LOL: Kevin McCarthy's Idea of "Fair Market Value:" He Paid $1,500 For a Room in a 12 Bedroom Mansion

As I think Joe Mannix said, it's hard to say what "fair market value" is for a room in a mansion (and full access to all its amenities) because there is no market for such a thing. People who own mansions do not rent out rooms to people, and people who rent rooms do not rent them in mansions.

But I'll tell you what "fair market value" for a large room in a mansion is not: It's not fifteen hundred dollars per month.

It's a 7,000-square-foot space -- a combination of four penthouse apartments -- with what appear to be homeowner’s association (HOA) fees of nearly $5,000 per month.
In August and September of 2018, Luntz purchased four adjoining penthouse units in the Clara Barton building in Penn Quarter for a total of almost $4.3 million. Combined, the units totaled 6,960 square feet and had 12 bedrooms, 12 full bathrooms and four half-baths. The HOA fees alone on the units are $4,976 per month, according to Redfin.com.
The three-level units, each 1,740 square feet, are:
1146 -- $1,050,000 purchase price, three bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, HOA dues $1,244 a month
1147 -- $1,080,000, three bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, HOA dues $1,244 a month
1148 -- $1,080,000 three bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, HOA dues $1,244 a month
1149 -- $1,080,000, three bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, HOA dues $1,244 a month
...
Besides the "room" he rented, McCarthy would have had access to a 24/7 concierge, a rooftop pool, a fitness center, a media room, a business center, and a party room with a bar and pool table.

Some pictures of one of the units here at Redfin.

Now multiply that in your head by four.

Given that this was really four units combined together into a pseudomansion, I imagine that McCarthy usually had full access to an entire million-dollar-plus "wing" of the estate.

A nice apartment in that neighborhood routinely costs $5,000 or more per month-- and that's not a four-apartment-joined-together-as-an-ultrapenthouse situation.

"Make no mistake, the GOP has a grassroots problem." -- David French, taking a break from anti-Christian propaganda to argue that the grassroots isn't properly deferential to the grifter/elite class

29 This is standard though.
When a politician flies on private jet, they declare the value as the price of a seat on a commercial flight.
It is not fair market value of the thing they receive, but fair market value of the alternative. Bullshit? yes, but also common.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest

Yeah but you cannot even get a room in DC proper for $1500, unless it's like a shared room in a youth hostel.

Posted by: Ace at 06:57 PM

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Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at May 07, 2021 05:58 PM (LvTSG)

2 Yikes

Posted by: ... at May 07, 2021 05:58 PM (uEbPt)

3 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 07, 2021 05:58 PM (89T5c)

4 Damn you, Madison.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 07, 2021 05:59 PM (89T5c)

5 Fifteen hundred plus "perks"

Posted by: ... at May 07, 2021 05:59 PM (uEbPt)

6 Vote more hraderer

Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 07, 2021 06:00 PM (4A0e9)

7 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at beautiful Chancre del Diablo ranch at May 07, 2021 06:01 PM (MhbK0)

8 7000 sq feet is one big ass room. My house was 1200.

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at May 07, 2021 06:01 PM (otj1Z)

9 Hahahaha
Nuke the building.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 07, 2021 06:01 PM (W2Pud)

10 dear patriotic patriots who love patriotism,

Rep. McCarthy is a hard working conservative fighting for you. Please send him $100 so he can stand up to NAncy Pelosi and her radical agenda. Meanwhile, can you also send a couple of bucks our way? We also need your money to fight Biden and his radical agenda. Well you know when we are not fist bumping him.

Love,
Liz, Mitt and Mitch

Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 07, 2021 06:03 PM (4A0e9)

11 He actually didn't have bathroom privileges, he held it until he got to work. Swearsies.

Posted by: Only Context at May 07, 2021 06:03 PM (xEIoY)

12 Luntz is Mr Moo-Moo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 07, 2021 06:03 PM (89T5c)

13 Time to dump. McCarthy

He has long been known as an absolute idiot in California. But he must be good controlled opposition.

Posted by: Loki, looking to water the Tree of Liberty at May 07, 2021 06:04 PM (KqiMr)

14 Second look at Paul Ryan?

Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 07, 2021 06:05 PM (4A0e9)

15 Second look at Hastert?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 07, 2021 06:06 PM (89T5c)

16 Betcha that $1500 includes utilities. And furniture. And YUGE teevee and internet.

Posted by: torabora at May 07, 2021 06:06 PM (sADuh)

17
The horrific part is that "Republican" "leadership" is living in a sort-of frat house for old man perverts. Beta House.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 06:06 PM (fyOvJ)

18 Infest the flat with bedbugs.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 07, 2021 06:07 PM (W2Pud)

19
This is the same piece of feces not lifting a finger to help Matt Gaetz not get railroaded. McCarhty is probably helping the feds get Gaetz.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 06:07 PM (fyOvJ)

20 a rooftop pool plus a 24 hour concierge plus a fitness center

in a mansion

for $1500 per month

Posted by: ace at May 07, 2021 06:07 PM (eOTGX)

21 I'll betcha McCarthy cleans his own shitter and tub to save a little money on Mexican maids.

Posted by: torabora at May 07, 2021 06:07 PM (sADuh)

22 Cheney vs McCarthy leaks are getting out of control...who knew they hated each other so much...

Although, if I didn't know better, it'd be funny if this was Scalise's move to get to the top - egg them both on to make the other take the "party fundraising fall" so they can keep the fundraising dollars flowing...and ruin them both from leadership, leaving him as the only "leadership continuity" option...

Posted by: Nova local at May 07, 2021 06:08 PM (b1h2x)

23 Trump said pussy!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 07, 2021 06:08 PM (kTF2Z)

24 You say "roomy" like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Jaime Gumb at May 07, 2021 06:08 PM (DMUuz)

25
Republican Shits do not want a repeat of 2010. They do not want a bunch of new Republicans coming into the House who even half-pretend to be conservative. They want a 140-seat Permanent Minority of cucks and corporatists.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 06:09 PM (fyOvJ)

26
Edgar Bergen has his hand up his ass. Oops, I guess we're the dummy, not Kevin.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 07, 2021 06:09 PM (s2VJv)

27 This is standard though.

When a politician flies on private jet, they declare the value as the price of a seat on a commercial flight.

It is not fair market value of the thing they receive, but fair market value of the alternative. Bullshit? yes, but also common.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at May 07, 2021 06:09 PM (zEK/W)

28 21 a rooftop pool plus a 24 hour concierge plus a fitness center

in a mansion

for $1500 per month
Posted by: ace at May 07, 2021 06:07 PM (eOTGX)

"CEE-ment pond. Woo doggies!"

- - J.D. Clampett, CEO Clampett Oil

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 07, 2021 06:10 PM (s2VJv)

29 I'll betcha McConnell isn't living in a low rent dump like McCarthy is, sharing the place to save money to boot.

Posted by: torabora at May 07, 2021 06:11 PM (sADuh)

30 Infest the flat with bedbugs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 07, 2021 06:07 PM (W2Pud)

Bedbugs would improve it.

That is a sterile, silly room with no character whatsoever.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 07, 2021 06:11 PM (2JVJo)

31 24 Posted by: Nova local at May 07, 2021 06:08 PM (b1h2x)

Funny because both of them hate the base and are on the same side; the CoC.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 07, 2021 06:11 PM (s2VJv)

32 To think I have to identify with these idiots because the other side is worse.

Who was is that said stupid party and evil party?

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:11 PM (5p7BC)

33 Our system is corrupted in favor of those who run the system. That is unavoidable.

I have long held a beef against how perks are taxed - it distorts the whole system in favor of corruption and tax avoidance for the top 1%. This is part of that problem.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at May 07, 2021 06:12 PM (zEK/W)

34 35 To think I have to identify with these idiots because the other side is worse.

Who was is that said stupid party and evil party?
Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:11 PM (5p7BC)

No you don't. They all fucking suck. It's us against the damn world now.

How you doing BTW?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 07, 2021 06:13 PM (s2VJv)

35 Yo Kevin, any more cheap rooms available? Asking for a needy, down-on-his luck son that the evil Republicans just won't leave alone.

Posted by: President NPC at May 07, 2021 06:13 PM (FPuSC)

36 I never would have picked McCarthy to be the last of the Young Guns to still be standing.

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at May 07, 2021 06:13 PM (VbI7r)

37 Does anyone here know how to Madison?

Posted by: Brad Majors at May 07, 2021 06:14 PM (DMUuz)

38 Surely Michael Bloomberg and Sheldon Adelson rent out rooms too. Not because they need the money, but because they are givers.

Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum Wasting Another Box at May 07, 2021 06:15 PM (YwPJG)

39 34 24 Posted by: Nova local at May 07, 2021 06:08 PM (b1h2x)

Funny because both of them hate the base and are on the same side; the CoC.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 07, 2021 06:11 PM (s2VJv)

Oh, I know...but they are finding out that money talks and bs...well, since they can't make the money from us "rubes" right now, it's rats on a ship time. And the one thing a politico refuses to do is give up power willingly...and one of them has to...so both of them are fighting like they never fought for us...

Posted by: Nova local at May 07, 2021 06:15 PM (b1h2x)

40 I think Trump had it wrong.

Should have built a wall around Washington DC instead.

Just dump about a trillion dollars inside every year along with as many hookers and booze as necessary, and let the country get on with business. Would save a ton of money and aggravation.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:15 PM (5p7BC)

41 $1,500 a month? Yeah, my wife and I will be there shortly.

All that aside, I think Kevin has PO'd the GOPe, Liz Cheney to be specific, otherwise, why would this be dropping now?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 06:15 PM (2SdPm)

42 I don't know for sure, but I'll bet you couldn't rent a parking place in DC for that little.

Posted by: Eldrad at May 07, 2021 06:15 PM (s9lSV)

43 Is Liz Cheney leaking this stuff ??

Posted by: runner at May 07, 2021 06:15 PM (V13WU)

44 Ass, gas, or grass, nobody rides for free!

Posted by: Frank Luntz's Bunses at May 07, 2021 06:16 PM (aFvZj)

45 I don't identify with these puke Republicans. After the last election, it doesn't matter who you vote for. There isn't one that I would put out if they were on fire.

Posted by: Megthered at May 07, 2021 06:16 PM (AdxHD)

46 47 Is Liz Cheney leaking this stuff ??
Posted by: runner at May 07, 2021 06:15 PM (V13WU)

Her people - almost certainly.

And his people leaked the stuff about Cheney's anti-Trump 2020 actions this morning - almost certainly.

Posted by: Nova local at May 07, 2021 06:17 PM (b1h2x)

47 Frankie, got any rooms for some German Shepherds? They like to bite, but it's not a big problem

Posted by: President NPC at May 07, 2021 06:17 PM (FPuSC)

48 All that aside, I think Kevin has PO'd the GOPe, Liz Cheney to be specific, otherwise, why would this be dropping now?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 06:15 PM (2SdPm)

lol, my thoughts exactly. he was afraid to touch her before because of her allies and dirt she has on people.

Posted by: runner at May 07, 2021 06:18 PM (V13WU)

49 Does the $1,500 include the kneepads? 'Cause you know that McCarthy is spending a lot of time "on his knees, giving thanks" for that deal.

IYKWIMAITTYD

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at May 07, 2021 06:18 PM (QzJWU)

50
OK, here in my regular guy apartment, I had a pretty adorable grassroots problem, just now. The baby figured out how to open my box of impact wrenches and scattered them all over my living room. I found all of them, except the 9/8" wrench. It took me like half an hour, but I finally found the damn thing in her box of blocks, where she apparently stashed it for her semi-truck repair needs. I'd be mad, except that it was so funny. Her mother is certainly laughing at me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 07, 2021 06:19 PM (Uh2oA)

51 Although, take them both out, and maybe leadership will actually get serious about civil liberties and unfair pretrial incarcerations...I'm seeing lots of win/win possibilities if they keep this up...

Posted by: Nova local at May 07, 2021 06:19 PM (b1h2x)

52 Luntz's Putzes... and today's winner is

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 07, 2021 06:19 PM (F0YaR)

53 How you doing BTW?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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Actually pretty good, JJ.

Work is busy, but we are making good money, everyone is healthy, been running a lot.

My break from politics was good for gaining some perspective and acceptance.

Hope you are doing ok, living up there.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:19 PM (5p7BC)

54 underpaying for a rental is a crime of the century, or at least dirty Liz most likely wants you to think that

Posted by: runner at May 07, 2021 06:19 PM (V13WU)

55 Who was is that said stupid party and evil party?
Posted by: Dave in Fla

I think it is stupid party, and stupid and evil party.

The only advantage the Rs have is that they are too stupid to advance their evil effectively so they settle on left wing evil.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at May 07, 2021 06:20 PM (zEK/W)

56 27 . . . They do not want a bunch of new Republicans coming into the House who even half-pretend to be conservative. They want a 140-seat Permanent Minority of cucks and corporatists.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales
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You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Michel at May 07, 2021 06:20 PM (9vQJW)

57 > $1,050,000, $1,080,000, $1,080,000, $1,080,000

Wow. Rounding up retards and asking them stupid questions must pay a lot better than I'd have figured it did.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 07, 2021 06:20 PM (JZT2F)

58 And his people leaked the stuff about Cheney's anti-Trump 2020 actions this morning - almost certainly.

which more serious than McCarthy's rent

Posted by: runner at May 07, 2021 06:21 PM (V13WU)

59 Vanessa, commandeering hearts and destroying worlds.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 06:21 PM (u4cEh)

60 Hey! we pay1600, not 1500 for McCarthy wing.

Asshoes

Posted by: China at May 07, 2021 06:21 PM (4fSQf)

61 THAT RENT...IS... TOO DAMN LOW!

Posted by: Crazy Rent Guy at May 07, 2021 06:21 PM (FPuSC)

62 Vote harder.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 06:22 PM (jvt6t)

63
Who was is that said stupid party and evil party?
Posted by: Dave in Fla

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That was Everett M. Dirksen.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 07, 2021 06:22 PM (Uh2oA)

64 Re: photo

nice pad
beyond that, I got nuthin'

Posted by: DB- just DB at May 07, 2021 06:22 PM (iTXRQ)

65 * I said that wrong. I meant
evil party, and stupid and evil party.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at May 07, 2021 06:22 PM (zEK/W)

66 So, since it's obvious this is a vendetta by the GOPe against Kevin McCarthy, is this just a warning shot or the best they've got?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 06:22 PM (2SdPm)

67 I think the real story here is that Luntz convinced some really stupid people to give him millions for his schtick.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 07, 2021 06:22 PM (4fSQf)

68
Posted by: a cocksucker at May 07, 2021 06:15 PM (2MkR1)

^
Cocksucker

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 06:22 PM (qCp+w)

69 Has anyone told AOC about this deal? Cause she was looking for a bargain place a while back.

Posted by: Bete at May 07, 2021 06:23 PM (Ojki1)

70 2

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at May 07, 2021 06:23 PM (PUmDY)

71 I have a Joe Walsh ear worm now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 07, 2021 06:23 PM (89T5c)

72
Remember that Cuck seth mandel?
Did he disappear, or did Ace get tired of reading his stupid cucky tweets?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 06:23 PM (qCp+w)

73 McCarthy and Cheney deserve each other. I hope they leak on each other to the death.

And as political junkies love to dream about, Speaker of the House does not have to be an elected member. Bring back Paul Ryan baby!

Posted by: blaster at May 07, 2021 06:23 PM (ZfRYq)

74 I'll be honest, since this is all red on red action, I have less problem with McCarthy giving himself a sweetheart deal for DC living arrangements than Cheney's backstabbing.

I expect the people in the DC swamp to find ways to enrich themselves while there. But while they are there they better work in the interest of the people who elected them.

Kevin is semi-corrupt.
Liz is a traitor.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:24 PM (5p7BC)

75 McCarthy should go ahead and argue that his rent should be free because 'reasons'.

Might as well remove the mask, so to speak.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 07, 2021 06:24 PM (4fSQf)

76 9/8 wrench...not something you see everyday.

Posted by: BignJames at May 07, 2021 06:24 PM (AwYPR)

77 74 Has anyone told AOC about this deal? Cause she was looking for a bargain place a while back.
Posted by: Bete at May 07, 2021 06:23 PM (Ojki1)

At least she knows what a disposall is now.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 06:24 PM (jvt6t)

78 This particular bribe, I mean, well, I mean bribe, has been going on for decades and decades and every single time someone gets caught doing this it's all oh oh but I'm paying FMV and it's so expensive to keep two places and blahblahblah.

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at May 07, 2021 06:25 PM (GbPPJ)

79 24 Cheney vs McCarthy leaks are getting out of control...who knew they hated each other so much...

Although, if I didn't know better, it'd be funny if this was Scalise's move to get to the top - egg them both on to make the other take the "party fundraising fall" so they can keep the fundraising dollars flowing...and ruin them both from leadership, leaving him as the only "leadership continuity" option...

Posted by: Nova local at May 07, 2021 06:08 PM (b1h2x)

Rooting for major injuries (minimum) as they both go on to lose their war against each other.

Posted by: Bete at May 07, 2021 06:25 PM (Ojki1)

80 Great, so, that means that Kevin McCarthy has the right enemies.

Darn it.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 06:26 PM (2SdPm)

81 Ya know, I wouldn't object to this arrangement at all as long as McCarthy has to scrub all 14 toilets with his tongue every day, with video proof.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 07, 2021 06:26 PM (F0YaR)

82
I found all of them, except the 9/8" wrench. It took me like half an hour, but I finally found the damn thing in her box of blocks, where she apparently stashed it for her semi-truck repair needs.

Ha! She's industrious.

btw, a 9/8"? That's like a 1 1/8"??

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 06:26 PM (qCp+w)

83 Wasn't Clara Barton like a nursing sister who took a vow of poverty?

Odd name choice for a luxury building.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 07, 2021 06:27 PM (JZT2F)

84 I guess McCarthy isn't following in paul ryan's footsteps and sleeping in his office and showering in the Capitol gym.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 06:27 PM (u4cEh)

85 Kevin is semi-corrupt.
Liz is a traitor.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:24 PM (5p7BC)
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Yep.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 06:27 PM (2SdPm)

86 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 07, 2021 06:27 PM (JZT2F)

No, that was her twin sister Cara....a noted DC whore.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 06:27 PM (jvt6t)

87 32/32 socket around here somewhere. 16/32 drive.

Posted by: klaftern at May 07, 2021 06:27 PM (RuIsu)

88 Kevin is semi-corrupt.
Liz is a traitor.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:24 PM (5p7BC)

Yes...but I still don't mind if they both get tossed from leadership and we get some motivated conservatives at the top. The house has to have a few somewhere...

Posted by: Nova local at May 07, 2021 06:28 PM (b1h2x)

89 > btw, a 9/8"? That's like a 1 1/8"??

We say 9/8, we mean 9/8. This is China.

Posted by: Chinese Tool Company at May 07, 2021 06:28 PM (JZT2F)

90 9/8 wrench...not something you see everyday.
Posted by: BignJames at May 07, 2021 06:24 PM (AwYPR)

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Yeah, I'll probably never need it for anything, but I still want it to go in its slot.

And of course the dumb impact wrench box is too long to fit in the other, locking toolbox. I guess it goes in the closet where she can't get to it, now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 07, 2021 06:28 PM (Uh2oA)

91 wonder if Lutz' been secretly recording his tenants..would't that be a scoop !

Posted by: runner at May 07, 2021 06:28 PM (V13WU)

92 I guess McCarthy isn't following in paul ryan's footsteps and sleeping in his office and showering in the Capitol gym.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 06:27 PM (u4cEh)
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McCarthy is actually smart enough not to make such ridiculous claims.

Wrap your mind around that one.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 06:28 PM (2SdPm)

93 We say 9/8, we mean 9/8. This is China.

Posted by: Chinese Tool Company at May 07, 2021 06:28 PM (JZT2F)

Pittsburgh Tools. Only the best from Harbor Freight.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 06:29 PM (jvt6t)

94 Odd name choice for a luxury building.
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The Clara Barton Parkway is on the Maryland side of the Potomac River. Rock Creek Parkway is on the Virginia side. Pretty sure the name is due to its location near that road. I seem to recall there is also a Clara Barton park around there.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:29 PM (5p7BC)

95 44 I think Trump had it wrong.

Should have built a wall around Washington DC instead.

Just dump about a trillion dollars inside every year along with as many hookers and booze as necessary, and let the country get on with business. Would save a ton of money and aggravation.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:15 PM (5p7BC)

I'd suggest half that, and a whole bunch of knives so they can divvy up the resources. And then halve the number of resources next year.

Then nuke the one that is the highlander at the end.

Posted by: Bete at May 07, 2021 06:29 PM (Ojki1)

96 9/8, is that a Fiat thing?

Posted by: will choose a nic later at May 07, 2021 06:29 PM (bTQ72)

97 btw, a 9/8"? That's like a 1 1/8"??
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 06:26 PM (qCp+w)

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Yes. I just don't know how to make fraction ligatures in Minx 0.7a, so I converted it to eighths.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 07, 2021 06:30 PM (Uh2oA)

98
We say 9/8, we mean 9/8. This is China.

Posted by: Chinese Tool Company

You're not kidding.
These chinese kids are making tools with no idea how they are used, and you can tell. They are unusable junk, in most cases.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 06:30 PM (qCp+w)

99 blake, I should have gone with the snark tag.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 06:30 PM (u4cEh)

100 It says 1 & 1/8 on the damn wrench. I will never simplify a fraction on this mathless blog again, I promise.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 07, 2021 06:31 PM (Uh2oA)

101 If I were a first-term, $175k/ yr. Congressjerk, coming from a life of actually having to budget for the bare necessities, I would not *even* try to rent an apartment in or near to D.C.

Nope. Buy a good, used 30 to 40 ft. boat, nice examples of which are many to be found in the $50k range. Many are in the $30k range, but those are work-projects for the skilled. No need to spend more though, as this won't be a much cruised boat for the new Congressturd. Next step, find a suitable marina on the Potomac or it's tributaries. Or if it suits, any given Chesapeake Bay marina, if it's close-in enough.

The boat can be sold when the term(s) expire, and the marina fees ought to run between about $800 to $1000 /month in that market. Nicer digs than most apartments, better ambience, and usually nicer neighbors, too.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at May 07, 2021 06:31 PM (QzJWU)

102 I am trying to wrap my head around Luntz owning a mansion.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:31 PM (5p7BC)

103 109 I am trying to wrap my head around Luntz owning a mansion.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:31 PM (5p7BC)

Google pays really well.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 06:32 PM (jvt6t)

104 To answer my own question: though she was a nurse, and never married (though having...ahem..."close female friends") Clara Barton was not a nun, nor even a Catholic.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 07, 2021 06:32 PM (JZT2F)

105 McCarthy can sleep in his office if he doesn't like the appearance of impropriety.

Posted by: torabora at May 07, 2021 06:32 PM (sADuh)

106
I am trying to wrap my head around Luntz owning a mansion.
Posted by: Dave in Fla

With an Oval Office replica.

The man is a sick fuck.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 06:33 PM (qCp+w)

107 YD, let Vanessa have them. Sink a few bolts in a board and let her figure it out. Better than playskool.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 06:33 PM (u4cEh)

108 So I'm guessing the poontang was extra?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 07, 2021 06:33 PM (2goRJ)

109 Surely Michael Bloomberg and Sheldon Adelson rent out rooms too. Not because they need the money, but because they are givers.
Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum Wasting Another Box at May 07, 2021 06:15 PM (YwPJG)

Helping the poor and needy and asking nothing in return. That's our monied class without exception.

Posted by: WiNO at May 07, 2021 06:33 PM (EpDzw)

110 I am trying to wrap my head around Luntz owning a mansion.
Posted by: Dave in Fla

With an Oval Office replica.

The man is a sick fuck.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 06:33 PM (qCp+w)

And he(they)have been running this grift for years and years and years.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 06:34 PM (jvt6t)

111 How does Luntz make such bank?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at May 07, 2021 06:34 PM (PUmDY)

112 Jim - I used to work at DARPA. the program managers there would come in to work for 2 years then be sent back to where they came from. There was a houseboat on the Potomac that was rented out by a string of PMs over 10 years. One would leave, then a new one would come in and rent the boat.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:34 PM (5p7BC)

113 Get rich plan:

Step one: Buy a property in DC

Step two: Rent to a few congresscritters, collect dirt.

Step three: Have bought and paid for congresscritters include "distressed property bailout" in spending bill.

Profit!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 06:34 PM (2SdPm)

114 If Africa was not full of crazyness and violence it would be a nice place

pretty

but do not pet alot of the animals

Posted by: will choose a nic later at May 07, 2021 06:34 PM (bTQ72)

115 > Pittsburgh Tools. Only the best from Harbor Freight.

It's funny as hell how Harbor Freight gives so many of their crap Chinese tools American names.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 07, 2021 06:34 PM (JZT2F)

116
Tim Pool owns a "compound" which he's turning into some sort of stupid skateboarder's paradise/clubhouse.

Tim Pool made millions of dollars with his youtube bullshit shtick.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 06:35 PM (qCp+w)

117 It's funny as hell how Harbor Freight gives so many of their crap Chinese tools American names.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 07, 2021 06:34 PM (JZT2F)

Round eyes too stupid to care.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 06:35 PM (jvt6t)

118 At one time there was (and maybe still is) a sort of "crash pad" that's been shared by several generations of mostly young Dem Congressmen.

Yeah, if those walls could talk.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 07, 2021 06:36 PM (JZT2F)

119 YD, let Vanessa have them. Sink a few bolts in a board and let her figure it out. Better than playskool.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 06:33 PM (u4cEh)

It was either Playskool or Fisher Price that had a toy workbench with hand tools.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 07, 2021 06:36 PM (89T5c)

120 P.T. Barnum.......... Any Questions.... Thank You .....

Posted by: James at May 07, 2021 06:36 PM (OBw54)

121 John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 06:36 PM (jvt6t)

122 Did someone say, "youth hostel"???

Posted by: the lincoln project at May 07, 2021 06:37 PM (UHVv4)

123 It makes sense, rent out cheap, record, then blackmail.

Posted by: runner at May 07, 2021 06:37 PM (V13WU)

124 > Step two: Rent to a few congresscritters, collect dirt.

"So, Congressman Grunt... it sure would be a shame if this doorbell cam video of you stumbling in drunk dragging a dead underage Chinese sheep became public, wouldn't it?"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 07, 2021 06:37 PM (JZT2F)

125 Jennie McCarthy>Joseph McCarthy>Charlie McCarthy> Eugene McCarthy>Kevin McCarthy.....

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 06:37 PM (0KKyI)

126 Pool got in on the ground floor with anti-bacterial sock hats.

Posted by: klaftern at May 07, 2021 06:38 PM (RuIsu)

127 Ordered my Ryobi charging station from Homely Depot yesterday and picked it up today.

Not only that, I paid $Ten dollars less than from Belzbub.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 07, 2021 06:38 PM (1ENjc)

128 Mr/ Aspirin Factory, I think it F/P. They had a hammer , a wrench , some pegs and bolts. Neat toy.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 06:38 PM (u4cEh)

129 Tim Pool owns a "compound" which he's turning into some sort of stupid skateboarder's paradise/clubhouse.

With ceilings too low for his skateboarding buddies to "do tricks."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 07, 2021 06:38 PM (3H9h1)

130 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 07, 2021 06:37 PM (JZT2F)

He's an animal lover.......

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 06:38 PM (jvt6t)

131 Mr. Spades,

Are you attempting to pillory me for my strong negotiation skills? As soon as I am finished with this lobbyist, I will concern-troll you something fierce, sir.

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at May 07, 2021 06:38 PM (uWF4x)

132 Washington D.C is built in a swamp so I say let Mother Nature takes it's course ....

Posted by: James at May 07, 2021 06:38 PM (OBw54)

133 Think it was Playskool.

I had that as a kid.

Posted by: SMH at May 07, 2021 06:38 PM (FdY5T)

134 Didn't know that I could think any less of McCarthy.
I was wrong.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 07, 2021 06:39 PM (1ENjc)

135 Oh, Ben Had... she's a real problem when I open a toolbox. She HAS to grab every screwdriver, roll of tape, wrench, whatever. She pulls them out faster than I can put them back. She's definitely going to be handy one day. I think it's because she can tell I love tools, and wants to get in on the action.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 07, 2021 06:39 PM (Uh2oA)

136 ..Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:34 PM (5p7BC)

I want a DARPA pocket protector. If I was salty/nerdy enough to have sorted out the boat/rent paradigm, I deserve one!

/snrk

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at May 07, 2021 06:39 PM (QzJWU)

137 I don't understand why the cost is calculated on a monthly basis. I thought rooms like that were rented by the hour.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at May 07, 2021 06:39 PM (Wm5SB)

138 I had a chicken sandwich once with curly fries on the side...........

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 07, 2021 06:39 PM (OBw54)

139
With ceilings too low for his skateboarding buddies to "do tricks."
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Heh. Good.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 06:40 PM (qCp+w)

140 139 Crazy train coming with the economy.

How do you make money knowing about inflation?
Posted by: fdjdldld at May 07, 2021 06:38 PM (2MkR1)

Hookers & Coke

Posted by: Hunter B at May 07, 2021 06:40 PM (jvt6t)

141 Let them eat Covid cake.

Posted by: Kevin Luntz at May 07, 2021 06:40 PM (W4eKo)

142 I thought McCarthy needed to go before this bribery came out. Now we find that out that he was carrying and pitching Luntz's clients' messages on the cheap as well as doing a piss-poor job of representing his supposed constituency.

McCarthy is probably worse than even Cheney given he's the freakin' Minority Leader.

GOP has termites the size of cockroaches.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Ashli Babbitt at May 07, 2021 06:40 PM (aXxgO)

143 Apartments in Navy Yard, where a lot of young DC Republicans live, go for $2k easily for a studio.

McCarthy is full of shit.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 07, 2021 06:40 PM (jOcSX)

144 118 How does Luntz make such bank?
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at May 07, 2021 06:34 PM (PUmDY)

==

I'm wondering the same thing

Posted by: Jeffery Epstein's Totally Suicided Corpse at May 07, 2021 06:41 PM (FPuSC)

145 SMH, your memory is much better than mine. I just remember it was a cool toy.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 06:41 PM (u4cEh)

146
seen on the internet

I am not white, I am Italian !!

Posted by: will choose a nic later at May 07, 2021 06:41 PM (bTQ72)

147 I am somewhat surprised that you fail to appreciate my off-the-record strongly-worded statement regarding Liz Cheney.

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at May 07, 2021 06:41 PM (uWF4x)

148 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 07, 2021 06:39 PM (Uh2oA)
------------

She's daddy's girl.
Everything you do will imprint.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 07, 2021 06:41 PM (1ENjc)

149 I am not white, I am Italian !!
Posted by: will choose a nic later at May 07, 2021 06:41 PM (bTQ72)
----------------

Yeah, you said that without moving your hands, so, you're lying.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 06:42 PM (2SdPm)

150 I rented in DC about a decade ago. On the outskirts of town, I was lucky to find a roach infested, no-lift third floor studio for $1300/mo + utilities.

Other people I knew were illegally renting basements or garages for $1,000/mo.

Posted by: PictishArrow at May 07, 2021 06:42 PM (LLIcZ)

151 Ben Had,

I could be wrong also.

I just remember it being one of my favorite toys.

Posted by: SMH at May 07, 2021 06:42 PM (FdY5T)

152 Can we move the Nuclear Waste to D.C. from Yucca Mountain and forget to tell The House, Senate, and Uncle Joe ? Anyone, Bueller. Anyone Bueller..... ???

Posted by: James "Buster" Hymannd at May 07, 2021 06:42 PM (OBw54)

153 Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts I-V - Pink Floyd

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 06:42 PM (jvt6t)

154 "I'd rent that for a dollar!"

//Frank The Dunce Luntz looking at McCarthy's ass

Posted by: sven at May 07, 2021 06:42 PM (Lzpvj)

155 Tell me more about this "Party Room". Are there holes in the walls about waist high?

Posted by: Cocaine Mitch at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (xqmCG)

156 9/8 wrench...not something you see everyday.
Posted by: BignJames

You never know when you are going to work on some hydrocoptic marzlevanes.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (Rvt88)

157 With the quality of today's CGI, getting authentic footage of your intended blackmail target seems like a lot of unnecessary effort.

Posted by: Bob from NSA at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (8AONa)

158 How does Luntz make such bank?

Sucking Congressional dick.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (3H9h1)

159 Sometimes I forget just how good the wine and appetizers are when I have a serious set of lobbyist boobs in my face!

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (uWF4x)

160 Luntz purchased four adjoining penthouse units in the Clara Barton building in Penn Quarter for a total of almost $4.3 million.

Oh? That's also interesting.

Posted by: t-bird at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (2nFxy)

161 Minnesota movie theater manager, 39, 'sold popcorn with COCAINE hidden inside for $100 a bag' at her concession stand

which moron is in the MN?

Posted by: will choose a nic later at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (bTQ72)

162 113 Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 06:33 PM (qCp+w)

He has been paid very well to undermine the center-right coalition for 24+ years...

Posted by: sven at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (Lzpvj)

163 140 Washington D.C is built in a swamp so I say let Mother Nature takes it's course ....
Posted by: James at May 07, 2021 06:38 PM (OBw54)

That is Birthing Person Nature, thank you.

Posted by: Are you sure this isn't Hell? at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (Ojki1)

164 You never know when you are going to work on some hydrocoptic marzlevanes.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (Rvt8

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

I thought those were for the cardinal grammeter?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (2SdPm)

165 Luntz is a total scam-artist. He came to company once, to "consult." "Consult" is apparently a GOP word that means "make something up out of whole cloth on the cab-ride from the airport, and use the unearned capital of your useless political 'connections' to sell it at top-dollar to credulous industrialists who know nothing about you, your dumb wig, or your lying cronies."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (Uh2oA)

166 Why the fuck don't they simply build Congressional Dorms? A 538 unit building on nearby federal property could be managed by the same folks who run the hotels on military bases.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 07, 2021 06:45 PM (jOcSX)

167 > She HAS to grab every screwdriver, roll of tape, wrench, whatever.

"Mom... Dad... I'm sorry to break this to you. I'm an engineer."

Posted by: Awkward Adolescent Conversation at May 07, 2021 06:45 PM (JZT2F)

168 170 Minnesota movie theater manager, 39, 'sold popcorn with COCAINE hidden inside for $100 a bag' at her concession stand

which moron is in the MN?
Posted by: will choose a nic later at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (bTQ72)

George Floyd Approved

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 06:45 PM (jvt6t)

169 24th record high DOW close of year.
Very hot money.
Waiting for earnings report.

Posted by: torabora at May 07, 2021 06:45 PM (sADuh)

170 You never know when you are going to work on some hydrocoptic marzlevanes.
They also got a bad run of turbo-encabulators. They can go at any time and you need a 9/8" wrench to replace them.
You can only get those from the factory now and they're not cheap anymore.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at May 07, 2021 06:45 PM (HaL55)

171 174 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (Uh2oA)

He is a conman extraordinaire to wit-an average conman cons you that he has magic beans that will save your village....

an EXCELLENT conman cons you into giving him the beans he sells you.

Luntz cons you into hiring him for the imaginary problem of too successful a yield of crops requiring the beans you give him to sell you.

Posted by: sven at May 07, 2021 06:45 PM (Lzpvj)

172 Luntz makes money by blackmail !

Posted by: runner at May 07, 2021 06:45 PM (V13WU)

173 Minnesota movie theater manager, 39, 'sold popcorn with COCAINE hidden inside for $100 a bag' at her concession stand

which moron is in the MN?
Posted by: will choose a nic later at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (bTQ72)

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

Hmm, selling drugs in bags of popcorn, thugs burning down Minneapolis...which is worse, which is worse....hmmmmm

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 06:46 PM (2SdPm)

174 Cosmic Charlie: "How does Luntz make such bank?"

Imagine you're in a position nestled in to mold, massage, and promote a platform or issue? You have the ear (and living accommodations) of the lead guy who pitches for the caucus and to the voters. The amount of sway is almost immeasurable. And there's almost no amount of money too small to the US Chamber of Commerce (or any oligarchic entity) to own that guy.

Luntz is paid way to much AND waaaay too little at the same time.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Ashli Babbitt at May 07, 2021 06:46 PM (aXxgO)

175 >> 97 wonder if Lutz' been secretly recording his
>> tenants..would't that be a scoop !

Hey, hey, hey - what happens in Washington stays in Washington.

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at May 07, 2021 06:46 PM (uWF4x)

176 This is about as dumb a distraction as I can imagine. I don't care if a Democrat or nominal Republican is getting a good deal on rent. I do care that a sitting Sec of State got billions from foreign countries for their non-profit Haiti fund and then kept it for themselves.

Posted by: anon at May 07, 2021 06:46 PM (KlZcC)

177 #177
I always ask for the fortified popcorn.

Posted by: torabora at May 07, 2021 06:46 PM (sADuh)

178 Never cross anyone in the Clara Barton building.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 07, 2021 06:46 PM (89T5c)

179 I rented in DC about a decade ago. On the outskirts of town, I was lucky to find a roach infested, no-lift third floor studio for $1300/mo + utilities.

Other people I knew were illegally renting basements or garages for $1,000/mo.

Posted by: PictishArrow at May 07, 2021 06:42 PM (LLIcZ)

I have a theory that part of the reason there was so much hostility towards Trump's attempt to move the bureaucracy out of DC is that too many people make money off of illegal rental units and inflated home prices.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 07, 2021 06:47 PM (jOcSX)

180 183 Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Ashli Babbitt at May 07, 2021 06:46 PM (aXxgO)

Luntz has the power to con 1/2 of the electorate out of their political power on behalf of shopkeepers' desires.

THAT is power.

Posted by: sven at May 07, 2021 06:47 PM (Lzpvj)

181 Trying to figure where this started or how but don't think ever saw a wrench labeled 9/8"
Will keep looking up thread

Posted by: Skip at May 07, 2021 06:47 PM (Cxk7w)

182
"Mom... Dad... I'm sorry to break this to you. I'm an engineer."
Posted by: Awkward Adolescent Conversation

____________

"Can't you be a lesbian instead? Or change your gender? Dear, think of what the neighbors will say when they learn of this?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 07, 2021 06:47 PM (mht8P)

183 Why the fuck don't they simply build Congressional Dorms? A 538 unit building on nearby federal property could be managed by the same folks who run the hotels on military bases.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 07, 2021 06:45 PM (jOcSX)
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NO.

Assign a congressional committee manage the place. Let them get a taste of what they inflict on the rest of America.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 06:47 PM (2SdPm)

184 It was either Playskool or Fisher Price that had a toy workbench with hand tools.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Certainly not for an infant/toddler but Kenners had a kid's version of a lathe, jig saw and drill press - all in one. I loved that thing.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 07, 2021 06:47 PM (Rvt88)

185 Corporations love the Biden...( The Big Powers that Be Ones)...

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 06:48 PM (0KKyI)

186 185 Posted by: anon at May 07, 2021 06:46 PM (KlZcC)

If we cannot take democrat scalps-spoiler we cannot we may as well take elephant ones.

Posted by: sven at May 07, 2021 06:48 PM (Lzpvj)

187
Never cross anyone in the Clara Barton building.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

___________

Never bring a retractor to a scalpel fight.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 07, 2021 06:48 PM (mht8P)

188 > You need a 9/8" wrench to replace them.
You can only get those from the factory now and they're not cheap anymore.

We make cheap!

Only good for one nut, but cheap! New Chinese development! Disposable wrench! White devils never think of that, huh?

Made from finest Chinesium alloy. Not more than 90% pot metal by weight.

Posted by: Chinese Tool Company at May 07, 2021 06:49 PM (JZT2F)

189 190 found it, Yud's daughter found the toy box

Posted by: Skip at May 07, 2021 06:49 PM (Cxk7w)

190 >> 181 Luntz makes money by blackmail !

The FBI cares about it as much as they did about Jeffrey Epstein.

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at May 07, 2021 06:49 PM (uWF4x)

191 Recycling... the shit that all ends up in landfills anyway....

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 06:49 PM (0KKyI)

192 199 His

Posted by: Skip at May 07, 2021 06:49 PM (Cxk7w)

193 24th record high DOW close of year.
Very hot money.
Waiting for earnings report.
Posted by: torabora at May 07, 2021 06:45 PM (sADuh)

I've been playing with a bit of money for the past year. I sold off my stock back in November and then bought back in to the market in January. Today I sold off everything and made 20%, which is fine by me. I figure that while I might miss out on more of the ride up, I'm satisfied with what I have and I don't want to be there when it starts getting ugly.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 07, 2021 06:50 PM (jOcSX)

194 I feel pretty. Oh, so pretty.

Posted by: Kevin Luntz at May 07, 2021 06:50 PM (W4eKo)

195 > Why the fuck don't they simply build Congressional Dorms?

Make them live in the projects.

If DC doesn't have projects any more, bring them back.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 07, 2021 06:50 PM (JZT2F)

196 NO.

Assign a congressional committee manage the place. Let them get a taste of what they inflict on the rest of America.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 06:47 PM (2SdPm)

Get whoever ran the brothels in Nevada to be in charge. Or someone from the Govt Liquor stores in PA.

Posted by: Bete at May 07, 2021 06:50 PM (Ojki1)

197 $4.3 million condo for getting people to turn a dial in response to a speech? Shit. I am in the wrong business.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, not a DHS informant at May 07, 2021 06:50 PM (R8uWY)

198 "Mom... Dad... I'm sorry to break this to you. I'm an engineer."
Posted by: Awkward Adolescent Conversation

Little Dilbert at his doctor's appointment:

https://youtu.be/Dx6HojLBsnw

Posted by: Tonypete at May 07, 2021 06:51 PM (Rvt88)

199
Not more than 90% pot metal by weight.
Posted by: Chinese Tool Company

_________

Cast in our backyard furnaces.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 07, 2021 06:51 PM (mht8P)

200 nood

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at May 07, 2021 06:51 PM (zEK/W)

201 Give SMH's granbabies and Vanessa a cardboard box and they will build a world out of it.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 06:51 PM (u4cEh)

202 208 $4.3 million condo for getting people to turn a dial in response to a speech? Shit. I am in the wrong business.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, not a DHS informant at May 07, 2021 06:50 PM (R8uWY)

No, you're just not a scumbag.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 06:51 PM (jvt6t)

203 willowed again

Posted by: Kevin Luntz at May 07, 2021 06:51 PM (W4eKo)

204 Oh, my poor younger brother...

He's in Florence in a semester long study abroad program which he was supposed to come home from a week ago. He and a dozen other students tested positive for covid about a month ago, and they're still in isolation because the Italians decided to test them all again right after the initial quarantine period for their first positive test was done. So, he definitely tested positive again and was put back in quarantine.

Alright, for the blackly amusing part:

They've finally been allowed to go outside for a bit during the day. On the first day they were out, after 45 minutes into their 4 hour time out, they were told to go back into their rooms. Why? The staff of the villa had locked themselves in the kitchen out of an abject fear of getting COVID.

You think covid has broken some person you know? I'm not sure how that compares to this? I feel sorry for my little brother, but I'm going to be laughing with him about this at some point in the near future.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 06:51 PM (LvTSG)

205 >> 167 How does Luntz make such bank?

He's a well-connected lobbyist for several companies that can be very persuasive when he plays back footage from the cameras in the ceiling.

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at May 07, 2021 06:51 PM (uWF4x)

206
The damned 1 & 1/8" wrench I tried to abbreviate as 9/8" for you mathless bastards is labeled as the number in bold. It's also not Chinese crap, unlike my awful metric wrenches, which are made of peasant butter/steel alloy.

G-d forbid anybody ever try to simplify the fraction around here. NEVER DO THIS!!!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 07, 2021 06:51 PM (Uh2oA)

207 When a politician flies on private jet, they declare the value as the price of a seat on a commercial flight.

It is not fair market value of the thing they receive, but fair market value of the alternative. Bullshit? yes, but also common.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at May 07, 2021 06:09 PM (zEK/W)

The IRS should deem the value of a ride on a private as being exactly double that of a first-class airline ticket for travel between the same or similar points. You get to leave on your own schedule, probably get free parking, or at least close-in parking to the terminal, and don't have to go through the security theater on either end. Definitely more value.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 07, 2021 06:52 PM (vxOaQ)

208 Why the fuck don't they simply build Congressional Dorms?

In the Age of Covid? They shouldn't even be allowing overnight stays. Stay safe, for the children.

Posted by: t-bird at May 07, 2021 06:52 PM (lIIT7)

209 Trying to figure where this started or how but don't think ever saw a wrench labeled 9/8"

Will keep looking up thread

When you find it, let us know. Snipe season began yesterday in most states. We'll go git us some.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at May 07, 2021 06:52 PM (HaL55)

210 You don't get it - Kevin McCarthy is just the kind of shrewd negotiator we need right now!

Posted by: Inspector kemp at May 07, 2021 06:52 PM (EwPKb)

211 For some reason I'm just feeling that there isn't enough of an expression of cock in this alliance that we're hearing about nor privy to as a source for long term reconciliation.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 07, 2021 06:52 PM (2goRJ)

212 sven: "THAT is power."

Yep. Luntz is Puppetmastering by words. And it's pretty easy to con lesser lights of Congress.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Ashli Babbitt at May 07, 2021 06:53 PM (aXxgO)

213 Let's be honest - what he is paying is the HOA dues.

Posted by: Inspector kemp at May 07, 2021 06:53 PM (EwPKb)

214 Trying to figure where this started or how but don't think ever saw a wrench labeled 9/8"
Will keep looking up thread
Posted by: Skip

Blindly reaches into toolbox and pulls out 1 1/8" wrench.

"Damn it, I need the 9/8" wrench!"

Throws it back into toolbox.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 07, 2021 06:53 PM (Rvt88)

215 G-d forbid anybody ever try to simplify the fraction around here. NEVER DO THIS!!!
Narrator: "He used math for this comment."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at May 07, 2021 06:54 PM (HaL55)

216 I lIke the ribs spreader. It's useless as a weapon but it's very blingy.

Knife, ribs spreader. Fight

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 07, 2021 06:54 PM (o89XP)

217 I started using a new unit of currency this year for my stock portfolio.

I've been trying to buy a Camaro, which of course I can't buy because of the computer chip shortage.

While I was at the dealership with my wife, and we were agonizing over whether or not to spend an extra $10K for the V8 engine I checked my Fidelity account and found out I had made enough that day to buy the car with cash.

Since then I rate my porfolio in units of "Camaros". I made a quarter Camaro today, oh I lost a half a Camaro, last week while on vacation I made 2 Camaros.

Can't do anything but watch it, since it is in a 401K I can't touch for a few more years. But it is kind of fun to pretend I'm rich.

Kind of useless to be rich when there is nothing to spend the money on though.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 06:54 PM (5p7BC)

218 >> 142 Didn't know that I could think any less of McCarthy.

Let he who has prematurely removed his schlong from a hot lobbyist cast the first stone.

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at May 07, 2021 06:55 PM (uWF4x)

219 What bugs me most is the sheer arrogance of it all. "I won't get caught and even if I do it won't matter" bullshit.

Either that or McCarthy is a compete dimwit.

Posted by: Inspector Kemp at May 07, 2021 06:55 PM (EwPKb)

220
"Mom... Dad... I'm sorry to break this to you. I'm an engineer."
Posted by: Awkward Adolescent Conversation

You got the knack.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 07, 2021 06:55 PM (63Dwl)

221 On tv, it looks like he shops at mens warehouse outlets.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at May 07, 2021 06:55 PM (PUmDY)

222 That dickhead McCarthy has been on my shitlist since 2015, when he gave Hillary a "get out of Bengazi-free card" in a TV interview. He made it sound like the hearings were just a witch hunt and not about four Americans dead. The NYT ran with it, the Dems pounced, and he lost his shot at being Speaker. The dickhead discredited his own hearing. What a tool.

Posted by: vivi at May 07, 2021 06:56 PM (USW1s)

223 Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder and executive director of Black Lives Matter's national arm, has funneled business to a company led by a man she identified as the father of her only child, a Daily Caller News Foundation review of business records, interviews and social media posts found.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 07, 2021 06:56 PM (UHVv4)

224 Back in 1987-88 I rented a one bedroom apartment in Alexandria, VA. in the Foxchase complex. $525/mo.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 07, 2021 06:57 PM (3H9h1)

225 207- No, the DMV.

Posted by: vivi at May 07, 2021 06:59 PM (USW1s)

226 >> 222 You don't get it - Kevin McCarthy is just the
>> kind of shrewd negotiator we need right now!

At last, someone who understands that Trump isn't the only one who can make a deal. To be fair, most of my deals benefit my wallet or my johnson, but I'm gaining experience every day!

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at May 07, 2021 06:59 PM (uWF4x)

227 I am paying $900 for a little basement apartment in Arlington. And I am only there about 3 nights a week

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 07, 2021 06:59 PM (85Gof)

228 I'm not appreciated here! I shall move upstairs to the fluff thread. I bid you adieu!

Posted by: Kevin Luntz at May 07, 2021 07:00 PM (W4eKo)

229 This is about as dumb a distraction as I can imagine. I don't care if a Democrat or nominal Republican is getting a good deal on rent. I do care that a sitting Sec of State got billions from foreign countries for their non-profit Haiti fund and then kept it for themselves.
Posted by: anon at May 07, 2021 06:46 PM (KlZcC)

They are both points on a continuum of grift.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 07, 2021 07:01 PM (vxOaQ)

230 175 Why the fuck don't they simply build Congressional Dorms? A 538 unit building on nearby federal property could be managed by the same folks who run the hotels on military bases. Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 07, 2021 06:45 PM (jOcSX)

^^^^this. Everyone gets a suite at the congress critter hotel for their stay in Washington DC. When they are in town, that is where they stay. No exceptions. Each state pays for the suite, the exact same amount. It has a kitchenette and a free breakfast. Don't like it? Tough shit. Don't serve in congress.

Each congress person flies on commercial planes, no exceptions. Step on a private jet, you are fined $100,000 per ride. I don't car if it is you own personal jet, your friends, whatever. You fly commercial dipshit. Don't like it? Go home.

Posted by: Inspector Kemp at May 07, 2021 07:04 PM (EwPKb)

231 >> 38 Yo Kevin, any more cheap rooms available? [POTUS]

1) Resident Biden, you would probably get lost in here
2) You would need major Testosterone supplements
3) Hunter already got thrown out last week
4) The footage from the ceiling cam would be depressing
5) Dr. Jill would help Kamala end you if she found out

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at May 07, 2021 07:05 PM (uWF4x)

232 Hopefully puppy's and kittens upstairs

Posted by: Skip at May 07, 2021 07:06 PM (Cxk7w)

233 >> 231 What bugs me most is the sheer arrogance of it all.
>> "I won't get caught and even if I do it won't matter" bullshit.

90% of the press would never report that Frank uses me like a puppet any more than they report that Obama uses Chief Justice Roberts like a puppet. Liz Cheney leaked my lobbyist loving ways to Breitbart - that b!tch.

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at May 07, 2021 07:11 PM (uWF4x)

234 Why the fuck don't they simply build Congressional Dorms? A 538 unit building on nearby federal property could be managed by the same folks who run the hotels on military bases. Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 07, 2021 06:45 PM (jOcSX)

Why not HUD?

Posted by: Jean at May 07, 2021 07:26 PM (Xih1H)

235 He got it that cheap cuz he saw Luntz without the toupe

Posted by: John Katko at May 07, 2021 08:02 PM (kqRdf)

236 Shared room in a youth hostel? You have my attention.

Posted by: Rick Wilson at May 07, 2021 08:14 PM (1ERHq)

237 Well, as Mel Brooks said in "History of the World part 1": "It's good to be the King".

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 07, 2021 08:49 PM (TM/8f)

238
All the Dems will vote to keep MCarthy as Republican leader

Posted by: Miklosian Predictions LLC at May 07, 2021 08:50 PM (QzkSJ)

239 Strictly curious at this point.

Posted by: Bach in Black at May 08, 2021 02:17 AM (Z2PYk)

240 I guess I could wish people goodnight... but what would be the point?

Truly pointless.

Why did the site give me back First and Second Tier Commenting Privileges - for an extended period of weeks no less - only to yank those same privileges away without any reason at all???
I love this site.
What did I do to deserve this?

Posted by: Bach in Black at May 08, 2021 02:21 AM (Z2PYk)

241 How does a public "servant" afford 4 plus million dollar apartment on 180k salary.

Asking for everybody.

Posted by: Dwayne at May 08, 2021 08:16 AM (gtu/X)

242 I've rented a room in someone's handsome home. I was one of two tenants they had.

A one br apartment in Alexandria will rent for about $1,800 a month. McCarthy's deal is appropriate for a small apartment with a considerable commute.

Posted by: Art Deco at May 08, 2021 01:40 PM (1BrBu)

243 "How does a public "servant" afford 4 plus million dollar apartment on 180k salary.

Asking for everybody."

He's not a public employee. He's a contractor for campaign committees. It's a reasonable wager he's hustling his clients. I suspect the rage of the consultant corps derives from the effect of the success of the Trump campaign on their business model. Candidates for office have figured out what their value-added actually is; cut's into their revenue stream big time.

Posted by: Art Deco at May 08, 2021 01:58 PM (1BrBu)

244 But...but...that room comes with all the c*ck McCarthy can gobble.

I was shocked to hear Luntz doesn't live in a van with "Free Candy" painted on the side that he parks by the playground.

Posted by: p-squared at May 08, 2021 04:59 PM (0CzL1)

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