."....followed by, "Bite me."
Posted by: Tami at January 19, 2017 02:15 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 19, 2017 02:15 PM (KP5rU)
Make taxes so simple you can submit them on your phone or computer.. and automate the IRS so there only needs to be a skeleton crew.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 19, 2017 02:13 PM (UpGcq)
Instead? What is Paul Ryan's plan?
Essentially to lower business tax rates, but then add a VAT to make up for the revenue...
Thus making taxes MORE complicated, vice less.
Posted by: Don Q. going hmmmmmm at January 19, 2017 02:15 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Paolo at January 19, 2017 02:16 PM (hoJm7)
Now he's the most powerful person in the world with the power and weight of the U.S. Government behind him.
He leverage is off the charts and he knows how to use it. He's not beholden to anyone but his voters. He'll get what he wants.
Posted by: Fuq the Media at January 19, 2017 02:16 PM (t/9G+)
Posted by: 16 Paranoia Filled Days Later at January 19, 2017 02:16 PM (Halhc)
Starbucks will be overwhelmed.
Posted by: wth
- - - - -
It won't last long. You actually have to work at Starbucks.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 19, 2017 02:16 PM (0tfLf)
Whenever
Whenever
Whenever
You Need Us
Need Us
Need Us
Us
Us
Posted by: Stars of the 80's and 90's at January 19, 2017 02:16 PM (qJhUV)
Trump does not owe a damn thing to anyone there.
Which is one of the reasons I backed him from the beginning.
He owes no one a damn thing. Period. Full stop.
He can get to work and do what is necessary.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 02:16 PM (PukHz)
Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (JNDQi)
Gauzy white sheets should make a come back.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:16 PM (92kX2)
NO
YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (mf5HN)
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heh
*curtsys*
You dont have to like Trump, maam.
You just have to like what he does.
Posted by: fixeruper at January 19, 2017 02:16 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 19, 2017 02:16 PM (hJrjt)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2017 02:17 PM (tOcW/)
See that hawt thing on The Donald's arm? If you work hard, become successful, avoid becoming a Leftard Gamma Male, and have your name on large buildings, you can land a trophy wife like that.
Posted by: exdem13 at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (ry4ab)
The Paolo, he laugh.
Posted by: Paolo at January 19, 2017 02:17 PM (hoJm7)
I mean, all he has to do to be a "successful" President is to be sentimentally American. Sounds like an awfully low bar, I know, but that bar has not been cleared recently.
Posted by: OurFederalism at January 19, 2017 02:17 PM (48KEb)
Weasel Zippers
Kinda like incest no?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 02:17 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: auscolpyr at January 19, 2017 02:17 PM (suO/a)
The states unions are the states problem. It's easier to move out of a state that over promised vs moving to a new country.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 19, 2017 02:17 PM (81UWZ)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at January 19, 2017 02:17 PM (gqpF8)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 19, 2017 02:17 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 19, 2017 02:17 PM (9ASbL)
Don't give AU any money.
http://tinyurl.com/h4at4l2
Posted by: MTF at January 19, 2017 02:17 PM (X4ZNp)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Thuggish Ruggish at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (wx6iv)
Or as business-backed ventures. Peter Thiel could show the way.
Posted by: m at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (3jGss)
for security because she is going to be at Trump Tower for the next few
months.
Posted by: IC at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (a0IVu)
If anyone says that to me, I'm just going to respond, "It's for the child."....followed by, "Bite me."
Posted by: Tami
Followed by, "At least it's not $50 million for a separate vacay".
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (PukHz)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 19, 2017 02:09 PM (H5rtT)
Arts types screech that artistic institutions can't be run like a business. True enough, but what they can't grasp is that really they're a charity. People will give to an otherwise uneconomical cause if they think it's worthwhile. Alas, our precious artistes seem to think the best way to earn support is to insult half their potential audience.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (BWL+E)
Not the state ones.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric
Which is how it should be. If the shithole blueish states want to keep their public employee unions, I'm okay with that. It'll help them sink faster.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (xpfRn)
I imagine Marla to only be attracted to someone that smells of money.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (IgBFP)
Posted by: steevy at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (r/0kC)
The chains, they chafe so...
*sniffle*
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 19, 2017 02:15 PM (toH8T)
NO! YOU GO NOW...YOU BEEN HERE 4 HOUR!
Posted by: Mortimer's Chinese Employer at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (7HtZB
On a scale of 1-10, how did you fare?
Posted by: Pepe at January 19, 2017 02:12 PM (gOfxh)
0, but I tried.
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (
Don't sell yourself short, you tried. That takes balls. Give yourself a 10 in the effort category.
Posted by: Pepe at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (gOfxh)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (7HtZB)
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Good! I hate Bird Bird.
Posted by: Soona at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (Fmupd)
They can say what they want, he was Great in Toy Story!
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (tdv0F)
Posted by: tu3031 at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: Thuggish Ruggish at January 19, 2017 01:57 PM (wx6iv)
Or as business-backed ventures. Peter Thiel could show the way.
Posted by: m
And if they can't? Didn't need them to begin with. Obviously.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 02:19 PM (PukHz)
Posted by: Al Leppo at January 19, 2017 02:19 PM (vmsda)
for security because she is going to be at Trump Tower for the next few
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And Trump isn't taking a salary and putting profits from his foreign interest directly into the treasury.....so fuck them!!!
Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 19, 2017 02:19 PM (JNDQi)
Posted by: Pepe at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (gOfxh)
Participation ribbons are for losers.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 19, 2017 02:19 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 19, 2017 02:16 PM (hJrjt)
=======================
Inherited millions in J&J stock. Owns the NY Jets.
No wonder he's running off to England.
Posted by: MTF at January 19, 2017 02:19 PM (X4ZNp)
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (IgBFP)
Brb. I've got a cologne fragrance I need to pitch to someone.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 19, 2017 02:19 PM (KUaJL)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (PukHz)
And how much did Mooch's mom cost us over 8 years?
Posted by: Tami at January 19, 2017 02:19 PM (Enq6K)
Try as you will, Ace is still going to roll around in any Hobo droppings he finds.
Posted by: garrett at January 19, 2017 02:19 PM (tdv0F)
Posted by: Pepe at January 19, 2017 02:20 PM (gOfxh)
Started watching James Patterson's Master Class videos. and been writing, almost 1,600 words last night.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 02:20 PM (XdfIf)
No, keep the firearms in the ATF until the 68 & 34 Gun Control Acts are repealed. I shudder to think what would happen if a Hillary came to power and could use the prestige of the Famous But Incompetent to control guns and attack gun dealers.
Posted by: rd at January 19, 2017 02:20 PM (iT57s)
they still appear to get 30% of their funding from taxpayers in their
left hand, while HBO gives their right hand big money for exclusive
rights to air new episodes for five years. Non-HBO peasants will get to
watch what they paid for nine months later during those five years.
I always forget - did the McDonalds founder's wife leave everything to PBS or NPR?
Regardless, these federal media orgs could easily fund themselves with these huge donations and grants + money that is earned from related product sales (DVDs, toys, companion books, etc.). Instead they've allowed these shows like Sesame Street, Frontline, Prairie Home Companion, etc. to remain as separate production entities just so that they can deny that PBS/NPR profits from their success.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:20 PM (NOIQH)
I totally agree, I think she's lovely. Very beautiful woman.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 19, 2017 02:20 PM (IgBFP)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 19, 2017 02:17 PM (9ASbL)
Art of the Deal...
Your first position is NEVER what you really want...
Its something the Dems have understood, and the Repubs seemed to never learn... which is why every damn time the Dems get 'some' of what they want...
Its the very basis of the Progressive movement.
Posted by: Don Q. going hmmmmmm at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (qf6WZ)
And he makes decisions based on what is best for 'the business.'
Guiliani, Gingrich, Christie didn't get jobs though everyone expected they would get to pick and choose jobs because of their early support. Nope. Business is business. Friendships after business not before.
Posted by: Fuq the Media at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (t/9G+)
Posted by: Soona at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (j1Wvr)
We should put a clawback provision in the oath of office.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (9ASbL)
Posted by: Soona at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (Fmupd)
Any sign of Jack Bauer?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: docweasel at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (XxzcU)
Big Bird is already private.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 01:59 PM (PukHz)
The model for further privatization.
Posted by: m at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (3jGss)
NO
YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 19, 2017 02:14 PM (mf5HN)
Whoa, you like to think you're immune to the stuff, oh yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to Trump.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Get Your Inaugural Whines at the Outrage Outlet! at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Roger Gooddell at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (iT57s)
Posted by: 16 Paranoia Filled Days Later at January 19, 2017 02:22 PM (Halhc)
CNN Hires Daughter of Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett to Cover Trump Justice Department
Weasel Zippers
Kinda like incest no?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
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IT'S SO UNFAIR!!!!
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 19, 2017 02:22 PM (toH8T)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 19, 2017 02:22 PM (9ASbL)
Posted by: Pepe at January 19, 2017 02:20 PM (gOfxh)
Well if it's the NY Jets, yeah a huge mistake for The UK
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 02:22 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: not the mama at January 19, 2017 02:23 PM (EpAnP)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 02:23 PM (ODxAs)
I hope these dreams of Trump are not just grandiose pipe dreams like going to the moon in this decade, not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
Or Governor Moonbeam's pipe dreams, (I forget what they were, nothing ever happened). Or Newt Gingrich's dream of a moon colony.
I fear that the process in congress will whittle away all the proposals, and we'll be left with the same old shinola for the children, education, homeless, and starving people everywhere.
Posted by: Sam Cold Hans at January 19, 2017 02:23 PM (vSVDW)
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to Trump.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Get Your Inaugural Whines at the Outrage Outlet! at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (hLRSq)
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Im so stealing that...
Posted by: fixeruper at January 19, 2017 02:23 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Ed Anger at January 19, 2017 02:23 PM (TJx8f)
Posted by: Tami
Not sure, but she's getting &160k/yr "retirement" for babysitting the brats.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 02:23 PM (PukHz)
Big Bird is already private.
His bird up and died, he up and died.
After twenty years he still grieves.
Posted by: Mrs. Bojangles at January 19, 2017 02:23 PM (IqV8l)
I was reading an article where one of his consultants wanted to spend a modest amount for internal campaign polling and he thought it was a complete rip off. Supposedly it was about what a decent Senate campaign spends.
Hopefully he see how large these DC parasites live and takes a chainsaw to their budgets.
Posted by: Maritime at January 19, 2017 02:24 PM (PqoGA)
President Trump: Prepare to Be Sold.
OMG. I just pulled a muscle from laughing.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 02:24 PM (PukHz)
Posted by: Maritime at January 19, 2017 02:24 PM (PqoGA)
You don't get rich by spending your own money.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 19, 2017 02:24 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 19, 2017 02:24 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 02:23 PM (PukHz)
WHAAAAAAT!? OH FFS!
Posted by: Tami at January 19, 2017 02:24 PM (Enq6K)
Ahem.
Posted by: m at January 19, 2017 02:24 PM (3jGss)
http://tinyurl.com/hykkvvv
"Good journalists work extremely hard to report the news as accurately as possible. When they get things wrong, they take responsibility for their errors or are held accountable by their employers. But who holds a reader or viewer or listener responsible for ignoring credible stories or spreading easily verified false reporting? If news consumers want to go after journalists for how we do our jobs, they'd better make sure they are doing theirs. A free press is all of us now."
That is so packed with fake news, it's hard to know where to begin. "Good journalists work extremely hard to report the news as accurately as possible." To the extent this implies that the Postest with the Mostest employs good journalists who aim for the truth, that is a lie. "When they get things wrong, they take responsibility for their errors or are held accountable by their employers." Yeah, when's the last time that ever happened? For more common is disciplining reporters for being too concerned with factual truth and not sufficiently concerned with the larger truth of the narrative.
This rant could be more succinctly written as, "You fucked up. You trusted us."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 19, 2017 02:24 PM (Nwg0u)
everyone expected they would get to pick and choose jobs because of
their early support. Nope. Business is business. Friendships after
business not before.
Posted by: Fuq the Media at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (t/9G+)
Didnt Guiliani get some cyber hacking position?
Posted by: local news at January 19, 2017 02:25 PM (1isJI)
Everybody has thought Trump may turn out be a big lib, but everything he's done so far has been the opposite. I wonder if the Times will ever say he has "surprised friend and foe alike"?
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 19, 2017 02:25 PM (QXQKl)
He can't think of 3 convincing arguments for or against it, really.
Posted by: garrett at January 19, 2017 02:25 PM (tdv0F)
Google her - she and her husband (son of a former Canadian MP) both used to work for the tech company that was given the Obamacare portal contract. Jarrett's daughter is Chelsea Clinton 2.0.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:25 PM (NOIQH)
That was satire - not true.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:26 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Iowa Bob at January 19, 2017 02:26 PM (tu3iY)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 19, 2017 02:26 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 02:23 PM (PukHz)
I thought that was debunked.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2017 02:26 PM (rF0hx)
Posted by: local news at January 19, 2017 02:25 PM (1isJI)
Yeah kinda like an ambassador to silicon valley. LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 02:26 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 19, 2017 02:26 PM (2x9LM)
Posted by: Marcus T
______
So over 90% of Washington DC voted for Hillary and Trump got 4.1%. Think about that.
I would go out of my way to see these people unemployed.
Posted by: Maritime at January 19, 2017 02:26 PM (PqoGA)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 19, 2017 02:26 PM (2x9LM)
Why have we run out of RPGs?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 02:27 PM (sRFAL)
I'm equally sure that the majority of them will have a cow.
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, countin' the hours down to Zero at January 19, 2017 02:27 PM (kVX3W)
The chains, they chafe so...
*sniffle*
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 19, 2017 02:15 PM (toH8T)
When did we get audio from Harry Reid's basement?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 19, 2017 02:27 PM (OE2ur)
Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 19, 2017 02:28 PM (JNDQi)
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 19, 2017 02:18 PM (IgBFP)
Brb. I've got a cologne fragrance I need to pitch to someone.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 19, 2017 02:19 PM (KUaJL)
I got a great idea for a cologne, CK. It smells like cocaine & every form of bacteria known to man.
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:28 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 19, 2017 02:25 PM (QXQKl)
More like,
"Homeless Population Skyrockets Under Trump Regime; Americans Dying In Streets"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2017 02:28 PM (rF0hx)
Is that actually REDUCE or reduce relative to planned growth "estimates"? If that is really "reduce" then this is really something.
Sadly, the $1 trillion/yr reduction will be totally eaten up by the rise in the cost of servicing our gargantuan debt (when interest rates return to normal). If interest rates pass by "normal" (as they are want to do) then there are going to have to be even more REAL cuts.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 19, 2017 02:28 PM (zc3Db)
I got a big grin watching Trump's family exit Air Force One today...it matched the grin on the guy in uniform greeting Trump at the bottom of the stairs. That was lovely to see.
Also lovely? Ivanka's gorgeous green coat, serious coat porn going on there. And Melania looked fantastic in hers as well. Barron looked aww-shucks adorable, being the first to deplane and getting instructed in what to do.
Posted by: LizLem at January 19, 2017 02:28 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: Sirius the Canine Pundit at January 19, 2017 02:29 PM (LBO1U)
Didnt Guiliani get some cyber hacking position?
Posted by: local news at January 19, 2017 02:25 PM (1isJI)
He owns a security consulting firm so he might get contracts for government work.But I don't think it's a position.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 19, 2017 02:29 PM (lKyWE)
That was satire - not true.
Posted by: Lizzy
Good to know.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 02:29 PM (PukHz)
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:29 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 02:29 PM (XdfIf)
everyone expected they would get to pick and choose jobs because of
their early support. Nope. Business is business. Friendships after
business not before.
Posted by: Fuq the Media at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (t/9G+)
The Fat Man who ate NJ was kicked out of the Trump team early on because he got caught in a lie to Trump. I posted a link on that last week.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 19, 2017 02:29 PM (mpXpK)
Caller says (derp!) Trump should replicate Clinton!'s economic policies, which produced balanced budgets! *face-palm*
Rush says no, Clinton didn't do it, Gingrich did! On the back of the continuing Reagan boom.
*face-palm*
The tech boom (isn't Rush a tech fanboi?) of the mid-90s was entirely responsible for the near-balancing of budgets. Run the current services trendlines, and the revenue trendlines (absent the tech boom with its massive unexpected revenue windfalls), you still get red budget ink under Congress's budgets.
Of course the caller was even more clueless than Rush, but it's a matter of degree. The last cycle before the "balanced" budget era started, Clinton's OMB director (the wealthy, scratch-golf game, Bermuda-estate-owning guy who as head of FNHMA oversaw the destruction of US financial markets via officially-promoted mortgage derivatives, Franklin Raines), said that balancing the budget at that time without devastating effects on govt. services would take 10 YEARS. Yeah, the Clinton admin. balanced the budget, you fucking cretin.
And some people wonder why it is that some of us think there's a big hill to climb here.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2017 02:30 PM (QDnY+)
I certainly wish him Joy! in that pursuit, but I doubt CONgress will go along willingly.
Second look at Executive Sequestration?
Posted by: DocJ at January 19, 2017 02:30 PM (NYS7S)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2017 02:30 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Carol at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (sj3Ax)
I'm not a big Perry fan, he's made a fortune while being a career politician, but to be fair every single one of Trump's cabinet picks who has been asked has answered this question almost identically.
I believe the climate is changing. Some of it is natural and some of it is due to human activity. The question is how much is due to human activity and how can we address it it while not damaging our economy blah, blah, blah.
It's a nothing statement designed to get by the Senate inquiry.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (/tuJf)
The chains, they chafe so...
*sniffle*
You put the balm on? Who told you to put the balm on? I didn't tell you to put the balm on. Why'd you put the balm on? You haven't even been to see the doctor. If you're gonna put a balm on, let a doctor put a balm on.
Do you know what a balm is? Have you ever seen a balm? Didn't you read the instructions? No one can tell what a balm's gonna do. They're unpredictable.
Posted by: zombie jackie chiles at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (lJXY3)
TRUMP : Who ate the last Krueller? The Chocolate one. Who ate it?
Christie : It wasn't me, Sir.
Posted by: garrett at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (tdv0F)
Posted by: vivi at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (11H2y)
He's a plant who will give the election to Hillary!!!
He's not a true conservative!!!
This is all a publicity stunt!!!!!!
He's a NE liberal!!!!
How do we know that he might change his miiiinnnddd!!!!
There's more that I can't think of right now.
Posted by: L, Elle at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (Rsi2C)
Rick Perry believes "climate change" is real? OK, then. Glad he failed in the primaries.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 02:23 PM (ODxAs)
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What's wrong with that? I believe climate change is real. Man-made climate change on the other hand.........
Posted by: Soona at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (Fmupd)
I did also. Our long national nightmare is almost over
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:20 PM (NOIQH)
Joan Kroc left NPR $200,000,000.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now @SMcEvil on GAB at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (kXoT0)
The chains, they chafe so...
*sniffle*
You put the balm on? Who told you to put the balm on? I didn't tell you to put the balm on. Why'd you put the balm on? You haven't even been to see the doctor. If you're gonna put a balm on, let a doctor put a balm on.
Do you know what a balm is? Have you ever seen a balm? Didn't you read the instructions? No one can tell what a balm's gonna do. They're unpredictable.
Posted by: zombie jackie chiles at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (lJXY3)
Jackie Chiles is dead?
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:32 PM (7HtZB)
And how much did Mooch's mom cost us over 8 years?
Posted by: Tami at January 19, 2017 02:19 PM (Enq6K)
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I imagine there was a slight increase in the utility bills.
Guests and family (including POTUS himself) pay for food, toiletries, and laundry services themselves.
This is a good thing since most presidents have had extended family or even friends live there. If we had to pay for board, the expenses could get really nasty.
BTW, I am sure that Melania's parents, who often have extended stays with them in NYC, will be doing the same in DC. Or at least I hope so. Barron is apparently very close to his grandparents and even speaks Slovenian with them.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 19, 2017 02:32 PM (Nox3c)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 02:02 PM (ODxAs)
I like that a lot.
Posted by: m at January 19, 2017 02:32 PM (3jGss)
I know this isn't the reaction you were expecting to get, but... she actually looks nice there.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 19, 2017 02:32 PM (kqtMD)
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! That was a good one, putting all of the blame on the customers for being too stupid to understand what the reporters are saying and too irresponsible to separate truth from falsehood. Man, they are totally losing their Sweet Honey Iced Tea! And I am enjoying every second of it!
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Get Your Inaugural Whines at the Outrage Outlet! at January 19, 2017 02:32 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (7HtZB
On a scale of 1-10, how did you fare?
Posted by: Pepe at January 19, 2017 02:12 PM (gOfxh)
0, but I tried.
-
You didn't open with, "You're hot for an older lady," did you?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 19, 2017 02:32 PM (Nwg0u)
@PJohnFord Patrick John Ford Retweeted David Marcus
Imagining art history without government patronage of the arts is a scary exercise. Goodbye da Vinci, Shakespeare, Mozart, etc.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2017 02:32 PM (V3IFq)
Yep, he said man made climate change. Now it could be just a show, but why give in to this crap, its old school repub bending over, he should have learned from Trump.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 02:32 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: steevy at January 19, 2017 02:33 PM (r/0kC)
I believe the climate is changing. Some of it is natural and some of it is due to human activity. The question is how much is due to human activity and how can we address it it while not damaging our economy blah, blah, blah.
It's a nothing statement designed to get by the Senate inquiry.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (/tuJf)
That is my read as well. Time will tell, but I am tired of watching lefty bastards get by the senate by mouthing platitudes which they then refute in office, while our guys stick to their ideological guns in committee and then never get to office.
This seems to be an inoffensive bromide offered to provide cover while saying nothing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:33 PM (92kX2)
TRUMP : Who ate the last Krueller? The Chocolate one. Who ate it?
Christie : It wasn't me, Sir.
Trump: What's that on your shirt?
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 19, 2017 02:33 PM (lKyWE)
bon-bons for me please
Posted by: concrete girl at January 19, 2017 02:33 PM (QmEKL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2017 02:30 PM (IqV8l)
Elections have consequences.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 19, 2017 02:33 PM (4ErVI)
Thanks JugEars.
Posted by: DocJ at January 19, 2017 02:33 PM (NYS7S)
Posted by: Caliban at January 19, 2017 02:34 PM (DrC22)
As long as it stays third on his list we'll be fine.
Posted by: DaveA at January 19, 2017 02:34 PM (8J/Te)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:05 PM (92kX2)
Adults!
Posted by: m at January 19, 2017 02:34 PM (3jGss)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2017 02:34 PM (Mb+1L)
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:07 PM (7HtZB
I had an argument with ace over whether she was hot or not. To be fair, I said "smoking hot" ... but back in her younger days she was.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 19, 2017 02:35 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 02:27 PM (sRFAL)
Please deploy those AFTER I get out of the city
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 19, 2017 02:35 PM (2x9LM)
Thanks JugEars.
Posted by: DocJ at January 19, 2017 02:33 PM (NYS7S)
"Did someone say servicing?"
~ Sandra Fluke
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 19, 2017 02:35 PM (8hICw)
As always, we agree on this!
Honestly, who in the hell begrudges a grandmother around for young children whose parents are gone a lot?
The Obama girls were little when they went into the WH; they needed some normalcy and someone around when mom and dad were at late night functions and traveling.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 19, 2017 02:35 PM (kqtMD)
None of those three were on the government teat. Elizabeth was doting on Will from her Privy Purse. da Vinci earned commissions from nobles. Ditto Mozart.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 02:35 PM (XdfIf)
"Good journalists work extremely hard to report the news as accurately as possible."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 19, 2017 02:24 PM (Nwg0u)
The only good journalist...
Posted by: rickl at January 19, 2017 02:36 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: USNtakim at January 19, 2017 02:36 PM (hMqvx)
===
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 19, 2017 02:36 PM (toH8T)
It's a nothing statement designed to get by the Senate inquiry.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (/tuJf)
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I'm not so arrogant to believe mankind can change the earth's climate even a little bit.
Posted by: Soona at January 19, 2017 02:36 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 02:36 PM (sRFAL)
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I'd be 100% ok with this being our version of when Democrats say "Oh, of course I believe marriage is between a man and a woman."
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 19, 2017 02:37 PM (KUaJL)
So..manufactured win and Trump gets to do what he wanted all along.
Yep, not yet tired of the #Winning.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:06 PM (NOIQH)
Presumably Sean Spicer is advising.
Posted by: m at January 19, 2017 02:37 PM (3jGss)
older lady in the elevator at the Times Square Marquis Marriot, only to
find out after that she was Marla Maples.
I stayed there once. Those elevators were like the slowest in New York, so at least you had plenty of time to work your magic.
Posted by: tu3031 at January 19, 2017 02:37 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 19, 2017 02:37 PM (KUaJL)
Sir, a jelly donut, sir!
Is chow allowed in the barracks? Are you allowed to eat jelly donuts?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 19, 2017 02:37 PM (3y7KT)
Posted by: steevy at January 19, 2017 02:33 PM (r/0kC)
Or the way she combs her hair?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 19, 2017 02:37 PM (cBdd5)
The conjecture that humans affect climate - yet to be even rise, technically speaking, to a hypothesis, due to the inability to characterize and model the question in a way that can be falsified - is audacious, implausible, and pretends that earth history does not exist, and cannot be analyzed through physical evidence.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2017 02:38 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup
Are any TV channels covering this? I mean, a channel that won't make me through my shoe thru the TV.
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 02:38 PM (8ikIW)
In what way? I know nothing about him, other than the basics of what is being reported today.
Posted by: LizLem at January 19, 2017 02:38 PM (hvf9s)
I have no argument with the statement that climate change is real; no one should, since climate is always changing. The money question is who or what is responsible for the change? If it is the sun plus natural cycles, then there's nothing man can do to affect it no matter how many virgins we throw into the volcano.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2017 02:38 PM (Mb+1L)
Posted by: tubal at January 19, 2017 02:39 PM (53RYI)
"Who's gonna drive you home?" by The Cars.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 02:39 PM (XdfIf)
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 02:38 PM (8ikIW)
Fox
C-Span might?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 02:39 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 02:38 PM (8ikIW)
FBN says they will be covering it. The Stache is currently on talking to Trish Regan.
Posted by: Tami at January 19, 2017 02:39 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 02:38 PM (8ikIW)
A champagne bottle works better.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 19, 2017 02:39 PM (4ErVI)
I entertained 1,2 and 4.... I was never against him, but I was just hoping he'd be slightly less Democrat than Hilary IF he won. Figured he was Scott Brown on a Federal level.
I haven't stopped smiling since he was elected. He has exceeded my wildest dreams.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 19, 2017 02:40 PM (kqtMD)
Would you really have preferred that Perry get into an extended argument about man made global warming which would have convinced absolutely nobody or would you rather he just put out a platitude that lefties can really argue with and end the discussion altogether? Politicians are skilled liar, it's what they do.
Let's just get the cabinet seated and move forward. Nobody in this administration is going to be a Gaia warrior.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2017 02:40 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 02:38 PM (8ikIW)
Wearing the lead toed chucka boots again?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:40 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: Ok at January 19, 2017 02:40 PM (K2SnJ)
The conjecture that humans affect climate - yet to be even rise, technically speaking, to a hypothesis, due to the inability to characterize and model the question in a way that can be falsified - is audacious, implausible, and pretends that earth history does not exist, and cannot be analyzed through physical evidence.
So agw\acg is horseshit?
Posted by: USNtakim at January 19, 2017 02:40 PM (hMqvx)
Somehow I doubt my "If we'd have set them on fire when they first brought it up they'd be out by now" policy would go over either.
Posted by: DaveA at January 19, 2017 02:40 PM (8J/Te)
"Who's gonna drive you home?" by The Cars.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 02:39 PM (XdfIf)
I think we should outsource Barky's last flight to Malaysian Airlines.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,Deplorable Infidel Queen at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (fq4ih)
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (8ikIW)
@PJohnFord Patrick John Ford Retweeted David Marcus
Imagining art history without government patronage of the arts is a scary exercise. Goodbye da Vinci, Shakespeare, Mozart, etc.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2017 02:32 PM (V3IFq)
"The government" at the time were just wealthy individuals.
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (7HtZB)
Michelle's mom also went on a lot of those presidential trips to China, Africa, etc.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 19, 2017 02:36 PM
******
Within the half hour. I can't wait. There will be no fake respect for the military like with TFG
Posted by: L, Elle at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (Rsi2C)
>>>Meh,it's not about the way she looks.
Posted by: steevy at January 19, 2017 02:33 PM (r/0kC)
Or the way she combs her hair?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 19, 2017 02:37 PM (cBdd5)"
Her voice was soft and cool
Her eyes were clear and bright
But she's not there
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (Mb+1L)
Okay, a Freeman Dyson would have parsed it more accurately, but...what Perry said was unobjectionable.
It is likely that human activity plays a part in climate change.
It is also likely that part is vanishingly small, a point that Perry did not raise and that his questioners did not wish to raise.
And his point that economic impact needs to be taken into account...I'm sure a Monckton could have spun a better tale, but what Perry said is honest and accurate enough to get him past the hearing with minimal hassle.
Posted by: JEM at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (92kX2)
Can an increase in manufacturing income replicate the tech boom of the 1990's?
None of the static economic models will show that, because they are STATIC.
Posted by: rd at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (iT57s)
I'm not so arrogant to believe mankind can change the earth's climate even a little bit.
Posted by: Soona at January 19, 2017 02:36 PM (Fmupd)
Some hotel in Italy was buried by an avalanche of global warming today
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (XdfIf)
Eh, think he's holdin' that one in reserve, to keep the demented shrieking hag on the barstool and out of the political arena- I suspect communications along the lines of "stfu and stfd, or we start goin' through yo' sh*t, meticulously" have been conveyed to team canklo mcdrunkiepants.
I would point out the surreptitious, middle of the night style shuttering of the CGI as a bit of evidence for my contention...
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, countin' the hours down to Zero at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (kVX3W)
OH, I know! And agree with your post, I mean suddenly she's upset about leaving this place she hated so much?
I was just shocked that she looked pretty good.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (kqtMD)
Posted by: Soona at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (Fmupd)
" "Climate"? what's a "Climate"? "
Posted by: local news at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (1isJI)
Blondie: "Just Go Away"
Don't go away mad, don't go away sad,
Just go away (go away) and stay away-stay away!
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 19, 2017 02:42 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Ok at January 19, 2017 02:42 PM (K2SnJ)
Are any TV channels covering this? I mean, a channel that won't make me through my shoe thru the TV. Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 02:38 PM (8ikIW)
Here's the C-Span link, they will be covering live soon.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/jzg4fvg
Posted by: LizLem at January 19, 2017 02:42 PM (hvf9s)
Negotiation 101. Its stupid, but some times, at least in the aggregate, brute stupidity works.
Posted by: simplemind at January 19, 2017 02:42 PM (C6xeQ)
Posted by: steevy at January 19, 2017 02:33 PM (r/0kC)
Or the way she combs her hair?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 19, 2017 02:37 PM (cBdd5)
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Or the way she hacks up lugies in the bathroom every morning.
Posted by: Soona at January 19, 2017 02:42 PM (Fmupd)
It's a nothing statement designed to get by the Senate inquiry.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2017 02:31 PM (/tuJf)
Exactly.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 19, 2017 02:43 PM (QXQKl)
You didn't open with, "You're hot for an older lady," did you?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 19, 2017 02:32 PM (Nwg0u)
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That's better than: "So, is it huge and luxurious?"
Posted by: irright at January 19, 2017 02:43 PM (pMGkg)
@PJohnFord Patrick John Ford Retweeted David Marcus
Imagining art history without government patronage of the arts is a scary exercise. Goodbye da Vinci, Shakespeare, Mozart, etc.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2017 02:32 PM (V3IFq)
"The government" at the time were just wealthy individuals.
Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (7HtZB)
======================
Well, Shakespeare was supported directly by the queen, but yeah...comparing the creation of art in a feudal system vs. a capitalistic one is just kind of silly.
My company's CEO is building a children's hospital with his massive earnings from our successful IPO a couple of years ago, and these people would probably believe that without government assistance, no one would get healthcare either.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 19, 2017 02:43 PM (/prE6)
You guys are all talking about them playing the word games for senate confirmation, I am talking about shoving it up their ass (ie, trump it). He has a lock on confirmation, why give the left anything?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 02:43 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 19, 2017 02:44 PM (oVJmc)
He's promising not to do that thing in their mouths.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 19, 2017 02:44 PM (9krrF)
Posted by: Jeffersonian at January 19, 2017 02:44 PM (+ttLq)
Exactly.
Go visit the Petrified Forrest, or the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Posted by: Roland THTG at January 19, 2017 02:45 PM (QM5S2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (XdfIf)
Actually, the ice age thing is a much better guess. According to the climate history seen in the Vostok cores the Earth is currently at the unstable, highly variable peak of a 100,000 year (give or take) natural cycle that is about to drop off a cliff (more than 15 degrees cooler). That's how things really look. Of course, that drop appears to stand to happen over the next 1000 years or so.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 19, 2017 02:45 PM (zc3Db)
Do they have enough votes to do that?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 19, 2017 02:45 PM (kqtMD)
Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 19, 2017 02:45 PM (JNDQi)
change is real; no one should, since climate is always changing. The
money question is who or what is responsible for the change? If it is
the sun plus natural cycles, then there's nothing man can do to affect
it no matter how many virgins we throw into the volcano.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2017 02:38 PM (Mb+1L)
There are actually 3 questions:1) Is the climate changing? (yes)2) Is human activity the primary cause? (no definitive answers, but probably not)3) Will the proposed restrictions on human behavior change it back to a "good" climate? (no definitive answers, but probably not)
Posted by: not the mama at January 19, 2017 02:45 PM (EpAnP)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 19, 2017 02:46 PM (Rsi2C)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 19, 2017 02:46 PM (3y7KT)
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (lKyWE)
Ha. Al Gore is at Sundance today since they are releasing the sequel to An Inconvenient Truth. It is all snowy snow in Park city today, huge storms expected all weekend. I am pointing and laughing in spirit.
Posted by: LizLem at January 19, 2017 02:46 PM (hvf9s)
http://tinyurl.com/zc6y3ey
Awww, poor little princess.
No job under Clinton.
Not cute enough to compete with the Russians.
Since they all mate assortatively her partner (whoever/whatever that might be) is likely to be part of some Democrat-machine operation, government or otherwise, that may be in trouble too.
Still looking for that 40% devaluation in Beltway real estate, and maybe a return of parts of NoVA to sanity.
Posted by: JEM at January 19, 2017 02:46 PM (TppKb)
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to Trump.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Get Your Inaugural Whines at the Outrage Outlet! at January 19, 2017 02:21 PM (hLRSq)
Must. Steal.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 19, 2017 02:46 PM (Om16U)
I guess I'll have to change that sock now. Luckily!
Posted by: andycanuck at January 19, 2017 02:47 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:47 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 19, 2017 02:47 PM (4ErVI)
+++
Bless him. Already 100 million times a better man than O'fuckstick.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (Ivjge)
Posted by: not the mama at January 19, 2017 02:45 PM (EpAnP)
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Well, it depends on which proposed restrictions.
The ones advocated by most "mainstream" sources wouldn't do much.
The ones advocated by eco-terrorists would do a fair bit to affect the environment as a whole. What with all the suddenly empty cities and boon of food for carrion birds and all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Joe Inaugurating 45 in DC at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (QkS7+)
Fine. I should have said "The commie scum sucking proponents of Man-Made Climate Change" just to ensure my point was clear. Notice I did not mention 'science' in my original sentence.
Another bit of science is that CO2 is ALWAYS a lagging indicator of any climate shift.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (XdfIf)
If I hear Obama lost his voice forever, I will know I am really dead.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (dKiJG)
They get mad when I tell them that the earth is an unimaginably vast system which is pretty much impossible to model.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (92kX2)
I don't know maybe I was just hoping that the Repubs this time with congress and the presidency would act like dems and ram through what they want instead of rolling over. Probably too much to ask.
But history damn well shows what obama and the dems did in a similar situation.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (ODxAs)
http://tinyurl.com/zb57y94
Posted by: bicentennialguy at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (vg8iE)
Posted by: steevy at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (r/0kC)
Re. Jackie Chiles. Wow! I thought the gentleman who played Chiles (Phil
Morris) had died but I see at IMDB that he's still alive. I wonder who
died then who I thought was the Chiles actor?
I guess I'll have to change that sock now. Luckily!
Posted by: andycanuck at January 19, 2017 02:47 PM (lJXY3)
Maybe you're thinking of the real attorney he was based on, Johnnie Cochran?
Posted by: Tami at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (Enq6K)
Because it's meaningless. It's all kabuki but that doesn't mean you want to lose points in the process.
I don't believe the polls but I do believe that the media and roughly half the country is looking for any excuse to pounce on Trump. Why feed them ammo when you want the public behind you? Like it or not, this is still a politically exercise and it helps a lot to have the public behind us. Trump himself has already walked back his "AGW is a fraud" statement and said some of it is man made.
If the Trump administration starts becoming AGW warriors then there is something to talk about. Otherwise it's just political posturing at a time when everyone is politically posturing.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (/tuJf)
Every morning, right after my first cup of coffee.
Posted by: Michelle Obama's landing Strip at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (tdv0F)
Posted by: simplemind at January 19, 2017 02:42 PM (C6xeQ)
***
If it's stupid and it works, it isn't stupid.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 19, 2017 02:49 PM (3y7KT)
The University of Texas at Austin will host a day-long "twerkshop" where
they will "move together like nasty women" to protest Donald Trump's
inauguration.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hu6wqcs
From WZ
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 19, 2017 02:49 PM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Bill in Chappaqua at January 19, 2017 02:49 PM (bc2Lc)
They get mad when I tell them that the earth is an unimaginably vast system which is pretty much impossible to model.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (92kX2)
=======================
"#SCIENCE knows everything! If you don't believe that, then you are a heretic! Our priests will banish you!"
-Level-headed Environmental Advocate
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 19, 2017 02:49 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: not the mama at January 19, 2017 02:45 PM (EpAnP)
There's actually a 4th.
4) If all the above are "yes," then are the proposed restrictions the best way we can think of to change the climate back to a "good" climate?
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 19, 2017 02:50 PM (KUaJL)
You guys are all talking about them playing the word games for senate confirmation, I am talking about shoving it up their ass (ie, trump it). He has a lock on confirmation, why give the left anything?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 02:43 PM (ODxAs)
Because their job isn't to set policy,their job to execute the policy of president Trump
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 19, 2017 02:50 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: not the mama at January 19, 2017 02:45 PM (EpAnP)
Follow up question to #3: If the proposed actions will have admittedly no effect, why are they being proposed.
No matter the problem, the prescription is always the same.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:50 PM (92kX2)
http://tinyurl.com/zb57y94
Posted by: bicentennialguy at January 19, 2017 02:48 PM (vg8iE)
I need to tie my leg to my chair because I keep floating up to the ceiling.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 19, 2017 02:50 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Sam Cold Hans at January 19, 2017 02:50 PM (vSVDW)
Posted by: George Costanza at January 19, 2017 02:51 PM (tdv0F)
No, USNtakim AGW isn't horses**t, it is, as I said, an audacious conjecture, probably not even rising to the level of hypothesis.
The process of promoting this conjecture as so corrupted aspects of the physical sciences, esp. weather data collection, that the new admin. can make gigantic contributions just getting those things back to normal.
NOAA/NASA, with some real kooks in charge, has destroyed the credibility of what should be reliable climate data. If they do nothing but return some integrity to simple things like surface temperature collection, it could deal a serious blow to the lysenkoism that has ravaged parts of science.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2017 02:51 PM (QDnY+)
But nary a peep about close to 100 million for earflaps and trigger's 8 years of vacationing.
Yeah, no bias there. Not even a smidgen.
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, countin' the hours down to Zero at January 19, 2017 02:51 PM (kVX3W)
Posted by: steevy at January 19, 2017 02:51 PM (r/0kC)
Because their job isn't to set policy,their job to execute the policy of president Trump
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 19, 2017 02:50 PM (lKyWE)
======================
"No, their job is to do what we want without regard to the results of a democratic process."
-Liberal judiciary
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 19, 2017 02:51 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2017 02:52 PM (QDnY+)
they will "move together like nasty women" to protest Donald Trump's
inauguration.
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE SUCH A MEANINGLESS GESTURE HIGHLIGHTS HOW POWERLESS THEY ARE
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 19, 2017 02:53 PM (NOIQH)
Professional acting was not permitted, the dodge was that the company had to be sponsored by a nobleman, as in "The Lord Chancellor's Men" or the "Lord High Admiral's Men."
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Get Your Inaugural Whines at the Outrage Outlet! at January 19, 2017 02:53 PM (hLRSq)
Money.
Posted by: Roland THTG at January 19, 2017 02:53 PM (QM5S2)
Water vapor reflects four times as many wavelengths of sunlight as that nasty nasty little bit of CO2.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 02:53 PM (XdfIf)
Is Marxism all you got?
Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2017 02:54 PM (yx0Ld)
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I cried too.
Headline news: DONALD TRUMP MAKES PEOPLE CRY!!!!!!
Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 19, 2017 02:54 PM (JNDQi)
arriving in DC. There must have been a lot of dust and detritus in the
air....my eyes were just going crazy.
http://tinyurl.com/zb57y94
Posted by: bicentennialguy
Thank you for the link. Great!!
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 02:54 PM (8ikIW)
He's in his office in Trump Tower, during winter, writing out checks for the building's heating bill and signing employee checks but first he heads downstairs to see all windows open, the loading dock open, heat escaping everywhere, employees drinking and partying, talking on the company phones to friends, surfing the internet for pron, insulting his customers, employees taking company property...what do you think his mind set is and what he's going to do about it?
Posted by: Fuq the Media at January 19, 2017 02:54 PM (t/9G+)
Follow up question to #3: If the proposed actions will have admittedly no effect, why are they being proposed.
For the future Solyndras.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2017 02:55 PM (IqV8l)
this thing with Perry is very very minor to me, but repubs have been fools for playing the media game for so long, that they let these things invade the culture instead of yelling "stop".
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 19, 2017 02:55 PM (ODxAs)
Definitely Downfall bunker scene.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 02:55 PM (PukHz)
And CNN takes another circle round the Bemus, on it's inexorable way to flushtown.
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, countin' the hours down to Zero at January 19, 2017 02:56 PM (kVX3W)
Posted by: concrete girl at January 19, 2017 02:56 PM (QmEKL)
they will "move together like nasty women" to protest Donald Trump's
inauguration."
If this is true, I would like to think some rather clever man is taking advantage of the libtards.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at January 19, 2017 02:56 PM (WuRdh)
The University of Texas at Austin will host a day-long "twerkshop" where
they will "move together like nasty women" to protest Donald Trump's
inauguration.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hu6wqcs
From WZ
Yeah, that'll show 'em.
Posted by: iwuzhere at January 19, 2017 02:56 PM (GRNzr)
***
Coincidentally about how much Obama added to the debt over his presidency.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 19, 2017 02:57 PM (X7E8f)
Posted by: steevy at January 19, 2017 02:57 PM (r/0kC)
I have to think that this is only one aspect of the plan. The idea of eliminating departments and reducing staffing could add up to a lot more than a hundred billion a year.
And the timeline is always a question. It all depends on what happens between now and 2027, how well the GDP does (with resulting increases in tax revenues) and so forth.
Posted by: Ruthless at January 19, 2017 02:57 PM (ro5Th)
Is Marxism all you got?
One Republican Senator did sort of answer this way. Sanders was going off on Price about Obamacare and free healthcare for all and saying we aren't a compassionate country like other developed nations and then did a mic drop so Price couldn't reply.
Some Republican Senator, Isakson maybe, said something to the affect, Well we see how well free healthcare works in socialist countries like Venezuela. There was a bit of chuckling in the room after that one.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2017 02:57 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: steevy at January 19, 2017 02:57 PM (r/0kC)
No. No they're not.
MMmmmmm, scotch.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 19, 2017 02:58 PM (8hICw)
embrace the Trump, ace; get your 40-something NYC hipster ass in gear
Posted by: name, rank, cereal # at January 19, 2017 02:58 PM (ihtYN)
No, USNtakim AGW isn't horses**t, it is, as I said, an audacious conjecture, probably not even rising to the level of hypothesis.
The process of promoting this conjecture as so corrupted aspects of the physical sciences, esp. weather data collection, that the new admin. can make gigantic contributions just getting those things back to normal.
NOAA/NASA, with some real kooks in charge, has destroyed the credibility of what should be reliable climate data. If they do nothing but return some integrity to simple things like surface temperature collection, it could deal a serious blow to the lysenkoism that has ravaged parts of science.
I meant that Climate change driven by human activity is horseshit... you stated it in terms I can not muster.
Posted by: USNtakim at January 19, 2017 02:58 PM (hMqvx)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 19, 2017 02:59 PM (ul9CR)
432 This is an excellent video of Trump and family
arriving in DC. There must have been a lot of dust and detritus in the
air....my eyes were just going crazy.
http://tinyurl.com/zb57y94
Posted by: bicentennialguy
Thank you for the link. Great!!
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 02:54 PM (8ikIW)
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Ha! Those Air Force pilots really greased that landing.
Posted by: Soona at January 19, 2017 02:59 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Fuq the Media at January 19, 2017 02:54 PM (t/9G+)
Well... at least they aren't shitting in the hallways...
oh... wait... EPA.... crap...
Posted by: Don Q. going hmmmmmm at January 19, 2017 02:59 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: bicentennialguy at January 19, 2017 02:59 PM (vg8iE)
Imagining art history without government patronage of the arts is a scary exercise. Goodbye da Vinci, Shakespeare, Mozart, etc.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2017 02:32 PM (V3IFq)
Wait, so they're pro-1%ers like the House of Medici again? (They were bankers and businessmen, right?)
Posted by: 16 Paranoia Filled Days Later at January 19, 2017 03:00 PM (Halhc)
I meant that Climate change driven by human activity is horseshit... you stated it in terms I can not muster.
Posted by: USNtakim at January 19, 2017 02:58 PM (hMqvx)
They have even recently started to 'renorm' the satellite data... because it wasn't saying what they though it should say....
So must be wrong...
Posted by: Don Q. going hmmmmmm at January 19, 2017 03:00 PM (qf6WZ)
10.5 TRILLION over 10 years. A trillion a year.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 03:00 PM (PukHz)
The University of Texas at Austin will host a day-long "twerkshop" where they will "move together like nasty women" to protest Donald Trump's inauguration.
I predict many a mish will be grabbed
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 19, 2017 03:01 PM (lKyWE)
Amazingly, it runs for several paragraphs.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 19, 2017 03:01 PM (B+qrE)
Posted by: steevy at January 19, 2017 03:01 PM (r/0kC)
Michelle's mom also went on a lot of those presidential trips to China, Africa, etc.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 02:41 PM (NOIQH)
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She is required to pay for her room and her food expenses.
She is also required to pay the going commercial rate for transportation --- unless she is a tax-dependent, which she may or may not be.
(That being said, I think those trips look bad, especially when so many can't afford ANY vacation in the Obamaconomy.)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 19, 2017 03:02 PM (Nox3c)
A trillion a year in discretionary spending, that's all this is, is a metric fuckload. As has been said over and over and over, the only way we are going to get real spending cuts is there are cuts in military spending and more importantly entitlements.
So far, Trump has said no cuts to entitlements and an increase in military spending. We shall see.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2017 03:02 PM (/tuJf)
they will "move together like nasty women" to protest Donald Trump's
inauguration.
Hey! They're stealing our gig! Don't make us cut yas, bitches!
Posted by: Harf and Psaki: Pole Dancers for Hire at January 19, 2017 03:02 PM (qJhUV)
___________________
No, Insty had a link the other day to a story that Trump has already trademarked his 2020 campaign slogan: "Keep America Great"
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 19, 2017 03:02 PM (riF5p)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 19, 2017 03:02 PM (KP5rU)
I would LOVE if half of what Trump's team is proposing here were to happen. If all of it went through? I might have a heart attack from all that winning.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at January 19, 2017 03:03 PM (4df7R)
Based on an aging analysis of the federal judiciary a study concludes Trump may eventually appoint as much as half of all federal judges. Half.
http://tinyurl.com/za2vto5
Posted by: MTF at January 19, 2017 03:03 PM (X4ZNp)
they will "move together like nasty women" to protest Donald Trump's
inauguration.
Kinda like the super-effective queer dance party on Mike Pence's front lawn last night?
How do we lose to these people?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 03:03 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: not the mama at January 19, 2017 02:45 PM (EpAnP)
Follow up question to #3: If the proposed actions will have admittedly no effect, why are they being proposed.
No matter the problem, the prescription is always the same.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 02:50 PM (92kX2)
To this day, I'm stunned by the fact that no one argues that the answer to any kind of climate change is cheap and plentiful energy! Cheap energy (and a robust infrastructure) allows you to counteract the effects of climate whether its too hot or too cold. Imagine a politician saying "We're not going to worry about climate change, because we'll have the cheap energy to overcome whatever Mother Nature will bring!"
As to what's causing climate change? Considering the forces involved, I'd consider us just above ants and beavers in having the ability to affect the climate. Compared to the forces of gravity, and radiation from all sorts of heavenly bodies, our contribution is probably negligible. When you consider the Fukishima quake altered the earth's rotation on its axis, and actually moved Japan closer to China, to the Mt. Pinatubo eruption which spewed out more pollution than all of man's industrial activity combined, its pretty clear where we are on the climate change pecking order. But it doesn't fit the liberal agenda, so we won't hear it.
Posted by: Iblis at January 19, 2017 03:04 PM (9221z)
I think framed and limited properly you can get hypothesis from it.
But you certainly can't get to theory because there's no possible falsification test.
And if the Trump administration wanted to make heads explode they'd establish a guide that it should be referred to as the 'climate change hypothesis'.
Because the warmists want to consider it fact.
Posted by: JEM at January 19, 2017 03:04 PM (TppKb)
they will "move together like nasty women" to protest Donald Trump's
inauguration.
Kinda like the super-effective queer dance party on Mike Pence's front lawn last night?
How do we lose to these people?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 03:03 PM (NOIQH)
By not fighting....
Posted by: Don Q. going hmmmmmm at January 19, 2017 03:04 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 19, 2017 03:04 PM (B+qrE)
Has anyone seen a non-CGI version of Ruth Vader-Meinhoff Ginsburg in awhile?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 03:04 PM (XdfIf)
Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2017 03:05 PM (yx0Ld)
Posted by: name at January 19, 2017 03:05 PM (En9Fa)
arriving in DC. There must have been a lot of dust and detritus in the
air....my eyes were just going crazy.
http://tinyurl.com/zb57y94
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Boy, that talk of Christ and freedom, I bet that pisses off the moonbats.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 19, 2017 03:05 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 19, 2017 03:05 PM (KP5rU)
Coming late so someone may have made this point. A trillion dollars over
ten years is only a hundred billion dollars a year. That's not really
that much. There is a lot more cutting that could be done without even
getting close to the bone.
10.5 TRILLION over 10 years. A trillion a year.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 03:00 PM (PukHz)
We have to get Washington to stop with this "over 10 years" B.S. This is nothing but a PR tactic because in 10 years they won't be in charge any more.
I want real, concrete and permanent cuts outlined for the upcoming budget. Do that, get it through Congress and then I'll be impressed.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 19, 2017 03:06 PM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2017 03:07 PM (yx0Ld)
everyone's getting around to reposting the stuff I linked to on the morning thread...wow.
Yeah, he gets on day one just about as many openings as Clinton had and far more than anyone else in recent history. And potentially (but only potentially) half of the total in his first term.
Posted by: JEM at January 19, 2017 03:07 PM (TppKb)
Has anyone seen a non-CGI version of Ruth Vader-Meinhoff Ginsburg in awhile?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 03:04 PM (XdfIf)
Here you go:
http://tinyurl.com/hkx8fm5
Have to get ready for work. You all enjoy the next 24 hours.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2017 03:08 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 19, 2017 03:06 PM (jxbfJ)
The budget bill really doesn't mean anything either..
Its the spending bills.... which even the REPUBLICAN controlled Congress (both houses) could not seem to get done.
Posted by: Don Q. going hmmmmmm at January 19, 2017 03:08 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Get Your Inaugural Whines at the Outrage Outlet! at January 19, 2017 02:53 PM (hLRSq)
===================
Next thing you know, they'll be saying that you can't make art without copyright.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 19, 2017 03:08 PM (/prE6)
Kinda like the super-effective queer dance party on Mike Pence's front lawn last night?
They're playing that one over and over on Indy news stations.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2017 03:08 PM (IqV8l)
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I was hoping for "Make Obama Cry Again".
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 19, 2017 03:08 PM (Nwg0u)
If he does that, I would forgive many, many other failures. And I would probably put him in front of Reagan as the best president of my lifetime (though, watch that step from him to #2, it is a doozy).
Posted by: Kristian W Holvoet at January 19, 2017 03:08 PM (3bo9E)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 19, 2017 03:02 PM (riF5p)
Ha! Winners see scenarios where they are successful. I like this mindset, means he is serious.
Posted by: LizLem at January 19, 2017 03:08 PM (hvf9s)
Well, I for one, can't wait to see Donald and Caitlyn boogie down at the inauguration tomorrow. Because it's so very important to these people.
Posted by: Fritz at January 19, 2017 03:08 PM (2Mnv1)
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 03:09 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2017 03:09 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: The Hysterical Sally Kohn at January 19, 2017 03:09 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 03:09 PM (NOIQH)
I'm not saying it's better than Reagan.
*coughs*
But... better than Reagan?
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at January 19, 2017 03:10 PM (OVUYQ)
Posted by: not the mama at January 19, 2017 02:45 PM (EpAnP)
There's actually a 4th.
4) If all the above are "yes," then are the proposed restrictions the best way we can think of to change the climate back to a "good" climate?
. . . and a 5th :
5) What's the definition of a "good" climate? What's the correct global temperature?
Posted by: Iowa Bob at January 19, 2017 03:10 PM (tu3iY)
Posted by: steevy at January 19, 2017 03:10 PM (r/0kC)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 19, 2017 03:10 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 03:10 PM (XdfIf)
He does realize these people are going back into the communities they were destroying- right? He also realizes that drug offenses are a gateway to more serious crimes and that where they occur all crimes go up- right?
Let's see where these communities are in two years.
Oh yes in a bit of irony about 500 of those sentences have gun related charges.
But yeah. Set them free or something.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 19, 2017 03:10 PM (9ASbL)
Adopt the Flat Tax.
No loopholes and EVERYONE pays.
Get rid of the Department of Education.
How many billions of dollars have been spent and test scores have gone down and not up? Throw it all back to the States and get back to teaching Reading, Writing and Artithmatic (NO COMMON CORE) and Civics.
Do not teach diversity or getting in in touch with your feelings
That is a start.
Posted by: Scuba Dude at January 19, 2017 03:10 PM (WsJuq)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 19, 2017 03:11 PM (ro5Th)
So they're going to move together like nasty women to show that the ARE nasty women who have the brains and class of Miley Cyrus?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2017 03:11 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 19, 2017 03:11 PM (toH8T)
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 03:09 PM (8ikIW)
Link to vid, or just news report update?
Posted by: LizLem at January 19, 2017 03:11 PM (hvf9s)
Originally, because of special federal taxes on those aforementioned items, the (Bureau of) ATF was part of the *Treasury* department.
If the taxes still exist, and they do, by all means put it back where it belongs.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 19, 2017 03:11 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: wth at January 19, 2017 03:11 PM (HgMAr)
The Fuckstick girls were little when they went into the WH; they needed some normalcy and someone around when mom and dad were at late night functions and traveling.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 19, 2017 02:35 PM (kqtMD)
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My Gammy came to live with us after we moved to Hawai'i in 1980.
My dad (courtesy of the Navy) claimed her as a dependent from 1981-1983, when he retired.
Between my dad being away for months on end and mom being batshit crazy drunk more often than not, Gammy being there was literally a lifesaver for me and my siblings.
Posted by: SMFH at January 19, 2017 03:12 PM (CRotO)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 19, 2017 03:12 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Ruthless
Same here.
Plus all of the hot women coming out of AF1!
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 03:12 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 19, 2017 03:12 PM (4ErVI)
There are lots of good socks being posted today.
Posted by: 16 Paranoia Filled Days Later at January 19, 2017 03:12 PM (Halhc)
Posted by: 80's music fan at January 19, 2017 03:12 PM (PHcLa)
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 03:13 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 19, 2017 03:13 PM (ro5Th)
Are they expecting Russia to invade during the the inauguration?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2017 03:14 PM (/tuJf)
http://www.kare11.com/news/politics/national-politics/
queer-dance-party-held-outside-pences-home/387548491
Posted by: Lizzy at January 19, 2017 03:14 PM (NOIQH)
they will "move together like nasty women" to protest Donald Trump's
inauguration.
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Yuck.
Posted by: SMFH at January 19, 2017 03:14 PM (CRotO)
.............
Any Caucasians?
Posted by: wth at January 19, 2017 03:14 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Dosey Doe at January 19, 2017 03:15 PM (6LwXe)
Damn. How many SUV's are there in the Presidential motorcade? There has to be at least 30 of them.
Are they expecting Russia to invade during the the inauguration?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2017 03:14 PM (/tuJf)
I stopped counting at 15...
Posted by: Tami at January 19, 2017 03:15 PM (Enq6K)
___________________
He could cut entitlement spending immediately without actually cutting entitlements, and here's how: enforce the laws as written.
For example, for 8 years now the Obama administration has knowingly been paying out billions of dollars a year in food stamps to illegal aliens, even though the food stamp enabling act requires recipients to be citizens or legal residents of the U.S. Obama, as he did with so many other things, simply decided to ignore the law in the interests of "fairness" (as he defines it).
If Trump were to order HHS to audit the food stamp rolls and eliminate every recipient that is not legally eligible to receive the benefits, he could save taxpayers billions of dollars a year -- all without cutting benefits.
Another program where the Obama administration was knowingly paying out billions a year in benefits to illegal aliens: the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits program. Just a few thousand illegal aliens account for billions of dollars a year (IIRC, something like $19b, per a Washington Post story) in that program. Stop that bullshit, and billions more savings -- again, without cutting any benefits to Americans or legal residents.
Another program paying out billions a year to illegal aliens: the IRS and its phony-baloney "tax credit" program. Stop that bullshit, and billions more savings every year.
Do this consistently across 80 or so of the different federal welfare programs, and pretty soon you'll have some real savings. As an added bonus, you'll significantly reduce the incentive for poor and crooked foreigners to sneak illegally into the U.S. in hopes of jumping aboard the U.S. Welfare Gravy Train.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 19, 2017 03:15 PM (riF5p)
FIFY.
Ending a sentence with a preposition?
Seriously. Please learn to shrill in proper English.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 19, 2017 03:15 PM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 19, 2017 03:15 PM (Fmmcs)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 19, 2017 03:15 PM (ro5Th)
Posted by: Mary Dipshitz from Idiotsboro, VT at January 19, 2017 03:16 PM (EgjnZ)
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2017 03:16 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 03:16 PM (XdfIf)
By 3000%!! Oh, never mind- I thought you said 'standing'...
Posted by: Hillary! at January 19, 2017 03:16 PM (2z74n)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 19, 2017 03:11 PM (ro5Th)
Man card firmly intact if I have any input! It has been a super rough 8 years. Lots of emotions at play.
The genuine warmth between Trump and the serviceman greeting him as he came off AF1 warmed my heart.
Posted by: LizLem at January 19, 2017 03:16 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: An Observation at January 19, 2017 03:16 PM (pklWy)
Not that we encourage such a thing, mind you. We're just saying. It's not like we made a map with gun sights on it.
Posted by: CNN at January 19, 2017 03:17 PM (71OEY)
Originally, because of special federal taxes on those
aforementioned items, the (Bureau of) ATF was part of the *Treasury* department.
If the taxes still exist, and they do, by all means put it back where it belongs.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 19, 2017 03:11 PM (ujg0T)
Oh, and I forgot, those "reven-ooers" the moonshiners were trying to hide from were, you guessed it, Treasury agents.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 19, 2017 03:17 PM (ujg0T)
And poor people will be served at the gala -- on toast points with smoked cheddar!
Ahhhhhh-ha-ha-ha-haaaa!!!!
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 19, 2017 03:17 PM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 19, 2017 03:17 PM (g6yUI)
Epcot's "American Adventure" does that to me, I don't think it's unmanly to want your nation to succeed.
Posted by: Robert Crawford at January 19, 2017 03:18 PM (Vgf7J)
they will "move together like nasty women" to protest Donald Trump's
inauguration.
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Yuck.
Posted by: SMFH at January 19, 2017 03:14 PM (CRotO)
Agreed. Twerking is ugly and trashy.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 19, 2017 03:18 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 19, 2017 03:18 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Sixkiller at January 19, 2017 03:18 PM (s3+kQ)
Posted by: Reggie at January 19, 2017 03:18 PM (bc2Lc)
That may not have the desired result.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2017 03:19 PM (/tuJf)
they will "move together like nasty women" to protest Donald Trump's
inauguration."
====
If they want to be taken seriously they should twerk while on fire.
Posted by: Tami at January 19, 2017 03:19 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Libertarianwannabe at January 19, 2017 03:19 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: Sixkiller, now Secretary of Deadlifts at January 19, 2017 03:19 PM (s3+kQ)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 19, 2017 03:19 PM (Rsi2C)
No, the media won't complain about Melania's clothes. They'll show those
nude pictures from when she was modeling. And they'll tsk about how
awful it is to have a First Lady like that.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 19, 2017 03:17 PM (g6yUI)
I remember that photo of her on the furs..naked I think. I am not gay and I thought she looked damn fine.
Posted by: IC at January 19, 2017 03:19 PM (a0IVu)
I want real, concrete and permanent cuts outlined for the upcoming
budget. Do that, get it through Congress and then I'll be impressed.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 19, 2017 03:06 PM (jxbfJ)
The budget bill really doesn't mean anything either..
Its the spending bills.... which even the REPUBLICAN controlled Congress (both houses) could not seem to get done.
Posted by: Don Q. going hmmmmmm at January 19, 2017 03:08 PM (qf6WZ)
Excellent point Don Q. But if they start stepping out of line, knowing how Trump likes to run his yap, America will hear about it.
But we - all of us Americans - need to start holding them accountable.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 19, 2017 03:19 PM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 19, 2017 03:20 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: wth at January 19, 2017 03:20 PM (HgMAr)
Still waiting, Mr. President.
Oh, yeah. Dad says, "salaam alaikum".
Posted by: Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl at January 19, 2017 03:20 PM (qJhUV)
they will "move together like nasty women" to protest Donald Trump's
inauguration.
Has anyone told them he's not a social con?
Posted by: Robert Crawford at January 19, 2017 03:20 PM (Vgf7J)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 19, 2017 03:20 PM (ZM2xo)
LGBT dancy party in front of Mike Pence's home in Chevy Chase.
These assholes don't give a shit about who's prez, they just want to let their freak flag fly.
Posted by: SMFH at January 19, 2017 03:20 PM (CRotO)
Posted by: JEM at January 19, 2017 03:20 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: LizLem at January 19,
And Trump's proper Salute.
Posted by: Infidel at January 19, 2017 03:20 PM (VtLx6)
Just ahead of the Inauguration, and I have a fever and ache all over. Ugh.
Not tired of #winning, though. So there's that.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 19, 2017 03:20 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 03:21 PM (XdfIf)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2017 03:21 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 19, 2017 03:18 PM (ZM2xo)
Speaking of ugly and trashy, yesterday for the first time I saw a middle-aged woman wearing a pussy hat. She is everything you would expect: obese, frumpy clothes, and scoldy-face. She looked profoundly unhappy.
Sad!
Posted by: fly gal at January 19, 2017 03:21 PM (8TdcF)
______________________
And even the name of it is annoying and stupid.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 19, 2017 03:21 PM (riF5p)
The genuine warmth between Trump and the serviceman greeting him as he came off AF1 warmed my heart.
Posted by: LizLem at January 19,
And Trump's proper Salute.
Posted by: Infidel at January 19, 2017 03:20 PM (VtLx6)
THIS. So happy the wispy SCOAMF won't be CiC in a few more hours.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 19, 2017 03:22 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2017 03:22 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Soona at January 19, 2017 03:23 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: LadylibertarianformerlylibertarianwannabeThe at January 19, 2017 03:23 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: IC at January 19, 2017 03:23 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Tami at January 19, 2017 03:23 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 19, 2017 03:23 PM (Halhc)
>Excellent point Don Q. But if they start stepping out of line, knowing how Trump likes to run his yap, America will hear about it.
Not really true, though. Republicans in Congress made a deal with Trump to do a CR through March so they could negotiate with him, not Obama, about the new budget.
If they fail to get it done with Trump by the end of March it's an issue but this was done in concert with Trump,
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2017 03:23 PM (/tuJf)
And a 5th, which should probably come before all the rest- "what constitutes a good or optimal climate- that is, when will we know we've succeeded?"
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, countin' the hours down to Zero at January 19, 2017 03:24 PM (kVX3W)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 19, 2017 03:24 PM (XdfIf)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 19, 2017 03:24 PM (KP5rU)
Speaking of ugly and trashy, yesterday for the first
time I saw a middle-aged woman wearing a pussy hat. She is everything
you would expect: obese, frumpy clothes, and scoldy-face. She looked
profoundly unhappy.
Sad!
Posted by: fly gal at January 19, 2017 03:21 PM
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They wear those because no one wants to get close to their non-hat version.
Posted by: irright at January 19, 2017 03:24 PM (pMGkg)
Posted by: An Observation at January 19, 2017 03:16 PM (pklWy)
.............
THE END IS NEAR
WE'RE DOOMED
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE
Posted by: Hollywood at January 19, 2017 03:24 PM (HgMAr)
they will "move together like nasty women" to protest Donald Trump's
inauguration.
Has anyone told them he's not a social con?
Posted by: Robert Crawford at January 19, 2017 03:20 PM (Vgf7J)
It is hilarious how empty the Leftist Tropes are now:
--"Theocrat Trump". Yah right, the least churchy president ever.
--"Warmonger Trump". Yah right, the guy who wants to pull back from many overseas entanglements and is willing to talk to Czar Vlad.
--"Exporter of Jobs Trump". Yah right, the guy who is talking protectionism.
Even if you think he is wrong on an issue or two above, surely the Left's emptiness is apparent now.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 19, 2017 03:24 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: Infidel at January 19, 2017 03:24 PM (VtLx6)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 19, 2017 03:24 PM (H5rtT)
Posted by: USNtakim at January 19, 2017 03:24 PM (hMqvx)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 03:25 PM (PukHz)
I prefer, in context, $10,500 BILLION. A billion of anything is a whole lot of something.
Posted by: Skunky Choom at January 19, 2017 03:25 PM (u/p7K)
When we were there November a year ago, it just so happened an Honor Flight from Savannah was there.
I had to keep wiping my eyes under my sunglasses.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 19, 2017 03:25 PM (PY9jH)
Epcot's "American Adventure" does that to me, I don't think it's unmanly to want your nation to succeed.
Posted by: Robert Crawford at January 19, 2017 03:18 PM (Vgf7J)
Even alpha males can cry in the right circumstances. I think you get a pass this time!
Posted by: LadylibertarianformerlylibertarianwannabeThe at January 19, 2017 03:25 PM (nQ10o)
Keep on challenging the culture....
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 19, 2017 03:26 PM (ZM2xo)
-----------------------------------------
I believe the last federal budget was prepared by George W. Bush. Barky has never put forth a budget, his 8 years of misery has been done with Continuing Resolutions.
Posted by: Boots at January 19, 2017 03:27 PM (EBwPV)
...
"At least 75 people have been killed after Iran's oldest high-rise building was engulfed by a fire and collapsed in Tehran.
Iran's state-run Press TV said the dead included 45 firefighters who had been called in to battle the blaze."
http://tinyurl.com/z8mm6rg
Posted by: SMFH at January 19, 2017 03:28 PM (CRotO)
I was flipping channels last night and the beginning of L&O:SVU came on. Was a rich kid hitting on a waitress at a party bragging that he lived in the hotel. I was like oh crap, this is a thinly veiled Trump dig episode, isn't it? So I decided to watch the potential idiocy. I was not disappointed!
Trump character in the show is a 75 year old billionaire businessman sexist pig Hef like playboy. His grandson who lives with him had sex with the waitress in the apartment he shares with Trump. Grandpa Trump then puts quaaludes in a drink after they have sex and rapes the waitress. His Trump-like family tries to protect him, but eventually the dad of the grandson reveals to his son that grandpa Trump raped his mom, also using quaaludes, which is why his parents divorced. Grandson comes clean about everything on the stand and grandpa Trump gets convicted of rape.
Classy, NBC, to air this ep the SAME WEEK Trump is being sworn in. All I can say is Of Course. Of course.
Posted by: LizLem at January 19, 2017 03:28 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: simplemind at January 19, 2017 02:42 PM (C6xeQ)
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If it's stupid and it works, it isn't stupid
======================
Its not stupid in the aggregate. In an individual case it usually is a bad idea because it doesn't work and puts the client in a bad position. Most Plt lawyer's are the aggregate business however, if you see where I'm going with this.
Stupid for the lawyer? - not so much. For an individual client? most often its not great. Wind up losing a lot of cases that you could've gotten good money on just because you are trying to hit one out of the park. It only takes a couple of big hits for plt lawyer to have a really nice career. Of course, the misses, are total misses and no do overs for each one of those clients.
In general, avoid litigation if you can, unless you are getting paid to lawyer it. (Everything you need to know about the law.)
Posted by: simplemind at January 19, 2017 03:29 PM (xVRrG)
http://bit.ly/2iXUGhw
There's "Beer Trumps Hate". And they suggest you stay home on Inauguration day. And poster making!
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 19, 2017 03:34 PM (L7t0A)
Posted by: LadylibertarianformerlylibertarianwannabeThe at January 19, 2017 03:37 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 19, 2017 03:11 PM (ro5Th)
That's ok. You just got your Patriot Card stamped!
Posted by: Iblis at January 19, 2017 03:38 PM (9221z)
It's here on tape (USA Today).
http://tinyurl.com/zly4k9e
It's beautiful. I cried.
Posted by: m at January 19, 2017 03:39 PM (3jGss)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 19, 2017 03:40 PM (4AVeu)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2017 02:23 PM (PukHz)
I thought that was debunked.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 19, 2017 02:26 PM (rF0hx)
The 160 large is for the use of her likeness to make gorilla cookies.
Posted by: cornbred at January 19, 2017 03:45 PM (TfI6+)
Back during the Carter administration I had occasion to attend briefings in the White House press room and was always disgusted by the appearance of the White House photographers. I hope Trump puts in place a dress code for the press. It is an outrage for those guys to be doing their jobs while dressed like bums. I have worked as a press photographer (not White House) and know that three-piece suits are not appropriate for working with a bunch of camera gear, but that doesn't mean you can't get a haircut once in a while and wear clean clothes with polished shoes.
Posted by: Ruthless at January 19, 2017 03:52 PM (ro5Th)
Real ladies don't twerk.
Posted by: iwuzhere at January 19, 2017 04:00 PM (GRNzr)
I don't understand the skepticism.
Anything other than unrestrained growth would be a dramatic change.
Posted by: Mathers at January 19, 2017 04:09 PM (3myMJ)
I thought "The Art of the Deal" by Donald J. Trump and Tony Schwartz
Great bargaining chips those National Endowments.
Posted by: Forrest Gump at January 19, 2017 04:20 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: DanMan at January 19, 2017 04:24 PM (aZqu2)
Posted by: Endisnigh at January 19, 2017 04:24 PM (bQTiX)
\Another program paying out billions a year to illegal aliens: the IRS and its phony-baloney "tax credit" program. Stop that bullshit, and billions more savings every year.
Do this consistently across 80 or so of the different federal welfare programs, and pretty soon you'll have some real savings. As an added bonus, you'll significantly reduce the incentive for poor and crooked foreigners to sneak illegally into the U.S. in hopes of jumping aboard the U.S. Welfare Gravy Train.
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THIS
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