Trump: I Was Going to Fire Comey Anyway, Regardless of Rod Rosenstein's Memo

I'm glad this is out of the way:

Trump on Comey: "He's a grandstander, a showboat" it was my decision pic.twitter.com/a7sMG6hBAv
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 11, 2017

Rosenstein was apparently angry that it had been whispered or implied that he had "recommended" that Comey be fired, and that he was the main motivating force behind the firing.

Apparently he was angry about the put-the-blame-on-Rosenstein campaign (but see downpost).

Rosenstein's role, I'm thinking, was to write a memo informing Trump whether he had justification or cause for termination of Comey. He did this, I would guess, at Trump's direction, or at Sessions' request (who, if involved at all, probably was just relaying Trump's order).

So Rosenstein researched it and rendered an opinion that yes, Trump could fire Comey, and did have cause to do so.

If he wanted to fire him, that is -- if he wanted to fire him, he had cause.

But that's not the same as Rosenstein himself initiating this or directing it or "recommending" it.

So I'm glad that this shabby, poorly-thought-out decision to suggest that Rosenstein Did It is behind us.

Well, it's not behind us. It will be Maddow's Top Story for three months.

But at least no one will feel compelled to try to support a claim that seemed pretty implausible almost from the beginning.

If this can be called a lie -- I'm not sure it's a "lie," straight-up, but more of a manipulation or insinuation/implication by careful wording -- it's a dumb one. It's like using a buddy as an alibi, telling your wife you were doing Church Work with him on Friday night, when you were really out at a tittybar getting drunk and stanky, without ever asking your buddy if he was cool being your alibi or even telling him you were using him as your alibi.

It's very, very dumb to use Rod Rosenstein as an alibi without even clearing it with him first. That sort of thing results in... well, the current conflagration.

Beyond the dumbness of it, there is also of course the moral question about lying. Or misleading. It's shabby behavior, it's dishonorable, and the excuse that people being lied about by the media have latitude to lie in their own defense is getting really overworked lately. At some point, that dog won't hunt, and that point was a month and a half ago.

There is also the problem that lying is generally taken by people to be a sign of a guilty conscience -- few people lie about things they feel ethically confident about or proud of. It's the things people know they shouldn't do that they lie about.

I had no problem with Trump firing Comey, and I assumed it was all on the up-and-up. But if it were on the up-and-up, why mislead about it? Why misdirect people about the parentage of the firing?

If it's not shameful, why is deception being deployed to hide it?

The only good thing here is that now that Trump has admitted it was his idea, I can say "It was Trump's idea" without being yelled at by a contingent of Trump supporters who often take it upon themselves to be Trump's own Media Narrative Enforcement Brigades.

About Rosenstein threatening to quit if it were not "clarified" that this was not Rosenstein's call: Although there seem to be too many reports that Rosenstein was upset and/or angered by this, there seems to be some doubt about the Blue Checkmark Mafia Media's claims -- luridly retweeted and blogged for many hours today -- that he "threatened to quit" over the incident.

Not true, says Rod Rosenstein himself.

When asked by Sinclair Broadcast Group's Michelle Macaluso about reports that claim otherwise, he stated "no, I'm not quitting."

Macaluso: Did you threaten to quit?
Rosenstein: No.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday night that "Rosenstein threatened to resign after the narrative emerging from the White House on Tuesday evening cast him as a prime mover of the decision to fire Comey," citing an unnamed source close to the White House.
Other reporters on Capitol Hill also stated he was upset at the administration over the matter.

Not sure if one can believe that -- perhaps some personal diplomacy was worked out behind the scenes permitting both parties to have some cover (Trump needing it much more) -- but Rosenstein says he didn't threaten to quit.

A little unsolicited advice for Trump: What made Trump popular among many was the fact that he couldn't be bowed by the stultifying, suffocating politically-correct received-wisdom-of-the-elites phony government/media complex, and would often blurt out unpopular and harsh truths. (Also some unpopular and harsh lies, but let's stick to the truths.)

And also: that he seemed like a brazen enough guy that he didn't lie like other typical Washington politicians. Not necessarily because he was a good man, but just because He Didn't Give a Fuck. And whatever the motive, that's refreshing.

Invigorating. Bracing. Enlivening.

Thrilling, even.

Trump really should get back to that and stop with the dissembling. We've had enough of that.

Lies are so tedious and so 2008-2016. And so... Beta.

Alpha Males aren't supposed to lie, because they don't have to lie. They don't try to get their way through indirect, scheming, feminine methods like deception. They just to straight to the thing they want and do it.

Or at least that's the theory.

If you want to fire a guy, be a man about it, be brazen about it, and just go on TV and say "I'm firing this guy because I don't like him and I think he's a water-carrier for Obama, Lynch, Hillary, and the Deep State/Liberal Media Establishment."

Just show your dick. Don't play with it in the dark corners like a guilt-ridden pervert.

Just whip it out and wag it around like a proud, confident pervert.

People are tired of being lied to. I know I am. And we actually like getting a dash of unvarnished, unscripted, un-focus-grouped truth every now and again.

Trump is a shitty, obvious, unconvincing liar and he needs to know that about himself. (Obama was too, but he had the media backing him up on every inch of deception.)

Don't do the shit you're bad at; do the stuff you're good at.

Posted by: Ace at 02:45 PM

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1 Plants flag

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2017 02:38 PM (Ot7+c)

2 2

Posted by: Millenial Dunderhead at May 11, 2017 02:39 PM (tbOMB)

3 He should have been gone day 1

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2017 02:40 PM (Ot7+c)

4 Yeah, it was kind of clear Comey was on borrowed time. A man with more honor would have resigned last year, but he was determined to keep that job at all costs. And he wasn't very good at it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2017 02:40 PM (39g3+)

5 Maybe we could get another Concert for Bangladesh, or at least another FarmAid. Somebody might notice then.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 11, 2017 02:41 PM (dFi94)

6 >>Just show your dick.

If you insist...

Check your eMail, Ace!

Posted by: Carlos Danger at May 11, 2017 02:41 PM (xe7Ey)

7 I don't think PDT lied or intended to lie...he just is still not good at staying on script and being in the spot light every second..ie he is not a professional polititian, which is good.

Posted by: Trotsky at May 11, 2017 02:41 PM (KlI/a)

8 Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr.

Is this something?

http://tinyurl.com/nyjjhyf

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 11, 2017 02:42 PM (C52a9)

9 >>People are tired of being lied to. I know I am.

...and I was just about to tell you what great job you did yesterday.

Posted by: garrett at May 11, 2017 02:42 PM (xe7Ey)

10 Is that Lester Holt, registered Republican?

Posted by: tu3031 at May 11, 2017 02:42 PM (qJhUV)

11 Golly, look at all these words.

Posted by: Pussy Galore at May 11, 2017 02:42 PM (27q/y)

12 Just show your dick.

Balls to the wall!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2017 02:43 PM (PCof0)

13 Trump really needs to talk less. Get him off Twitter. Speak softly and carry a big stick someone said one time. Republican I believe...

Posted by: MacGruber at May 11, 2017 02:43 PM (C278+)

14 Meh.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 11, 2017 02:43 PM (jjaLl)

15 I'm not sure it even matters, regardless in the long run. Cause in the end, it would be the President doing the firing, and not AAG.

Posted by: Rodney C. Johnson at May 11, 2017 02:43 PM (A5STV)

16 PDT should just be his usual brash, rude NYC businessman and tell D.C. establishment to eat a bag of dicks.

Posted by: IC at May 11, 2017 02:43 PM (gcme+)

17
I saw the initital 'thought of resigning' headline a day ago and thought 'bullshit' and didn't bother clicking on it. There's so much made-up news anymore and it just looked like more crapola.

The media has brought this upon themselves.

After a while, a two pack-a-day habit of having smoke blown up your ass becomes tedious.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 11, 2017 02:43 PM (HTdUD)

18 Trump should appoint Agent Mulder to the head of the FBI. There's a guy who isn't afraid to ask the hard questions and get to the truth of the matter.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 11, 2017 02:43 PM (KUaJL)

19

And a very sizeable, one would even say man-sized, dick it is. Some would call it YUUGE. A few. . .

Posted by: Donald T. at May 11, 2017 02:43 PM (OZmbA)

20 I had no problem with Trump firing Comey, and I assumed it was all on the up-and-up. But if it were on the up-and-up, why mislead about it? Why misdirect people about the parentage of the firing?

Incompetence.

And it is this incompetence that is going to drive away GOP votes in Congress that will be needed to check off anything on Trump's agenda to-do list.

If only the GOP had a leader who could make yuuuge deals to get things done...

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 11, 2017 02:44 PM (rUIbB)

21 Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr.

Is this something?

http://tinyurl.com/nyjjhyf

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 11, 2017 02:42 PM (C52a9)
==================================

His name was all over the local new last night. Lots of yammer. No confirmation from his side.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 11, 2017 02:44 PM (dFi94)

22 8 Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr.
Is this something?

I like Clarke ... but damn, that seems like a big jump in pay-grades.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 11, 2017 02:44 PM (xIBU4)

23 Go ahead!

Blame the Jew!

Posted by: Jackie Mason at May 11, 2017 02:44 PM (4AVeu)

24 Speaking of lies:
The Left loves lies.
They lie about everything.
Every word is about manipulation rather than truth.

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at May 11, 2017 02:44 PM (hMwEB)

25

Ooooh, please DO whip it out !!

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at May 11, 2017 02:44 PM (OZmbA)

26 Sure wish Trump would take Ace's advice. Straight talk is what is needed here.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at May 11, 2017 02:44 PM (U6f54)

27 ICYMI there's 4 free books on my blog today that ettes might like. FREE. Link in nic

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at May 11, 2017 02:45 PM (hMwEB)

28 Just show your dick. Don't play with it in the dark corners like a guilt-ridden pervert. Just whip it out and wag it around like a proud, confident pervert.

Word.

Posted by: LBJ at May 11, 2017 02:45 PM (rUIbB)

29 rosenstein was mostly pissed that he got all the blame and no one even mentioned guildenstern.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 02:45 PM (cPsPa)

30 Go ahead!

Blame the Jew!
Posted by: Jackie Mason at May 11, 2017 02:44 PM (4AVeu)

Well Russia, Lenin Trotsky, and all. Connects the dots and do the math

Posted by: Trotsky at May 11, 2017 02:45 PM (KlI/a)

31 My guess is that President Trump figured he would handle the press with this and they wouldn't be on him about the firing, particularly as just hours before they were yelling about how horrible Comey was.

So he figured, well this should keep things smooth sailing, and put out the letters.

And they went full retard anyway. Hopefully he's learned his lesson.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2017 02:45 PM (39g3+)

32 How many news stories in the past 3 days have been outright denied by the people involved and or agencies mentioned?

I can name 4 off the top of my head that were widely reported. Do they even ask mother fuckers before they report that they are threatening to quit or just take the word of whatever anonymous source?

Posted by: Mr Pink at May 11, 2017 02:46 PM (txuuE)

33 Trump's weakness is his best character trait. He is apolitical.
DC is soaked in stinking politics all day everyday. Trump's decision process is not based on traditional politics. He just does what he has always done. It's strictly business.

He fired Comey, not because Comey was a Dem-fluffer but because he sucked at his job.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 11, 2017 02:46 PM (C52a9)

34

Could it be a black hole you need, Donald, for that man-sized member.

Posted by: Don Lemon at May 11, 2017 02:46 PM (OZmbA)

35 And yet Drudge still has a link to the WaPo story that Rosenstein threatened to resign...... shit, half the fuckin' links are WaPo, NYT, Yahoo.... WTF??

Gettin' sicker and sicker of Drudge by the day......

Sorry, just realized I bitch about this almost every day......

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 11, 2017 02:46 PM (jjaLl)

36 Just show your dick. . . Just whip it out and wag it around like a proud, confident pervert.

_______________________________________

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Posted by: Richard Simmons at May 11, 2017 02:47 PM (4AVeu)

37 Sources close to Ace say that he's very happy with the shelving he put up and plans to assemble a bed from Ikea next.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 11, 2017 02:47 PM (KUaJL)

38 And yet Drudge still has a link to the WaPo story that Rosenstein threatened to resign...... shit, half the fuckin' links are WaPo, NYT, Yahoo.... WTF??

Gettin' sicker and sicker of Drudge by the day......

Sorry, just realized I bitch about this almost every day......
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May

you seem to be missing the point of drudge. not everything can be a link to infowars.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 02:47 PM (cPsPa)

39 Trump's weakness is his best character trait. He is apolitical.
DC is soaked in stinking politics all day everyday. Trump's decision process is not based on traditional politics. He just does what he has always done. It's strictly business.

He fired Comey, not because Comey was a Dem-fluffer but because he sucked at his job.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 11, 2017 02:46 PM (C52a9)

Yup

Posted by: Trotsky at May 11, 2017 02:47 PM (KlI/a)

40 I like Clarke ... but damn, that seems like a big jump in pay-grades.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 11, 2017 02:44 PM (xIBU4)

====

Almost like going from Real Estate Developer to President.

Posted by: Uber Lyft Driver at May 11, 2017 02:47 PM (HTKQp)

41 After a while, a two pack-a-day habit of having smoke blown up your ass becomes tedious.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 11, 2017 02:43 PM (HTdUD)

Give the artisenal, organic, free-range smoke a try. Sure ... it's pricey. But TOTALLY worth it.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 11, 2017 02:47 PM (xIBU4)

42 you seem to be missing the point of drudge. not everything can be a link to infowars.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 02:47 PM (cPsPa)

Gay frogs hardest hit...

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 11, 2017 02:48 PM (rUIbB)

43 ray kelly or greg kelly would be fine.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 02:49 PM (cPsPa)

44 >>> Maybe we could get another Concert for Bangladesh, or at least another FarmAid. Somebody might notice then.

so it is Bangladesh?

I always want to write BangAladesh, which feels wrong.

But I write it anyway.

Bangladesh. I'll try to keep that in mind.

Posted by: ace at May 11, 2017 02:49 PM (8rNrN)

45 'Just show your dick. Don't play with it in the dark corners like a guilt-ridden pervert. Just whip it out and wag it around like a proud, confident pervert.'

Does this apply to everyone here Ace? Because someone's gonna put an eye out.

Posted by: Canniibal Bob at May 11, 2017 02:49 PM (O5bec)

46 Well Russia, Lenin Trotsky, and all. Connects the dots and do the math
________________________________

As was noted in the previous thread, I was told there would be no math today.

Posted by: Winky Stuffelnuts at May 11, 2017 02:49 PM (4AVeu)

47 Give the artisenal, organic, free-range smoke a try. Sure ... it's pricey. But TOTALLY worth it.

But is it organic, non corn syrup, low-sodium, and gluten free smoke?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2017 02:49 PM (39g3+)

48 were Trump making a "watch this" appointment he should put jeanine pirro in.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 02:49 PM (cPsPa)

49 Trump doesn't seem like they kind of guy you can threaten with quitting. I believe Rosenstein because Trump didn't fire him immediately like he should have it it were true.

Posted by: Lord Sir x at May 11, 2017 02:49 PM (nFwvY)

50 Have those two dicks Leonard and Bernstein weighed in yet how the firing is Nixonian? I'm sure they'll be flogging their book.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 11, 2017 02:50 PM (/8EBC)

51 Virtue signaled.

Maybe you will get eaten last.

Posted by: nip at May 11, 2017 02:50 PM (vOea4)

52

Yes! I want to see Donald speak so plainly that aged MFM f**cks (e.g. Andrea Mitchell, Dan Rather) stroke out.

Posted by: Sphynx at May 11, 2017 02:50 PM (OZmbA)

53 Mr pink we are running a story on how you threatened to quit your job

"But I didn't threaten to quit"

"Joe in accounting says you did, we are running it anyway"

Posted by: Mr Pink at May 11, 2017 02:50 PM (txuuE)

54 bang-a-dish?

bring-her-on

Posted by: Ok at May 11, 2017 02:50 PM (OE5e7)

55 Bang A ladesh....heh. Where do I find one?

Posted by: Canniibal Bob at May 11, 2017 02:50 PM (O5bec)

56 can name 4 off the top of my head that were widely reported. Do they even ask mother fuckers before they report that they are threatening to quit or just take the word of whatever anonymous source?

THEY.
ARE.
THEIR.
OWN.
ANONYMOUS.
SOURCE.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2017 02:50 PM (PCof0)

57 Welp, my navel-gazing break is over. Not only my navel, but Comey's navel, Trump's navel, Rosenstein's naval, and the collective navels of the MSM. Done with all the navels. I'll be back after I clean my closet. There's less lint in there.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 11, 2017 02:50 PM (dFi94)

58 >>>he didn't lie like other typical Washington politicians

Which is not to say that he doesn't lie, just that he lies differently. I like Trump, I voted Trump, but I still would never argue that he's above bullshitting. In fact as a developer he's probably better at it than a politician.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 11, 2017 02:51 PM (QAr91)

59 Maybe Trump was too busy actually working, instead of fondling his ballsack on Twitter, and didn't hear all the mean girls bleeding all over each other about this.

He can hire people to do that for him, but I'm not sure he could afford to pay them enough to sift through the crap.

Posted by: Roy at May 11, 2017 02:51 PM (7n4KQ)

60 Don't do the shit you're bad at; do the stuff you're good at.

Threadwinnah!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 11, 2017 02:52 PM (JO9+V)

61 >>>put an eye out.
Posted by: Canniibal Bob at May 11, 2017 02:49 PM (O5bec)

Heh, two-i'd Canniibal.

Posted by: m at May 11, 2017 02:52 PM (VgThI)

62 >>>51 Virtue signaled.

Maybe you will get eaten last.
Posted by: nip

...

there's the Trump Media Narrative Enforcement Brigades. Knew they'd be out quickly, correcting people from their wrongthink of saying controversial things like "I'd prefer more truth and fewer lies."

What is the difference between you and, say, Hillary campaign manager Robbie Mook?

Posted by: ace at May 11, 2017 02:52 PM (8rNrN)

63 Have those two dicks Leonard and Bernstein weighed in yet how the firing is Nixonian? I'm sure they'll be flogging their book.
Posted by: Beartooth

is he doing a musical about the firing?

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 02:52 PM (cPsPa)

64 Alternate Headline: Alpha Fires Beta

Posted by: ShainS at May 11, 2017 02:52 PM (ePtg1)

65 I'm going to change my name for the day to Ace Cuckenstein.

I said something obviously true, so that makes me a Cuck. Alphas lie and shit.

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 02:53 PM (8rNrN)

66
THEY.
ARE.
THEIR.
OWN.
ANONYMOUS.
SOURCE.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2017 02:50 PM (PCof0)

Exactly rick. So easy to get a 'scoop' when you can say 'an anonymous source' stated. Its nothing from nobody. Asshole liars.

Posted by: Canniibal Bob at May 11, 2017 02:53 PM (O5bec)

67 "Just show your dick...Just whip it out and wag it around like a proud, confident pervert."

This ^^^

Posted by: Anthony Weiner at May 11, 2017 02:53 PM (3JQ/p)

68 Been a long time since I've seen 'stultifying' used in a sentence.

Posted by: garrett at May 11, 2017 02:53 PM (xe7Ey)

69 Too funny.

Posted by: nip at May 11, 2017 02:53 PM (vOea4)

70 Which is not to say that he doesn't lie, just that he lies differently. I like Trump, I voted Trump, but I still would never argue that he's above bullshitting. In fact as a developer he's probably better at it than a politician.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 11, 2017 02:51 PM (QAr91)

hey we all bullshit..how the fuck else can we get thru the day?
As a matter of fact the bullshit I was slinging to my CO last weekend was classic

Posted by: Trotsky at May 11, 2017 02:53 PM (KlI/a)

71 >>>69 Too funny.
Posted by: nip

Virtue signaled. Your high rank in the Narrative Enforcement Brigades is secure, Citizen!

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 02:54 PM (8rNrN)

72 Ooooh, please DO whip it out !!

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at May 11, 2017 02:44 PM (OZmbA)
..........

Move over, me first!

Posted by: Don Lemon with masking tape on his forehead at May 11, 2017 02:54 PM (HgMAr)

73 Does this apply to everyone here Ace? Because someone's gonna put an eye out.
________________________________

Shhhh-yeah.

Posted by: Sammy Davis Jr., Sandy Duncan and Peter Falk at May 11, 2017 02:54 PM (4AVeu)

74 Just show your dick

well ok but I am only taking out enough to win.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 02:55 PM (cPsPa)

75 ..."it's like using a buddy as an alibi... "

have you been watching me?

you have some kind of reverse monitoring compute er thing, right?

how'd you know i was at a titty bar?

are you talking about me?

why are you winking?

are you winking?

this is getting weird...

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at May 11, 2017 02:55 PM (WTSFk)

76 but damn, that seems like a big jump in pay-grades.

Posted by: ScoggDog
===

I would LOVE to see an appointment that is NOT a "former prosecutor" but is instead a career investigator. Former prosecutors tend to get mixed-up about their roles. Not hating on lawyers, just saying.

Investigators go get facts/evidence, assemble reports of facts/evidence and present the facts to prosecutors. Who make prosecutorial decisions or ask for more facts/evidence. Repeat as necessary.

Chief investigators lead teams of investigators by the proper allocation of resources to emerging threats to civil liberties and keep the suits off the working investigators' backs as much as possible.

That's how it was designed to work anyway.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 11, 2017 02:55 PM (C52a9)

77 "Rosenstein was apparently angry that it had been whispered or implied that he had "recommended" that Comey be fired, and that he was the main motivating force behind the firing.

Apparently he was angry about the put-the-blame-on-Rosenstein campaign."
________

Someone else Trump needs to fire.

Again, another Obama holdover just waiting to make trouble and become a political star.

If you can't get s subordinate to at least have your back on something like this, they need to be shitcanned.

These people in DC seem to think they are "elected" leaders when instead they need to realize Trump was the one that was elected and they are his subordinates

Posted by: Maritime at May 11, 2017 02:55 PM (h1Tob)

78 Just show your dick. Don't play with it in the dark corners like a
guilt-ridden pervert. Just whip it out and wag it around like a proud,
confident pervert.

This leads to being banned from Kroger, ACE Hardware, and Baskin Robbins. Don't ask me how I know.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 11, 2017 02:56 PM (JO9+V)

79 53 Mr pink we are running a story on how you threatened to quit your job

"But I didn't threaten to quit"

Posted by: Mr Pink at May 11, 2017 02:50 PM (txuuE

"Defensive aren't we, Mr Pink? Your non-denial of not threatening to not quit is noted."

Posted by: TexasDan at May 11, 2017 02:56 PM (TARI1)

80 65 I'm going to change my name for the day to Ace Cuckenstein.

Damn dude ... you're taking shit hard.

OK - so you fucked up hanging some shelves. Shit happens, brother. It sure as hell don't make you a cuck.

Come on - let's go get a brew or three.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 11, 2017 02:56 PM (xIBU4)

81 Send the essay to Trump, Ace. He might take your advice into consideration and I think it might also make him laugh.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2017 02:56 PM (fDdVG)

82

What the FBI needs is a sharp dresser by day, crossdresser by night with a live-in boyfriend who is NOT a lover.

Posted by: Sphynx at May 11, 2017 02:56 PM (OZmbA)

83
74 Just show your dick

well ok but I am only taking out enough to win.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 02:55 PM (cPsPa)

....and its deep too.

Posted by: Just the punchline at May 11, 2017 02:56 PM (O5bec)

84 >>>have you been watching me?

you have some kind of reverse monitoring compute er thing, right?

how'd you know i was at a titty bar?

are you talking about me?

why are you winking?

are you winking?

this is getting weird...

...

just sayin', give your buddy Rick a head's up that he's supposed to tell your wife you were out at an At-Risk Youth Jamboree on Friday.

He also says "And invite me to fucking tittybar once in a while"

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 02:57 PM (8rNrN)

85 That's one more rat-bastard down, three hundred more to go.

Posted by: Fritz at May 11, 2017 02:57 PM (2Mnv1)

86 Rosenstein was apparently angry that it had been whispered or implied that he had "recommended" that Comey be fired, and that he was the main motivating force behind the firing.

++++

Is that true, though? I agree, that if it is true that the White House was putting it out there that Comey was fired because of Rosenstein's initiative, when in fact Trump was the driver, it was a stupid play.

But, how do we know that the White House was saying it was Rosenstein? Anonymous sources? Did anyone at the White House go on the record on this? Or is this all just more WaPo/NYT/Resistance bullshit?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 11, 2017 02:57 PM (R+30W)

87 The only good thing here is that now that Trump has admitted it was his idea, I can say "It was Trump's idea" without being yelled at by a contingent of Trump supporters who often take it upon themselves to be Trump's own Media Narrative Enforcement Brigades.

Are you talking about anyone here? Because I'm not sure there's much of it here.

I for one am enjoying the hell out of having my right to criticize the President of the United States again without being called names.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 11, 2017 02:58 PM (HTdUD)

88 Something just happened.

What the hell just happened?

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 11, 2017 02:58 PM (C52a9)

89 I hear that Cuckistan is lovely this time of year.

Posted by: Shep Smith at May 11, 2017 02:58 PM (xe7Ey)

90 >>>If you can't get s subordinate to at least have your back on something like this, they need to be shitcanned.

1, I don't really want people at the FBI that craven.

2, You should probably find out if your subordinate is willing to back your play before you make the play.

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 02:58 PM (8rNrN)

91 I just assume all unnamed source stories are lies. I'm right more often than not.

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 11, 2017 02:58 PM (lvqY2)

92 This is all bullshit. Everyone in DC wanted and thought Comey should be fired at one time or another. x

Posted by: Trotsky at May 11, 2017 02:58 PM (KlI/a)

93 >>>Are you talking about anyone here? Because I'm not sure there's much of it here.

ask nip. two or three people do blog-flounces whenever I say Trump fucked up.

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 02:58 PM (8rNrN)

94 74 Just show your dick

I fixed that problem!

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at May 11, 2017 02:58 PM (TARI1)

95 Why it's almost like Trump doesn't have 30 yrs of political experience.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 11, 2017 02:58 PM (6Ll1u)

96 Cuckenstein?

The Ewok's Jewish?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 11, 2017 02:59 PM (TwwWO)

97 I am thankful that most men do not take out their dick and wave it around to establish Alpha male superiority-at least not in public. ;^)

And it was a good post and don't mind the naysayers, Ace.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2017 02:59 PM (fDdVG)

98 I must have missed some of this story.

When did Trump say that the firing was Rosenstein's idea?

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 02:59 PM (kD8Fh)

99 Funny that you in the past it was a given that members of the executive team would frequently take the heat for the President if it did not involve some illegality or immoral implication. People seemed to consider the larger picture and they were usually rewarded for their loyalty. Now it seems it's everyman for themselves.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 11, 2017 02:59 PM (/BXzQ)

100 While I'm glad Hillary isn't presnit...I don't care to see Trump's dick.

Posted by: DanMan at May 11, 2017 03:00 PM (XTiHL)

101 Just show your dick. Don't play with it in the dark corners like a
guilt-ridden pervert. Just whip it out and wag it around like a proud,
confident pervert.

He took 'it' out.

Posted by: Elaine Benes at May 11, 2017 03:00 PM (JO9+V)

102 I'm not sure it's a "lie," straight-up, but more of a manipulation or insinuation/implication by careful wording

I'm not seeing the difference. The intent to deceive is what makes a lie, by commission or omission, not the methodology.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 11, 2017 03:00 PM (QQ+il)

103 96 Cuckenstein?

The Ewok's Jewish?

I guess you left when he showed his dick.

Posted by: Roy at May 11, 2017 03:00 PM (7n4KQ)

104 I am thankful that most men do not take out their dick and wave it around to establish Alpha male superiority-at least not in public. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

where are you hanging out that this does not happen?

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:00 PM (cPsPa)

105 91 I just assume all unnamed source stories are lies. I'm right more often than not.

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 11, 2017 02:58 PM (lvqY2)

True but the MSM runs it over and over and over anyway even after its been proven to be a lie. In fact other networks quote from the original as if its fact.

Posted by: Just the punchline at May 11, 2017 03:00 PM (O5bec)

106 PUNCH UP, Ace.

PUNCH UP!

Posted by: Some Cuck Guy at May 11, 2017 03:00 PM (xe7Ey)

107 He took what out?

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 11, 2017 03:00 PM (QQ+il)

108 Well, it's not behind us. It will be Maddow's Top Story for three months.

Try every major news outlet.

Another unforced error.

Posted by: Bill Wynn at May 11, 2017 03:01 PM (jKuQC)

109 ...he took 'it' out?

Posted by: Jerry at May 11, 2017 03:01 PM (xe7Ey)

110 But, how do we know that the White House was saying it was Rosenstein? Anonymous sources? Did anyone at the White House go on the record on this? Or is this all just more WaPo/NYT/Resistance bullshit?

BINGO

Posted by: nip at May 11, 2017 03:01 PM (vOea4)

111 I always feel a little dirty whenever Fen cusses or says stuff like "dick" in a comment.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 11, 2017 03:01 PM (xIBU4)

112 Cuckenstein

so that is fucking the bride of frankenstein while her husband watches?

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:01 PM (cPsPa)

113

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 11, 2017 02:57 PM (R+30W)

My question exactly. You phrased it better though.

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:01 PM (kD8Fh)

114 Trump's got him a rock n roll band it's a freeforall.

Posted by: eleven at May 11, 2017 03:01 PM (qUNWi)

115 Have those two dicks Leonard and Bernstein weighed in yet how the firing is Nixonian? I'm sure they'll be flogging their book.
Posted by: Beartooth

is he doing a musical about the firing?
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 02:52 PM (cPsPa)

Gah. Woodward and Bernstein. Last time I comment while writing test cases.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 11, 2017 03:02 PM (/8EBC)

116 >>>When did Trump say that the firing was Rosenstein's idea?

well his official letter of termination said something to the effect of "I have taken the recommendation of Rod Rosenstein and decided to terminate you..."

Something like that. Not a direct quote, but suggesting that this was Rosenstein's recommendation. The part where someone ASKED Rosenstein to write a memo on the question wasn't mentioned.

Also, and I admit this part isn't quite fair, pretty much the social media response yesterday was to claim it was Rosenstein's decision.

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:02 PM (8rNrN)

117 And there's the tedious fellow with the tedious sports metaphor, yet again.....

Dude, ya need to get some new material.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 11, 2017 03:02 PM (TwwWO)

118 I read Rosenstein's memo. Sure read like a recommendation to me.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 11, 2017 03:02 PM (/BXzQ)

119 I always feel a little dirty whenever Fen cusses or says stuff like "dick" in a comment.
Posted by: ScoggDog

she usually says richard.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:02 PM (cPsPa)

120 ...he took 'it' out?

Posted by: Jerry at May 11, 2017 03:01 PM (xe7Ey)

It. You know, IT!

Posted by: Elaine Benes at May 11, 2017 03:02 PM (JO9+V)

121 Trump's own Media Narrative Enforcement Brigades.

*****

Ugh--Ace.

The one thing that kept me from voting for Trump out in California ---is how you were changed by the thuggishness of the Trump campaign style.

You owe it to yourself and whomever you influence to not jump off the bandwagon in less than four months after whipping everyone so hard.

The Truth--it hurts but take a damn long look in the mirror.

You are what you complain about here.

Posted by: Holmes --Assistant to the ER Nurse at May 11, 2017 03:02 PM (v2JGC)

122 >>>so that is fucking the bride of frankenstein while her husband watches?

fire bad

this stallion werewolf good

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:02 PM (8rNrN)

123

I was wondering why Leonard Bernstein would have a say in what was Nixonian.

Posted by: Sphynx at May 11, 2017 03:02 PM (OZmbA)

124 >>>>Rosenstein was apparently angry that it had been whispered or implied
that he had "recommended" that Comey be fired, and that he was the main
motivating force behind the firing.
.
.
.Did Trump come out and say that Rosenstein said to fire him? If so I missed it in the whirlwind of lies, innuendoes and the biblical number of stories generated from "unnamed sources say" coming out of the msm in the last couple of days.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 11, 2017 03:03 PM (le7jz)

125 Gah. Woodward and Bernstein. Last time I comment while writing test cases.
Posted by: Beartooth at May

half the funniest comments are mistakes.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:03 PM (cPsPa)

126 72 Ooooh, please DO whip it out !!

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at May 11, 2017 02:44 PM (OZmbA)
..........

Move over, me first!

Posted by: Don Lemon with masking tape on his forehead at May 11, 2017 02:54 PM (HgMAr)

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

You two whores back the fuck off. All that luscious meat is MINE!

Posted by: Shep! at May 11, 2017 03:03 PM (vg8iE)

127 Hey I'm back. What have I missed? The tone seems funny...

Posted by: kraken at May 11, 2017 03:03 PM (zSVEm)

128 Lester Holt should just phone it in. Same with all the shills. Trump should be at his desk with a speaker on since it is his reactions we're looking for. Gotcha died with Mike Wallace.

Posted by: 80's music fan at May 11, 2017 03:03 PM (9kWwQ)

129 >>>Ugh--Ace.

The one thing that kept me from voting for Trump out in California ---is how you were changed by the thuggishness of the Trump campaign style.

...

you need to blow me. It'll be good for you.

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:03 PM (8rNrN)

130 she usually says richard.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:02 PM (cPsPa)

Actually, I'm very formal. I say "Sir Richard" ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2017 03:03 PM (fDdVG)

131 I see much concern to be noted.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 11, 2017 03:03 PM (QQ+il)

132 I was wondering why Leonard Bernstein would have a say in what was Nixonian.
Posted by: Sphynx at May 11, 2017 03:02 PM (OZmbA)

Well he was on Nixon's enemy list

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 11, 2017 03:04 PM (KlI/a)

133 Speaking of pulling out dicks...

That sidebar article about PSU hazing death is just more perversion on top of stupidity.

One of the hazing rituals was an elephant walk - whereby the "men" grab each other's dongs and walk around, sometimes with an extra perverted element added.

When did hazing jump tracks from garden variety brutality to gay porn footage?

(remember Sayreville H.S. football incident)

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:04 PM (kD8Fh)

134 Ooooh, please DO whip it out !!

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at May 11, 2017 02:44 PM (OZmbA)
..........

I blame you, Anderson because now I can't get out of my brain the "Whip it, Whip it good" song

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2017 03:05 PM (fDdVG)

135 I thought it was Leonard Berenstain.

Posted by: eleven at May 11, 2017 03:05 PM (qUNWi)

136 Posted by: Bill Wynn at May 11, 2017 03:01 PM (jKuQC)

Well this incident surely means it's going to be an early night. Especially with Hillary killing it in all the early exit polls. We'd better start practicing saying "Madame Cankles."

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 11, 2017 03:05 PM (s/EUv)

137 I am thankful that most men do not take out their dick and wave it around to establish Alpha male superiority-at least not in public. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

where are you hanging out that this does not happen?
Posted by: yankeefifth

Was gonna say "the ladies room", but they went ahead and screwed that shit up.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2017 03:05 PM (PCof0)

138 Come one, come all!

Come to the Dick Bar! Wave at your friends and get smashed!

Little Richard is still on the 86 list.

Posted by: The Dick Bar at May 11, 2017 03:05 PM (fjQdd)

139 Let me whip this out.

Posted by: Sheriff Bart at May 11, 2017 03:05 PM (JO9+V)

140

The only thing I would add is that Trump still seems to be learning about DC and politics.

I'm sure he wanted due diligence done before firing Comey. He got feedback that validated his thoughts, and fired him.

The "optics" and all of the political bs and communique wasn't thought out.

Live and learn.

Plus, he needs to understand 100% that the left will ALWAYS hate him and try to turn any good he does into bad. They are just dirt pure evil.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 11, 2017 03:05 PM (fceHP)

141 Was gonna say "the ladies room", but they went ahead and screwed that shit up.
Posted by: rickb223 at May

heh

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:05 PM (cPsPa)

142 33 I can name 4 off the top of my head that were widely reported. Do they even ask mother fuckers before they report that they are threatening to quit or just take the word of whatever anonymous source?

*****************************
Ah, those "voices in head sources?" Or those "That's too good to check on" sources? Sorry AND.

Posted by: BJ54 at May 11, 2017 03:05 PM (Bed/U)

143 Hey Holmes --

Tell me once again that it wasn't a "binary choice" and that you really weren't pulling for Clinton.

Oh, and tell me about what great judges Clinton would be appointing.

Also, as someone on Fox pointed out -- explain to me in what world or alternate dimension your gal Hillary wouldn't have fired comey by now.

I never said he was a good man and in fact have repeatedly said I think he's a rather bad one. But we had two choices. Real men made a choice and declared their choice, while gutless pussies like your pretended not to decide at all, jerking off vanity all over yourselves.

"And if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." -- Rush, Freewill

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:05 PM (8rNrN)

144 >>The one thing that kept me from voting for Trump out in California
>Posted by: Holmes --Assistant to the ER Nurse at May 11, 2017 03:02 PM (v2JGC)

Your concern is noted and appreciated.

Nice Crocs, btw.

Posted by: garrett at May 11, 2017 03:06 PM (xe7Ey)

145

I'm thinking back to when the Lightbringer was Prez. You know he would have had an oh so serious press conference about how he was retiring the FBI director on valid grounds and how he was putting a black latina gay lesbian global warming advocate in as director instead.

The talking heads would be talking and nodding sagely, opining about Obama's wise choice for FBI director.

Such a peaceful time.

Posted by: Sphynx at May 11, 2017 03:06 PM (OZmbA)

146 Whether Rosenstien complained or it was just an MSM meme, it's a teachable moment for Trump.

The moment some story like that starts to trend, he should issue a direct statement taking responsibility.

Nip it in the bud.

Make the MSM talk about your authoritah, not about who is supposedly giving you cover and/or who is now supposedly bitching about having to give you cover.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 11, 2017 03:06 PM (TARI1)

147 you need to blow me. It'll be good for you.

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:03 PM (8rNrN)

The Jewok never stops trying to help. He's a giver !!!

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 11, 2017 03:06 PM (xIBU4)

148 when I said "whip your dick out" I didn't mean literally.

It was a metaphor for "testicles"

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:06 PM (8rNrN)

149 >>>140

The only thing I would add is that Trump still seems to be learning about DC and politics.

I'm sure he wanted due diligence done before firing Comey. He got feedback that validated his thoughts, and fired him.

The "optics" and all of the political bs and communique wasn't thought out.

Live and learn.

Plus, he needs to understand 100% that the left will ALWAYS hate him and try to turn any good he does into bad. They are just dirt pure evil.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 11, 2017 03:05 PM (fceHP)

I think this is pretty good.

Posted by: m at May 11, 2017 03:06 PM (VgThI)

150 The one thing that kept me from voting for Trump out in California
>Posted by: Holmes --Assistant to the ER Nurse at May 11, 2017 03:02 PM (v2JGC)

Your concern is noted and appreciated.

Nice Crocs, btw.

Posted by: garrett

Did you just tell him he had cum on his mustache?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2017 03:06 PM (PCof0)

151 So if Trump did not fire Comey on Rosenstein's recommendation would it be okay for Trump to say that it was the recommendation from the DOJ that Comey not be fired?

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 11, 2017 03:07 PM (/BXzQ)

152 >>When did hazing jump tracks from garden variety brutality to gay porn footage?

Hazing was always gay.

Posted by: Ooky Cookie at May 11, 2017 03:07 PM (xe7Ey)

153 To clarify my post : a recommendation by Rosenstein NOT to fire..

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 11, 2017 03:08 PM (/BXzQ)

154 rosenstein did the task assigned.
regardless of his "feelings" i'm hoping this is mostly media's typical b.s. to create a rift.

just do the job and keep quiet.
f the media

Posted by: concrete girl at May 11, 2017 03:08 PM (WKvlL)

155 When did hazing jump tracks from garden variety brutality to gay porn footage?

Posted by: kallisto

It's PSU state college, where the police reports already have

[X] alcohol involved

filled in. Good school for some STEM stuff, but your child is going to come back home with serious alcohol dependency issues.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 11, 2017 03:08 PM (HTdUD)

156 I was really hoping that Trump would've convinced the Russian Foreign Minister to say that it was Putin's idea to fire Comey, just to troll the MSM.

Posted by: Roy at May 11, 2017 03:08 PM (7n4KQ)

157 Trump should just come out and say 'When my administration does something, just assume it was my doing, as it should be.'

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 11, 2017 03:08 PM (QQ+il)

158 Such a peaceful time.

The thing is, 0bama wouild almost certainly have handled it the same. Difference is, whoever he blamed would have taken the blame. His minions lined up to fall on their swords for him. Just look at Susan Rice.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 11, 2017 03:08 PM (s/EUv)

159 When did hazing jump tracks from garden variety brutality to gay porn footage?

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

About the same time all manner of sexual perversion became mainstream....YOU WILL BE MADE TO CARE.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (vg8iE)

160 Sounds like Allah Pundit wrote this...

Posted by: William Eaton at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (MuTTO)

161 Waaaa! I can't whip anything out! This violates the Equal Protection clause in the Constitution.

Posted by: Short Dicked Man at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (JO9+V)

162 where are you hanging out that this does not happen?
Posted by: yankeefifth

Evidently, not where you hang out. LOL. ;^)

Actually, I must truly admit that I have never been with men who hold up their dicks and either caper about whimsically, or hold it up menacingly, although when you do theatre you tend to see people in various states of undress.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (fDdVG)

163 One of the hazing rituals was an elephant walk - whereby the "men" grab each other's dongs and walk around, sometimes with an extra perverted element added.

When did hazing jump tracks from garden variety brutality to gay porn footage?

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:04 PM (kD8Fh)

There is no group, club, or organization on the frigging planet that's worth doing that shit to join.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (aMlLZ)

164 Trump is just gonna be Trump, I think. Last time I checked, he's not above criticism, like a God-Emperor of Dune or such.

Posted by: kraken at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (zSVEm)

165 146 Whether Rosenstien complained or it was just an MSM meme, it's a teachable moment for Trump.

The moment some story like that starts to trend, he should issue a direct statement taking responsibility.

Nip it in the bud.

Make the MSM talk about your authoritah, not about who is supposedly giving you cover and/or who is now supposedly bitching about having to give you cover.
Posted by: TexasDan at May 11, 2017 03:06 PM (TARI1)

Worked when Bush fired the US Attorneys.

/s

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (lvqY2)

166 >>>I'm sure he wanted due diligence done before firing Comey. He got feedback that validated his thoughts, and fired him.

yeah, and in fact the memo might have revved him up into firing him. Maybe the memo turned his thoughts from "Should I fire this guy?" to "Fuck yeah, I'm gonna fire this guy!"

Still, it wasn't really Rosenstein pushing for this or anything.

But just say so. Say "I did it, and here's why."

I know he's doing that today but he's doing that part of because of the firestorm.

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (8rNrN)

167 Did the Russians collude with Rosenstein to fire Comey and kidnap the Lindbergh baby?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (oVJmc)

168 One of the hazing rituals was an elephant walk - whereby the "men" grab each other's dongs and walk around, sometimes with an extra perverted element added love.

When did hazing jump tracks from garden variety brutality to gay porn footage?

(remember Sayreville H.S. football incident)

Posted by: kallisto

I thought that too. When did frat row turn into secret gay recruitment society? Maybe they're more into Greek history than I thought.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (TARI1)

169 >> Sounds like Allah Pundit wrote this...

Posted by: William Eaton Dick at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (MuTTO)

Posted by: garrett at May 11, 2017 03:10 PM (xe7Ey)

170 >>>When did hazing jump tracks from garden variety brutality to gay porn footage?

I'll say it again: the "muscle magazine" closet cases who turned hazing and football so very gay are ESPN's new target audience.

Posted by: wooga at May 11, 2017 03:10 PM (8e8z4)

171 One of the hazing rituals was an elephant walk - whereby the "men" grab each other's dongs and walk around, sometimes with an extra perverted element added.

When did hazing jump tracks from garden variety brutality to gay porn footage?

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:04 PM (kD8Fh)

There is no group, club, or organization on the frigging planet that's worth doing that shit to join.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division a

...

Disagree.

Posted by: Society of Heterosexual Men Who Hold Each Other's Dicks and Walk Around to Slow Dance Music at May 11, 2017 03:10 PM (8rNrN)

172 Is that Cucken-STEEN or Cucken-STINE?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 11, 2017 03:10 PM (oVJmc)

173 The moment some story like that starts to trend, he should issue a direct statement taking responsibility.

So. he's accomplished this with the Lester Holt interview, right?

I don't understand what the #BigMistake is here.

By now everyone pretty much has accepted that FLying Monkey Media is in a frenzied state of Perptetual Tarantella.

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:10 PM (kD8Fh)

174 "I just assume all unnamed source stories are lies. I'm right more often than not."

Years ago I think it was Brent Bozell who had a blog where he taught people how to read the media. One of his best points was to just assume every unsourced, anonymous, unnamed operative type quote or comment was simply the writer's injection of his narrative into his 'reporting'.

So now when I read a piece and remove that type of language from the narrative it typically dissolves into nothing worth reading. And he did mention that assuming the opposite of the narrative was probably closer to the truth makes your take exactly correct!

Posted by: DanMan at May 11, 2017 03:11 PM (XTiHL)

175 where are you hanging out that this does not happen?

You can't even buy a beer at the American Legion unless you slap 6 inches on the bar.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 11, 2017 03:11 PM (QQ+il)

176
Worked when Bush fired the US Attorneys.

/s

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 11, 2017

I don't remember Bush calling a press conference and saying damn right I ordered the code red.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 11, 2017 03:11 PM (TARI1)

177 This thread has real potential.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 11, 2017 03:11 PM (C52a9)

178 Is this talk about holdin' dick prompted by the story about misbehaving fraternity brothers that i actually didn't bother to read or watch?

should I?

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:12 PM (8rNrN)

179 Did you just tell him he had cum on his mustache?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2017 03:06 PM (PCof0)

I mean, sure, if you are willing to call that sorry excuse of Peach fuzz a mustache.

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 11, 2017 03:12 PM (lvqY2)

180 MuTTO is a great hash. My hashes always suck.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 11, 2017 03:12 PM (QQ+il)

181
Hazing was always gay.

Word.

When I see what goes on as hazing, it makes me think every frat boy is a pussy who won't tell someone to go fuck himself.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 11, 2017 03:12 PM (oVJmc)

182 Did the Russians collude with Rosenstein to fire Comey and kidnap the Lindbergh baby?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (oVJmc)

No. Not Lindbergh's baby, rather the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 11, 2017 03:12 PM (/8EBC)

183 where are you hanging out that this does not happen?

You can't even buy a beer at the American Legion unless you slap 6 inches on the bar.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May

were I drinking scotch it would be all over the screen now.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:12 PM (cPsPa)

184 Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 11, 2017 03:08 PM (HTdUD)

According to texts obtained by LE, the dick-holding and walking around was pre-planned. had nothing to do with drunkenness, it was SOP for their degenerate hazing bullshit.

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:12 PM (kD8Fh)

185 If there were only some way to merge this thread with the 'Smooth Sounds of the Seventies' thread...

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 11, 2017 03:12 PM (C52a9)

186
He fired Comey, not because Comey was a Dem-fluffer but because he sucked at his job.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 11, 2017 02:46 PM (C52a9)

Yup
Posted by: Trotsky at May 11, 2017 02:47 PM (KlI/a)

*nods vigorously along with myriad of DEM holdovers*

Posted by: Alien Koskinen, biding his time, collecting big paychecks at May 11, 2017 03:13 PM (joFoi)

187 I know he's doing that today but he's doing that part of because of the firestorm.

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (8rNrN)

Yeah ... he stepped on his dick. Not fatal ... just another thing he needs to learn from.

Just like putting up shelves. The first time can be awkward.

Posted by: ScoggDogstein at May 11, 2017 03:13 PM (xIBU4)

188 Did the Russians collude with Rosenstein to fire Comey and kidnap the Lindbergh baby?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (oVJmc)
..........

I just wish they'd quit messing with our weather.

Posted by: wth at May 11, 2017 03:13 PM (HgMAr)

189 185. By the mighty lance of Lucifer - not another quaalude-fueled round of that crap!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Glory to Kekistan! No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at May 11, 2017 03:14 PM (TwwWO)

190
Pretty sure I wouldn't want to belong to any fraternity that required me to handle another guys dick.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 11, 2017 03:14 PM (HTdUD)

191 >>>
So. he's accomplished this with the Lester Holt interview, right?

I don't understand what the #BigMistake is here.

By now everyone pretty much has accepted that FLying Monkey Media is in a frenzied state of Perptetual Tarantella.

...

he hasn't really put it behind him. You're going to hear a lot of people saying that in court, misleading or covering up is consciousness of guilty.

which it is, both in law and everyday experience.

I can kind of believe that Trump didn't want this on his head precisely because he knew the media would blow up.

I'm trying to tell him that these evasions to avoid the media blowing up are futile, make him look bad, and make him look guilty, and he should stop with them because they don't work, and should just accept that the media is going to blow up about it anyway so might as well be bold about it and make them look like assholes.

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:14 PM (8rNrN)

192 Amen, Ace! Perfectly stated. The guy needs to ride the horse that got him here, not switch off for a pretty pony suitable for parade day. If he would just keep on telling them all to F* off, they would do most of the muting of the noise (because of all of the outraged and exploded heads) for us.

Posted by: goon at May 11, 2017 03:14 PM (EaQ6/)

193 >>According to texts obtained by LE, the dick-holding and walking around was pre-planned.

I wonder if they hired a choreographer?

Posted by: garrett at May 11, 2017 03:14 PM (xe7Ey)

194 If Trump governed the way he campaigned, I might actually learn what happiness is like.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 11, 2017 03:15 PM (MZcWR)

195 Is this talk about holdin' dick prompted by the story about misbehaving fraternity brothers that i actually didn't bother to read or watch?

should I?
Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May

The highest degree of difficulty dive apparently involves jamming your thumb up the ass of the guy in front of you to boot.

Now you know.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 11, 2017 03:15 PM (TARI1)

196 New Trump scandal. David Frump is having a tizzyfit over this.

http://tinyurl.com/mutos7j

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 11, 2017 03:15 PM (Nwg0u)

197 American Pravda, stay away from me
American Pravda, fascists, let me be
Don't come a-hangin' around my door
I don't wanna see your face no more
I got more important things to do ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 11, 2017 03:15 PM (6i10y)

198 "Don't do the shit you're bad at; do the stuff you're good at."

Eating steak and drinking beer!!??

I new I was on the right track!! Wait til I tell my wife!!!

Posted by: dananjcon at May 11, 2017 03:15 PM (WLK0w)

199 if you want to see guys with their dicks in their hands, just link to Josh Marshall's blog

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 11, 2017 03:15 PM (Rkk5d)

200 texts obtained by LE, the dick-holding and walking around was pre-planned. had nothing to do with drunkenness, it was SOP for their degenerate hazing bullshit.
Posted by: kallisto

oh well that is beta theta pi, the elephant walk is no big deal for them, they were blowing each other all semester long for fun anyway.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:15 PM (cPsPa)

201 Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 11, 2017 03:12 PM (oVJm

Marines used to haze until the SJWs put a stop to it. Asked some Navy people what happens when you cross the equator.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 11, 2017 03:15 PM (/BXzQ)

202 I don't remember Bush calling a press conference and saying damn right I ordered the code red.
Posted by: TexasDan at May 11, 2017 03:11 PM (TARI1)

What I remember of it was the administration pushing back pointing out they had the authority to do it, for any reason at all. And it was all pearl-clutching about justice being thwarted by the media and left then, too.

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 11, 2017 03:16 PM (lvqY2)

203 Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:14 PM (8rNrN)

Precisely. They will always hate him. Go big or go home.

Posted by: kraken at May 11, 2017 03:16 PM (zSVEm)

204 The highest degree of difficulty dive apparently involves jamming your thumb up the ass of the guy in front of you to boot.

Two dollars, same as in town.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 11, 2017 03:16 PM (QQ+il)

205 if even I, a semi-politics-addict, can't disentangle this "Rod Rosenstein" brouhaha, or even know who "Rod Rosenstein" even is, then I can rest easily that 99% of Americans can't either.

Trump is using the Dems' "stray voltage" theory against them like a Level 33 Alinsky Grandmaster!

Posted by: zombie at May 11, 2017 03:16 PM (DQ4Fv)

206 ***Just show your dick.

Thanks for making me think of that asshole LBJ.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 11, 2017 03:16 PM (O84Q2)

207 Maybe they're more into Greek history than I thought.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (TARI1)

The answer was there all the time...staring me in the face!!

#WhyThey'reCalledGreeks

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:16 PM (kD8Fh)

208 Fraternity hazing is done by beta males who think that they are Alphas, and they are the people running basically everything nowadays.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 11, 2017 03:16 PM (6Ll1u)

209 >>>>One of the hazing rituals was an elephant walk - whereby the "men" grab
each other's dongs and walk around, sometimes with an extra perverted
element added.

When did hazing jump tracks from garden variety brutality to gay porn footage?

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:04 PM (kD8Fh)

There is no group, club, or organization on the frigging planet that's worth doing that shit to join.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division a
.
.
.Nobody but my wife and possibly Kate Upton are going to be touching my stuff.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 11, 2017 03:16 PM (le7jz)

210 >>>178 Is this talk about holdin' dick prompted by the story about misbehaving fraternity brothers that i actually didn't bother to read or watch?

should I?
Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:12 PM (8rNrN)

Yeah, worth reading. Some of those fraternity members might do real time. Interesting for legal analysis, at the least.

Posted by: m at May 11, 2017 03:17 PM (VgThI)

211 Nooooo, grammie come back!

I have my pics of my Awana stuff that I wanted to brag about.

Posted by: alexthechick - RTFBYMFMF at May 11, 2017 03:17 PM (mf5HN)

212 When did hazing jump tracks from garden variety brutality to gay porn footage?

(remember Sayreville H.S. football incident)

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:04 PM (kD8Fh)

In college I did football and fraternity, and the only hazing that went on was with drinking. Being naked with other guys wasn't part of the game. And if some dude tried to make me grab another dudes dick it would be game over right then, new game of Knock-Out Game would start.

Posted by: NC Ref at May 11, 2017 03:17 PM (SpeiC)

213 >>>>>According to texts obtained by LE, the dick-holding and walking around was pre-planned.

is this about the Penn State drinking death?

Is this stuff about dick-holding just breaking, and has it been confirmed, or is it currently internet rumor?

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:17 PM (8rNrN)

214 Actually, I must truly admit that I have never been with men who hold up their dicks and either caper about whimsically, or hold it up menacingly, although when you do theatre you tend to see people in various states of undress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM (fDdVG)

You simply have not lived.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 11, 2017 03:18 PM (xIBU4)

215 m --

is this Penn State or another incident?

Where's the dick stuff coming from?

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:18 PM (8rNrN)

216
What I remember of it was the administration pushing back pointing out they had the authority to do it, for any reason at all. And it was all pearl-clutching about justice being thwarted by the media and left then, too.
Posted by: Chupacabra at May 11, 2017

Yep. But Bush always managed to project defensiveness instead of assertiveness. He might have shifted the message at least some of the time if he had done that.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 11, 2017 03:18 PM (TARI1)

217 is this about the Penn State drinking death?

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein

Separate new story about the depravity of State College, Pennsylvania.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 11, 2017 03:18 PM (HTdUD)

218 >>>>Marines used to haze until the SJWs put a stop to it. Asked some Navy people what happens when you cross the equator.
.
.
.My dungarees went over the side of the flight deck after I got initiated as a Shell Back in 1987.

When I made Chief it was even worse.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 11, 2017 03:18 PM (le7jz)

219

Just where does this dick holding elephant walk thing take place??

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Tom Cruise at May 11, 2017 03:19 PM (OZmbA)

220 I don't remember Bush calling a press conference and saying damn right I ordered the code red.
Posted by: TexasDan at May 11, 2017 03:11 PM (TARI1)

Maybe he should have

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 11, 2017 03:19 PM (KlI/a)

221 You simply have not lived.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 11, 2017 03:18 PM (xIBU4)

To which I say, "Thank you, Lord". ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2017 03:19 PM (fDdVG)

222
Yeah, worth reading. Some of those fraternity members might do real time. Interesting for legal analysis, at the least.
Posted by: m at May

well, the important legal analysis is DO NOT FUCKING GROUP TEXT ABOUT YOUR CRIMES. in fact, do not ever text more than one word messages.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:19 PM (cPsPa)

223 >>>One of the hazing rituals was an elephant walk - whereby the "men" grab each other's dongs and walk around, sometimes with an extra perverted element added.

When did hazing jump tracks from garden variety brutality to gay porn footage?

You never heard of Rooty Toot Toot, did you?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 11, 2017 03:19 PM (QAr91)

224 Is this talk about holdin' dick prompted by the story about misbehaving fraternity brothers that i actually didn't bother to read or watch?

should I?
Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:12 PM (8rNrN)

Yeah, worth reading. Some of those fraternity members might do real time. Interesting for legal analysis, at the least.
Posted by: m

Then they'll be holding dick for real.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2017 03:19 PM (PCof0)

225 is this Penn State or another incident?

Where's the dick stuff coming from?
Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein

Penn State. Sidebar link re Sandusky.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 11, 2017 03:19 PM (TARI1)

226 O/T: Anyone know anything about this Strategic Campaign Group business? Supposed to be a GOP fundraising outfit in B'more that the feds are raiding...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 11, 2017 03:19 PM (9krrF)

227 should I?

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein at May 11, 2017 03:12 PM (8rNrN)

I think so because it seems to be part of a bigger pattern of weird homosexual sex mashing up with liquor and violence/humiliation hazing, in football and at university frats.

Also, a young man lost his life as a result of this criminal degeneracy.

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:19 PM (kD8Fh)

228 Waaaa! I can't whip anything out! This violates the Equal Protection clause in the Constitution.

Posted by: Short Dicked Man at May 11, 2017 03:09 PM

We made a song just for you.

https://youtu.be/VQDwhAK95ds

Posted by: Gillette at May 11, 2017 03:19 PM (JO9+V)

229 Posted by: garrett at May 11, 2017 03:10 PM (xe7Ey)

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

Outside of political geeks...and dorks.. Will most Americans care if Rosenstein said this or that? More important do most Americans know who the hell Rosenstein even is?

Hence why I wrote it sounded like a "Allahpundit post".

It has a standard format:

1. A bunch of insider political ball that about 1% of the population cares about.

2. Lots of snark

3. Obsessing on unnamed sources and deeper meaning of it all.

4. Lots of worked up psycho-analysis on what constitutes a Alpha vs. Beta male.

Posted by: William Eaton at May 11, 2017 03:20 PM (MuTTO)

230 Word from the Russian street is that this video is the reason Comey resigned.

youtube.com/watch?v=6EOlJH62gks

Posted by: Fritz at May 11, 2017 03:20 PM (2Mnv1)

231 It's clear you don't like Trump ACE

Posted by: Gonzotx at May 11, 2017 03:20 PM (s587h)

232

Look.... I get the .... vapors.... when lifting very heavy objects.

Pisses the guy in the urinal next to me off every time.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2017 03:20 PM (8XRCm)

233 I saw a billboard in Milwaukee a few days ago....

David Clark for Senate. I think he may be out of the running for the FBI....at least for now.

Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at May 11, 2017 03:20 PM (0ucZF)

234 You simply have not lived.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 11, 2017 03:18 PM (xIBU4)

Note to self: I don't want to live.

Posted by: Norm MacDonald at May 11, 2017 03:20 PM (lvqY2)

235 Email I just sent to someone who queried as to the status of my zombietime-ing:

---

"I rarely make or upload reports any more. The information-scape is changing constantly, and I haven't been (nor has anyone else been) able to keep up with what it all means.

As far as I can tell, the "mainstream" media has continued losing so much of its former influence that some line has been crossed to where it is now essentially "irrelevant." But at the same time, "blogging" as a concept is also fading away into the history books. So from whence, then, do people get their "information"?

As far as I can surmise, people nowadays don't get "information" -- instead, they get their individually curated "social media feeds" which are designed to only confirm what they already "know," and serve to further cement their membership is various social tribes.

So despite the disintegration of the media monopoly, it's actually getting more difficult to reach "the average person" these days, because there is no longer such a thing as an "average" person -- merely members of various political tribes. I can reach an audience of people who already agree with me but I'm seeing less and less the point of even doing that. What I always have wanted is to reach people who don't agree with me, so I can change their minds. But with the hyper-specificity of each person's "media feed," and the way that tribal shibboleths and "seals of approval" determine what is an acceptable component of each members infoscape, it has become nearly impossible to reach anyone but those in one's own tribe.

As a result, my motivation to "blog" diminishes daily!"

Posted by: zombie at May 11, 2017 03:20 PM (DQ4Fv)

236 You never heard of Rooty Toot Toot, did you?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 11, 2017 03:19 PM (QAr91)

Unfortunately I'm very unsophisticated.

Can't say that I have.

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:21 PM (kD8Fh)

237 well, the hazing stuff got weirder when everyone got on the fraternities about doing the dangerous shit. no more making people lay on train tracks or dangling them off of bridges. no string-brick-dick trick.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:21 PM (cPsPa)

238 is this about the Penn State drinking death?

Posted by: Ace Cuckenstein

Separate new story about the depravity of State College, Pennsylvania.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum

I hired you people to lay track!
Not hop around like a bunch of Pennsylvanian faggots!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2017 03:21 PM (PCof0)

239 >>>Don't do the shit you're bad at; do the stuff you're good at.

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT TRUE FOR GAINZZZ

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 11, 2017 03:21 PM (QAr91)

240 you seem to be missing the point of drudge. not everything can be a link to infowars.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 02:47 PM (cPsPa)

Well, thanks for the back-handed insult out of nowhere, well done.

And I know what the purpose of a news aggregate site is- my problem is simply with his shift in focus of the stories he links to- they have become more and more outright fake news, whereas he used to link to more solid reporting, at least above the fold.

But whatever, thanks for your input.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 11, 2017 03:22 PM (jjaLl)

241 I am a trusty Shellback. I put up with a lot of shit for that designation.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 11, 2017 03:22 PM (O84Q2)

242 Actually, I must truly admit that I have never been with men who hold up their dicks and either caper about whimsically, or hold it up menacingly,
............

See 'em all the time here in Santa Cruz county, usually when they're peeing at a bus stop or some other public place.

Posted by: wth at May 11, 2017 03:22 PM (HgMAr)

243 >>>O/T: Anyone know anything about this Strategic Campaign Group business?
Supposed to be a GOP fundraising outfit in B'more that the feds are
raiding...
.
.
.It looks like they are a robo call and direct mail fund raising group that claims to have been in business for 10 years.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 11, 2017 03:23 PM (le7jz)

244
Also, a young man lost his life as a result of this criminal degeneracy.

Posted by: kallisto

Some 18 or 19 year old falls down a flight of stairs and they left him there for like 11 hours. Meanwhile his brain swells like a balloon.

Took him a couple days to die.

Not sure 'criminal degeneracy' is a strong enough term.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 11, 2017 03:23 PM (HTdUD)

245 You never heard of Rooty Toot Toot, did you?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 11, 2017 03:19 PM (QAr91)

Disclaimer: Is not related to our breakfast promotion "Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity'

Posted by: IHOP at May 11, 2017 03:24 PM (JO9+V)

246 Why would people here of all places give oxygen to the Left's years-long campaign to slander and thereby destroy the entire Greek system?

Don't you all realize this is part of a carefully planned strategy?

Posted by: zombie at May 11, 2017 03:24 PM (DQ4Fv)

247 Well, thanks for the back-handed insult out of nowhere, well done.

And I know what the purpose of a news aggregate site is- my problem is simply with his shift in focus of the stories he links to- they have become more and more outright fake news, whereas he used to link to more solid reporting, at least above the fold.

But whatever, thanks for your input.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May

it was supposed to be snarky not insulting; I hate smiley faces.

my point was that he selects those sources because he wants to show what the mfm is saying not because he agrees with what they are saying.

no real offense intended; only a little.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:24 PM (cPsPa)

248 Don't do the shit you're bad at; do the stuff you're good at.
================
While this advice seems obvious, it eludes most people in moments of stress.

Posted by: simplemind at May 11, 2017 03:24 PM (xVRrG)

249

Most of the people who voted for Trump hate The Media as much was the media hates Trump.....a virtuous circle if there ever were one.

Posted by: Malignantly aggrieved and economically useless at May 11, 2017 03:24 PM (NzSrm)

250 You may note, as I have, that Trump's in your face Alpha Male communication style changed, as he got more and more Washington types on his staff.

Just as some of his Campaign promises are now being either watered down, or ignored, due to 'Washington' politics, or insider advisors...

(Like the Paris Climate Treaty crap, which he should have just shit canned... ).

Posted by: Don Q. at May 11, 2017 03:25 PM (NgKpN)

251 Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 11, 2017 03:23 PM (HTdUD)

The description of his final hours was just painful.

How about the one kid who was urging them to call 9-1-1 and he was denied because "there's brothers here majoring in kinesiology and biology and they think he's OK"

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:25 PM (kD8Fh)

252 As a result, my motivation to "blog" diminishes daily!"

Posted by: zombie at May 11, 2017 03:20 PM (DQ4Fv)

Good post.I don't think that a large % of the population is open to change. JMHOAlso I don't care whose idea it was to fire Comey. Just fire the motherfucker.

Posted by: MAC-SOG at May 11, 2017 03:25 PM (QPdNE)

253 Why would people here of all places give oxygen to the Left's years-long campaign to slander and thereby destroy the entire Greek system?

Don't you all realize this is part of a carefully planned strategy?
Posted by: zombie at May 11, 2017 03:24 PM (DQ4Fv)

----

I hear what you are saying. I was in a fraternity.

But what those guys did was criminally negligent.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2017 03:25 PM (8XRCm)

254 Who did Trump fire: FBI Director Comey.

Did he have authority to fire him? Yes.

Everything else is Washington DC insider/Media bullsh*t.

Posted by: WisRich at May 11, 2017 03:26 PM (hdpay)

255
I hired you people to lay track!
Not hop around like a bunch of Pennsylvanian faggots!
Posted by: rickb223

well there is the problem. you hired guys to "lay track" but the telegram they got said "lay pipe." simple misunderstanding.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:26 PM (cPsPa)

256 I think Brian York had the best rundown about the timing issue of Comey's dismissal.

Byron York: To fire Comey, Trump team waited for Rosenstein
But those same Trump team members who believed Comey should go also believed there should be a process involved in doing it. Truth be told, not all of them - some wanted to see Trump fire everybody on Jan. 21: U.S. attorneys, ambassadors, Obama holdovers, everybody. But the more institutionally-minded members of the Trump team wanted to see a process observed. In the case of removing Comey, that involved going through the chain of command.

The structure was this: The FBI director reported to the deputy attorney general, who reported to the attorney general, who reported to the president. When Trump fired Comey Tuesday afternoon, that chain of command had been in place for all of 14 days.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-to-fire-
comey-trump-team-waited-for-rosenstein/article/2622655

This was published yesterday morning, before all the blame Rosenstein nonsense.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 11, 2017 03:26 PM (R+30W)

257 Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 11, 2017 03:23 PM (HTdUD)

A part of the story that makes me almost as mad is the dickweed frat guy who testified that he was telling everyone that 911 needed to be called and they ignored his warnings . Wait were your fingers broken Mother fucker? Dial 911 yourself.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 11, 2017 03:26 PM (/BXzQ)

258 OT but probably the greatest example of leftist cognitive dissonance I've seen so far today (I'll probably see worse tomorrow)....

A Facebook page/site called Book Riot (which I originally "followed" because they were supposed to be about books, but has since gone hardcore Trump-is-the-second-coming of Hitler leftist) has a post up (it appeared in my news feed) titled "100 Must-Read LGBTQIA YA Books". (I have no idea what several of those letters mean.) The post is illustrated with a photo of an attractive young woman sitting in the grass contentedly reading, with a rainbow-patterned umbrella/parasol beside her... and she is wearing a hijab.

So Book Riot apparently believes that Muslim women who take their religion seriously enough to wear a hijab (or are too afraid of their husbands, male relatives, or local authorities NOT to wear one) are going to spend their spare time reading young adult (i.e., aimed at teens) novels about the glories of "the queer and trans rainbow"? Not to mention the fact that places where local law or custom requires women to be so dressed aren't very LGBT et al friendly, to put it mildly?

Posted by: Secret Square at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (+HoK2)

259 Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:24 PM (cPsPa)

So... you can do smiley faces here?
Harumph, I say... last time I tried with my iPad, I pulled a muscle, and power went off all down the street.

Posted by: kraken at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (zSVEm)

260 >>>When did hazing jump tracks from garden variety brutality to gay porn footage?

I'll say it again: the "muscle magazine" closet cases who turned hazing and football so very gay are ESPN's new target audience.

Posted by: wooga
****

Suspects. Always looking for suspects.

Posted by: Sam Diamond at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (0x/TW)

261 Oh, for the love of all that's holy.

The dreck from the alternate universe that is "The New Yorker" that regularly gets dumped into my work inbox has this gem today:

We Could Have been Canada - Was the American Revolution Really a Good Idea?

No link to save the Horde's blood pressure. I got nuthin'. Take shots as you see fit.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (p+Wdc)

262 Hey , while Trump is the firing mood could he shit can LESTER HOLT>...dickless 'journalist' fraud that he is....???

Posted by: Malignantly aggrieved and economically useless at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (NzSrm)

263 it is less of a fraternity problem and more of a beta theta pi problem.

of course the things that go on in sororities make this pale in comparison, though no one will ever complain about them.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (cPsPa)

264 Posted by: wth at May 11, 2017 03:22 PM (HgMAr)

I've seen people urinate in public. I've also seen creepy people who expose themselves I try to leave those areas quickly. I'm just never seen them capering about, holding their dick aloft or coming up to people and threatening them or showing off by the length of their penis, but since I'm not a man maybe they don't see the need to do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (fDdVG)

265 One of the dishes the gals on the cooking show that I'm watching is Faggots, some sort of meatball. But it's OK, they are doing a British recipe.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (6Ll1u)

266
Speaking of lies:

The Left loves lies.

They lie about everything.

Every word is about manipulation rather than truth.

Another reason they are naturally allies for Islam - the religion of lying liars who lie all the time because they think God desperately needs their lies on his side - or something.

Let us not forget these words - so we can understand what the cause of all those lies is: "When Satan lies, he speaks his native tongue."

Posted by: An Observation at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (ip8Wp)

267 I don't know exactly how to feel about this entire thing, but maybe if you gave me some additional money, to spend any way that I want, then I could find some clarity and write you a nice reporn. opps, report.

Posted by: goon at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (EaQ6/)

268 Don't you all realize this is part of a carefully planned strategy?

Posted by: zombie at May 11, 2017 03:24 PM (DQ4Fv)

It's occurring in high school football lockers though and in the university system outside of fraternity row. Such as the band hazing that resulted in the death of Richard Champion at a Florida college.

I'm giving it oxygen because these crimes need to be exposed and stopped.

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:28 PM (kD8Fh)

269 So... you can do smiley faces here?
Harumph, I say... last time I tried with my iPad, I pulled a muscle, and power went off all down the street.
Posted by: kraken

heh

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:28 PM (cPsPa)

270 "There's no good time to do it."

Sure there is; Today.

Trump should fire him again today.

Because Winning!

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at May 11, 2017 03:28 PM (Ndje9)

271 What is it with fraternities and ghey shit?

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 11, 2017 03:28 PM (0mRoj)

272 "bangalore torpedo" ? Is that what's on yer mind?

Mine too, sometimes

Posted by: name, rank, cereal # at May 11, 2017 03:28 PM (ihtYN)

273
As a result, my motivation to "blog" diminishes daily!"

Posted by: zombie at May 11, 2017 03:20 PM (DQ4Fv)

Admit it. You're spending more time here with Teh Horde because you luuuuuuuuuv us.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 11, 2017 03:28 PM (XWkhW)

274 How about the one kid who was urging them to call 9-1-1 and he was denied because "there's brothers here majoring in kinesiology and biology and they think he's OK"

aka, circle jerk.

Would love to see them in court when asked where they got their MD license.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2017 03:28 PM (PCof0)

275 But those same Trump team members who believed Comey should go also believed there should be a process involved in doing it. Truth be told, not all of them - some wanted to see Trump fire everybody on Jan. 21: U.S. attorneys, ambassadors, Obama holdovers, everybody.

Remember the MFM threw a fit when the ambassadors we're told they were to quit? Yeah, that happens with every administration. The MFM was going to have hissy fits over everything

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 11, 2017 03:29 PM (493sH)

276 Posted by: zombie at May 11, 2017 03:20 PM (DQ4Fv

The problem is the right can get a new perspective by just turning on the TV. The left has to actively search for it.

I agree that's not a winning strategy for you moving forward, as good as your work is. People only expect to hear things they want to hear, and a large part of why I deleted all last vestiges of social media. Frankly, I see an active evil to it. And not in the secular sense. Which is hard to say as an agnostic.

Posted by: Norm MacDonald at May 11, 2017 03:29 PM (lvqY2)

277 263 it is less of a fraternity problem and more of a beta theta pi problem.

of course the things that go on in sororities make this pale in comparison, though no one will ever complain about them.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (cPsPa)

You mean pr0nhub LIED to me?

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 11, 2017 03:29 PM (0mRoj)

278 >>>Unfortunately I'm very unsophisticated.
Can't say that I have.

YOU WANT TO BE FIRST!! Just remember that!!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 11, 2017 03:29 PM (QAr91)

279 of course the things that go on in sororities make this pale in comparison, though no one will ever complain about them.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (cPsPa)

You mean pr0nhub LIED to me?
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy

about beta theta pi or sororities?

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:30 PM (cPsPa)

280 253 Why would people here of all places give oxygen to the Left's years-long campaign to slander and thereby destroy the entire Greek system?

Don't you all realize this is part of a carefully planned strategy?
Posted by: zombie at May 11, 2017 03:24 PM (DQ4Fv)

Not much pity from me. The Greek guys and gals at my Cut Rate College weren't the nicest folks.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 11, 2017 03:30 PM (xIBU4)

281 It seems someone has been reading/watching Fake News.

Posted by: WeBoned! at May 11, 2017 03:30 PM (yOWG+)

282 Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:28 PM (kD8Fh)

Not that it makes it any better but frat guys have been killed doing stupid frat stuff since the days fraternities were created.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 11, 2017 03:30 PM (/BXzQ)

283 Ok - I am trying to not to follow this too closely. But a very cursory, light, skim of the mass hysteria leads me to this pondering. Isn't it possible that Trump was in his heart-of-hearts determined to fire Comey since the election, kiss blowing or no kiss blowing? And then Rosenstein comes along two weeks ago (10 days ago?) and does his own investigation and determines that, yeah, this FBI Director did some really out-of-bounds stuff here. And this determination by Rosenstein makes its way into Trump's ear. This being just a few days after that pathetic May 3rd testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee. And Trump says to himself: "That's it! This guy's outta here now." And asked Rosenstein to draft up the document, etc.
And so yes, Trump decided to fire Comey on his own, before Rosensteins document. BUT ALSO it was Rosenstein's investigation that finally put the wheels in motion.
So it wasn't a lie that Rosenstein's document were the reason Trump fired Comey. Just different ways of looking at the events.
Yes, I voted for Trump.

Posted by: grandmalcaesar at May 11, 2017 03:30 PM (yrohn)

284 279 of course the things that go on in sororities make this pale in comparison, though no one will ever complain about them.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (cPsPa)

You mean pr0nhub LIED to me?
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy

about beta theta pi or sororities?
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:30 PM (cPsPa)

Heh. Sororities, of course.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 11, 2017 03:30 PM (0mRoj)

285 The description of his final hours was just painful.

How about the one kid who was urging them to call 9-1-1 and he was denied because "there's brothers here majoring in kinesiology and biology and they think he's OK"

Posted by: kallisto

Phrenology and psychology would have been just as worthwhile in making a diagnosis. He was possibly already brain dead. Still breathing -- because the 'old brain' was not injured in the fall. He only had one slim chance of survival -- immediate transport to a hospital.

I'm just glad I never have to take another step in Happy Valley again. More beer distributors and liquor stores per square foot then probably anywhere else on the planet.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 11, 2017 03:31 PM (HTdUD)

286 272 "bangalore torpedo" ? Is that what's on yer mind?

Mine too, sometimes
Posted by: name, rank, cereal # at May 11, 2017 03:28 PM (ihtYN)

Pussy Bangalore. Now that should have been Honor Blackman's name.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 11, 2017 03:31 PM (mbhDw)

287 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 11, 2017 03:27 PM (p+Wdc)

I think that's a fairly regular "NY'er" bit. "We should have been Canada" and yes, it's annoying.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2017 03:31 PM (fDdVG)

288 no real offense intended; only a little.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:24 PM (cPsPa)

None really taken- popping in and out of here at work tends to have me going with my first reaction- which may not be the best way to comment here, but it does make it more fun.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 11, 2017 03:31 PM (jjaLl)

289 Look.... I get the .... vapors.... when lifting very heavy objects.

Pisses the guy in the urinal next to me off every time.

Why do all these homosexuals keep hefting my junk?!?

Posted by: The Guy at the Other Urinal at May 11, 2017 03:31 PM (QQ+il)

290 someone was reporting comey wsa at the beta theta pi elephant walk which is the real reason he was fired.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:31 PM (cPsPa)

291 And Anon Y. Mous whips it out.

the facts, I mean.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 11, 2017 03:32 PM (Rkk5d)

292 I don't buy it. Rosensteins memo was a tour de force.

Quoting Gorelick?

Ballsy.

He wasn't just doing an assignment he was told to do. And he didn't just come up with that in a couple of weeks.

I think he was not just a clerk collecting a butchers bill.

Posted by: blaster at May 11, 2017 03:32 PM (KOaTi)

293 Trump's a prototypical salesman, saying whatever he needs to say to make the sale. I you don't like Tuesday's bullshit, he'll try something new on Wednesday.

Americans generally like being sold and admire good salespeople--it's "how we got Trump". We'd prefer he understood we've bought the car and now hope he can keep it between the white lines.

Funny post, btw.

Posted by: spongeworthy at May 11, 2017 03:32 PM (mrfTe)

294 None really taken- popping in and out of here at work tends to have me going with my first reaction- which may not be the best way to comment here, but it does make it more fun.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May

entirely understandable

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:32 PM (cPsPa)

295 Wait...What?

When did Trump say that he fired Comey because Rosenstein asked him to?

I don't think so. Trump clearly said he fired Comey because he wasn't doing a good job. Of course he had a report from others in the FBI to back up his decision, but that's far from blaming Rosenstein.

Posted by: LASue, now even more deplorable! at May 11, 2017 03:32 PM (CLKfs)

296 What is it with fraternities and ghey shit?

Posted by: Insomniac,
****

Bros before ho's.

Posted by: Sam Diamond at May 11, 2017 03:32 PM (+aCe4)

297 >>>I've seen people urinate in public. I've also seen creepy people who expose themselves I try to leave those areas quickly. I'm just never seen them capering about, holding their dick aloft or coming up to people and threatening them or showing off by the length of their penis, but since I'm not a man maybe they don't see the need to do that.

Protip: you don't want to know what goes on in the male barracks. Shit, WE don't even want to know half the time!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 11, 2017 03:33 PM (QAr91)

298 Remember the MFM threw a fit when the ambassadors we're told they were to quit? Yeah, that happens with every administration. The MFM was going to have hissy fits over everything
Posted by: TheQuietMan

At least the WH Travel Office got to keep their jobs.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2017 03:34 PM (PCof0)

299 I had guacamole with my lunch today, and tequila, so I just don't give an assistant director about any of this circus act. On the other hand, I think that Donald needs to keep waving the torch out in front of him, like he would if he was fending off wolves, rather than sitting down with the f*ucking zombies and making nice. What is the thinking up there? Go get some ribs and beers in an "in-sanitized" place Donald! You are losing sight of land, and there be sea-monsters out there.

Posted by: goon at May 11, 2017 03:34 PM (EaQ6/)

300 /sock

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 11, 2017 03:34 PM (lvqY2)

301 Heh. Sororities, of course.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 11, 2017 03:30 PM (0mRoj)

When my friend told me her daughter was going through hell pledging to a sorority I was really puzzled. My buddy had always been an artsy nonconformist type. I couldn't believe she was enabling her daughter to this most conformist of rituals.

She explained that being in a sorority would help her kid make the right connections and get into some powerhouse local employers, such as Vanguard.

I was like..."I worked there as a temp, and got a woman hired in permanent, and I was nowhere near a sorority".

I hope it worked out for the kid, haven't seen them in a while.

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2017 03:35 PM (kD8Fh)

302 When I crossed the line, I had dungarees full of hot sauce. It seems these rituals have always involved cocks-and-balls-and-asses.

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 11, 2017 03:36 PM (lvqY2)

303 So Trump lies because Politico said so? Where was it said that Trump said it was all Rods idea? Since when do we believe anything the media says about Trump?

Posted by: Sticky Burr at May 11, 2017 03:36 PM (XaSia)

304 299 I had guacamole with my lunch today, and tequila, so I just don't give an assistant director about any of this circus act. On the other hand, I think that Donald needs to keep waving the torch out in front of him, like he would if he was fending off wolves, rather than sitting down with the f*ucking zombies and making nice. What is the thinking up there? Go get some ribs and beers in an "in-sanitized" place Donald! You are losing sight of land, and there be sea-monsters out there.
Posted by: goon at May 11, 2017 03:34 PM (EaQ6/)

I think more firings are in order: highest levels and once a week. That and Special Prosecutions of the highest level Democrat-Left political figures of the past 8-40 years.

Own the news cycles, Mr. President.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 11, 2017 03:36 PM (mbhDw)

305 I think Brian York had the best rundown about the timing issue of Comey's dismissal.

Byron York: To fire Comey, Trump team waited for Rosenstein
But those same Trump team members who believed Comey should go also believed there should be a process involved in doing it. Truth be told, not all of them - some wanted to see Trump fire everybody on Jan. 21: U.S. attorneys, ambassadors, Obama holdovers, everybody. But the more institutionally-minded members of the Trump team wanted to see a process observed. In the case of removing Comey, that involved going through the chain of command.

The structure was this: The FBI director reported to the deputy attorney general, who reported to the attorney general, who reported to the president. When Trump fired Comey Tuesday afternoon, that chain of command had been in place for all of 14 days.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-to-fire-
comey-trump-team-waited-for-rosenstein/article/2622655

This was published yesterday morning, before all the blame Rosenstein nonsense.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 11, 2017 03:26 PM (R+30W)

Oh - this makes the point better. But still, no one in business ever fires anyone without a report. The report doesn't start the process; it finishes it.

Posted by: LASue, now even more deplorable! at May 11, 2017 03:37 PM (CLKfs)

306 Heh. Sororities, of course.
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy

well sororities are like lord of the flies only worse. the hotter the sisters, the meaner the initiation / pledging.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:37 PM (cPsPa)

307 The problem is the right can get a new perspective by just turning on the TV. The left has to actively search for it.

And the only times they do so are in order to snuff out any dissention from the party line.

This is worse than a civil war. This is a holy war. A most unholy holy war.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 11, 2017 03:37 PM (9krrF)

308
I thought the function of a sorority was to teach coeds how to do butt stuff.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 11, 2017 03:37 PM (XWkhW)

309 So I'm glad that this shabby, poorly-thought-out decision to suggest that Rosenstein Did It is behind us.

Uh. No. This is what passes for a normal decision-making process in large bureaucracies especially government bureaucracies like the Federal Government which employs some 3 million people, it as been said.

Trump wanted to fire Comey right from the beginning, but Trump, being a business man and not a politician asks the very obvious question; 'can the President fire the FBI Director?'. Like all such simple questions in Washington, D.C. it is not a simple question. 'Nixon did it', doesn't work as an example. 'Clinton did it', also doesn't work. Lawyers must be consulted and a study group convened to study the question. Also the political ramifications have to be analyzed by experts in the field of politics and public opinion. So Trump asks his advisors, 'can I fire this guy', and the advisors pass the question around, hem and haw, back and fill, circle the wagons, and some poor schlub deep in the bureaucracy gets the assignment, 'can the President fire the FBI director', and said schlub toils away in obscurity for a week or a month or five and writes a position paper.

Then! when the president makes the decision to fire the FBI Directory all hell breaks loose as everyone and his second cousin express their opinions, because everyone in Washington, D.C. has an opinion. Sometimes many opinions. Some even contradictory opinions useful for any occasion.

But the way it works, one guy, one guy, in Washington, D. C. woke up one day and said, "Fuck it. You're fired!"

Then! Of course the case goes to court where a federal judge might well, in some future time, render a decision for or against, maybe.

Posted by: Ed Hanchet, Jr. at May 11, 2017 03:37 PM (6wzNY)

310 >>>>Wait...What?

When did Trump say that he fired Comey because Rosenstein asked him to?

I don't think so. Trump clearly said he fired Comey because he
wasn't doing a good job. Of course he had a report from others in the
FBI to back up his decision, but that's far from blaming Rosenstein.
.
.
.He didn't at least I can't find anything where he said that. I am not sure what's going on here.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 11, 2017 03:37 PM (le7jz)

311
QUIT LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT MR. PRESIDENT!

Posted by: John Koskinen at May 11, 2017 03:37 PM (t6XCL)

312 308
I thought the function of a sorority was to teach coeds how to do butt stuff.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

Same function as a fraternity then.

Posted by: Roy at May 11, 2017 03:38 PM (7n4KQ)

313 well I just read it.

if that letter isn't a firing recommendation there is no such thing.

Posted by: Lord Sir x at May 11, 2017 03:38 PM (nFwvY)

314 296 What is it with fraternities and ghey shit?

Posted by: Insomniac,
****

Bros before ho's.
Posted by: Sam Diamond at May 11, 2017 03:32 PM (+aCe4)

It allows you to experiment under the guise of social science.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 11, 2017 03:38 PM (mbhDw)

315 The impression I got from watching the news that evening was that the media was indignantly ASKING Trump people how he had the authority to do this?

And they answered that Comey's Justice Dept boss had given Comey's a bad job review, so Trump had cause.

How did this get blown up into a "Trump lied" narrative?

Oh yeah.....the Democrat media....lying bastards.

Posted by: Pam at May 11, 2017 03:39 PM (cF0hS)

316 >>>of course the things that go on in sororities make this pale in comparison, though no one will ever complain about them.

What was the joke like guys will beat the shit out of each other or physical abuse whereas women will just be subtly bitchy to one another until they develop a lifelong eating disorder?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 11, 2017 03:39 PM (QAr91)

317 303: Yep.

Posted by: LASue, now even more deplorable! at May 11, 2017 03:39 PM (CLKfs)

318 Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 11, 2017 03:37 PM (9krrF

I don't think you're wrong. In the most literal sense.

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 11, 2017 03:40 PM (lvqY2)

319 Is this something?

http://tinyurl.com/nyjjhyf

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 11, 2017 02:42 PM (C52a9)

If he gets the job, I hope he continues to wear the Stetson.

And a big gun belt with two Ruger Redhawks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2017 03:40 PM (0deF2)

320 Hostess Hohos before bros.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 11, 2017 03:40 PM (Nwg0u)

321 NOOD. Ghosts.

Posted by: Lord Chancellor johnd01 at May 11, 2017 03:41 PM (ukNFU)

322 I had a buddy that almost pledged the Pi Gamma Beta frat, until he realized that it was Greek for Paolo, the Gay Baboon.

Posted by: Roy at May 11, 2017 03:41 PM (7n4KQ)

323 Hostess Hohos before bros.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May

that is part of the beta theta pi initiation too.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 11, 2017 03:41 PM (cPsPa)

324
"We should reject the departure and return to the traditions.

Although the President has the power to remove an FBI director, the decision should not be taken lightly. I agree with the nearly unanimous opinions of former Department officials. The way the Director handled the conclusion of the email investigation was wrong. As a result, the FBI is unlikely to regain public and congressional trust until it has a Director who understands the gravity of the mistakes and pledges never to repeat them. Having refused to admit his errors, the Director cannot be expected to implement the necessary corrective actions."

Posted by: Lord Sir x at May 11, 2017 03:42 PM (nFwvY)

325 296 What is it with fraternities and ghey shit?

Posted by: Insomniac,
****

Bros before ho's.
Posted by: Sam Diamond at May 11, 2017 03:32 PM (+aCe4)

It allows you to experiment under the guise of social science.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton
****

Do they get course credit for that?

Posted by: Sam Diamond at May 11, 2017 03:42 PM (0x/TW)

326 I saw a billboard in Milwaukee a few days ago....

David Clark for Senate. I think he may be out of the running for the FBI....at least for now.
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at May 11, 2017 03:20 PM (0ucZF)

Clark was on Fox Business yesterday and was asked if he had been contacted by the Trump administration about the FBI position. He said no and if he had, he wouldn't tell Maria anyway, LOL.

Then she asked him if he was running for Senate and he said no, he was not. Plain, matter of fact, Classic Clark delivery with zero expression.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 11, 2017 03:42 PM (bJ+bK)

327 Pixy compliant smiles

http://smilies.mee.nu/

Posted by: redc1c4 at May 11, 2017 03:42 PM (PtB+O)

328 Bangladesh. I'll try to keep that in mind.

Posted by: ace at May 11, 2017 02:49 PM (8rNrN)

Bangladash.

What a pakistani does when his car radio cuts out.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2017 03:42 PM (0deF2)

329 I think I invented the cottage cheese sandwich (within my family), by brother thinks he invented the cottage cheese sandwich.

I'll give you two points. My older brother was the type of guy to grab things away from me just because he could, as if my intentions were nothing to consider, AND in his teenage years he couldn't make a sandwich without knowing what kind of sandwich you had made for yourself. My recollection was specifically trying to come up with something I never saw anybody eat before.

He could still be right about the sandwich, and I made up a memory. My confidence is with my memory. One is the truth, the other is not the truth, but not necessarily a lie or deception.

People rather seldom know their thoughts in the way they would linearize it in an explanation, and they often don't express it to a fully accurate representation of what exactly they thought. Let's quit giving the left too much room in turning a possible cluster of misperceptions/misinterpretations into politics or deception.

It could be true that Trump wanted to fire Comey (I believe that). It could simultaneously be true that Sessions picked up on this and asked his second, to draft an assessment of Comey's fitness to remain in office. Then it could be true that the AG office put together the recommendation before Trump even chalked up his hands to swing the axe--so it accelerated the process. So to some it looks like it initiated somewhere, but to Trump, it's simply an expression of his building momentum to fire Comey.

Anybody who has watched Trump can tell you that if it made him look too indecisive, he going to simply exaggerate his will to swing the axe.

Let's stop responding to the 16-color carton scenarios that the left puts to us.

Can we do that??!!

Posted by: Axeman at May 11, 2017 03:43 PM (2mC6G)

330 There's only one man who can truly threaten people with his dick.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073735/

Posted by: josephistan at May 11, 2017 03:43 PM (7HtZB)

331 I was in a frat.

I Felta Thi

Posted by: Sam Diamond at May 11, 2017 03:45 PM (0x/TW)

332 I'M YELLING AT CARS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY.

ALSO THE FNM LIES ALL THE TIME.

FUCK YOU WHITE PRIUS!!

Posted by: Homeless Guy on the Corner Yelling at Cars at May 11, 2017 03:47 PM (npdX6)

333 What is it with fraternities and ghey shit?

Posted by: Insomniac,
****

Bros before ho's.
Posted by: Sam Diamond at May 11, 2017 03:32 PM (+aCe4)

It allows you to experiment under the guise of social science.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton
****

Do they get course credit for that?
Posted by: Sam Diamond
------------

It's the togas that give it away.

Posted by: A Greek at May 11, 2017 03:47 PM (/ZEVC)

334 Bangladesh?

Who's La Desh?

Posted by: Sam Diamond at May 11, 2017 03:47 PM (m3iiU)

335 Napalm the swamp, don't just try to drain it, Donald. The path of least resistance, although not always the most efficient, is usually associated with more righteous feelings. I don't think that sending Hitler a note before Normandy would have been the best way to proceed. So, really, what I'm saying is, Donald ... hit them all in the back of the head with a shovel and dig shallow graves and we'll worry about the bigger ramifications tomorrow. They want to hate us anyway; give them a decent reason, out here where the meat is.

Posted by: goon at May 11, 2017 03:48 PM (EaQ6/)

336 I thought it was Leonard Berenstain.

Posted by: eleven at May 11, 2017 03:05 PM (qUNWi)

That doesn't bear thinking about.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2017 03:49 PM (0deF2)

337 Yeah, the media keeps trying to play this as i there's no way both explanations can be true. This is rarely the case in much of anything, though Pence's statements on the matter make it problematic. Pence was actually the guy who appeared to put the finger on Rosenstein.

My hazing in college was so bad that I would gladly march a dude around by his hog to avoid it.

Posted by: spongeworthy at May 11, 2017 03:49 PM (mrfTe)

338 If Trump fires Comey too soon, it becomes reprisal for failing to jail Trump's political opponent (not really, simply in the image game) and thus representative of Trump's Will to Junta. So, regardless of Trump's willingness to fire Comey, it's opportune that he gives Comey a little rope. And the admin must have thought the lib outrage after Comey's testimony before Congress gave them enough space and opportunity to act--on what Trump always wanted to do. Plus the recommendation of Comey's two superiors makes it all the more a legit action--were there sanity in today's politics.

Posted by: Axeman at May 11, 2017 03:50 PM (2mC6G)

339 I have no idea why Ace is accusing Trump of lying about firing Comey. I mean seriously, he sends a formal letter delivered by an administration official to Comey's office(only to find he wasn't there) in which he says that the FBI needs confidence in it's leadership as does the country. He does so with the inclusion of a rationale letter from the Deputy AG (demonstrating cause) and a concurrence letter from the superior Comey reports to , the AG.

Now , three days later, after the media has made up a hundred stories about how and why Comey was fired, all to make it look nefarious on Trump's part, including one that this was all on Rosenstein from supposedly someone in the WH, then last night, Dem congressman screaming that Trump lied, this was all his doing and he forced the AG and Dep AG into doing this, etc.

People, stop believing Democrats and 99% of the media, including Fox and most of the internet.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 11, 2017 03:50 PM (bJ+bK)

340 My liberal facebook friends are absolutely going bonkers over this story and i'm a musician so i have alot of them it it crazy ... they are unhinged

Posted by: Biig Al Fredo at May 11, 2017 03:58 PM (iWo0u)

341 On the issue of whether Trump "lied" about Rosenstein recommending the firing.

Why are we talking about that?

The point is, really, that the media will fill a vacuum of information with their nonsense.

Trump gets on top of this within a few hours and says hey he got fired because he wasn't doing his job. But because he didn't tweet that simultaneously, somehow it wasn't Trumps idea.

Seriously, if you don't see Trump tweet it, or see video of him saying it, then don't take it for granted that's what he said.

The communication chain is a right witch, because the media all are pushing narratives to get clicks. Whatever sounds provocative they just go with it.

Posted by: simplemind at May 11, 2017 03:59 PM (xVRrG)

342 Corrine Brown, Former US Congresswoman for the state of Florida, Jacksonville and environs, and a Democrat was found guilty this afternoon of 18 counts of fraud, conspiracy, and obstruction. Brown had been charged after it was found she had stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from her charity so she could continue her lavish lifestyle.

One hopes the 70 year old race baiter ends up in a Federal prison. We'll see.

I'm sure Maxine Waters has kept pace with Brown. And Hillary is their champion.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 11, 2017 04:04 PM (bJ+bK)

343 @AOP re: Cooey

When I read you replaced the bolt, that made me suspect you have a headspace problem if there are no other issues with the bolt and firing pin.

CBD should've sent you my email address

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 11, 2017 04:04 PM (di1hb)

344

Posted by: International Brotherhood of Snipers Local 1472 at May 11, 2017 04:05 PM (EjfPg)

345 The communication chain is a right witch, because the media all are pushing narratives to get clicks. Whatever sounds provocative they just go with it.

Posted by: simplemind at May 11, 2017 03:59 PM (xVRrG)

Meghan McCain and Trish on Outnumbered this morning said that the Trump WH Communications dept is totally inept and is helping to create these problems.
I'm not sure its not Trump simply letting the media demonstrate how bias they are.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 11, 2017 04:07 PM (bJ+bK)

346 Is the place for talking about tallywackers?

Posted by: Glenn Johndickenstein at May 11, 2017 04:13 PM (LilNs)

347 Walking about with your cock out!

Done sir done/

Posted by: The One-Eyed Purple Fireman at May 11, 2017 04:17 PM (d4Jry)

348 So, what if Hillary left her server unprotected on purpose instead of through stupidity, so that Russians would have access via simple hacking?

Comey's proclamation of her not being prosecutable, and the current levels of Russia hysteria from the Dems would deflect investigating THAT possibility.

Posted by: MrI at May 11, 2017 04:19 PM (WiPBb)

349 #341 "Seriously, if you don't see Trump tweet it, or see video of him saying it, then don't take it for granted that's what he said."

If it's coming from the Usual Media Suspects, go with the assumption it's NOT what he said, spun out of context, or both, and work from there.

Posted by: MrI at May 11, 2017 04:22 PM (WiPBb)

350 I just read Rosenstein's Memo at Heavy.

It's not a neutral "either way is fine with me"-assessment. It's a first-person indictment which also quotes for support every Gummint attorney for the last 40 years.

And it was helpful to Trump to have it in place because of the whole phony Sessions/Ambassador deal.

And because Sessions was born a Ural Cossack before he was rescued as a child from a Belorussian refugee camp by a passing Alabama G.I.--Al Franken told me all about it.

I think this whole "controversy" is much like all the others--pure BULLSHIT. It's all they do, all day and night.

That said, I take your point, Ace. I much prefer "Screw You"-Trump to "Adviser-Coached"-Trump.

Like when he recently recommended a good government shutdown this fall. Bully!

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at May 11, 2017 04:22 PM (Ndje9)

351 35 And yet Drudge still has a link to the WaPo story that Rosenstein threatened to resign...... shit, half the fuckin' links are WaPo, NYT, Yahoo.... WTF??

Gettin' sicker and sicker of Drudge by the day......

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Yep, couldn't agree more. Drudge used to by my first stop first thing in the AM but WTF exactly. And his continually links to sexbots and crap are getting on my nerves. Ugh... I think I read some shit a while back that he was a never-Trumper but blew it off as FAUX news...perhaps no?

Posted by: Clear-as-Mud at May 11, 2017 04:28 PM (d4Jry)

352 When I read you replaced the bolt, that made me suspect you have a headspace problem if there are no other issues with the bolt and firing pin.

CBD should've sent you my email address

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 11, 2017 04:04 PM (di1hb)
344

e-mail sent. Thanks!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2017 04:30 PM (0deF2)

353 Awesome, Ace.

I would add, next time, get this more buttoned down first. Then fire him. I'm not confident he has a true, trusted consigliore who is giving him good advice. Even the Godfather and Michael Corleone needed a Tom Hagen they could trust.

Posted by: RM at May 11, 2017 04:35 PM (U3LtS)

354 This comment thread sure petered-out fast.

Posted by: Glenn Johndickenstein at May 11, 2017 04:44 PM (LilNs)

355 As usual in the comments section, TM;dr.

If someone else has already pointed this out then apologies (and how could someone else not have)

This complaint is hogwash. Trump may have been going to fire Comey all along but that's beside the point. You don't get into your subordinates bailiwick if you can help it. He asked for the opinion of the supervisor. The supervisor said he can/should fire him. Now if the supervisor would have come back and said, nah, he's a great guy, then it's time for Trump to sit down with the supervisor, explain why he disagrees and the shmuck has to go anyway.

Chain of command, it works and it's important. While orders may come down to do something you always, if you in any way can, give the supervisors closest to the issue the first say. It might be you have to explain to that supervisor that yours is the decision at the end of the day, but you don't cut out your subordinate leaders and just take it in your head to. You might as well fire them too since you just demonstrated that you don't trust them to make the right decision and that you'd tromp on them anyway so they don't have the right/authority to make the decision 'cause you're the boss.

Like it or not Trump did it the right way for the organization, for the health of the organization, the leaders in it and the subordinates that deserve the standard measure of consistency and chain of command.

Posted by: Snidely Whiplash at May 11, 2017 04:46 PM (N5Gj9)

356 Maybe Trump was too busy actually working, instead of fondling his
ballsack on Twitter, and didn't hear all the mean girls bleeding all
over each other about this.

Yeah. Is there a literal, true to life, direct quote of PDT directly saying he fired Comey only because of the Rosenstein letter? Because this sounds like the NeverTrumpers and AntiTrumper Begrudging Converts playing the "see? we were right!1!" card (and not for the first time).

Shit. I do some work and take a nap and 5 hours later PDT is back to being an incompetent again.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 11, 2017 04:51 PM (nlbfN)

357 #356 Addendum: "only because of the Rosenstein letter" so it was all Rosenstein's fault; don't blame me?

Posted by: andycanuck at May 11, 2017 04:52 PM (nlbfN)

358 350- Nice catch, Gipper!

If the deputy AG is seriously "angry" then he didn't read his own memo. It could have been written by a lawyer for either Clinton or Trump. Or by someone who blatantly recognizes reality.

It's far more likely that everything about the Rosentein reaction is garbage designed to put public pressure on him.

Posted by: trev006 at May 11, 2017 04:54 PM (Nh8W2)

359 If the deputy AG is seriously "angry" then he didn't read his own memo. It could have been written by a lawyer for either Clinton or Trump. Or by someone who blatantly recognizes reality.

I agree. The letter was pretty damning....

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 11, 2017 04:55 PM (O2RFr)

360 Try every major news outlet.
Another unforced error.
Posted by: Bill Wynn at May 11, 2017 03:01 PM (jKuQC)
LMAOROTF. (jKuQC)

Posted by: andycanuck at May 11, 2017 05:02 PM (nlbfN)

361 It is weird how many rumors swirl around with the lefties...weird fantasy stuff back by nothing.

I had a professor tell me that of course Trump colluded with the Russians. I ask how he knew that. Silence. than "well everyone I know is saying it." Oh, well then it must be true, because progressives are all saying it, ergo, anyone who denies it is a liar.

Posted by: GenX at May 11, 2017 05:05 PM (UgF8H)

362 I am 100% pro lying to left and islam

Posted by: Shiggz at May 11, 2017 05:10 PM (X8Fea)

363 Hmm, dead?

Too bad.

ace, love your post, but don't think it's very well founded - just funny and amazingly written, as usual

What are we talking about? Trump didn't hide behind anybody's memo that I can see. And, BTW, the Rosenstein memo is about 100Megatons of pretty obvious but irrefutable smackdown on Comey.

What are we talking about?

Trump fired the FBI director. Maybe a bit late, but as the president's russki friends say - lusche pozdna chem nikogda (better late than never).

Dunno about the mechanics, but the dude learned about it on the TV, as he was giving a public speech. Thought it was a hoax, then got the "um, boss, we gotta go talk" from his horse-holders. Pretty f***ing classic. And well deserved.

Comey always has been no-there-there. Oh, lots of PR and arrogance and self-importance. To go with no particular abilities that rise above the average.

Rosenstein said "no" when asked about the made-up b.s. about his quitting. Boom.

I'm puzzled. We have here one of the best moves Trump has made yet, we have the most outlandishly absurd reactions from the press and their political arm, we have a 100MT smackdown memo reminding everyone of why this guy had no business being FBI director, he gets a nice dose of humiliation in the process, and Trump tweets up a storm of trash-talk in response to the idiocy.

Cue Flounder, from Animal House. This IS great.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 11, 2017 06:22 PM (PjWy4)

364 I had a professor tell me that of course Trump colluded with the Russians. I ask how he knew that. Silence. than "well everyone I know is saying it." Oh, well then it must be true, because progressives are all saying it, ergo, anyone who denies it is a liar.

Posted by: GenX at May 11, 2017 05:05 PM (UgF8H)
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Ipso facto, God exists.

Posted by: Axeman at May 11, 2017 07:04 PM (2mC6G)

365 The spattering gray mush of Dim's heads exploding is soon to be a biohazard. They are radioactive with rage hissy fits, spewing nonsense, jabbering !Russia! like the homeless on meth (no offense to homeless on meth).

Like toddlers denied candy, screeching in their faceplant tantrum in an aisle of the grocery store. If they scream and rage and march and keep saying "impeachment" like it is a magic word, then, whatever.

They wanted Comey fired. Over and over and over the whining of his firing since July 2016. But, when it happened, omg, "not their idea, not their President!" Pathetic. They have simply lost their minds.

It is aging some before our eyes, the talking heads, Pelosi. Hell, Hilz has aged in dog years since 2008 (no offense to dogs and use of this comparison in same sentence!). Jake Tapper looks like he is on a death march. MeAgain looks like the hatred is eating up her collagen.

Here's one for the thinkers, from a Donald Trump, Jr tweet:
Bill Clinton, wonder perv, fired his FBI Director in 1993. Get this: He did this ONE DAY before Foster shot himself twice in the back of his head (7/19/93, Sessions fired. On 7/20/93 Foster was found dead). What a crazy coincidence! And did the media riot about this? I would speculate, shake magic 8 ball, and say no.

Dims are becoming unglued. And it is hilarious.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Infidel Queen, is tired of dis at May 11, 2017 07:07 PM (fq4ih)

366 "It will be Maddow's Top Story for three months."
It's not just Maddow. Fox, too. Especially Hannity and his guests.

Posted by: BobAgard at May 11, 2017 11:13 PM (yMVFF)

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