Trump and Kushner Didn't "Blackmail" Scarborough, Source Says

So today's Daily Twitter Convulsion turns out to have been, get this, more bullshit.

A top White House aide never suggested a quid pro quo during a call with Joe Scarborough regarding an upcoming National Enquirer Story, a source told Fox News -- despite Scarborough's claim Friday morning that a Trump adviser recently tried to blackmail him into giving positive coverage of the president....
But a White House source familiar with the matter said Scarborough called senior adviser Jared Kushner, with whom Scarborough has a friendly relationship, to ask about a National Enquirer article slated to run in early June regarding the relationship between Scarborough and Brzezinski, who have since announced their engagement.
Scarborough asked Kushner if there was anything that could be done about the article, the source said, given Trump’s friendship with David Pecker, the chief executive of The Enquirer’s parent company, American Media. Kushner allegedly told Scarborough that the former Republican congressman needed to talk to the president himself about the issue, to which Scarborough replied that Trump was angry at him. The source said Kushner answered: "Well, then maybe you should apologize."

But this is he-said, they-said, right?

Well, Scarborough claimed he had proof the conversation happened as he said-- but MSNBC is saying they won't be releasing that proof.

pic.twitter.com/J51g42LNlJ
— mrspeperium (@mrspeperium) June 30, 2017

Here's why I think the evidence will support the Trump/Kushner claim: This NYMag writer, apparently sympathetic to Scarborough, would have the account from Scarborough or someone close to him, and could have seen the emails, if Scarborough wanted to share them.

But notice how... crafty the article gets about specifying who it was who initiated this discussion:

The phrasing here is vague. Did Scarborough reach out to Jared Kushner first about the Enquirer story? https://t.co/VIO7yqXker - pic.twitter.com/RhVnxaM7v7
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) June 30, 2017

One thing I know about being a writer: If you have the facts, and if those facts support the story you're telling, the easiest (and best) thing to do is to be specific about the facts.

Writing vaguely actually takes more time and mental effort than writing specifically -- assuming you have the facts at hand, and the facts are helpful.

So when I see a writer -- and writers are lazy by nature, as most are -- doing additional work to be vague on an important point, I have to assume that either his source didn't tell him who started the conversation, or was deliberately vague on that point himself, or that he does know who started the conversation, but has chosen to do extra mental work to avoid disclosing this fact.

Posted by: Ace at 05:00 PM

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1 "So when I see a writer -- and writers are lazy by nature, as most are --"

Hey! That's....um...sadly true.

*need to get back to editing and submitting edited stories*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 30, 2017 04:53 PM (xJa6I)

2 Is joe bleeding now?

Posted by: NCKate at June 30, 2017 04:55 PM (dGSft)

3 Don't forget to announce the nood

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2017 04:55 PM (Ot7+c)

4 Hey zombie, if you get here...

I was an actor in a Clint Eastwood movie.

I acted like I was Charlie Rich's bass player for about 2:45.

Posted by: Meremortal, 49 at June 30, 2017 04:55 PM (3myMJ)

5 Joe is an absolute dullard! Who knew?

Posted by: kathysaysso at June 30, 2017 04:55 PM (vkS2Z)

6 God this all sounds so stupid. "Trump tried to blackmail me!" Blackmail is "Do this or we'll tell the Nat Enq to release the story." This is more like "Please do something so they don't release the story!" "Well Trump is the one that is friends with the editor, so maybe you should contact him and apologize for how you've been behaving, and he might go to bat for you." "Never!"

Posted by: buzzion at June 30, 2017 04:56 PM (z/Ubi)

7 top 5 and Trump owns these fools.

Posted by: Old Nam Vet at June 30, 2017 04:56 PM (sLASA)

8 Nood

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at June 30, 2017 04:56 PM (6Ll1u)

9 top ten ?

Posted by: Old Nam Vet at June 30, 2017 04:56 PM (sLASA)

10 That's not how blackmail works.
That's not how any of this works!!

Posted by: Bruce at June 30, 2017 04:57 PM (8ikIW)

11 Not "He said, they said"
More like "Xhe said, Xir said".
Amirite?

Posted by: Roman Maroni at June 30, 2017 04:57 PM (KCCgc)

12 I just assume that it's all lies for the purpose of gaslighting us.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at June 30, 2017 04:57 PM (IMGcI)

13 So the opposite of blackmail would be....??

Posted by: Bruce at June 30, 2017 04:57 PM (8ikIW)

14 Cracker mail?

Posted by: Roman Maroni at June 30, 2017 04:58 PM (KCCgc)

15 Yeah, this whole thing reflects poorly on Scarborough and not Trump.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at June 30, 2017 05:00 PM (fKWf6)

16 Keep digging, Scarborough. Keep your ass in the crosshairs.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 30, 2017 05:01 PM (SRKgf)

17 So either way, a "journalist" reached out to the WH in an effort to suppress the 1st Amendment rights of a publisher.

Project we much?

Posted by: John Marston at June 30, 2017 05:01 PM (SkuXa)

18 And Mika, if it bleeds, it leads!

Posted by: Meremortal, 49 at June 30, 2017 05:02 PM (3myMJ)

19 2 Is joe bleeding now?

Posted by: NCKate at June 30, 2017 04:55 PM (dGSft)

Bleeding from his...whatever.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at June 30, 2017 05:02 PM (17QyB)

20 And this explains why Mika has been particularly unhinged in the last couple of weeks.

Posted by: John Marston at June 30, 2017 05:02 PM (SkuXa)

21 Oh, good, because when I first saw this blackmail stuff this morning I thought, omg, Trump is a blackmailer. He needs to be impeached right away, today if possible.

Posted by: Peaches at June 30, 2017 05:03 PM (EgOr3)

22 Media is still running the ol' TEATWASWS play. And it still ain't gonna work.

Trump started out as Teflon, and through feckless repetition, they are making him into some kind of an Immunity Superhero.

No Republican in my lifetime has ever had this sort of power.

Posted by: Mega at June 30, 2017 05:03 PM (rv0Fo)

23 In before Toby!

Posted by: The Scorpion at June 30, 2017 05:04 PM (QQ+il)

24 Jeez, how can I gain a favor from Shillary?

Just give her "foundation" a couple large donations.

Hey, How can I get Trump to do me a favor.

Tell him you sorry for being a shit weasel.

Sounds like blackmail to me too.

Posted by: Bruce at June 30, 2017 05:04 PM (8ikIW)

25 The media have got to realize that the game has changed and that Trump has exactly zero fucks to give about their sensibilites.

Don't start none, won't be none.

Oh and the useless cunts that make up the increasingly illigitimate GOP have skipped town early.

Year's half over and they have produced jack and shit.

I can't wait to see what happens in September when these fucksticks have to produce a budget.

It's looking more and more like Trump is going to have to start campaigning against a do nothing congress.

Unbelieveable.

Posted by: Kreplach at June 30, 2017 05:04 PM (Gh/jd)

26 The soap opera media

Posted by: Bosk at June 30, 2017 05:05 PM (n2K+4)

27 And this explains why Mika has been particularly unhinged in the last couple of weeks.

I figured she was pregnant.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 30, 2017 05:05 PM (QQ+il)

28 SoPropagandists gotta propaganda

And water is wet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 30, 2017 05:05 PM (9YKBM)

29 "It's looking more and more like Trump is going to have to start campaigning against a do nothing congress."

Three tweets and they're history.

Posted by: Meremortal, 49 at June 30, 2017 05:06 PM (3myMJ)

30 I saw CNN even dodging the story a bit (Brian The Thumb Stelter no less).

Also, Mika, strong, fierce, independent womyn that she sez she is, sure was leaning on Her Man, the big ol' pajama boy, this morning.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:06 PM (PY9jH)

31 And this explains why Mika has been particularly unhinged in the last couple of weeks.

I figured she was pregnant.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 30, 2017 05:05 PM (QQ+il)

Did she run someone over in the parking lot?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 30, 2017 05:06 PM (r5KeJ)

32 We can now confirm that Enquirer publisher David Pecker has filed a petition in court to change his name.

He's always hated the name "David," and he would like to be known as "Steve".

Posted by: Joe Scarborough and Ol' Bloody Face at June 30, 2017 05:06 PM (j+dfT)

33 So when I see a writer -- and writers are lazy by nature, as most are -- doing additional work to be vague on an important point, I have to assume that either his source didn't tell him who started the conversation, or was deliberately vague on that point himself, or that he does know who started the conversation, but has chosen to do extra mental work to avoid disclosing this fact.
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You are 100% correct.

However, there is this as well:

1. You simply don't have the information you need to be clear and those involved won't give it to you.
2. You need to get out the info, however, there is some back story you have been requested to hide or isn't relevant.

/I'm sometimes paid to write things, and avoid these situations. Typically, people tell me things and then add "but you can't say that." So you ignore the point or write around it. BTW, this sucks.

Posted by: shibumi at June 30, 2017 05:07 PM (aT+Bx)

34 It almost seems as if Crazy Mika has infected Psycho Joe with Mean Girl Syndrome. And now Psycho Joe is all butthurt and weepy.

Posted by: Fritz at June 30, 2017 05:07 PM (/HfBH)

35 Also, at WZ:

Trump Threatens to Sue CNN.

/do it Donnie Two Scoops. DO.IT.

Posted by: shibumi at June 30, 2017 05:08 PM (aT+Bx)

36 The Seventh-Grade-Hallway-ization of America.

Posted by: zombie at June 30, 2017 05:08 PM (DQ4Fv)

37 I think JoMika need a doctor.

Posted by: Under Fire at June 30, 2017 05:08 PM (l4aLi)

38
Tired of all the bleeding, er, winning already.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:09 PM (mbhDw)

39 I'm NOT pregnant. I'm just getting fat.

Posted by: Ol' Bloody Face at June 30, 2017 05:09 PM (j+dfT)

40 37 I think JoMika need a doctor.
Posted by: Under Fire at June 30, 2017 05:08 PM (l4aLi)

In their case, a proctologist.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 30, 2017 05:09 PM (SRKgf)

41 Joe and Mika:

"Pay attention to us!!!"

When Joe eventually ends up jobless, I wonder who will hire him? I guess he could always run for congress again, this time as a Dem.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:10 PM (PY9jH)

42 MSNBC -home of the putz.

Posted by: Glenn John at June 30, 2017 05:10 PM (LilNs)

43 Mika will henceforth be known as "Old Blood'n'Wrinkles."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 30, 2017 05:10 PM (SRKgf)

44 So Killer Joe is also a lying douchenozzle. Big surprise.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 30, 2017 05:10 PM (0mRoj)

45 Mika had just better stay out of Joe's office. Especially if they've just had a spat.

Posted by: John Marston at June 30, 2017 05:11 PM (SkuXa)

46 37 I think JoMika need a doctor.
Posted by: Under Fire at June 30, 2017 05:08 PM (l4aLi)

In their case, a proctologist.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 30, 2017 05:09 PM (SRKgf)

Too bad SoBro just lost an unemployed one.

Posted by: Under Fire at June 30, 2017 05:11 PM (l4aLi)

47 It's looking more and more like Trump is going to have to start campaigning against a do nothing congress."

Start lining up primary challengers NOW!

Posted by: bergerbilder at June 30, 2017 05:11 PM (lIZQs)

48
So Killer Joe is also a lying douchenozzle. Big surprise.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 30, 2017 05:10 PM (0mRoj)
A certain intern is unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:11 PM (PY9jH)

49 Calm down, Joe. The American people know that you can't trust anything you read in The Enquirer.

Posted by: John "Silky Pony" Edwards at June 30, 2017 05:11 PM (j+dfT)

50 36 The Seventh-Grade-Hallway-ization of America.
Posted by: zombie at June 30, 2017 05:08 PM (DQ4Fv)

Trump, at worst, is merely a symptom of it. Not the cause. For that, Daniel Patrick Moynihan called it "defining deviancy downward" which has been happening since the 60s.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:12 PM (mbhDw)

51 44 So Killer Joe is also a lying douchenozzle. Big surprise.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 30, 2017 05:10 PM (0mRoj)

I forgot about his intern until I saw it linked here.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 30, 2017 05:12 PM (Ri/rl)

52 Scarborough has never gotten this much publicity in his whole worthless life. He was probably salivating at the prospect of the National Enquirer devoting pages to him and his obsession with aging tits.

"Please don't throw me in that thar briar patch, Bre'r Trump ..." -- Joey Old Tits Scarborough

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 30, 2017 05:12 PM (rZ+mb)

53 Mika had just better stay out of Joe's office. Especially if they've just had a spat.

Posted by: John Marston at June 30, 2017 05:11 PM (SkuXa)

I read that as "orifice."

Maybe it's the whiskey and Diet Coke that I haven't had in a while.

Posted by: Country Boy at June 30, 2017 05:12 PM (Jcg9Q)

54
Joe-Mama.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:12 PM (mbhDw)

55 Trump, at worst, is merely a symptom of it. Not the cause. For that, Daniel Patrick Moynihan called it "defining deviancy downward" which has been happening since the 60s.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:12 PM (mbhDw)

Liberals talk about "marginalized" people. But let's face it, there are a LOT of people who SHOULD be marginalized.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 30, 2017 05:13 PM (SRKgf)

56 48
So Killer Joe is also a lying douchenozzle. Big surprise.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 30, 2017 05:10 PM (0mRoj)
A certain intern is unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:11 PM (PY9jH)

Psycho-Killer Joe has to say...

Posted by: Burnt Toast at June 30, 2017 05:13 PM (P/kVC)

57 Office desks have a strange way of killing healthy young women.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:13 PM (PY9jH)

58 Juvenile. Joe and Mika remind me of teen agers. She the mean girl, he the not good at anything but tries out for everything boy. They meet, never quite make it to the top of the "in crowd", marry, after destroying two families along the way. From day one he is and will forever remain p*ssy whipped.

Posted by: gracepc at June 30, 2017 05:13 PM (OU4q6)

59 Didn't killer joe's last victim succumb to a ~~bludgeoning~~ a head injury? Perhaps Mika needs to wear a hockey helmet when she's around him.

Posted by: Under Fire at June 30, 2017 05:14 PM (l4aLi)

60 The life and times of Twitter and Faceberg is literally the same as Jr. High. Why are adults on social media?

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at June 30, 2017 05:14 PM (2qHjF)

61 Bitch had it comin'.

Posted by: Killer Joe's Attack Desk at June 30, 2017 05:15 PM (j+dfT)

62 I was driving husband's SUV this morning and he had the radio on a local talk station, and Beck (I know) was on and had just finished a segment with Imus.

Apparently Imus had some interesting things to say about Joe.

This is one time I wish I had been listening to weeping Beck.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:15 PM (PY9jH)

63 A long time ago a wise man advised that it's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Apparently twitter makes that damn near impossible.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 30, 2017 05:15 PM (kTF2Z)

64 So the half-life on these daily attack stories is down to what, 4 hours now?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2017 05:15 PM (OmOvC)

65 60 The life and times of Twitter and Faceberg is literally the same as Jr. High. Why are adults on social media?
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at June 30, 2017 05:14 PM (2qHjF)

It's a mystery for the ages. If I could figure that out, I'd tackle the Unified Field Theory next.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 30, 2017 05:16 PM (SRKgf)

66
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa-fa fa fa!

Posted by: Psycho Joe at June 30, 2017 05:16 PM (NyJwR)

67 .....Trump friendship with David Pecker!!!!

LMFAO!

It's stories with characters like this that makes me believe Trump is a time traveler with access to human clones.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at June 30, 2017 05:17 PM (2qHjF)

68 Posted by: gracepc at June 30, 2017 05:13 PM (OU4q6)

That said, I would love to know what happened that caused Trump to throw them into the street. Rumor has it they used to be, if not friends, at least acceptable in each other's company. Rumor also has it that being shut out is behind the escalating screeching on the show.

Posted by: gracepc at June 30, 2017 05:17 PM (OU4q6)

69 Fox is playing Joe lying his ass off about the Enquirer now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:17 PM (PY9jH)

70 I wonder how many more of these meltdowns are going to happen before some of these geniuses in the media figure out that Trump will grab them by the pussy if necessary?

Posted by: JackStraw at June 30, 2017 05:17 PM (/tuJf)

71 and his obsession with aging tits.

Yes, too bad he didn't break up his marriage for young tits. That would have been so much better./s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (soOgU)

72 "From day one he is and will forever remain p*ssy whipped.
Posted by: gracepc at June 30, 2017 05:13 PM (OU4q6)"

Wouldn't that require Mika to have a p*ssy?

Posted by: bergerbilder at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (lIZQs)

73 You now who else is a tool? Willie Geist.

Posted by: Under Fire at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (l4aLi)

74 the half-life on these daily attack stories is down to what, 4 hours now?
__________________________

We're about due for a weekly terrorist attack so nobody will remember this at all soon.

Posted by: John Marston at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (SkuXa)

75 I saw Joe and Mika at 8am this morning.

This should have been riveting hot TV. Instead it was a lot of Drama Queen whining. Joe nearly went Full Psycho. Donnie Duetsch said he was from Queens and called Trump out to the schoolyard. Focus was on "the attack on a strong woman," with Mika providing the psychoanalysis.

Joe and Mika have fucked themselves. This focus on themselves will get stale real fast. But they're exposed if they keep up the Trump is a Nut rants. Nowhere to go. I see sagging ratings.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (+7/1f)

76 I would not want to be a Morning Joe intern now.

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (xzV6l)

77 62 I was driving husband's SUV this morning and he had the radio on a local talk station, and Beck (I know) was on and had just finished a segment with Imus.

Apparently Imus had some interesting things to say about Joe.

This is one time I wish I had been listening to weeping Beck.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:15 PM (PY9jH)

Imus' nickname for Joe is Banjo Boy, referring to "Deliverance."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (mbhDw)

78 71 and his obsession with aging tits.

Yes, too bad he didn't break up his marriage for young tits. That would have been so much better./s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (soOgU)

No, but at least there would be a rationale.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (0mRoj)

79 Trump, you magnificent bastard!

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (dLbH4)

80 Huhhhh huuhhhhh hhhuuhhh...

his name's Pecker...

hhuhhh-huhh-huuhhh

Posted by: Butthead at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (RwwCT)

81 Good thing David's first name wasn't Peter.

Posted by: Glenn John at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (LilNs)

82 That said, I would love to know what happened that
caused Trump to throw them into the street. Rumor has it they used to
be, if not friends, at least acceptable in each other's company. Rumor
also has it that being shut out is behind the escalating screeching on
the show.

Posted by: gracepc at June 30, 2017 05:17 PM (OU4q6)
I truly believe Trump just throws these little grenades out there when it suits him to create a distraction, while he's working on serious stuff. He plays them and it always, always succeeds.

Posted by: Peaches at June 30, 2017 05:19 PM (EgOr3)

83 72 "From day one he is and will forever remain p*ssy whipped.
Posted by: gracepc at June 30, 2017 05:13 PM (OU4q6)"

Wouldn't that require Mika to have a p*ssy?
Posted by: bergerbilder at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (lIZQs)

That would be Joe.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 30, 2017 05:19 PM (0mRoj)

84 Levin is on Bolling's show.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:19 PM (PY9jH)

85 What a public meltdown. SS Crazy Joe going down in flames.

Posted by: Max Power at June 30, 2017 05:20 PM (q177U)

86
Willie Sheist.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:20 PM (mbhDw)

87 81 Good thing David's first name wasn't Peter.
Posted by: Glenn John at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (LilNs)
---
What would his origins story be? Bit by radioactive ____?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 30, 2017 05:20 PM (QGoUX)

88 Ha! His name's Pecker. How embarrassing.

Posted by: Dick Trickle at June 30, 2017 05:20 PM (RwwCT)

89 A Bene Gesserit Truthsayer could clean up in this present environment.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at June 30, 2017 05:20 PM (mvUP9)

90 Bloody Bandage Mika hardest hit.

Looks like another body dismorphia candidate....

Posted by: Max Power at June 30, 2017 05:20 PM (q177U)

91 That said, I would love to know what happened that caused Trump to throw them into the street.
Posted by: gracepc
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Trump didn't have a problem with Ol' Blood & Wrinkles. He did, however, draw the line at having a murder suspect trying to crash his party.

Posted by: Furious George at June 30, 2017 05:20 PM (j+dfT)

92 Posted by: Insomniac at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (0mRoj)

Uhhh,,,no, people supposedly fall in luv, behave badly and have affairs..thus breaking up their marriage, Sometime the people are the same age and the age of the tits has nothing to do with it,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:20 PM (soOgU)

93 >>> I truly believe Trump just throws these little grenades out there when it suits him to create a distraction, while he's working on serious stuff. He plays them and it always, always succeeds.

Like stray voltage?

Posted by: fluffy at June 30, 2017 05:21 PM (jw2Xw)

94 I know everyone wants to talk about Mika's face, but I haven't seen anyone dispute the "low IQ" description.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at June 30, 2017 05:22 PM (x3uSY)

95 Commie De Blasio is in front of a mic now.

"Thank God this wasn't an act of terrorism."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:22 PM (PY9jH)

96 De Blasio talking live about Bronx shooting. One doctor field, several fighting for their lives.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at June 30, 2017 05:22 PM (dLbH4)

97 Posted by: bergerbilder at June 30, 2017 05:18 PM (lIZQs)

Point taken. Didn't Bruce/Catlin Jenner get one. Maybe this could be the next surgery instead of a bloody face lift.

Posted by: gracepc at June 30, 2017 05:22 PM (OU4q6)

98 Imus' nickname for Joe is Banjo Boy, referring to "Deliverance."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

lol. he's got married cousins eyes.

Posted by: The Original REAL Galactic Lord Sir Covfefe at June 30, 2017 05:23 PM (nFwvY)

99 I read that the ME that examined killer Joe's first victim was found to have a dead body in a storage unit he rented.

If true, that is unsettling.

Posted by: Under Fire at June 30, 2017 05:23 PM (l4aLi)

100 Jesus... I don't know about the rest of you but I'm growing weary of these constant sideshows. Freak shows.. whatever.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at June 30, 2017 05:23 PM (CNHr1)

101 Mika....

Bravely and selflessly quit her husband and kids to spend more time at work.

Funny how nobody gives one f**k about Joe Scartissue getting dissed.

Posted by: Mad Joel at June 30, 2017 05:23 PM (HjP5n)

102 Bleedin' Gums Mika

Posted by: josephistan at June 30, 2017 05:23 PM (ANIFC)

103 One doctor dead. Darn auto-cucumber.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at June 30, 2017 05:23 PM (dLbH4)

104 but I haven't seen anyone dispute the "low IQ" description.
_____________________

Oh Sheila Jackson Lee was so up in arms about it she posted a video calling for Trump to resign. I think it hit a little too close to home for her.

Posted by: John Marston at June 30, 2017 05:23 PM (SkuXa)

105 This all comes down to we have a PRESIDENT who fights. This is something the left, msm and the pussy Republicans (who have sold the US out) have never had to deal with.

Posted by: Old Nam Vet at June 30, 2017 05:23 PM (sLASA)

106 Psycho Joe is a great as Crooked Hillary.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at June 30, 2017 05:23 PM (2qHjF)

107 If it bleeds, we can kill it.

Posted by: Arnold Trumpanator at June 30, 2017 05:23 PM (O9JR8)

108 Joe and Mika are enjoying the attention they never got before. Suddenly people who never knew who they were are now paying attention to them. They ought to be thanking Trump. Another bunch of narcissist tee-vee anchors

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:23 PM (soOgU)

109 The pearl clutching on the tweets is astonishing. They call it a rant. Two tweets! That's no rant!

And then it's like oh how can he spend time on that? How long could it have taken.

I think the tweets are awesome. As noted above, don't start none won't be none. And Melania backed him up saying he punches back ten times as hard.

Posted by: blaster at June 30, 2017 05:24 PM (jHrzU)

110 >>> "Thank God this wasn't an act of terrorism."

Did he try to get in some global warming context, too?

What an asshole.

Posted by: fluffy at June 30, 2017 05:24 PM (jw2Xw)

111 Trump should send them a card:

"Heard your ratings finally went up. Your welcome."

- President Trump

Posted by: WisRich at June 30, 2017 05:24 PM (G0vdT)

112 94 I know everyone wants to talk about Mika's face, but I haven't seen anyone dispute the "low IQ" description.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living
_________

It's all relative. I think she's pretty smart.

Posted by: Low Information Ex-President at June 30, 2017 05:24 PM (j+dfT)

113
Joe has the eyes of a crayfish and the glasses of Swifty Lazar.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:24 PM (mbhDw)

114 *Oh, good, because when I first saw this blackmail stuff this morning I thought, omg, Trump is a blackmailer. He needs to be impeached right away, today if possible.
Posted by: Peaches at June 30, 2017 05:03 PM (EgOr3)*

Lol.

Posted by: tbodie at June 30, 2017 05:24 PM (Njtx4)

115 "That said, I would love to know what happened that
caused Trump to throw them into the street."

Joe and Mika gave Trump air time early on because he was entertaining and good for ratings. I'm sure they chuckled off air over his chances. (What the smart set was thinking back then).

They turned when he started winning. Joe is no conservative but does the bidding of his MSNBC masters.

For over a year, both Joe and Mika have been Bunny Boilers.

Joe often gave Trump on air advice because Joe is a masterful politician himself and knows the working class, you see.

Then he and Mika just turned nasty.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2017 05:24 PM (+7/1f)

116 If they had any proof that Trump or his aides tried to blackmail them it would have been leaked way before now.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at June 30, 2017 05:25 PM (0pcwX)

117 I truly believe Trump just throws these little grenades out there when it suits him to create a distraction, while he's working on serious stuff. He plays them and it always, always succeeds.
Posted by: Peaches at June 30, 2017 05:19 PM (EgOr3)

And THIS is why the NeverTrumpers were and are wrong.

Is Trump a principled ideologue? No, absolutely not.

But he knows how to fight back, and win.

Ted Cruz, had he somehow been elected, would have been hamstrung by the Deep State already.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 30, 2017 05:25 PM (ujg0T)

118 I personally like Bloody Mika better. I know Trump said Low IQ Mika, but I think Bloody Mika every damn time I hear and see her name and face. I can't help but to believe this was what Trump wanted.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at June 30, 2017 05:25 PM (2qHjF)

119 He's neutralizing the Gruesome Twosome as effectively as if he'd put 'em on the tumbril. It's a 21st century public execution, social-media style.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at June 30, 2017 05:25 PM (AM1GF)

120 Posted by: Furious George at June 30, 2017 05:20 PM (j+dfT)

Maybe, But he was, after all, a developer in NYC .

Posted by: gracepc at June 30, 2017 05:25 PM (OU4q6)

121 "Thank God this wasn't an act of terrorism."

I'm sure that's huge comfort to the people whose friends and family are now dead. Good grief!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:25 PM (soOgU)

122
Jay G mentioned "knick-knacks" yesterday.

What are "knick-knacks," exactly? Are they many different things to different people?

What are YOUR knick-knacks?

And why is connected to "giving your dog a bone?"

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:26 PM (hdoNb)

123 I ain't got time to bleed.

Posted by: Mika "The Body" Brezin something something at June 30, 2017 05:26 PM (O9JR8)

124 110 >>> "Thank God this wasn't an act of terrorism."

Did he try to get in some global warming context, too?

What an asshole.
Posted by: fluffy at June 30, 2017 05:24 PM (jw2Xw)

DeBolshevik will announce a rally called "Hands Across the Anesthesiology Dept."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:26 PM (mbhDw)

125 Sometime the people are the same age and the age of the tits has nothing to do with it,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:20 PM (soOgU)

I'm sorry but the age of the tits has everything to do with it.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 30, 2017 05:26 PM (rZ+mb)

126 Joe also said this morning that a "top" person on Trump's campaign team told him "everyone" was concerned about Trump's mental health.

Name names, Murderin' Joe, or STFU.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:26 PM (PY9jH)

127 This story has been an "item" on gossip blogs for MONTHS. The site Blind Gossip revealed they had left their spouses for one another earlier this year.

The National Equirer was not breaking news here.

Posted by: Ktgreat at June 30, 2017 05:26 PM (f8ilN)

128 >>>>>the age of the tits has nothing to do with it,<<<<<

Well, Mika's tits are probably not the factory originals and thus not nearly as old as she is.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at June 30, 2017 05:26 PM (x3uSY)

129 >>>>
94 I know everyone wants to talk about Mika's face, but I haven't seen anyone dispute the "low IQ" description.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living

_________

It's all relative. I think she's pretty smart.
.
.
.No she isn't. I turned her off after she said that hillary broke the law on her email server...but she was still going to vote for her.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at June 30, 2017 05:27 PM (0pcwX)

130 Name names, Murderin' Joe, or STFU.

Posted by: Jane D'oh

"Anonymous source" = "I pulled this outta my butt"

Like we don't all know the drill by now?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at June 30, 2017 05:27 PM (AM1GF)

131 I truly believe Trump just throws these little grenades out there when it suits him to create a distraction, while he's working on serious stuff. He plays them and it always, always succeeds.
Posted by: Peaches at June 30, 2017 05:19 PM (EgOr3)

And THIS is why the NeverTrumpers were and are wrong.

Is Trump a principled ideologue? No, absolutely not.

But he knows how to fight back, and win.

Ted Cruz, had he somehow been elected, would have been hamstrung by the Deep State already.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 30, 2017 05:25 PM (ujg0T)

THIS.

I wanted Ted, too. But he lacked money, allies and chutzpa

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 30, 2017 05:27 PM (xJa6I)

132 I love it when Psycho Joe puts his hot take all over my low IQ ass.

Posted by: Mika at June 30, 2017 05:27 PM (4ErVI)

133 >>Joe and Mika gave Trump air time early on because he was entertaining and good for ratings. I'm sure they chuckled off air over his chances. (What the smart set was thinking back then).

I think it goes beyond that. They wanted to do whatever they could to screw around with the Republican nominees to help She Who Must Be President. Nobody expected Trump would actually win.

Now they have to be the most unhinged to earn back their liberal cred.

If he does nothing else, Trump has thoroughly exposed the media for the dim, biased hacks they are.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 30, 2017 05:27 PM (/tuJf)

134 94 I know everyone wants to talk about Mika's face, but I haven't seen anyone dispute the "low IQ" description.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at June 30, 2017 05:22 PM (x3uSY)

I can pretty much guarantee that the facelift thing humiliated her. I'm sure she'd like to say she looks young because she gets plenty of rest and drinks a lot of water and green tea or something.

My MIL has had facelifts and she looked the same to me. It's a horrible procedure.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 30, 2017 05:28 PM (Ri/rl)

135
Somewhere, Chuck Wepner is sighing . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:28 PM (mbhDw)

136
Fill in the correct blank:

I understand about indecision
But I don't care if I get behind
People livin' in competition
All I want is to have my peace of ______

a) Pie
b) Mind
c) Pie

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:28 PM (hdoNb)

137 Maybe, But he was, after all, a developer in NYC .
Posted by: gracepc
_______

Good point. On the other hand, at least those murderers have some standards.

Posted by: Furious George at June 30, 2017 05:28 PM (j+dfT)

138 Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2017 05:24 PM (+7/1f)

Perhaps. Makes sense. But Trump deals in the real world. I suspect it was personal and way over the line.

Posted by: gracepc at June 30, 2017 05:28 PM (OU4q6)

139 >>> What are "knick-knacks," exactly?

Tchotchkes. Clear enough?

Posted by: fluffy at June 30, 2017 05:28 PM (jw2Xw)

140 Since this is a high-school soap opera, does anyone think that Trump & Mika had an affair at some point?

Posted by: josephistan at June 30, 2017 05:28 PM (ANIFC)

141 Joe and Mika have been peddling "people on the inside tell us he's going crazy" for months. Mika called for his family to do an intervention.

Morning Joe's influence is that it's part of the Echo Chamber. Joe and Mika often get the Talking Points early, and have proven reliable at repeating them over and over with their guests. If echoed enough, these assertions get woven into the Narrative as accepted truth.

Which is why Trump had to act.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 30, 2017 05:28 PM (+7/1f)

142 I wanted Ted, too. But he lacked money, allies and chutzpa

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 30, 2017 05:27 PM (xJa6I)
And, let's face it, when he decided to add Beck as an integral front man for his campaign, there was no way I could ever trust anyone he'd appoint to anything.

Posted by: Peaches at June 30, 2017 05:29 PM (EgOr3)

143 What a name that guy's got!

Posted by: Sam Peckerpaugh at June 30, 2017 05:29 PM (Tyii7)

144 "Anonymous source" = "I pulled this outta my butt"

Like we don't all know the drill by now?
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at June 30, 2017 05:27 PM (AM1GF)

They should both get "Anonymous Source" in a heavily Gothic font tattooed as a tramp stamp.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 30, 2017 05:29 PM (hcyUh)

145
Tchotchkes.

??

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:29 PM (hdoNb)

146 Did somebody release some chemical in the water supply in DC that makes everyone there brain dead stupid (my apologies to the brain dead)?

Posted by: MAGA at June 30, 2017 05:29 PM (Tyk2V)

147
What's another name for knick-knacks?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:30 PM (hdoNb)

148 Jesus... I don't know about the rest of you but I'm growing weary of these constant sideshows. Freak shows.. whatever.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at June 30, 2017 05:23 PM (CNHr1)

This has been one of the most entertaining years I've had since I can't remember when. Probably since the 80's.

Posted by: Country Boy at June 30, 2017 05:30 PM (Jcg9Q)

149 Posted by: Furious George at June 30, 2017 05:28 PM (j+dfT)

And really good attorneys.

Posted by: gracepc at June 30, 2017 05:30 PM (OU4q6)

150
Mika gets all her beauty tips from Pelosi. Just the tips.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:30 PM (mbhDw)

151 147
What's another name for knick-knacks?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:30 PM (hdoNb)

Tcotchkes. Bric-a-brac?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:30 PM (mbhDw)

152 g'afternoon, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 30, 2017 05:30 PM (DZOUS)

153 ValJar was a guest on Morning Mika a while back, and Joe said, "We really miss her."

Of course you do, Murderin' Joe. She gave you your talking points every morning, and even texted Mika on air to correct you when you strayed from them.

You're a good little empty-headed puppet. Useful idiot.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:31 PM (PY9jH)

154 146 Did somebody release some chemical in the water supply in DC that makes everyone there brain dead stupid (my apologies to the brain dead)?
Posted by: MAGA
__________

I was this way before I even moved there.

Posted by: Patty Murray at June 30, 2017 05:31 PM (j+dfT)

155 >> What are "knick-knacks," exactly?

Tchotchkes. Clear enough?

Gimcracks and gewgaws.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 30, 2017 05:31 PM (gIRsn)

156 I'm sure she'd like to say she looks young because she gets plenty of rest and drinks a lot of water and green tea or something.

Which is absolute bs. If you're going to get the procedure done (and I don't care what people do about face lifts) it just look repellent when it's done as many times as say-Pelosi has done it) Just say "I think I will look better and younger." Don't lie about it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:31 PM (soOgU)

157 147
What's another name for knick-knacks?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:30 PM (hdoNb)

Doodads. Gimcracks.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 30, 2017 05:31 PM (0mRoj)

158 "Thank God this wasn't an act of terrorism."

Did he try to get in some global warming context, too?

What an asshole.

Posted by: fluffy at June 30, 2017 05:24 PM (jw2Xw)

CNN: "Mr Mayor, any truth to the rumors on the involvement of President Trump in this incident?"

DiBlasio: "No comment..."

Posted by: tu3031 at June 30, 2017 05:31 PM (qJhUV)

159 Since this is a high-school soap opera, does anyone think that Trump & Mika had an affair at some point?

Posted by: josephistan at June 30, 2017 05:28 PM (ANIFC)

Mika is not in the same league as the women Trump goes for. Not even close.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 30, 2017 05:31 PM (rZ+mb)

160 Na, its a high school affair that Mika wishes but never happened. Chris Stigall played the clips of their show before DT was elected.

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2017 05:31 PM (Ot7+c)

161 And, let's face it, when he decided to add Beck as an integral front man for his campaign, there was no way I could ever trust anyone he'd appoint to anything.

Posted by: Peaches at June 30, 2017 05:29 PM (EgOr3)

And he wouldn't cut him loose once it became clear he was a yuge liability.

And that wasn't media spin of oh look at Crazy Glenn we'll just cover the crazy shit he's doing and saying.

Sure, they did that but Crazy Glenn was doing crazy and kooky shit.

And it just went on and on. It made me doubt Cruz's ability to be an effective executive.

Posted by: Mika at June 30, 2017 05:31 PM (4ErVI)

162 *sock off*

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 30, 2017 05:32 PM (4ErVI)

163 What's another name for knick-knacks?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:30 PM (hdoNb)

tschoke?

fragile stuff?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 30, 2017 05:32 PM (xJa6I)

164
Bric-a-brac?

Ah, yes. I would say "bric-a-brac" is more "high-end" than knick-knacks, which are probably more "rustic."

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:32 PM (hdoNb)

165 What's another name for knick-knacks?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:30 PM (hdoNb)

Dust collectors.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:32 PM (PY9jH)

166 Two votes for gimcracks.

Mr Chairman, can we settle the issue?

Posted by: fluffy at June 30, 2017 05:32 PM (jw2Xw)

167 So, OT Did they say anymore about Dr. Bello, the shooter. Was he foreign born?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:32 PM (soOgU)

168
Odds & Ends?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:32 PM (hdoNb)

169 Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:31 PM (PY9jH)

Yikes! Murderin' Joe and Bloody Mika.

Posted by: gracepc at June 30, 2017 05:33 PM (OU4q6)

170 So, what poor schmuck died becayse Mika got the blood transplant the he/she needed to survive? My wife almost died twice due to a shortage of compatible blood for her.

Posted by: bergerbilder at June 30, 2017 05:33 PM (lIZQs)

171 I look forward to reading news sites now just to see what new level of insanity Trump has driven them to.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at June 30, 2017 05:33 PM (x3uSY)

172
Knick Knack = Herve Villechaize?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:33 PM (mbhDw)

173 In Trump we trust, all others must pay cash.

Posted by: Locke Common at June 30, 2017 05:33 PM (zSXXo)

174 So, if I'm reading this right the National Enquirer was going to release a factually correct story and somebody else in another media source, Psycho Joe, wanted it squashed?

Posted by: MAGA at June 30, 2017 05:33 PM (Tyk2V)

175
Gimcracks and gewgaws.

these terms sound Jane Austen-esque

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:34 PM (hdoNb)

176 Knick Knack = Herve Villechaize?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June

heh

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 30, 2017 05:34 PM (0wem/)

177 So Joe asks the two people he and his network have mercilessly trashed for 6 months a favor and they are NOT supposed to ask for something in return? It's not like Jared said he would give special WH access if Joe said nice things about trump. Joe asked the president to squash a news story that would be unfavorable to Joe. And if MSNBC found out that trump used his office to squash a news story, I'm sure nothing would be said of it....right?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 30, 2017 05:34 PM (dnWSK)

178 Posted by: bergerbilder at June 30, 2017 05:33 PM (lIZQs)

I think a lot of times people will bank their own blood before an elective surgery, but i doubt this vampire did anything of the sort.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 30, 2017 05:34 PM (hcyUh)

179 Have you ever played Mario? You can't blame a Koopa for dying to Mario when Starman is on. They follow pre-programmed paths.

But these guys... "Okay, I can feel the invincibility music ending! Leroooooy Jenkins!!"

I genuinely think Trump will be bigger than Reagan.

Posted by: trev006 at June 30, 2017 05:34 PM (meXDq)

180 When I think of Mika with the bloody face I think of the evil chick from Hellraiser 2. Anyone else? Ok, just me then.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 30, 2017 05:34 PM (kTF2Z)

181 Psycho Joe may be the sleazy seducer of a sleazy cheating whore but at least he wasn't lapping champagne out of the crack of a lawyer's ass. Amirite?

Posted by: Fritz at June 30, 2017 05:34 PM (/HfBH)

182
Junk?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:35 PM (hdoNb)

183 "What's another name for knick-knacks?"

Targets?

Posted by: bergerbilder at June 30, 2017 05:35 PM (lIZQs)

184 And THIS is why the NeverTrumpers were and are wrong.

Is Trump a principled ideologue? No, absolutely not.

But he knows how to fight back, and win.
Posted by: Curmudgeon

his natural business instincts are much more toward small government than most nevertrumpers. I like that.

Posted by: The Original REAL Galactic Lord Sir Covfefe at June 30, 2017 05:35 PM (nFwvY)

185 Do people even listen to Glenn Beck? What is his show like these days?

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at June 30, 2017 05:35 PM (2qHjF)

186 If Cruz won, Glen Beck would be the WH spokesman right now.

Posted by: MAGA at June 30, 2017 05:35 PM (Tyk2V)

187 No matter how you read this there is no way to arrive at Kushner trying to blackmail Scarborough.

Posted by: blaster at June 30, 2017 05:35 PM (jHrzU)

188 I like the word "geegaws" Haven't heard that in a while; It's colorful.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:35 PM (soOgU)

189 Objects decor

Posted by: josephistan at June 30, 2017 05:36 PM (ANIFC)

190 Civilization, meet shitter:

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/ Bill-would-require-transgender-rights-training-11259361.php

Bill would require transgender-rights training for CA employers

I'll spare you the details. Basically, every single employer in the state must now pay for and endure "transsexual" classes for all employees. This will not be optional -- required for all businesses, or the state will revoke you business license.

Posted by: zombie at June 30, 2017 05:36 PM (DQ4Fv)

191
If Cruz won, Glen Beck would be the WH spokesman right now.

Posted by: MAGA at June 30, 2017 05:35 PM (Tyk2V)

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2017 05:36 PM (PY9jH)

192
. . . trinkets, bibelots . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:36 PM (mbhDw)

193 Gimcracks and gewgaws.

these terms sound Jane Austen-esque

I was more channeling (stealing from?) P.J. O'Rourke.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 30, 2017 05:36 PM (gIRsn)

194 170 So, what poor schmuck died becayse Mika got the blood transplant the he/she needed to survive? My wife almost died twice due to a shortage of compatible blood for her.
Posted by: bergerbilder at June 30, 2017 05:33 PM (lIZQs)

I think he meant she was recovering from a plastic surgery procedure.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 30, 2017 05:36 PM (Ri/rl)

195 "What's another name for knick-knacks?"

memento or trash, depending upon how it was acquired.

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 30, 2017 05:37 PM (0wem/)

196
What is his show like these days?

Absolute Garbage. Beck is now the self-appointed Voice Of Reason, who just wants "both sides" to "stop!" and "start talking to each other" and "compromise."

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:37 PM (hdoNb)

197 190 Posted by: zombie at June 30, 2017 05:36 PM (DQ4Fv)

Wait, all private enterprises and employers must comply with this insanity???

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:37 PM (mbhDw)

198 192
. . . trinkets, bibelots . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:36 PM (mbhDw)

How about crap that collects dust.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 30, 2017 05:37 PM (Ri/rl)

199 "What's another name for knick-knacks?"

Knack-knicks

Posted by: Fresh Non-English-Speaking "American" at June 30, 2017 05:37 PM (rZ+mb)

200 135
Somewhere, Chuck Wepner is sighing . . .

The Bayonne Bleeder.

Posted by: Under Fire at June 30, 2017 05:38 PM (l4aLi)

201
Gimcrack is where Kirk kept his phaser.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:38 PM (mbhDw)

202 200 135
Somewhere, Chuck Wepner is sighing . . .

The Bayonne Bleeder.
Posted by: Under Fire at June 30, 2017 05:38 PM (l4aLi)

Thank you!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:38 PM (mbhDw)

203 bric a brac

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at June 30, 2017 05:39 PM (Id9+8)

204 190 Civilization, meet shitter:

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/ Bill-would-require-transgender-rights-training-11259361.php

Bill would require transgender-rights training for CA employers

I'll spare you the details. Basically, every single employer in the state must now pay for and endure "transsexual" classes for all employees. This will not be optional -- required for all businesses, or the state will revoke you business license.

Posted by: zombie at June 30, 2017 05:36 PM (DQ4Fv)

Nevada is right next door. No business tax and no state income tax.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 30, 2017 05:39 PM (4ErVI)

205 198 192
. . . trinkets, bibelots . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:36 PM (mbhDw)

How about crap that collects dust.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 30, 2017 05:37 PM (Ri/rl)

Bernie's shriveled up yutzik.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:39 PM (mbhDw)

206

"a shelf full of crap you just can't bring yourself to throw out"?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:39 PM (hdoNb)

207 Posted by: zombie at June 30, 2017 05:36 PM (DQ4Fv)

That must explain the unisex bathrooms, which I hate by the way. I keep screaming at men to get out of the ladies room.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (Ri/rl)

208 199 "What's another name for knick-knacks?"
______

I don't know.

Posted by: Patty Whack at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (j+dfT)

209 How about crap that collects dust.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June

have always wondered why decorators put things on tables, shelves, mantles, after doing a home.

why would someone want a bunch of meaningless knick knacks all over their house to collect dust?

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (0wem/)

210 186 If Cruz won, Glen Beck would be the WH spokesman right now.
Posted by: MAGA at June 30, 2017 05:35 PM (Tyk2V)

I liked Ted and still do, and I miss the "bromance" the two men had, at first.

I don't know whose campaign worker insulted whose wife first, but it was sad to see that fall apart.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (ujg0T)

211 you just know that Joe and Mika's sex this week has been Fabulous.

some of it was probably even together!

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (vChNs)

212 Is it just me or are some of the #nevertrumpers peeling off?

I mean the hard core aren't giving it up, Jonah Goldberg is all weeweed up like Trump stole his best girl or something, but seems like some are giving up or being won over.

Posted by: blaster at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (jHrzU)

213 Patty Whack at June

may I offer you a bone?

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (0wem/)

214
Plastic fruit in a bowl is less painful than the ceramic variety.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (mbhDw)

215 One thing I know about presidentin': It's hard. Newspapers only come out once a day.

Posted by: Presnit Barky Obama at June 30, 2017 05:41 PM (oneKX)

216
I was just thinking of plastic fruit!

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:41 PM (hdoNb)

217 What's another name for knick-knacks?

----

Tatoo or Herve

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at June 30, 2017 05:41 PM (vChNs)

218 Plastic fruit in a bowl is less painful than the ceramic variety.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (mbhDw)

I saw Ceramic Banana open for Steely Dan in... oh, forget it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 30, 2017 05:42 PM (hcyUh)

219 "What's another name for knick-knacks?"

Patty wacks

Posted by: Jack Sock at June 30, 2017 05:42 PM (IDPbH)

220 I mean the hard core aren't giving it up, Jonah Goldberg is all weeweed up like Trump stole his best girl or something, but seems like some are giving up or being won over.

Posted by: blaster at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (jHrzU)

They cant take it, they like winning

Posted by: The Jackhole at June 30, 2017 05:42 PM (M+Lyo)

221 Time for some new nicknames?

Mika the Homewrecker and Philandering Joe?

Posted by: rd at June 30, 2017 05:42 PM (4dz1m)

222 210
I liked Ted and still do, and I miss the "bromance" the two men had, at first.

I don't know whose campaign worker insulted whose wife first, but it was sad to see that fall apart.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (ujg0T)

That would've been one helluva team. When Ted came to Trump Tower now almost 2 years ago, I was over the moon.

Well, it all worked out for the best and in many regards, better than I could have imagined. And I was a diehard Ted booster. He's doing good things in the Senate so I'm happy.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:42 PM (mbhDw)

223
But you gotta love some novelty items....such as:

a ceramic candy dish shaped like a Christmas tree

or....Santa Claus-face mugs

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:42 PM (hdoNb)

224 so, "patty whack", is that some sort of way to encourage violence against the irish?

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 30, 2017 05:43 PM (0wem/)

225
You know what I mean?

Unique kitchy crap you pull out once a year.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:43 PM (hdoNb)

226 One thing I know about presidentin': It's easy. Just need a fuckstick to read a teleprompter.

Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at June 30, 2017 05:43 PM (oneKX)

227 Commenter at Althouse says that Joe and Mika had the sads today because they're in fear for the country and now I just can't stop laughing.

Posted by: Steve Earle Song Ideas at June 30, 2017 05:43 PM (PvCxa)

228 So I imagine Joe as a "Florida man" at the the front door of Maralago with his paramour Mika all bandaged up around the face begging to get in to see Trump. And Trump looking at the video of the front door camera seeing someone hot off the previous night from a bath salts party.

Posted by: MAGA at June 30, 2017 05:43 PM (Tyk2V)

229 Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (ujg0T)

Only one campaign did. I can overlook the past and I can refrain from talking about it but I can't forget it.

Posted by: Jack Sock at June 30, 2017 05:44 PM (IDPbH)

230 One thing I know about vice presidentin': Paste tastes really good.

Posted by: Slow Joe Biden at June 30, 2017 05:44 PM (oneKX)

231 With knick-knacks, it's important to put a little sticky note on there referencing the former friend who inflicted it on you, so when you "re-gift" it doesn't go back to the same person. Or, just call Salvation Army, I'm sure they love that stuff.

Posted by: Peaches at June 30, 2017 05:45 PM (EgOr3)

232 Look-at-Me-ka and Joey-in-the-office-with-a-candlestick?

too long, I think.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 30, 2017 05:45 PM (hcyUh)

233 212 Is it just me or are some of the #nevertrumpers peeling off?

they're just moving to the passive aggressive stage, one of the 5 stages of nevertrumpism.

Posted by: The Original REAL Galactic Lord Sir Covfefe at June 30, 2017 05:45 PM (nFwvY)

234

Yeah, we all need someone we can bleed on
Yeah but if you want it, well you can bleed on me

Posted by: MikaJoe at June 30, 2017 05:45 PM (IqV8l)

235 But you gotta love some novelty items....such as:

German beer mugs.

Posted by: bergerbilder at June 30, 2017 05:45 PM (lIZQs)

236 What's another name for knick-knacks?

Litter.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 30, 2017 05:45 PM (LTHVh)

237
Looks like I'm the only one who got the vampire image from Mika's blood. She daintily wiped off her lips, but being a stupid bloodsucker, missed some spots. Joe is good for nothing else but vampire food.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 30, 2017 05:45 PM (MIKMs)

238 230 One thing I know about vice presidentin': Paste tastes really good.
Posted by: Slow Joe Biden
________

What's paste?

Posted by: Al Gore, Serial Dropout at June 30, 2017 05:45 PM (j+dfT)

239 >>I liked Ted and still do, and I miss the "bromance" the two men had, at first.

>>I don't know whose campaign worker insulted whose wife first, but it was sad to see that fall apart.

That was inevitable. Trump took out every competitor one by one. Cruz was the last man standing. He avoided commenting on Trump but if Trump was going to win, Cruz had to go.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 30, 2017 05:46 PM (/tuJf)

240
Wifey has a lot of Lladro porcelain. Not my favorite thing in the world so naturally when we were in Spain I bought little angel and devil figurines.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:46 PM (mbhDw)

241 Cruz is doing great things in the Senate. He seems to be taking Two Scoops lead in how he handles his enemies as well, which is a good thing. His likability has improved drastically.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at June 30, 2017 05:47 PM (2qHjF)

242 "236 What's another name for knick-knacks?

Litter."

Lololol

Posted by: Tuna at June 30, 2017 05:47 PM (jm1YL)

243 That was inevitable. Trump took out every competitor one by one. Cruz was the last man standing. He avoided commenting on Trump but if Trump was going to win, Cruz had to go.

Posted by: JackStraw at June

there was no point in cruz standing in the corner waiting to be last. better to go down swinging.

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 30, 2017 05:47 PM (0wem/)

244 Can Santa Claus bric-a-brac be tchotchkes?

Posted by: fluffy at June 30, 2017 05:48 PM (jw2Xw)

245 Twas Indiana that killed Cruz.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 30, 2017 05:48 PM (LTHVh)

246 I leave work and get home to another controversy. Mr. Trump really has these media weasels tied up in knots.

Posted by: Tuna at June 30, 2017 05:48 PM (jm1YL)

247
Anyone have one of those "peeing boys" you get at places like Spencer Gifts?

Usually you find those in your Creepy Uncle's basement bar.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:49 PM (hdoNb)

248 244 Can Santa Claus bric-a-brac be tchotchkes?
Posted by: fluffy at June 30, 2017 05:48 PM (jw2Xw)

Worst. David Sedaris book. Ever.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 30, 2017 05:49 PM (hcyUh)

249 So they're now suddenly in fear for the country because Trump let the news out that Mika had a face lift? OMGOsh Crazed Conservatives will be now attacking any leftist woman who had a face lift. Hide, now Nancy honey!!!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:49 PM (soOgU)

250 have always wondered why decorators put things on tables, shelves, mantles, after doing a home.

why would someone want a bunch of meaningless knick knacks all over their house to collect dust?
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (

They have housekeepers if they hire a decorator. I don't like things everywhere because they get dusty.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 30, 2017 05:49 PM (Ri/rl)

251 Not much mention that Melania throws some shade at Joe and Mika, too, indirectly.

I would love to hear her say don't want none, don't start none.

Posted by: blaster at June 30, 2017 05:49 PM (jHrzU)

252 161 And, let's face it, when he decided to add Beck as an integral front man for his campaign, there was no way I could ever trust anyone he'd appoint to anything.

Posted by: Peaches at June 30, 2017 05:29 PM (EgOr3)

And he wouldn't cut him loose once it became clear he was a yuge liability.

And that wasn't media spin of oh look at Crazy Glenn we'll just cover the crazy shit he's doing and saying.

Sure, they did that but Crazy Glenn was doing crazy and kooky shit.

And it just went on and on. It made me doubt Cruz's ability to be an effective executive.

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

The one thing I am disappointed about Donald Trump is that he is not firing enough people. Maybe if McTurtle and the Senators work through August, Trumpcould staff enough appointments to start firing the hacks and moles.

Posted by: rd at June 30, 2017 05:50 PM (4dz1m)

253 My mom's family would do a blind White Elephant auction every year at the family reunion, and the money was for my grandma. The big joke was seeing who bought the purple angel soap dish that showed up every year.

Posted by: bergerbilder at June 30, 2017 05:50 PM (lIZQs)

254 I'd be willing to bet that the reason MikaJoe went all coo-coo-bananas is because PDT told Psycho Joe privately that when he was banging Crazy Mika, she used to shave her bush to look like a little Hitler stache. And obviously, Psycho Joe now knows that she still does today.

Posted by: Fritz at June 30, 2017 05:50 PM (/HfBH)

255 Not the first time that Morning Joe called up powerful people to big problems for him

Posted by: kbdabear at June 30, 2017 05:51 PM (AOrEZ)

256 @243 were we watching the same primary?

Posted by: blaster at June 30, 2017 05:51 PM (jHrzU)

257 There is a Italian word for knick-knacks but its slipping my mind now.

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2017 05:51 PM (Ot7+c)

258 240
Wifey has a lot of Lladro porcelain. Not my favorite thing in the world so naturally when we were in Spain I bought little angel and devil figurines.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:46 PM (mbhDw)

My friend has a cabinet full of those. She bought a lot in Spain too. She has a housekeeper so no skin off her back.

My cats would break those.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 30, 2017 05:51 PM (Ri/rl)

259 Snow globes, although recently I'm seeing these little laser-etched (internally) glass rectangles of attractions that I'm really starting to warm up to.

Posted by: Hate Has No Homo at June 30, 2017 05:51 PM (c2K1w)

260 249 So they're now suddenly in fear for the country because Trump let the news out that Mika had a face lift? OMGOsh Crazed Conservatives will be now attacking any leftist woman who had a face lift. Hide, now Nancy honey!!!!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:49 PM (soOgU)

hehe. And who was it upthread who pointed out that he calls her "low-IQ" and "Crazy", yet it's the facelift thing that everyone gets all faint-on-the-couchy about?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 30, 2017 05:51 PM (hcyUh)

261 That would've been one helluva team. When Ted came to Trump Tower now almost 2 years ago, I was over the moon.

Well, it all worked out for the best and in many regards, better than I could have imagined. And I was a diehard Ted booster. He's doing good things in the Senate so I'm happy.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2017 05:42 PM (mbhDw)

----------

I don't want any Cruz wars, but in my mind Cruz was clearly setting up Trump early for a back stab later.

Now don't get me wrong, Trump was also obviously using the Republican party for essentially an independent bid to the WH.

People playing people is what was going on. I think Trump was just better at it than Cruz.

Posted by: MAGA at June 30, 2017 05:51 PM (Tyk2V)

262 >>there was no point in cruz standing in the corner waiting to be last. better to go down swinging.

I think he thought he could take Trump one on one. He is a damn good debater.

But Trump came at him with retard strength debating skills, arms and other shit flailing from every direction, and Cruz never knew what hit him.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 30, 2017 05:51 PM (/tuJf)

263 were we watching the same primary?

Posted by: blaster at June

?

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 30, 2017 05:51 PM (0wem/)

264 190
somebody better break it to Twin Peaks and Hooters.....

Posted by: the Butcher at June 30, 2017 05:52 PM (AGJqR)

265 I don't see what the big deal is about about the Golden Scalp Honey Badger calling them Psycho Joe and Low IQ Mika. I mean, what was he supposed to call then, persons of stupid?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at June 30, 2017 05:53 PM (Nwg0u)

266 so, "patty whack", is that some sort of way to encourage violence against the irish?

---

foreplay

Posted by: Miles O'Toole at June 30, 2017 05:53 PM (vChNs)

267 I think he thought he could take Trump one on one. He is a damn good debater.

But Trump came at him with retard strength debating skills, arms and other shit flailing from every direction, and Cruz never knew what hit him.
Posted by: JackStraw at June

yeah, he thought he was going to dance like a bumble bee and sting like a bee with his Supreme Court rhetoric and rules while Trump was prepared to interrupt him with loud noises, funny names, and school yard insults. Trump was Cruz's black swan. happens to everyone.

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 30, 2017 05:54 PM (0wem/)

268 223
But you gotta love some novelty items....such as:

a ceramic candy dish shaped like a Christmas tree

or....Santa Claus-face mugs
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 05:42 PM (hdoNb)

Another one of my friends lives on a ranch and she has a shipping container full of decorations. Valentines Day, Easter, etc. it gives me anxiety. I have enough stuff.

Posted by: CaliGirl at June 30, 2017 05:54 PM (Ri/rl)

269 so, "patty whack", is that some sort of way to encourage violence against the irish?

---

foreplay
Posted by: Miles O'Toole at June

marcie and patty or charlie brown and patty?

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 30, 2017 05:54 PM (0wem/)

270 "What's another name for knick-knacks"
****

If you're brave enough, sex toys.

Posted by: Tilikum KAW at June 30, 2017 05:55 PM (0x/TW)

271 What official position did Beck have in the Cruz campaign besides being a visible supporter?

Posted by: Jack Sock at June 30, 2017 05:55 PM (IDPbH)

272 I have never seen Mika and Joe except foprtiny clips on the internet. What makes her stupid?. I mean, there are intelligent people who happen to be leftists-they're just intelligent about other things than politics-so what in her interview style makes her appear stupid?. Is Joe stupid too?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:56 PM (soOgU)

273 43 Mika will henceforth be known as "Old Blood'n'Wrinkles."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 30, 2017 05:10 PM (SRKgf)

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

Mika Bloodwrinkle. Has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: Soona at June 30, 2017 05:57 PM (Fmupd)

274 okay, the Sunday shows are in the can and networks are set for a long weekend.

'yo Donald, got any 5 am tweets for tomorrow morning? something about Stephanopoulis maybe? MeeAgain Kelly is prolly ready for some of your love since her show is tanking. That time he zapped their talking points was hilarious and I want to see him pull it off again.

Posted by: DanMan at June 30, 2017 05:57 PM (XTiHL)

275 so, "patty whack", is that some sort of way to encourage violence against the irish?

-
As if we needed encouragement.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at June 30, 2017 05:57 PM (Nwg0u)

276 229 Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 30, 2017 05:40 PM (ujg0T)

Only one campaign did. I can overlook the past and I can refrain from talking about it but I can't forget it.
Posted by: Jack Sock at June 30, 2017 05:44 PM (IDPbH)

As I heard it, The Donald took serious umbrage at people in Utah digging up Melania's past (yes, she did lingerie model photo shots with girl-girl overtones) and he went full Trumpzilla on Cruz as a result, including pokes at what Ted's dad looks like.

I like to think agent provacateurs of the GOPee, the Left, or both did the political version of the old Vietcong trick of getting in between two different US platoons and shooting both ways.

But yes, water past the dam now.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 30, 2017 05:58 PM (ujg0T)

277 I have never seen Mika and Joe except foprtiny clips on the internet. What makes her stupid?. I mean, there are intelligent people who happen to be leftists-they're just intelligent about other things than politics-so what in her interview style makes her appear stupid?. Is Joe stupid too?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:56 PM (soOgU)

I watch their show and quite like them both. Joe has a jocular quality which Mika lacks. She's wrapped pretty tight, so when she's wrong about something she looks extra stupid for the way she digs in on it.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 30, 2017 05:59 PM (gIRsn)

278 so, "patty whack", is that some sort of way to encourage violence against the irish?

Later renamed Whacking Day.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 30, 2017 05:59 PM (RwwCT)

279 I have never seen Mika and Joe except foprtiny clips on the internet. What makes her stupid?. I mean, there are intelligent people who happen to be leftists-they're just intelligent about other things than politics-so what in her interview style makes her appear stupid?. Is Joe stupid too?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 05:56 PM (soOgU)

I have concluded you can't be intelligent and yet be a Prog scum.

The Great Revelation I discovered after moving to Texas was that a Leftist might be good at their individual job, but outside of that, they are the biggest dumbfucks to ever walk the planet.

Posted by: Country Boy at June 30, 2017 06:01 PM (Jcg9Q)

280 so, "patty whack", is that some sort of way to encourage violence against the irish?

Later renamed Whacking Day.

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Oh shit! I've been doing it wrong.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at June 30, 2017 06:01 PM (Nwg0u)

281 >>>>If you're brave enough, sex toys.<<<<

Like Clockwork Orange?

WTF has one of those in the living room?

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at June 30, 2017 06:01 PM (x3uSY)

282 >>I have never seen Mika and Joe except foprtiny clips on the internet. What makes her stupid?. I mean, there are intelligent people who happen to be leftists-they're just intelligent about other things than politics-so what in her interview style makes her appear stupid?. Is Joe stupid too?

She's an airhead who's entire shtick is girl power and valley girl sighs and eye rolls. She only got where she is by being DC royalty and does nothing but "report", reads off cue cards, the liberal points of the day.

Joe isn't stupid, he's just a fraud. He started his career claiming to be a conservative's conservative but got seduced by the DC power trip. He's indistinguishable now from any other liberal talking head.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 30, 2017 06:02 PM (/tuJf)

283
nood gainz

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at June 30, 2017 06:02 PM (hdoNb)

284 I watch their show and quite like them both. Joe has a jocular quality which Mika lacks. She's wrapped pretty tight, so when she's wrong about something she looks extra stupid for the way she digs in on it.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June

like when she uses her snail fork for her dinner fork and won't take the hint from Joe when he keeps kicking her under the table?

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 30, 2017 06:02 PM (0wem/)

285 "hehe. And who was it upthread who pointed out that he calls her "low-IQ" and "Crazy", yet it's the facelift thing that everyone gets all faint-on-the-couchy about?"

Mika - I didn't have a face lift! it was chin matter!!!

Posted by: DanMan at June 30, 2017 06:03 PM (XTiHL)

286 >>>>Joe and Mika gave Trump air time early on because he was entertaining
and good for ratings. I'm sure they chuckled off air over his chances.
(What the smart set was thinking back then).

I think it goes beyond that. They wanted to do whatever they could
to screw around with the Republican nominees to help She Who Must Be
President. Nobody expected Trump would actually win.

Now they have to be the most unhinged to earn back their liberal cred.

If he does nothing else, Trump has thoroughly exposed the media for the dim, biased hacks they are.
.
.
.Correct. Remember most of the dems thought Trump would be the easiest opponent for hillary to beat in the General and they all did what they could to help hm win the Primary.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at June 30, 2017 06:04 PM (0pcwX)

287 281 >>>>If you're brave enough, sex toys.

Like Clockwork Orange?

WTF has one of those in the living room?
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at June 30, 2017 06:01 PM (x3uSY)

If you are creative there are at least ten lethal weapons in every room of your average home.

Likewise,...

Posted by: Burnt Toast at June 30, 2017 06:04 PM (P/kVC)

288 I have concluded you can't be intelligent and yet be a Prog scum.

I don't know what "Prog scum" means unless you violent people like BLM or the pro-fa terrorists. I cannot describe all progressives as terrorists or scum. I know progressives who are sincere Christians, do a lot of volunteer work and give to charity. One of then is a mechanical engineer-the other is a retired math teacher, so they are very smart. They've just been indoctrinated since they were hippies in the 60's. they're not going to be out in masks busting up people with bike locks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 06:07 PM (soOgU)

289 Anyway, peace to the Ted backers. I was one once too.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 30, 2017 06:09 PM (ujg0T)

290 Mika and Joe - proof of the peter principle extends to the mating game.

Posted by: I'm too sexy for my cat at June 30, 2017 06:12 PM (oneKX)

291 Writing vaguely actually takes more time and mental effort than writing specifically -- assuming you have the facts at hand, and the facts are helpful.

So when I see a writer -- and writers are lazy by nature, as most are -- doing additional work to be vague on an important point, I have to assume that either his source didn't tell him who started the conversation, or was deliberately vague on that point himself, or that he does know who started the conversation, but has chosen to do extra mental work to avoid disclosing this fact.

This is why I like this place. There are certain things that bother me about MSM articles, ace pinpoints it out.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at June 30, 2017 06:13 PM (xAvrH)

292 Actually, I think it just highlights what worms ScarCzinski are.

Not wanting their whoring around publicized.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 30, 2017 06:14 PM (oVJmc)

293 Just got back from the gainz thread. They're talking about not eating...for days.

I had to escape the crazy. I ran. Yes. I ran like the wind.

Posted by: Soona at June 30, 2017 06:19 PM (Fmupd)

294 293 Just got back from the gainz thread. They're talking about not eating...for days.

I had to escape the crazy. I ran. Yes. I ran like the wind.
Posted by: Soona at June 30, 2017 06:19 PM (Fmupd)

Yeah, no. Guess I'll hang out here for awhile.

Posted by: rickl at June 30, 2017 06:21 PM (sdi6R)

295 Joe ain't all that bright, I suspect Trump son-in-law has enough evidence to bury Joe in the lyen media plantation. Fact he never spoke to Trump at all, if were Trump I'd sue that screaming fish monger. Wonder what the story is about that the inquire is putting out?

Posted by: Rose at June 30, 2017 06:21 PM (3N8PC)

296 262
I think he thought he could take Trump one on one. He is a damn good debater.

But Trump came at him with retard strength debating skills, arms and other shit flailing from every direction, and Cruz never knew what hit him.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 30, 2017 05:51 PM (/tuJf)

Well, Joe Biden proved that derisive laughter can be a winning debate tactic.

Posted by: rickl at June 30, 2017 06:30 PM (sdi6R)

297 So rape ain't rape 'cause it's just sexin' with her. Amirite?

Posted by: Les Kinetic at June 30, 2017 06:30 PM (U6f54)

298 131 I truly believe Trump just throws these little grenades out there when it suits him to create a distraction, while he's working on serious stuff. He plays them and it always, always succeeds.
Posted by: Peaches at June 30, 2017 05:19 PM (EgOr3)

_________________________

Yup...what happened while the media was playing high school soap opera? Well Kate's Law passed...and the travel ban went into effect. This will soon be called David Copperfield Politics.

Posted by: Chelsea Clinton at June 30, 2017 06:42 PM (Elllc)

299 I had to escape the crazy. I ran. Yes. I ran like the wind.
Posted by: Soona at June 30, 2017 06:19 PM (Fmupd)

I love you-in a completely non sexual, non exploitive . sister in Christ kind of way. :^) You know why? because you made me laugh, After weeks of craziness as far as political news I needed a laugh. I'm with you. I do not want to fast for five days.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 06:44 PM (soOgU)

300 I do not want to fast for five days.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 06:44 PM (soOgU)

That is just crazy talk.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 30, 2017 06:46 PM (8iiMU)

301 Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 30, 2017 06:46 PM (8iiMU)

I think people can do it, but I think you need to be carefully supervised. People undertake long fasts for religious reasons, but it seems to me folks on the gains thread are talking about exercising during that kind of fasting which doesn't sound like a good idea.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 06:48 PM (soOgU)

302 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 06:48 PM (soOgU)

I agree.
Fasting for that long takes a good bit of mental discipline.
I don't wish to test mine in that manner at this time.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 30, 2017 06:53 PM (8iiMU)

303 Somebody tell Kuchner that when a shitweasel enemy of your Father-in-Law asks you to do him a favor, the appropriate response is... "Hello? Hello? I can't hear you. Oh well. CLICK"

If your F-I-L is POTUS, and you work for him, and it is a media shitweasel, the appropriate response is... "CLICK".

Is this so hard?

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at June 30, 2017 06:55 PM (4hIeD)

304 Posted by: Soona at June 30, 2017 06:19 PM (Fmupd)

Oh, dear. I apologize. i hope that didn't sound stalk-ish or something. It's just that I always appreciate a sense of humor and think it's so needed at this time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 06:55 PM (soOgU)

305 Should Mika get her knees done? Because they're pretty fugly.

Posted by: wth at June 30, 2017 06:55 PM (HgMAr)

306 I have to start at a new church on Sunday. Doing heavy duty fasting and passing out in the pulpit sounds like a really bad idea. It would make for a memorable experience for them, but.....no.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 06:56 PM (soOgU)

307 Yeah, no. Guess I'll hang out here for awhile.

Posted by: rickl at June 30, 2017 06:21 PM (sdi6R)

Yeah I just dropped one about Fat Batman and chicken legs and ran.

Posted by: wth at June 30, 2017 06:56 PM (HgMAr)

308 Yup...what happened while the media was playing high school soap opera? Well Kate's Law passed...and the travel ban went into effect.

If Trump is able to tweet it through the Senate I will become a believer.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 30, 2017 06:58 PM (LTHVh)

309 I wondered whether all this fasting would adversely impact cookbook sales.

Posted by: rickl at June 30, 2017 06:59 PM (sdi6R)

310 I do not want to fast for five days.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 06:44 PM (soOgU)

I guess beer and peanut M&M's are a no-no?

Posted by: wth at June 30, 2017 06:59 PM (HgMAr)

311 Posted by: wth at June 30, 2017 06:59 PM (HgMAr)

LOL. Well, you could go over and present that idea on the gainzz thread.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 07:02 PM (soOgU)

312 Read a little bit about the statement the 'Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales issued about the Baby Gard case. It doesn't sound like they are making a definite statement one way or another.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 30, 2017 07:06 PM (8iiMU)

313 Fasting for five days or as I like to call it " The Ethiopia diet .

Posted by: awkward davies at June 30, 2017 07:10 PM (JsMw3)

314 I think the family should ask for religious asylum if they are indeed Christians.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 07:10 PM (soOgU)

315 Why Christians should be outraged by the baby Gard case. Good article:

http://tinyurl.com/yb22e8n3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 07:14 PM (soOgU)

316 The family has apparently organized the means and money to get their child transferred. The government should *not*, at this point, do anything to prevent them from taking their child.

It's an entirely different situation (and much more complex, morally) if the family was looking to the State to cover the cost.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 30, 2017 07:19 PM (8iiMU)

317 Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 30, 2017 07:19 PM (8iiMU)

I agree with you. I will add them to my prayer list.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2017 07:23 PM (soOgU)

318 257 There is a Italian word for knick-knacks but its slipping my mind now.
Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2017 05:51 PM (Ot7+c

In Hobbit, it's "Mathom", which basically means "dust collector", IIRC.

Posted by: Fox2! at June 30, 2017 07:40 PM (iRZl4)

319 "Oh, you need a favor from someone I know who's mad at you? Well, I'd suggest apologizing to him, then."

That's what this all comes down to, huh? That's not blackmail! That's just good advice.

You know, I remember back in 2012, Psycho Joe put out a tweet scolding ordinary conservative nobodies like me for making fun of the President. There was some sort of hashtag going, maybe #ObamaMovies or something like that. He said something like, "Limit your commentary to legitimate, serious discussions of policy", like he had some kind of authority or something.

I replied to him with something like, "Aww, you gonna dime us out to Obama's #TruthTeam now?"

He didn't respond. And recently, he's spent the last several months slamming President Trump just as harshly as I ever criticized the Dogeater-In-Chief. And at least I could be funny about it!

Morning Schmoe demanding that ordinary conservative nobodies stop making fun of The Great Obama told me all I needed to know about this fake conservative on a fake news network. And his recent griping about President Trump has only served to reinforce that.

Eat a balls, Joe.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 30, 2017 10:46 PM (3YxFh)

320 Fake news! If NBC had any evidence they would release a scoop like that immediately. Sad!

Posted by: Kebas at July 01, 2017 12:51 AM (kwsnd)

321 OMG Monica! WHY isn't everybody taking Rachel and Chandler seriously????

Posted by: Ross Geller at July 01, 2017 09:53 AM (q6qCq)

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