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Scott Pruitt Resigns as Administrator of the EPA
The leftwing, and the Weekly Standard, have been baying for his head for a while.
Here's the Weekly Standard in one of its columns calling for Pruitt's termination.From the beginning, the media had it in for Scott Pruitt. There were two reasons for their determination. First, President Donald Trump's EPA administrator sought to roll back what Pruitt correctly believed to be costly and deleterious environmental regulations. We held him to be largely right on that score, and still do. The media, and especially the New York Times and Washington Post from which other media take their cue, shared the view of rank and file EPA bureaucrats that Pruitt was "anti-science" and therefore illegitimate. His deregulatory efforts, in their view, would result in environmental catastrophe. The second reason for the media’s hatred of Scott Pruitt is simply this: He invites it. Pruitt's use of public money for non-essential purposes has become a pattern. He's used taxpayer dollars to purchase lavish dinners and accommodations in five-star hotels; a new, expensively retrofitted Chevrolet Suburban; first-class flights, domestic and foreign, for himself and his security detail; a massive security entourage; "special hiring authority" pay raises for favored staff; and costly office renovations (this last violated two laws, according to the Government Accountability Office). None of these profligacies, taken by itself, would present a major political problem. But together, they present a major one.Well apparently Trump agreed.
Consider, too, reports that Pruitt leased a condominium owned by the wife of an energy-industry lobbyist at a significantly reduced rate, and demoted and/or reassigned EPA staff who raised objections about the administrator's large expenditures. Again: Neither offense, taken on its own, would necessarily prompt a fair-minded observer to conclude that Pruitt should be fired. Taken together, one begins to wonder why Pruitt's still in office.
I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this. The Senate confirmed Deputy at EPA, Andrew Wheeler, will...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 5, 2018
...on Monday assume duties as the acting Administrator of the EPA. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 5, 2018
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Guido at July 05, 2018 03:57 PM (2CQCl)
Posted by: Guido at July 05, 2018 03:57 PM (2CQCl)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2018 03:57 PM (k1TUh)
Posted by: tmitsss at July 05, 2018 03:57 PM (ZYgGF)
Posted by: brak at July 05, 2018 03:58 PM (VckGX)
Posted by: Off the reservation at July 05, 2018 03:58 PM (vWMNq)
Posted by: Scott T. at July 05, 2018 03:59 PM (xGZ+b)
Posted by: cornbred at July 05, 2018 03:59 PM (hEUtl)
Posted by: Secret Service at July 05, 2018 03:59 PM (7MuIB)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara, now with a spark of divinity at July 05, 2018 03:59 PM (D9A6U)
Posted by: Vanceone at July 05, 2018 03:59 PM (A9Gmy)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:00 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: joncelli, who will apologize in his next comment at July 05, 2018 04:00 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 05, 2018 04:00 PM (+Dllb)
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at July 05, 2018 04:00 PM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: SturmToddler at July 05, 2018 04:00 PM (8D42x)
The Left can claim his scalp but man, oh man has he undone a lot of crap at the EPA.
Posted by: turambar at July 05, 2018 04:01 PM (2+too)
Well, I am sure the left is going to just leave him alone and let him do his job./
And
Did Pruitt really do anything underhanded or just ginned up controversy?
Posted by: Derptastic at July 05, 2018 04:01 PM (DB16e)
Posted by: Undocumented at July 05, 2018 04:01 PM (5NMZN)
Though no doubt Mueller will be all over looking into Pruitt's checking account and personal correspondence with his lawyer, not to mention how many times Pruitt might have gotten a free apple from the Chinese grocery store down the street from his house by way of Russian Collusion with Trump.
Posted by: Damnedyankee at July 05, 2018 04:01 PM (37IEG)
Make the left eat it.
Posted by: Vanceone at July 05, 2018 03:59 PM (A9Gmy)
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Even better, 5 Justices.
Posted by: cornbred at July 05, 2018 04:01 PM (hEUtl)
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:01 PM (KtxUt)
Posted by: Jen Rubin at July 05, 2018 04:01 PM (Z5y53)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 05, 2018 04:02 PM (7ZVPa)
Make the left eat it.
Posted by: Vanceone at July 05, 2018 03:59 PM (A9Gmy)
Give Pruitt an appointment on a Federal Court so he can rule the EPA unconstitutional.
Posted by: Surfperch at July 05, 2018 04:02 PM (KXpDJ)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:02 PM (7LY+6)
Posted by: Hawkpilot at July 05, 2018 04:02 PM (aL6r4)
Well, I am sure the left is going to just leave him alone and let him do his job./
And
Did Pruitt really do anything underhanded or just ginned up controversy?
Posted by: Derptastic at July 05, 2018 04:01 PM
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He didn't do anything illegal, he was just too good at his job of slowly eliminating the EPA.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 05, 2018 04:02 PM (+Dllb)
Sounds like he treated the position the same way every politician treats their position.
I doubt he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on booze and flying his kids around the country on private airplanes a la Nancy Pelosi.
Posted by: garrett at July 05, 2018 04:02 PM (7MuIB)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:02 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: johnnydrama at July 05, 2018 04:02 PM (EIsub)
Posted by: dyno-elite canned hate at July 05, 2018 04:03 PM (HkF2/)
Posted by: Furious George at July 05, 2018 04:03 PM (9vQJW)
Posted by: blaster at July 05, 2018 04:03 PM (Z5y53)
Posted by: a man living in a glass house at July 05, 2018 04:03 PM (UU4EV)
Posted by: dyno-elite canned hate at July 05, 2018 04:03 PM (HkF2/)
Posted by: garrett at July 05, 2018 04:03 PM (7MuIB)
I'm sure that's the reason it was done. Andrew Weill promises to do a good job and not be as controversial, but I loved the way Pruitt could drive the leftists crazy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2018 04:04 PM (k1TUh)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2018 04:04 PM (0tfLf)
Like I said - win some, lose some.
Still not tired of winning.
Posted by: blaster at July 05, 2018 04:03 PM (Z5y53)
Yeah, when you're up 30 points you don't start worrying about how you're going to explain the loss to anyone.
Posted by: Damnedyankee at July 05, 2018 04:04 PM (37IEG)
instantly embolden the left to try the exact same thing with every
single member of the administration. exactly the sort of patented nitwit
GOPe screw your self in your own ass move that trump was supposed to be
too smart to do. a totally fake manufactured victory for the left and
its pet media. on a day like today when they are in full retreat you
hand them THIS ? have not been this pissed at trump EVER.
Posted by: johnnydrama at July 05, 2018 04:02 PM
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Uh, in case you haven't noticed it, the left is already doing that to every member of Trump's Administration.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 05, 2018 04:04 PM (+Dllb)
Posted by: concrete girl at July 05, 2018 04:04 PM (Y2yEM)
Ever single employee has to get in the Animas River up to their waist, and with their god-damned eyelids, physically remove every grain of pollutant that they let flow from a contained site, and then...
the agency owes every resident along that water-course, and every business, a living, for life. and then...
plug up the gold mine hole with the skulls of the policy-makers who set that one up. Then you can shut them down.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 05, 2018 04:04 PM (8ZmvG)
/fckers
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 05, 2018 04:04 PM (roQNm)
Posted by: dyno-elite canned hate at July 05, 2018 04:03 PM (HkF2/)
Fired for using public funds for private planes, IIRC.
Posted by: Surfperch at July 05, 2018 04:04 PM (KXpDJ)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 05, 2018 04:04 PM (+Dllb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2018 04:05 PM (k1TUh)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:02 PM (a0IVu)
+++++++
I envy you.
Cubicles have no doors.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2018 04:05 PM (I2dne)
...
Or Moochie's mom.
Two tiered justice. Two tiered expenses.
Posted by: dyno-elite canned hate at July 05, 2018 04:05 PM (HkF2/)
Posted by: joncelli, who will apologize in his next comment at July 05, 2018 04:05 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:05 PM (7LY+6)
Posted by: Diogenes
Tell about the 1.2 million the commerce sec spent for a "phone both"
Posted by: wrg500 at July 05, 2018 04:05 PM (Bdeb0)
Nothing in the realm of what Pelosi does every damn day. The above article has reason 1 and reason 2. Reason 1 is what caused the uproar and reason 2 is BS.
Posted by: bananadream at July 05, 2018 04:05 PM (yRBj9)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2018 03:57 PM (k1TUh)
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Isn't Kelly suppose to be leaving in a few weeks?
Posted by: redridinghood at July 05, 2018 04:05 PM (PvFoN)
Posted by: James at July 05, 2018 04:05 PM (DWCq/)
Posted by: Diogenes
Tell about the 1.2 million the commerce sec spent for a "phone both"
Posted by: wrg500
Under Obama
Posted by: wrg500 at July 05, 2018 04:05 PM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:05 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: No at July 05, 2018 04:03 PM
Nics I am familiar with seem to disagree. What was the sleaze part of Pruitt?
Trying to get rid if Ethanol standards?
Posted by: Derptastic at July 05, 2018 04:06 PM (DB16e)
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Mark Levin went over this a while back. He rented a bedroom and bathroom in a Condo shared with a roommate to have a home in D.C. for $1500/month.
The MFM turned this into "luxury accomodations for $50/night." Yet, they wonder why they are called fake news. This is why, assholes, even the Weekly Standard.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at July 05, 2018 04:06 PM (Qjvy3)
Keep up the current direction of the EPA under someone who doesn't have so much baggage.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 05, 2018 04:06 PM (jWe5r)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at July 05, 2018 04:06 PM (++G28)
I don't seem to recall any media reports about democrats and their
lavish expense accounts while on the government payroll. I'm pretty sure
they all fly coach being for the good of the common man and all.
/fckers
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 05, 2018 04:04 PM (roQNm)
Well, except for that Nancy Pelosi "Big Air Force plane to fly her home" thingie.
Posted by: Damnedyankee at July 05, 2018 04:06 PM (37IEG)
Posted by: bill kristol meth at July 05, 2018 04:06 PM (Evws/)
Having said that, I have absolutely no pity for Pruitt if even half of what was reported about his expenses is true. There is a regulation for all government employees. Follow it. If not, get another job.
Yes, senior level guys need special considerations...but not as much as one might think.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2018 04:06 PM (0tfLf)
You forgot "it's gonna be an early night".
Posted by: dyno-elite canned hate at July 05, 2018 04:06 PM (HkF2/)
The Cigar in the Vagina is not the issue, Dude!
Posted by: garrett at July 05, 2018 04:06 PM (7MuIB)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:06 PM (7LY+6)
Now give us no Wall, mass cheap labor immigration, more Muslim immigrants, unfettered off-shoring of US manufacturing and war in Iran!
And then confess to hacking the DNC with Putin!
[hey you never know, it's worth a shot...]
Posted by: The Weekly Standard at July 05, 2018 04:07 PM (DuAZ5)
Yeah, okay, I don't like Pruitt spending money, blah blah blah, but MSM having a conniption over ethics?
Yo, MSM, I'd be with you there if you'd have shown the same amount of concern for the previous administration.
Morally bankrupt bunch of sanctimonious jackasses they are.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at July 05, 2018 04:07 PM (qC1Sy)
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If you believe the Deep State Pravda? DO YOU?
Posted by: Internet Tough Guy at July 05, 2018 04:07 PM (K2QwV)
Posted by: turambar at July 05, 2018 04:07 PM (2+too)
That is part of their agenda...make people miserable so they'll quit, and show people what they can do so no one like Trump will run again. It helps that they have the tech companies on their side. Bugger all.
Hopefully it will all backfire in their faces. Like the old cartoons where cigars blow up in cartoon faces.
Posted by: platypus, gg channel at July 05, 2018 04:07 PM (6CZio)
Still, Pruitt kicked butt while he was in.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felsen at July 05, 2018 04:08 PM (/1AIY)
Posted by: Hikaru at July 05, 2018 04:08 PM (WDCYi)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 05, 2018 04:08 PM (gC2IV)
You know they can't walk and chew gum at the same time.
Posted by: Damnedyankee at July 05, 2018 04:08 PM (37IEG)
Posted by: garrett at July 05, 2018 04:08 PM (7MuIB)
I don't count him as critical. Yeah, I don't want the Lefties to claim scalps, but there you go.
Posted by: blaster at July 05, 2018 04:08 PM (Z5y53)
Does the Left whine an iota about the massive government contract overruns...with all those Union employees?
#AskingForAFriend
Posted by: socalcon at July 05, 2018 04:08 PM (Roy2Z)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:08 PM (a0IVu)
Morally bankrupt bunch of sanctimonious jackasses they are.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at July 05, 2018 04:07 PM (qC1Sy)
That last sentence is a thing of beauty.
Posted by: platypus, gg channel at July 05, 2018 04:09 PM (6CZio)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:09 PM (7LY+6)
Posted by: johnnydrama at July 05, 2018 04:02 PM (EIsub)
I have some Seroquel, Xanax, and Morphine for those feelz.
Posted by: your local traveling pharmacist at July 05, 2018 04:09 PM (UU4EV)
And a "massive" security detail? Why would anyone in the Trump administration need that much security?
Posted by: rickl at July 05, 2018 04:10 PM (xjiRE)
Now in this case Pruitt spent too much on security? Really that's the problem?
The story below this one is about the left assaulting random teenagers for wearing a Trump hat.
And hell, there have now been 3 attempts to assassinate Rand Paul.
Were I the president I'd introduce a new broadcast fee (since the FNM incites this) to pay for the security of members of his administration.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2018 04:10 PM (+DkQm)
Posted by: Hope Solo at July 05, 2018 04:10 PM (7MuIB)
Does the Left whine an iota about the massive government contract overruns...with all those Union employees?
#AskingForAFriend
Posted by: socalcon at July 05, 2018 04:08 PM
Overspending. It's local too. Small town down the road just approved a $2.8 million contract to repaint a bridge. One of those iron structures, two lane, over a river bridge.
WTF!!!???
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2018 04:10 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:10 PM (7LY+6)
Reject Pruitt's resignation. He is trying to flee in the face of the enemy, in this case a highly ignorant and mildly uncivil girl. Running away is not only ridiculous but it encourages the uncivil behavior. Bad for our society. #MAGA"
Posted by: Alec Rawls at July 05, 2018 04:10 PM (wh9C3)
The MFM turned this into "luxury accomodations for $50/night." Yet, they wonder why they are called fake news. This is why, assholes, even the Weekly Standard.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at July 05, 2018 04:06 PM (Qjvy3)
Especially the Weakly Standard. It is Bill Kristol's sphincter of an organ.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at July 05, 2018 04:11 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: rickl
Yes
Posted by: wrg500 at July 05, 2018 04:11 PM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:08 PM (a0IVu)
Oh good. Maybe he'll rape the land a little just to establish his bona fides.
Posted by: joncelli, who will apologize in his next comment at July 05, 2018 04:11 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 05, 2018 04:11 PM (7MuIB)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:12 PM (7LY+6)
Posted by: Earl Scheib at July 05, 2018 04:12 PM (7MuIB)
Lock his ass up!
Posted by: backbeatbaby at July 05, 2018 04:12 PM (w7KSn)
The long held "fun with math" standard the MFM likes to adhere to when it favors them.
Posted by: Damnedyankee at July 05, 2018 04:12 PM (37IEG)
I will soon shut down the EPA and begin expansion of the THE TRUMP HOTEL DC onto the former EPA office building property.
Posted by: simplemind at July 05, 2018 04:13 PM (9LaXj)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshire Cat at July 05, 2018 04:13 PM (UqCz5)
Posted by: DocJ at July 05, 2018 04:13 PM (NYS7S)
But unlike Mr. Pruit--who had come to Washington as an outsider....Mr Wheeler is viewed as a consummate Washington insider..."
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:13 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:08 PM (a0IVu)
Out of the frier and into the fire
Posted by: Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 05, 2018 04:13 PM (M+Lyo)
Posted by: joncelli, who will apologize in his next comment at July 05, 2018 04:11 PM (RD7QR)
I don't know if this would be a good or bad thing.
Posted by: An Ecosexual at July 05, 2018 04:13 PM (KXpDJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2018 04:13 PM (k1TUh)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:12 PM
Not really. Like I said, two lanes, and maybe 150 feet long.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2018 04:13 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: dyno-elite canned hate at July 05, 2018 04:13 PM (HkF2/)
"Scott Pruitt has resigned at EPA. Rather that replace him, I am eliminating the agency entirely.
Robert Mueller has wasted enough of the taxpayers' money on a witch hunt. I asked for his resignation, he refused; therefore I have fired him effective immediately.
I am nominating (insert name here) to be an associate justice on the supreme court."
triple-whammy, simultaneous head explosions
pass the popcorn
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 05, 2018 04:13 PM (ZQfW9)
*makes me tingle*
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:14 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: MAGA at July 05, 2018 04:14 PM (S7f56)
https://www.ecowatch.com/scott-pruitt-replacement-2560657057.html
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2018 04:14 PM (MS0+a)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2018 04:14 PM (pHfeF)
Posted by: platypus, gg channel at July 05, 2018 04:09 PM (6CZio)
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Thank you.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at July 05, 2018 04:14 PM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: joncelli, who will apologize in his next comment at July 05, 2018 04:11 PM (RD7QR)
Delta Smelt Genocide time.
Posted by: Hikaru at July 05, 2018 04:14 PM (WDCYi)
Posted by: Great Reagan's Deplorable Ghost at July 05, 2018 04:14 PM (56GKt)
He should be celebrated if he can find luxury accommodations for only $50/night.
Tom Bodette charges $56.00 a night in some places and no one would call Motel 6 "luxury accommodations".
Posted by: rickb223 Super Elite at July 05, 2018 04:15 PM (0R8lo)
He'll staffing back up the EPA in no time at all.
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:15 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: turambar at July 05, 2018 04:15 PM (2+too)
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I don't remember how that worked out, but I don't think she resigned over it, and I don't think she stopped flying.
Now if Trump or his minions put out a memo about holding down expenses, and Pruitt didn't take the hint, that would be something else, and I would agree a resignation was in order.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 05, 2018 04:15 PM (roQNm)
Posted by: Concerned People's Front at July 05, 2018 04:15 PM (6pUSd)
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:16 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:08 PM (a0IVu)
Out of the frier and into the fire
Posted by: Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 05, 2018 04:13 PM (M+Lyo)
As long as the fire is fueled by coal.
Posted by: Surfperch at July 05, 2018 04:16 PM (KXpDJ)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:16 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: joncelli, who will apologize in his next comment at July 05, 2018 04:11 PM (RD7QR)
Delta Smelt Genocide time.
Posted by: Hikaru at July 05, 2018 04:14 PM (WDCYi)
"Ooh! I smell a comeback!"
- - Helen Reddy
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 05, 2018 04:16 PM (VM6ev)
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Well well...Wheeler might be even more awesome then Pruitt...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2018 04:17 PM (+DkQm)
Posted by: Great Reagan's Deplorable Ghost at July 05, 2018 04:17 PM (56GKt)
The MFM turned this into "luxury accomodations for $50/night." Yet, they wonder why they are called fake news. This is why, assholes, even the Weekly Standard.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at July 05, 2018 04:06 PM (Qjvy3)
If I could bottle some clarity, I'd sell it and become a billionaire.
Posted by: your local traveling pharmacist at July 05, 2018 04:17 PM (UU4EV)
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:17 PM (KtxUt)
But he leaves the light on for you
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:16 PM (v6UKb)
And that causes global Warmenizing!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 05, 2018 04:17 PM (VM6ev)
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:17 PM (KtxUt)
"I know, right?!"
- - David Dinkins' $15,000 headboard
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 05, 2018 04:18 PM (VM6ev)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2018 04:18 PM (Lg2h/)
WTF!!!???
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2018 04:10 PM (0tfLf)
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Unfortunately, when one is doing work for the government, every single cockamamie rule and regulation has to be followed to the letter.
People wonder why government buildings and schools are so expensive to build? Again, every "I" has to be crossed and every "T" has to be dotted.
It is absolutely insane the amount of crap government entities have to follow when it comes to construction or repair.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at July 05, 2018 04:18 PM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 05, 2018 04:18 PM (mpXpK)
Do you know how many Pygmies died to make that coffee table?
Posted by: garrett at July 05, 2018 04:18 PM (7MuIB)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Average American Troll at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM (AllCR)
I'm unhappy with this decision, but not angry with Trump. He's a
business manager, and if you think someone needs to be cut for the good
of the brand, you cut them even if it's undeserved. Wheeler will do the
same thing Pruitt was doing, and probably more quietly and more
effectively.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2018 04:13 PM
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I agree 100%. Pruitt was doing an outstanding job at EPA but the manufactured outrage by the liberals left Trump vulnerable to the "scandal" obsessed media going into the mid terms.
If there is a perception that there is a problem, then you have a problem even if it is not real.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM (+Dllb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM (Lg2h/)
Germany willing to cut tariffs on US cars, lifting automakers' shares
fox business news
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM (fceHP)
I haven't seen this much stupid yapping about "unenforced errors" since Bill Wynn slimed the comments.
Posted by: dyno-elite canned hate at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM (HkF2/)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM (ptqGC)
Assuming that Pruitt was profligate in the use of taxpayer funds, then he should be shown the door. But it becomes harder to do in the scorched earth, zero-sum game that the Left is playing.
Posted by: Ersatz at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM (44PTs)
Posted by: cornbred at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM (hEUtl)
96 I'll paint ANY Bridge for $99.95!
Posted by: Earl Scheib at July 05, 2018 04:12 PM (7MuIB)
No ups! No extras!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 05, 2018 04:20 PM (a249G)
I hope. A long Washington tenure doesn't make me optimistic at first glance, but the Inhofe connection is good.
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:20 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: dyno-elite canned hate at July 05, 2018 04:20 PM (HkF2/)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM (ptqGC)
Oh Lord, that barking clam is going to be yammering away on MSLSD about this forever.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 05, 2018 04:20 PM (VM6ev)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:20 PM (dPd5y)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2018 04:21 PM (k1TUh)
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2018 04:21 PM (+lOpA)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:21 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2018 04:21 PM (ptqGC)
Germany willing to cut tariffs on US cars, lifting automakers' shares
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Of course.
I know what I'm doing.
That's how I got two scoops.
Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at July 05, 2018 04:21 PM (CY/Ex)
https://www.ecowatch.com/scott-pruitt-replacement-2560657057.html
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2018 04:14 PM (MS0+a)
Well then he shows some promise
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 05, 2018 04:21 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2018 04:22 PM (pHfeF)
I hate the left.
Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2018 04:22 PM (HiDrR)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at July 05, 2018 04:22 PM (fYi9j)
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Keebler Elf at July 05, 2018 04:22 PM (9fayu)
Posted by: rickb223 Super Elite at July 05, 2018 04:22 PM (0R8lo)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:21 PM (a0IVu)
Temporary metal quonset huts. Right in the middle of the tundra. With all those hungry mosquitos...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 05, 2018 04:22 PM (VM6ev)
Both were bete-noires of the Left and both became political liabilities.
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:22 PM (v6UKb)
Pruitt was my pick to replace Sessions.
Stuff like this is easy to find out. Just post the administrative expenses of the previous and current Administration.
Posted by: MAGA at July 05, 2018 04:23 PM (S7f56)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2018 04:22 PM (pHfeF)
Yep. She'll be on Morning Joke, CNN, everywhere (except Fox, unless one of Shep's producers books her).
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2018 04:23 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:23 PM (dPd5y)
Rest assured I find it as horrendous as they do. I have requested and accepted his resignation.
I'd like to thank everyone on the left again for reaching across the aisle and supporting Team Trump.
MAGA
Posted by: President Richard Punch at July 05, 2018 04:23 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2018 04:21 PM (+lOpA)
Reminds me of the Atlantic City boardwalk. When you get to the end you just go back to the start of the boardwalk and do it all over again.
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:23 PM (KtxUt)
Posted by: cornbred at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM (hEUtl)
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Gentrification! Unless they left them all as authentic slum culture....
Posted by: SJWs at July 05, 2018 04:24 PM (YOhRS)
Do I have that right?
Or am I allowed to be against a sleaze even if the Weekly Standard is also against him?
Howabout the dude not send all of the government workers that I pay for around to find his wife a job? Or am I supposed to be in favor of spending my tax money on finding dude's wife a job, just because the Weekly Standard is against it?
Posted by: Al S at July 05, 2018 04:24 PM (0tbQ4)
Well that's just ignorant. Everybody knows Earth has a climate.
Posted by: rickl at July 05, 2018 04:24 PM (xjiRE)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM
~~~~~
His resignation letter more or less indicates that she and others of her ilk are the reason he's leaving. Says attacks have been unrelenting.
Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2018 04:24 PM (HiDrR)
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:24 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: Ersatz
With Mueller spending $10+ million and not finding jack, people can just stfu.
Posted by: rickb223 Super Elite at July 05, 2018 04:24 PM (0R8lo)
Posted by: Paolo at July 05, 2018 04:25 PM (UU4EV)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 05, 2018 04:25 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at July 05, 2018 04:22 PM (fYi9j)
*ponders*
Just for sh*ts and giggles, put Sarah Palin in charge. Mass leftist head explosions. Mika hardest hit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2018 04:25 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: garrett at July 05, 2018 04:18 PM (7MuIB)
+++++++
I'll give you a hit. Three.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2018 04:25 PM (I2dne)
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Keebler Elf at July 05, 2018 04:25 PM (9fayu)
Germany willing to cut tariffs on US cars, lifting automakers' shares
==========
Of course.
I know what I'm doing.
That's how I got two scoops.
Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at July 05, 2018 04:21 PM (CY/Ex)
This is the best news I have read today. It's not a done deal, but once it is, that is Winning again.
And the auto stocks responded kindly.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 05, 2018 04:25 PM (fceHP)
Since when does the left care about spending tax dollars?
Jarret-hookers for s.s? illegal welfare and social security?
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:25 PM (dPd5y)
Posted by: mrp at July 05, 2018 04:25 PM (Pqytn)
You're never done painting a bridge.
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2018 04:21 PM (+lOpA)
Reminds me of the Atlantic City boardwalk. When you get to the end
you just go back to the start of the boardwalk and do it all over again.
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:23 PM (KtxUt)
It's in the union contract. Read the fine print. Says "job for life" right there in the paragraph after "can take your paycheck even if you're not in the union".
Posted by: Damnedyankee at July 05, 2018 04:25 PM (37IEG)
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:26 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM
~~~~~
His resignation letter more or less indicates that she and others of her ilk are the reason he's leaving. Says attacks have been unrelenting.
Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2018 04:24 PM (HiDrR)
Nothing quite focuses the mind these days of Trump staff quite like Steve Scalise.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 05, 2018 04:26 PM (VM6ev)
Posted by: joncelli, who will apologize in his next comment at July 05, 2018 04:11 PM (RD7QR)
Delta Smelt Genocide time.
Posted by: Hikaru at July 05, 2018 04:14 PM (WDCYi)
It's the "Fish Fear Me" t-shirt.
Posted by: joncelli, who will apologize in his next comment at July 05, 2018 04:26 PM (RD7QR)
--
So it wasn't about his lavish spending on his government expense account. Well, I am shocked.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 05, 2018 04:26 PM (roQNm)
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2018 04:21 PM (+lOpA)
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Or the fence.
Posted by: Karate Kid at July 05, 2018 04:26 PM (YOhRS)
10 5 just shut the EPA down
Posted by: brak at July 05, 2018 03:58 PM (VckGX)
This.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara, now with a spark of divinity at July 05, 2018 03:59 PM (D9A6U)
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Yup
Posted by: 29Victor at July 05, 2018 04:26 PM (HT1Jh)
Just for sh*ts and giggles, put Sarah Palin in charge. Mass leftist head explosions. Mika hardest hit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh
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Wow. That's good.
Posted by: simplemind at July 05, 2018 04:26 PM (iPugK)
The tweet read, Will never celebrate 4th of July. Know your history!! and stay woke.
Stay woke? Speaka da english? Fuckin idiot
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2018 04:26 PM (Lg2h/)
His resignation letter more or less indicates that she and others of her ilk are the reason he's leaving. Says attacks have been unrelenting.
Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2018 04:24 PM (HiDrR)
So the attacks are working. We should expect to see them escalate.
Posted by: rickl at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (xjiRE)
Posted by: bigfoot at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (xGZ+b)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 05, 2018 04:26 PM
~~~~~
^^^This.
I repeat: I hate the left.
Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (HiDrR)
Posted by: Weasel at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (neFQ8)
Lonnie Walker IV, the recently selected 1st round pick of the San
Antonio Spurs, took to Twitter on Independence Day, to say that he will
never celebrate 4th of July.
The tweet read, Will never celebrate 4th of July. Know your history!! and stay woke.
Stay woke? Speaka da english? Fuckin idiot
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2018 04:26 PM (Lg2h/)
Sir, Please elaborate. Do you have a newsletter?
Posted by: President Richard Punch at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (ymnmz)
That would barely cover a room at Motel 6.
Posted by: Toad-O at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (cct0t)
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Damn!
Posted by: Society of People Waiting for Lonnie Walker IV to Celebrate Independence Day at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (YOhRS)
I haven't seen this much stupid yapping about "unenforced errors" since Bill Wynn slimed the comments.
Posted by: dyno-elite canned hate at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM (HkF2/)
Tune into the Wimbledon and watch the women's bracket. It's a bloodbath.
Posted by: a tennis player at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (UU4EV)
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (MS0+a)
Lonnie Walker IV, the recently selected 1st round pick of the San
Antonio Spurs, took to Twitter on Independence Day, to say that he will
never celebrate 4th of July.
The tweet read, Will never celebrate 4th of July. Know your history!! and stay woke.
Stay woke? Speaka da english? Fuckin idiot
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2018 04:26 PM (Lg2h/)
Dear Lonnie Walker IV -Don't like the US? GTFO. Or STFU and stick to playing - yes PLAYING -basketball.Sincerely,The 3 Percent
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (jxbfJ)
Keep it up. NBA thinks they are invincible, but the same fate awaits those cocksuckers as the NFL.
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2018 04:24 PM (HiDrR)
Nothing quite focuses the mind these days of Trump staff quite like Steve Scalise.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
"For every attack, I will eliminate another EPA rule or department inside of the EPA".
--Shit Scott Pruitt should have said.
Posted by: rickb223 Super Elite at July 05, 2018 04:29 PM (0R8lo)
Germany willing to cut tariffs on US cars, lifting automakers' shares
==========
Of course.
I know what I'm doing.
That's how I got two scoops.
Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at July 05, 2018 04:21 PM
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Yep, and just a day or so ago merkel was bitching about Trump causing a trade war with his new tariffs which would tank the entire World's economy.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 05, 2018 04:29 PM (+Dllb)
Nothing quite focuses the mind these days of Trump staff quite like Steve Scalise.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 05, 2018 04:26 PM
~~~~~
^^^This.
I repeat: I hate the left.
Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (HiDrR)
Is this what a marginalized group looks like?
Posted by: ACLU at July 05, 2018 04:29 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:29 PM (KtxUt)
Posted by: dyno-elite canned hate at July 05, 2018 04:19 PM (HkF2/)
Tune into the Wimbledon and watch the women's bracket. It's a bloodbath.
Posted by: a tennis player
That time of the month?
Posted by: wrg500 at July 05, 2018 04:29 PM (Bdeb0)
Only explanation that makes sense is the suggestion above that Kelly was behind this. Kelly is a deep state plant. Why did the Comey/Rosenstein/Mueller conspirators first go after Flynn? So they could replace Trump's primary anti-jihadist with an adamant anti-anti-jihadist, in line with Mueller's purge of all intel from the FBI that linked Islamic terrorism with Islam.
These a$$holes are way beyond neck-deep in $hit. They are 100% behind everything Obama did to advance the position of al Qaeda/ISIS, and they are the same with the rest of the radical leftist agenda. The military under Obama took huge steps to "go green." Yeah, that would be Kelly, and just like Kelly and Mueller on Islam, Kelly does want his green legacy undone.
He is a stinking Mueller plant.
Posted by: Alec Rawls at July 05, 2018 04:29 PM (wh9C3)
Are there any midgets in the Trump administration?
Posted by: Weasel at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (neFQ
Do mental ones count? While no longer in the administration, I'd say Rince Penis would have counted.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 05, 2018 04:29 PM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Keebler Elf at July 05, 2018 04:29 PM (9fayu)
Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2018 04:24 PM (HiDrR)
So the attacks are working. We should expect to see them escalate.
=============
Which is way Jane's suggestion is interesting.
Leftist barking clams complain, okay we replace with someone even more abhorrent to the left.
Pretty soon you train them to shut up.
When logic fails, use behavioral conditioning!!!!
Posted by: simplemind at July 05, 2018 04:30 PM (eiR14)
Maybe Pruitt wanted out? We'll never know what goes on behind closed doors.
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2018 04:30 PM (+lOpA)
Fits right in with the Spurs coach.
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:30 PM (KtxUt)
Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2018 04:30 PM (7HtZB)
There comes a time when everyone reaches their point and says "I just don't need this shit anymore" and walks away.
Seems Pruitt reached that point and I can't say I blame him. Now, if he could, like, run for Senate in OK or something that might be a thing.
Posted by: DocJ at July 05, 2018 04:30 PM (NYS7S)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2018 04:25 PM (ptqGC)
Seconded.
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at July 05, 2018 04:30 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:30 PM (KtxUt)
An ugly asshat.
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:31 PM (a0IVu)
Germany willing to cut tariffs on US cars, lifting automakers' shares
fox business news
++++++++++++++++
Funny. All Trump did was protect America's (and Germany's/NATO's) national security by protecting essential industries. EU retaliates with illegal punitive tariffs.
EU is now facing financial collapse.
Posted by: Great Reagan's Deplorable Ghost at July 05, 2018 04:31 PM (56GKt)
Unfortunately, when one is doing work for the government, every single cockamamie rule and regulation has to be followed to the letter.
People wonder why government buildings and schools are so expensive to build? Again, every "I" has to be crossed and every "T" has to be dotted.
It is absolutely insane the amount of crap government entities have to follow when it comes to construction or repair.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at July 05, 2018 04:18 PM
Blake,
You are right in this. One end of the bridge is in one county, the other is in King County...home of Seattle. The regulations are a nightmare and I bet a big part of the expense.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2018 04:31 PM (0tfLf)
Leftist barking clams complain, okay we replace with someone even more abhorrent to the left.
Pretty soon you train them to shut up.
When logic fails, use behavioral conditioning!!!!
Posted by: simplemind at July 05, 2018 04:30 PM (eiR14)
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I'm not sure they are trainable. But otherwise this makes sense.
Posted by: Undocumented at July 05, 2018 04:31 PM (5NMZN)
Hopefully, they all have sleepers in waiting for when they get burned out by all of this.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 05, 2018 04:31 PM (t0Z53)
Sir!! I will not have my height impugned in this manner!!
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Keebler Elf at July 05, 2018 04:31 PM (9fayu)
Is this what a marginalized group looks like?
Posted by: ACLU at July 05, 2018 04:29 PM (ymnmz)
They wore yellow stars of David not quite 75 years ago. By the millions.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 05, 2018 04:31 PM (VM6ev)
Lonnie Walker IV, the recently selected 1st round pick of the San
Antonio Spurs, took to Twitter on Independence Day, to say that he will
never celebrate 4th of July.
The tweet read, Will never celebrate 4th of July. Know your history!! and stay woke.
Stay woke? Speaka da english? Fuckin idiot
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2018 04:26 PM (Lg2h/)
Sir, Please elaborate. Do you have a newsletter?
Posted by: President Richard Punch at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (ymnmz)
Ninja, Please!
Posted by: the owner and creator of the "Ninja, Please!" newsletter at July 05, 2018 04:31 PM (UU4EV)
Germany willing to cut tariffs on US cars, lifting automakers' shares
==========
Of course.
I know what I'm doing.
That's how I got two scoops.
And sprinkles. Because sprinkles are only for #WINNERS
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 05, 2018 04:31 PM (jxbfJ)
The tolerant and wonderful Resistance that wants to take over the country. That is really sad. It's a whole other level when someone threatens your kids and family. A lot of men can take the heat, but when people come after your family, unrelentingly so, I can understand why they may resign.
Especially bcz the Resistance have shown they are capable of violence, and leaders have encouraged it. It is not an empty threat.
Posted by: platypus, gg channel at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (6CZio)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
No screens, smudge pots -- they will learn to love coal.
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (MS0+a)
Wheeler looks , at least on paper, like he can handle EPA just fine.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (Qjvy3)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ya65keza
Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (HiDrR)
171 With Mueller spending $10+ million and not finding jack, people can just stfu.
that's what putin *wants* you to think.
Posted by: Anachronda at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (xGZ+b)
https://tinyurl.com/y9e8aoe4
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2018 04:25 PM (ptqGC)
Seconded.
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at July 05, 2018 04:30 PM (hMwEB)
Thirded! All in favor?
Posted by: Iblis at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (9221z)
I thought it was cancelled. Jeff is confused again.
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: dyno-elite canned hate at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (HkF2/)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (PgD2u)
about Trump causing a trade war with his new tariffs which would tank
the entire World's economy.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 05, 2018 04:29 PM (+Dllb)
It was a very short trade war, like the one between Germany and Denmark in 1940.
Posted by: Damnedyankee at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (37IEG)
amazing
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:33 PM (dPd5y)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
No screens, smudge pots -- they will learn to love coal.
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (MS0+a)
Sexually.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 05, 2018 04:33 PM (VM6ev)
Her television face time over the next week will rival the creep porn lawyer at his peak
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:33 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:33 PM (a0IVu)
instead. Watch those Oil Derricks, fracking sites and new refineries go
up in a relative hurry. ANWAR oil ftw!
Wheeler looks , at least on paper, like he can handle EPA just fine.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (Qjvy3)
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Add to that improved pipeline infrastructure to move more product safely.
Posted by: mrp at July 05, 2018 04:34 PM (Pqytn)
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:29 PM (KtxUt)
At first I thought you wrote "James Woods". Who would be an awesome choice to replace Pruitt.
Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2018 04:34 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: kallisto at July 05, 2018 04:34 PM (HKPap)
Posted by: rickb223 Super Elite
Sure, the Pruitt allegations (only allegations and certainly flimsy in places) are penny-ante stuff when compared to routine government waste and I'm sure as hell not going to defend the Mueller witch hunt.
But what I'm trying to get at is this: the more hysterical the Left gets, the more that the Right is willing to put up with from its own side . . . just to keep the left from "winning."
I'm not happy with where that ends up going. (Though given the hell-in-a-handbasket trajectory we're on, I'll admit it's a pretty minor point.)
Posted by: Ersatz at July 05, 2018 04:34 PM (44PTs)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (PgD2u)
mini-Mueller's
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 05, 2018 04:34 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:34 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Keebler Elf at July 05, 2018 04:34 PM (9fayu)
Posted by: Fox2! at July 05, 2018 04:35 PM (Hr/WJ)
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at July 05, 2018 04:35 PM (BnaNk)
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM (MS0+a)
EPA, Energy, and Transportation get combined with Commerce.
HHS gets Education and Labor.
The budgets of Commerce and HHS stay at current levels.
Boom.
Posted by: joncelli, who will apologize in his next comment at July 05, 2018 04:35 PM (RD7QR)
Or some old guy Vic? to do the job.
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:35 PM (dPd5y)
about Trump causing a trade war with his new tariffs which would tank
the entire World's economy.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 05, 2018 04:29 PM (+Dllb)
It was a very short trade war, like the one between Germany and Denmark in 1940.
Posted by: Damnedyankee
Ive seen some numbers that without the tariffs, it would be more profitable for certain German nameplates to make their cars in SC and ship them to Europe.
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2018 04:35 PM (MS0+a)
Posted by: SJW at July 05, 2018 04:35 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: platypus, gg channel at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM
~~~~~
Very true. His letter (linked at #226) made me quite sad and angry at the same time.
And as J.J. noted above, the lesson of Hutchinson shooting up the Republican softball practice is not lost on these cabinet members. The threats are real and I'm sure the Secret Service lets them know it.
Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2018 04:36 PM (HiDrR)
Posted by: platypus, gg channel at July 05, 2018 04:36 PM (6CZio)
Well, Trump knows nothing about manufacturing or agriculture.
Or something. Right, Krugman?
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:36 PM (7LY+6)
Was there any mention of a monorail?
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:36 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: security details at July 05, 2018 04:36 PM (UU4EV)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:36 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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Truly this is wisdom. The best way to drain the swamp?
Scatter and decentralize it.
It will become a lovely arid, yet historically interesting wilderness in no time.
HHS? - Bozeman, Montana
IRS and EPA can share offices in Juno.
DOJ --> Fargo
Posted by: dyno-elite canned hate at July 05, 2018 04:37 PM (HkF2/)
2. [x] High ranking Officials, fearing for their lives, are forced to resign.
3. [ ] ?????
4. [ ] IMPEACH!111!!1
Posted by: Maxine Waters at July 05, 2018 04:37 PM (KXpDJ)
would be more profitable for certain German nameplates to make their
cars in SC and ship them to Europe.
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2018 04:35 PM (MS0+a)
Well, WE definitely get shorter vacations than the krauts do. I can say Krauts, right? They're white europenis types, so it's okay to use slurs, yes?
Posted by: Damnedyankee at July 05, 2018 04:37 PM (37IEG)
HHS gets Education and Labor. '
Didn't Mulvaney propose something like this in a recent Cabinet meeting?
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (dPd5y)
But what I'm trying to get at is this: the more hysterical the Left gets, the more that the Right is willing to put up with from its own side . . . just to keep the left from "winning."
$50 a night "luxury" accommodations won't get you Motel 6 in some places.
Increased security costs? When people are threatening him and his family?
I'm not putting up with "more" just to keep the left from winning. That shit above doesn't even factor into it.
Who was it that just spent $70k on a conference table?
Posted by: rickb223 Super Elite at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (0R8lo)
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (KtxUt)
Keep it up. NBA thinks they are invincible, but the same fate awaits those cocksuckers as the NFL.
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM
This little turd played one year in college and now presumes to lecture others on the Fourth of July and history?
Hey Shitforbrains, remember those ROTC cadets at Miami...the ones who really went to class and graduated? They will do more for this country over the same amount of time of your NBA career than you ever will. So shut up and just say thank you for living in a country that will let a dipstick like you make so much money for playing a game.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (0tfLf)
Because an idiot girl came up to him at lunch, cried about global warming and told him to resign! Holy cow where are the balls????? This is crazy!
Posted by: Alec Rawls at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (wh9C3)
Bummer thought we was doing well, but yeah don't rage against the bureaucratic machine and then spend like a bureaucrat for your own stuff.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 05, 2018 04:39 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at July 05, 2018 04:39 PM (fA1SL)
Well, just, dang.
5 just shut the EPA down
Posted by: brak
Seems like the best response to me.
Posted by: mindful webworker - just another wasteful okie at July 05, 2018 04:39 PM (ECLlc)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (dPd5y)
Don't give in.
The next news cycle will bring another set of hysterics.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 05, 2018 04:39 PM (fceHP)
Pruitt had been pissing off the ethanol folks quite a bit lately. Trump supports an "all of the above" energy policy that includes a continuation of the RFS and Pruitt was becoming a bit aggressive in that area perhaps more than the boss wanted.
Posted by: Keith at July 05, 2018 04:39 PM (USf3s)
"Are you at all concerned about the narrative that the administration is putting forward that they're being harassed and persecuted?"
Barking clam: "You know, I can't control that. We can't control that. They're of course going to try to spin it."
By the way, the interview was conducted on Tuesday. Now that Pruitt has resigned, she'll be even more swell-headed.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2018 04:39 PM (ptqGC)
about global warming and told him to resign! Holy cow where are the
balls????? This is crazy!
Posted by: Alec Rawls at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (wh9C3)
No, the left and media have been unrelentless on him for months now.
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:39 PM (a0IVu)
--
Start arresting people who make threats against public officials. Start arresting protesters who interfere with government agents doing their jobs. Start firing government agents who are not doing their job.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 05, 2018 04:40 PM (roQNm)
attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a
sizable toll on all of us."
Because an idiot girl came up to him at lunch, cried about global
warming and told him to resign! Holy cow where are the balls????? This
is crazy!
Posted by: Alec Rawls at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM
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Oh so you are a member of his security Detail and know that this was the only instance of anything that has happened to him in the past few months?
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 05, 2018 04:40 PM (+Dllb)
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Keebler Elf at July 05, 2018 04:40 PM (9fayu)
Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at July 05, 2018 04:40 PM (iiixZ)
Hey Shitforbrains, remember those ROTC cadets at Miami...the ones who really went to class and graduated? They will do more for this country over the same amount of time of your NBA career than you ever will. So shut up and just say thank you for living in a country that will let a dipstick like you make so much money for playing a game.
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x10.
Kid is asking karma to kick his ass for him.
Posted by: simplemind at July 05, 2018 04:40 PM (npxBS)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 05, 2018 04:39 PM (r+sAi)
He can hand off his hatchet plan to the next. Hopefully he's already put his stamp on a lot of stuff on the way out.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 05, 2018 04:40 PM (fceHP)
Are we going to do as they do? lawfare? sponsers of the media?
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:40 PM (dPd5y)
His resignation letter more or less indicates that she and others of her ilk are the reason he's leaving. Says attacks have been unrelenting.
Posted by: IrishEi
Nothing quite focuses the mind these days of Trump staff quite like Steve Scalise.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Then it's all over.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2018 04:40 PM (IqV8l)
Keep it up. NBA thinks they are invincible, but the same fate awaits those cocksuckers as the NFL.
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:28 PM
Another league full of thugs and criminals that needs to die
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: mrp at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM (Pqytn)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:39 PM (a0IVu)
I'd stop reading anything but AOS or Europenis news - simple.
Posted by: Damnedyankee at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM (37IEG)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM (a0IVu)
Wait - isn't he one of the "flat earth" or whatever nutjobs from a few weeks back?
Spurs coach will love him
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM (7LY+6)
Posted by: Alec Rawls at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (wh9C3)
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You're being a jackass.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: kallisto at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM (HKPap)
Posted by: Clay, unimpressed with your wokeness at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM (ep1HV)
Posted by: Anachronda at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM (NmR1a)
That though is the controversy. He was getting a motel six rate for something that should have been much higher . His landlord was the wife of an oil /energy guy . The perception of quid pro quo was going to happen.
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM (KtxUt)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (dPd5y)
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Midgets. Midgets are how you fight this.
Posted by: Weasel at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM (neFQ8)
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Keebler Elf at July 05, 2018 04:42 PM (9fayu)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:42 PM (dPd5y)
Wheeler will do a better job as he is more adept at navigating the swamp.
Posted by: Valiant at July 05, 2018 04:42 PM (3MiF8)
Two Scoops should have said, I'm appointing no one to replace him because I'm shutting the motherf-er down.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 05, 2018 04:42 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: FaCubeItches at July 05, 2018 04:43 PM (rznWS)
Posted by: Lady MacClinton Foundation at July 05, 2018 04:43 PM (BsGS1)
He resigned a couple of days after the idiot girl told him to resign. Cowardice in the face of the enemy!
Posted by: Alec Rawls at July 05, 2018 04:43 PM (wh9C3)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (dPd5y)
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Midgets. Midgets are how you fight this.
Posted by: Weasel
Your releasing AtC on them? Your cruel.
Posted by: wrg500 at July 05, 2018 04:43 PM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:43 PM (dPd5y)
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His resignation is not enough. His association with the Trump administration should follow him for the rest of his life. Its a life sentence.
Posted by: Jen too much Kraut in that Reuben at July 05, 2018 04:43 PM (eiR14)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 05, 2018 04:43 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at July 05, 2018 04:43 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Damnedyankee at July 05, 2018 04:44 PM (37IEG)
Two Scoops should have said, I'm appointing no one to replace him because I'm shutting the motherf-er down.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 05, 2018 04:42 PM (SiINZ)
It is within his power to suspend all activities and furlough the entire workforce.
Judge Punchy Macadamia Molokai Leper notwithstanding.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 05, 2018 04:44 PM (VM6ev)
The tweet read, Will never celebrate 4th of July. Know your history!! and stay woke.
I want to welcome Lonnie to the Spurs. His talent and contributions will be welcomed. His adherence to Social Justice is to be admired. We picked him because.......
THE TRUMPMONSTER IS RAPING MY MIND!!! HE IS RAPING MY MIIIINNNNNDDDDD!!! HE IS DEVOURING MY SOUL!!! AAAAEEEEEEEIIIIIIIII!!!!
Posted by: Greg Popavich, yelling at clouds at July 05, 2018 04:44 PM (OIoBg)
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Keebler Elf at July 05, 2018 04:44 PM (9fayu)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (dPd5y)
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Midgets. Midgets are how you fight this.
Posted by: Weasel at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM
General AtC will be reporting in shortly.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2018 04:44 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (dPd5y)
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Midgets. Midgets are how you fight this.
Posted by: Weasel at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM (neFQ
Is a trebuchet involved or just plain old muscle power?
Posted by: joncelli, who will apologize in his next comment at July 05, 2018 04:44 PM (RD7QR)
Win more elections and put more justices on SCOTUS.
The best revenge is cold.
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:44 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: West at July 05, 2018 04:45 PM (7Fa8Y)
Yeah. That was incredibly over the top stupid, and he knew it. Another case of smart person doing something really stupid.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:45 PM (7LY+6)
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Keebler Elf at July 05, 2018 04:42 PM (9fayu)
Ninja, Please!
Posted by: the owner and creator of the "Ninja, Please!" newsletter at July 05, 2018 04:45 PM (UU4EV)
Posted by: cornbred at July 05, 2018 04:45 PM (hEUtl)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ya65keza
Posted by: IrishEi at July 05, 2018 04:32 PM (HiDrR)
+++++++++++
Thank you. The comments are interesting. Some defenders, a fair number of leftists and climate alarmists, too. My favorites are the ones calling Pruitt a "snowflake" because he "couldn't take the heat" and "that's public service." We make fun of the snowflakes because they break down at being asked to check "boy or girl" on a form or freak out about phantom "micro-aggressions." Being constantly pummeled by the press (at best, just the press but oftentimes much more than that) every day of your life will eventually take its toll.
It ain't snowflakeism. It is a total breakdown of basic courtesy, let alone anything approaching civility or, G-d forbid, politeness.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2018 04:45 PM (I2dne)
Posted by: Weasel
Midgets with lasers on their heads?
Posted by: Damnedyankee at July 05, 2018 04:44 PM (37IEG)
*sound of Moishe the Mad Mossad Mechanic furiously taking notes*
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 05, 2018 04:45 PM (VM6ev)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:45 PM (dPd5y)
Posted by: Gumby at July 05, 2018 04:45 PM (2LelM)
* add willow to Team 'Smite them where they stand, take their shit, and kick out their teeth for mumbling' *
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at July 05, 2018 04:45 PM (fA1SL)
Because an idiot girl came up to him at lunch, cried about global warming and told him to resign! Holy cow where are the balls????? This is crazy!
Posted by: Alec Rawls at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (wh9C3)
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I'm sure the threats against him anh his family were both credible and a whole, huge lot worse than that, given the types that would be making said threats.
Not everything or even close to it makes it to the press.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at July 05, 2018 04:45 PM (Qjvy3)
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Start arresting people who make threats against public officials. Start arresting protesters who interfere with government agents doing their jobs. Start firing government agents who are not doing their job.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 05, 2018 04:40 PM (roQNm)"
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Start treating Weekly Standard management and staff like the Left treats its enemies until they call uncle. No more Mr Nice Guy, this is war and they have taken sides.
Posted by: Decaf at July 05, 2018 04:45 PM (Mymqt)
Posted by: Dick at July 05, 2018 04:46 PM (SRarZ)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:46 PM (dPd5y)
*mic drop*
Posted by: Lord Darth Trump at July 05, 2018 04:46 PM (BsGS1)
That'll show 'em!
Posted by: Ersatz at July 05, 2018 04:47 PM (44PTs)
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I hate these domestic terrorists.
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at July 05, 2018 04:47 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 05, 2018 04:41 PM (SiINZ)
This.
I'm thinking about featuring Prison League basketball and football games. The difference from the NBA and NFL would not be discernible.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara, now with a spark of divinity at July 05, 2018 04:47 PM (D9A6U)
Did anybody else notice how Trump never even mentioned getting another appointee nominated?
Posted by: Dick at July 05, 2018 04:46 PM (SRarZ)
Pruitt's no. 2 guy, Wheeler, is taking over. He has already been confirmed so easy shoo-in.
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:47 PM (a0IVu)
Yes--however, it will now encourage the Left to turn up the intensity of these tactics to 11.
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:47 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:47 PM (KtxUt)
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Keebler Elf at July 05, 2018 04:48 PM (9fayu)
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2018 04:48 PM (MS0+a)
++++++++
I have always liked the idea of a nomadic federal government. Each year, they move somewhere. Buy a building in each state (preferably a not-nice part of the state) and have them do a swap every year.
If the EU can pick up its government and move them between Brussels and Strasbourg arbitrarily to appease Franco-German relations, we can certainly do the same (though for different reasons, obviously).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2018 04:48 PM (I2dne)
Posted by: Gumby at July 05, 2018 04:48 PM (2LelM)
We would like to offer our services once the "immigrants" have been flung back to Mexico.
Posted by: Leo Da Vinci - CEO Trebuchet Airways at July 05, 2018 04:48 PM (37IEG)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2018 04:48 PM (ptqGC)
Or some old guy Vic? to do the job.
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:35 PM (dPd5y)
Basically the reason the apostle Paul recommended singleness.
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 05, 2018 04:48 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Keebler Elf at July 05, 2018 04:48 PM
Guess what I am now!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2018 04:48 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:47 PM (v6UKb)
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Well, yes, they might do that. That would be self-defeating come November.
Posted by: mrp at July 05, 2018 04:48 PM (Pqytn)
the how is the issue.
and of course in a state/ county /judge that will respond lawfully.
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:49 PM (dPd5y)
Indeed. He seems pretty clueless in such matters.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:49 PM (7LY+6)
* add willow to Team 'Smite them where they stand, take their shit, and kick out their teeth for mumbling' *
Team STWTSTTSKOTTFM. Love it, sign me up, but the acronym seems long and somehow Nordic.
Posted by: cornbred at July 05, 2018 04:49 PM (hEUtl)
Yes--however, it will now encourage the Left to turn up the intensity of these tactics to 11.
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Maybe that's just what we need? More hysterical leftist lynch mobs is not a hot seller outside of the small blue bubbles.
Posted by: Gumby at July 05, 2018 04:50 PM (2LelM)
Oh, please. If any democratic appointed EPA head had their lives and
jobs scrutinized the way Pruitt's has, they's be in Leavenworth.
Posted by: West at July 05, 2018 04:45 PM (7Fa8Y)
We have seen the left plumb the depths of indecency. What they seem to forget time and time again is, like it or not, they will will come to power again. And when they do, they have already thrown the first punch. We just need to make sure to throw the last.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 05, 2018 04:50 PM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: cornbred
Dude, they would charter Bluebird RVs and fly in the best chef's. It would be glamping.
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2018 04:50 PM (MS0+a)
Robbery: second degree felony violation of 29.02 (threatens someone in the process of a theft.)
Under section 12.47 (hate crime) the racial slur uttered by the robber would advance the assault penalty to a minimum sentence of 180 days, and the robbery charge would be advanced to a first degree felony.
Posted by: An Observation at July 05, 2018 04:50 PM (lKwC2)
Because an idiot girl came up to him at lunch, cried about global warming and told him to resign! Holy cow where are the balls????? This is crazy!
Posted by: Alec Rawls
It was the death threats against him and HIS FAMILY. They were constant and credible since he had added security. Not some stupid broad in a restaurant.
Dear Left, you have been warned repeatedly that you will not like the New Rules. Please pull back before its too late. Trump wasn't our last chance. He's your last chance.
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 05, 2018 04:50 PM (OIoBg)
342 319 300.
* add willow to Team 'Smite them where they stand, take their shit, and kick out their teeth for mumbling' *
Team STWTSTTSKOTTFM. Love it, sign me up, but the acronym seems long and somehow Nordic.
Posted by: cornbred at July 05, 2018 04:49 PM (hEUtl)
Team Smite Them With Your Mailed Fist?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 05, 2018 04:50 PM (a249G)
Posted by: Alec Rawls at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (wh9C3)
You try receiving countless death threats (some possibly from your employees) and being relentlessly harassed by maniacs everywhere you go every day for a year-and-a-half. You'd at least consider resigning just to protect your family.
Posted by: Surfperch at July 05, 2018 04:50 PM (KXpDJ)
Indeed. He seems pretty clueless in such matters.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:49 PM (7LY+6)
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I suspect Pruitt resigned when the White House wanted him to resign.
Posted by: mrp at July 05, 2018 04:51 PM (Pqytn)
Played one season in college. Was not exactly stellar, so yeah, SA coach wanted another nutbag.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:51 PM (7LY+6)
Maybe an EO could be issued.
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 05, 2018 04:51 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: cornbred at July 05, 2018 04:49 PM (hEUtl)
I think that's Welsh for "the train is late".
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2018 04:51 PM (+lOpA)
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Keebler Elf at July 05, 2018 04:51 PM (9fayu)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:47 PM
Yep.
Posted by: Dick at July 05, 2018 04:52 PM (SRarZ)
Indeed. He seems pretty clueless in such matters.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:49 PM
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I wonder how many people on here would have kept up at a job when your wife and kids were receiving credible threats every single day?
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 05, 2018 04:52 PM (+Dllb)
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Remember how the press complained about flying to Texas to cover George W when he was on his ranch?
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 05, 2018 04:52 PM (roQNm)
Posted by: mrp at July 05, 2018 04:51 PM (Pqytn)
If true, then the WH was clueless .
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:52 PM (KtxUt)
Posted by: Gumby at July 05, 2018 04:48 PM (2LelM)
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Every state already has their own EPA. A federal oversight office with a staff of no more than 20-30 sounds about right to me.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at July 05, 2018 04:52 PM (Qjvy3)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:52 PM (dPd5y)
What has changed is the outright threats that are being leveled at administration officials.
Couple that with face to face confrontations, hi Elaine and Mitch, well, it's easy to see why Mr. Pruitt decided to resign.
I'm surprised the Ajit Pai of the FCC has remained in his position.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at July 05, 2018 04:52 PM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:00 PM (a0IVu)"
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I looked at that list of supposed profligacy and thought "That's it?" When you consider Nancy Pelosi insisted on a private plane for her staff and herself this is nothing.
Bill Kristol will be beside himself with glee. I loathe that man and anyone who works for or with him.
Posted by: Decaf at July 05, 2018 04:53 PM (Mymqt)
Posted by: Thatch at July 05, 2018 04:53 PM (+p2i/)
Patterico's in the full Jarles Chohnson purge mode. It's hilarious in the Iran thread (look for the urine tinted comments).
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 05, 2018 04:53 PM (y7DUB)
If it wasn't already clear, by now it should be that globalist warming was one of the keys for the Leftists to gain power and thieve from the USA. So they are pissed. oh well.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 05, 2018 04:53 PM (r+sAi)
The fact that we are Even discussing this is sick.
we need a PLAN!
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:53 PM (dPd5y)
It's actually better to have a target step away and let a lesser known individual pick up the work and move the ball forward. I don't care if they go through a dozen EPA heads, as long as MAGA continues.
Let the left think they succeeded in something. They will find out soon enough that Pruitt was not making these moves, Trump was. And he isn't going anywhere.
LOLOLOL!
Posted by: KG at July 05, 2018 04:54 PM (UKCSt)
Maybe an EO could be issued.
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 05, 2018 04:51 PM (nBr1j)
She swung a mean purse at that fish eyed old fool Fred
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 05, 2018 04:54 PM (SiINZ)
What President has ever endured this kind of thuggery and threats of murder?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 05, 2018 04:54 PM (fceHP)
+++++++++++++
Get a carry permit, buy the firearm the best fits you, train until you can put all of your rounds on a paper plate from 10 feet, and carry daily.
Posted by: Great Reagan's Deplorable Ghost at July 05, 2018 04:54 PM (56GKt)
I agree with you. I can see risking it all if a soldier in war, not so much for the EPA. If a government can not protect itself, is that not the definition of a "failed state"? Someone needs to tighten that up for the next guy.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2018 04:54 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 04:55 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 05, 2018 04:52 PM (+Dllb)
I was raised by someone who would have doubled down and I take after him , so......
Not saying that's right or wrong , just how I was raised.
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:55 PM (KtxUt)
The second line needs a correction. It should read "The leftwing,
Thanks,
Posted by: Iowa Bob at July 05, 2018 04:55 PM (tu3iY)
Posted by: willow
Red hoods, robes, anonymity ...
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2018 04:55 PM (MS0+a)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 05, 2018 04:55 PM (gC2IV)
Some nut is inevitably going to take a shot, so I hope the Secret Service is on their toes.
Posted by: chinese rock at July 05, 2018 04:56 PM (v6UKb)
Posted by: Totally Not A Troll at July 05, 2018 04:56 PM (Astxw)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:56 PM (7LY+6)
Posted by: Another One at July 05, 2018 04:56 PM (pNfER)
Indeed. He seems pretty clueless in such matters.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:49 PM (7LY+6)
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Nobody here, in the MFM or anywhere else has any idea how this was effecting his family.
Priorities. How do they work?
Posted by: Calm Mentor at July 05, 2018 04:56 PM (Qjvy3)
Now he sees who they are.
sad.
and That they are continuing and flourishing is really incredible, which tells me, we are going to have to start fighting back, lawfully and hopefully that will be enough.
but i'm starting to doubt.
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:56 PM (dPd5y)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette
Andrew Jackson, course he responded differently
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2018 04:56 PM (MS0+a)
**
Madam, do you have a moment to discuss the Greater Eurasian Co-Prosperity Sphere plan?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at July 05, 2018 04:57 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Decaf at July 05, 2018 04:53 PM (Mymqt)
Based on the last photo I've seen of Bill Kristol I thought he was already beside himself.
Posted by: Northernlurker, but call me Teem at July 05, 2018 04:57 PM (nBr1j)
Lois Lerner has been referred by congress to the DOJ for prosecution.
Posted by: Another One at July 05, 2018 04:56 PM (pNfER)
GTFO - quit messing with me! I'm gonna have to back the chair out from under the desk if that's true.
Posted by: Damnedyankee at July 05, 2018 04:57 PM (37IEG)
Posted by: Another One at July 05, 2018 04:56 PM (pNfER)
Yeah?? Hey now.
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2018 04:57 PM (+lOpA)
Posted by: West at July 05, 2018 04:58 PM (7Fa8Y)
We'll get right on it.
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: DOJ at July 05, 2018 04:58 PM (OIoBg)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:59 PM (dPd5y)
at a job when your wife and kids were receiving credible threats every
single day?
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 05, 2018 04:52 PM (+Dllb)
I was raised by someone who would have doubled down and I take after him , so......
Not saying that's right or wrong , just how I was raised.
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:55 PM
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Agree, if someone threatened my wife or son or our dogs I would hunt them down and make sure they could never threaten them again. I'm old and broken and have nothing to lose but my family, so if you threaten them I will eliminate that threat, but Pruitt can't do that.
Pruitt has legitimate security concerns and he can't go out charging at every threat.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 05, 2018 04:59 PM (+Dllb)
What President has ever endured this kind of thuggery and threats of murder?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 05, 2018 04:54 PM (fceHP)
I don't think he's as surprised as you might think. He's more street savvy than any other GOPer by a yuge margin. That doesn't make it acceptable at all and he deserves much better; but I think he got into this with his eyes wide open.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 05, 2018 04:59 PM (y7DUB)
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Nothing like celebrating an easy victory as if you beat the top dog.
Posted by: SH at July 05, 2018 04:59 PM (sX1BW)
The old "okey-dokey" I heard it called.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at July 05, 2018 04:59 PM (1g7ch)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 05, 2018 04:59 PM (r+sAi)
Ah, isn't that rather old news? Or did they do it again, this time w/o Holder?
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 05:00 PM (7LY+6)
Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at July 05, 2018 05:00 PM (a0IVu)
although the aclu is doubling down.
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 05:00 PM (dPd5y)
But those tactical pants were sweet!!
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Keebler Elf at July 05, 2018 05:00 PM (9fayu)
Posted by: willow at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (dPd5y)
Well my Eye-talian side has a few ideas that involves some tried and true methods of taking care of this shit
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 05, 2018 05:00 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at July 05, 2018 04:47 PM (KtxUt)
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THIS.
I doubt that this particular confrontation had much to do with his resignation. It was annoying, to be sure, but probably nothing like truly threatening actions I suspect he was subject to.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 05, 2018 05:00 PM (0jtPF)
Next up, China.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Coffee drinker at July 05, 2018 05:00 PM (ULoJS)
There's no doubt we're in a situation never seen in modern times, if ever (literally threatening environment for perfectly fine govt. officials doing a good job). Hard to imagine this hasn't made a big impression on Trump, and that he's not aware something has to be done to suppress the thuggery.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2018 05:01 PM (QDnY+)
+++++++++++++
Get a carry permit, buy the firearm the best fits you, train until you can put all of your rounds on a paper plate from 10 feet, and carry daily.
Posted by: Great Reagan's Deplorable Ghost at July 05, 2018 04:54 PM (56GKt)
Hell, at 10' I can hit a bottle cap regularly. The paper plate is for 45'
Posted by: West at July 05, 2018 05:01 PM (7Fa8Y)
Because an idiot girl came up to him at lunch, cried about global warming and told him to resign! Holy cow where are the balls????? This is crazy!
Posted by: Alec Rawls at July 05, 2018 04:38 PM (wh9C3)
That was not the only incident. Not by a long shot.
Posted by: rickl at July 05, 2018 05:01 PM (xjiRE)
Lois Lerner has been referred by congress to the DOJ for prosecution.
Posted by: Another One at July 05, 2018 04:56 PM (pNfER)
GTFO - quit messing with me! I'm gonna have to back the chair out from under the desk if that's true.
Posted by: Damnedyankee at July 05, 2018 04:57 PM (37IEG)
++++++++++++++++++++
She was referred for criminal prosecution in 2014. Sessions refused to reopen the case in 2017.
Posted by: cornbred at July 05, 2018 05:02 PM (hEUtl)
Posted by: kallisto at July 05, 2018 05:02 PM (HKPap)
That is part of their agenda...make people miserable so they'll quit, and show people what they can do so no one like Trump will run again. It helps that they have the tech companies on their side. Bugger all."
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They seem to be able to multitask, derail Trump agenda now and prevent anyone else having the nerve to try doing the same in future. The only ones who don't get this are the NeverTrumpers who will be cast aside when they are no longer useful.
Posted by: Decaf at July 05, 2018 05:02 PM (Mymqt)
Posted by: West at July 05, 2018 04:58 PM (7Fa8Y)
What's worse is they are broadcasting where the kids go to school. The kids are being bullied and harrassed.
I think one of the ways that is effective is to sue them. Taking all of their money and threatening jail time has got to scare a lot of them. Some, I realize, work for organizations that feed them money and legal support, but enough times, and extended jail sentences and they may see the light.
Restraining orders.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 05, 2018 05:03 PM (fceHP)
Lincoln?
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 05, 2018 04:56 PM (7LY+6)
The Lincoln card played. And rightly so. But at least Lincoln knew where the battle lines were drawn. Except for that last thing. He basically eschewed protection, he walked around DC a lot on foot.
Outside of war, I don't think any president has been attacked so relentlessly from all directions by political opponents and the media. They tried to null the election result before he was even inaugurated and it has been continuous since. It is pretty unusual for sure.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2018 05:03 PM (n13/j)
What President has ever endured this kind of thuggery and threats of murder?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 05, 2018 04:54 PM (fceHP)
I think tech has compounded everything. The ease with which people can fire off threats, the doxxing, the constant media 24/7, the clickbait for revenue. The tech companies manipulating search results and social engineering.
As for Trump, I can't imagine he saw these kinds of attacks...heck, I didn't. I sure didn't think it would be this sustained and people would lose their minds, or the other 101 things that have defied belief.
I'm bracing myself for what is coming next. It is hard to believe that'll get worse, but I think the Supreme Court and elections are gonna have them at Defcon level no return. Especially when college campuses are full again.
The increased calls for violence in the streets from various corners tells me that is their fondest hope, and best chance for shutting down government. Can only hope people won't listen to it.
Posted by: platypus, gg channel at July 05, 2018 05:04 PM (6CZio)
That's 2 Votes for Anal Bleach.
How many 'Nays'?
Posted by: Hope Solo at July 05, 2018 04:10 PM (7MuIB)
Until Hope Solo and Stormy Daniels went mainstream, I had no idea that a product called "Anal Bleach" existed. Or is it a service?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at July 05, 2018 05:04 PM (UsCnO)
I just don't get it. I don't get seen in but a handful of stores, and I'm a nobody.
How can these people (Administrators) not stay out of the public view?
I could "muscle up" with two big guys. A US Administrator can't have two security guys when he appears in public?
I truly don't get it, and I'd like an explanation (cause I know someone on here has one).
Posted by: MarkY at July 05, 2018 05:05 PM (Yccrl)
Posted by: sOME mORON at July 05, 2018 05:05 PM (ICWiF)
Trying to convince yourself that most threats are not real must be terrifying and exhausting.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 05, 2018 05:06 PM (t0Z53)
Posted by: Gary Johnson at July 05, 2018 05:07 PM (iirnX)
Lock his ass up!
Posted by: backbeatbaby at July 05, 2018 04:12 PM (w7KSn)"
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How cute, he still thinks he's running the Politburo.
Posted by: Decaf at July 05, 2018 05:07 PM (Mymqt)
But he apparently quit in response to the stupid girl. That is a DISASTER.
Posted by: Alec Rawls at July 05, 2018 05:07 PM (wh9C3)
Posted by: sOME mORON at July 05, 2018 05:08 PM (ICWiF)
Posted by: runner at July 05, 2018 05:10 PM (V9sPV)
Overspending. It's local too. Small town down
the road just approved a $2.8 million contract to repaint a bridge. One
of those iron structures, two lane, over a river bridge.
WTF!!!???
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2018 04:10 PM (0tfLf)
Hey Diogenes, which local town?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at July 05, 2018 05:10 PM (UsCnO)
Seriously? That will do nothing but embolden them. They will see that as a win.
Posted by: rickb223 Super Elite at July 05, 2018 05:11 PM (0R8lo)
Posted by: kallisto at July 05, 2018 05:11 PM (HKPap)
Posted by: runner at July 05, 2018 05:11 PM (V9sPV)
Posted by: OCBill at July 05, 2018 05:14 PM (SJcyq)
-- West
++++++++++++++++
You, sir, are an advanced student.
Posted by: Great Reagan's Deplorable Ghost at July 05, 2018 05:14 PM (56GKt)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 05, 2018 04:54 PM (fceHP)"
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Lincoln.
I hope Trump is not taking anything lightly.
Posted by: Decaf at July 05, 2018 05:15 PM (Mymqt)
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at July 05, 2018 05:38 PM (lD3vL)
-- West
++++++++++++++++
You, sir, are an advanced student.
Posted by: Great Reagan's Deplorable Ghost at July 05, 2018 05:14 PM (56GKt)
I suck compared to my younger self . Eyesight ain't what it used to be. But gimme a rifle and I get a lot better.
Posted by: West at July 05, 2018 05:39 PM (7Fa8Y)
Posted by: Spurwing Plover at July 06, 2018 01:29 AM (FLiOE)
Mueller likely engaged in criminal activity (the doctoring of 302s and the knowing use of doctored 302s) in order to falsely prosecute the anti-jihadist Flynn, who would have overturned Mueller's 12-years of purging the FBI of all intel connecting Islamic terrorism with Islam.
Somehow that criminal Mueller-led deep-state attack on Flynn led to further deep-state maneuvering that somehow led to the anti-anti-jihadist deep-state-favorite McMaster taking over Flynn's position. McMaster, not Kelly.
Apologies to Kelly for temporarily forgetting what I well know: that it was McMaster who was brought in after Flynn.
Kelly might be a deep-stater too for all I know, but it was McMaster who is the outspoken anti-anti-jihadist.
Mueller isn't just trying to overturn an election. He attacked at a specific policy point where the Trump administration was set to overturn Mueller's own policy legacy and Mueller succeeded, he completely changed the main thrust of the Trump administration's ideological approach to Islam.
Mueller is a very serious traitor. When all of his crimes are exposed that guy needs to receive the full traditional punishment for treason. He needs to swing. Very bad idea for Trump to let him continue unchallenged.
The upside of not ordering the DOJ to release everything the oversight committees want is that it is getting Congress to start asserting its own powers. It is getting them in the fight. But the downside is huge.
While Congress dawdles Mueller is free build and launch a crippling attack. It doesn't matter how bogus it is. Once it is launched Trump will have no choice but to submit to it. If Mueller recommends charges?
We already know he is himself guilty of very serious crimes. That is what his sticking his own head in the Flynn noose proves. Unlike Strzok et at. who committed their crimes when they were sure Hillary was going to win, Mueller launched his criminal attack on Flynn after Trump had already won. That means that he had to already be involved. His head had to already be in the noose, so sticking it in again with Flynn did not add to his danger. It worked toward bringing down Trump, which is his only way out of danger.
So we already know he is that desperate. He is willing to put his head in a noose by committing crimes after Trump has already won. That means he will certainly launch another criminal attack against Trump while he has a chance.
Congress is enough in the game. Consider that objective accomplished. Can't wait on them now to actually get the job done. The truth needs to be exposed now so that Mueller can be jettisoned now. He is too desperate and too dangerous to leave in place any longer.
Posted by: Alec Rawls at July 06, 2018 02:42 AM (wh9C3)
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