Political Randomness

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 2:43 pm

GreenGoo wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 2:22 pm
Isgrimnur wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:04 pm Next year, you can just not pay for the News section of the data plan.

Followed by...

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 2:45 pm

If cable TV is any indicator, they just package everything as bundles, so in order to get NFL.com, you'll also have to pay for teletubbies.org

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 2:47 pm

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/936649425136553984

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 2:47 pm

Teletubbies.org is totally worth it, though.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:10 pm

malchior wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:29 pm A little levity on such a fun day - remember Wu Tang Ain't Nothing to Fuk wit! And we will all be owners shortly hopefully!

https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/ ... 3841619968

i listened to the new Wu-Tang album last week and a line on one of the first tracks: "My price hiking like the pills Martin Shkreli sell"

Sepiche · Post by **Sepiche** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:00 pm

You don't say...
Gowdy, Benghazi panel settled wrongful firing suit with $150,000 in public funds

As chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) used $150,000 in taxpayer dollars to settle with a former aide who alleged he was fired in part because he was not willing to focus his investigative work on Hillary Clinton.

The Post confirmed the confidential settlement reached between Gowdy and the Benghazi panel and Bradley Podliska after it appeared in a list of settlements released Friday by the congressional Office of Compliance. Gowdy is now the chairman of the House Oversight Committee.

Enough · Post by **Enough** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 2:16 pm

Sepiche wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:00 pm You don't say...
Gowdy, Benghazi panel settled wrongful firing suit with $150,000 in public funds

As chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) used $150,000 in taxpayer dollars to settle with a former aide who alleged he was fired in part because he was not willing to focus his investigative work on Hillary Clinton.

The Post confirmed the confidential settlement reached between Gowdy and the Benghazi panel and Bradley Podliska after it appeared in a list of settlements released Friday by the congressional Office of Compliance. Gowdy is now the chairman of the House Oversight Committee.

I'm sure we will be seing a lot of mea culpas today, right?

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:32 pm

Not surprisingly, now that human shaped pile of excrement Mitch McConnell has pushed his agenda through the Senate, he's perfectly content to slink back into the shadows and "let the people of Alabama decide" whether or not Moore should be their representative.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun Dec 03, 2017 5:06 pm

Smoove_B wrote: Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:32 pm Not surprisingly, now that human shaped pile of excrement Mitch McConnell has pushed his agenda through the Senate, he's perfectly content to slink back into the shadows and "let the people of Alabama decide" whether or not Moore should be their representative.

Wait, what happened to "I believe the women" and the promise of an immediate ethics inquiry?

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sun Dec 03, 2017 5:17 pm

Holman wrote: Sun Dec 03, 2017 5:06 pm
Smoove_B wrote: Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:32 pm Not surprisingly, now that human shaped pile of excrement Mitch McConnell has pushed his agenda through the Senate, he's perfectly content to slink back into the shadows and "let the people of Alabama decide" whether or not Moore should be their representative.
Wait, what happened to "I believe the women" and the promise of an immediate ethics inquiry?

Apparently they were tightly wound.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sun Dec 03, 2017 8:19 pm

Holman wrote: Sun Dec 03, 2017 5:06 pmWait, what happened to "I believe the women" and the promise of an immediate ethics inquiry?

Maybe Trump's plans have something to do with it?

Less than a week after making clear that he would not go to Alabama to campaign for embattled Senate nominee Roy Moore, President Donald Trump is doing the next best thing: He's going to Pensacola, Florida, to hold a campaign event next Friday -- just four days before the December 12 special election.

Pensacola -- for you amateur geographers out there -- is 25 miles from the Alabama border. It's closer to the capital of Alabama (164 miles to Montgomery) than it is to the capital of Florida (196 miles to Tallahassee). And the Pensacola-Mobile media market reaches more than 15% of the state.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun Dec 03, 2017 8:24 pm

Yep. My parents live near Mobile, but I fly into Pensacola airport instead because it's more convenient.

Mobile is an urban center with significant numbers of Democrats (at least in Alabama terms), but Trump is clearly avoiding the more northern Birmingham counties where most Dem strength is concentrated.

Interestingly, though, the Alabama Gulf Coast (which is what you're accessing with Pensacola) went for Strange rather than Moore in the primaries.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:11 am

This has been the molestation thread for awhile so I figured I'd throw out another hysterical overreaction (kidding) that speaks to the moral abyss that Congress has become. I referenced this in the tax thread. Ornstein had hinted on Friday night during the voting that he and Mann were going to publish in response to the unprecedented process of tax reform.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 9:22 am

I believe the Harvey Weinstein thread is the molestation thread. Considering the volume, I guess there’s room for both these.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:11 am

Politics vs. entertainment.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:14 am

Isgrimnur wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:11 am Politics vs. entertainment.

Is there a difference anymore?

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:02 am

Lots Of Alabama Voters Care About Roy Moore’s Scandals. But it might not be enough to stop him from winning.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:13 am

El Guapo wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:02 am Lots Of Alabama Voters Care About Roy Moore’s Scandals. But it might not be enough to stop him from winning.

A solid analysis; there is a lot to be dismayed about in there.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:11 pm

“I think not having the estate tax recognizes the people that are investing, as opposed to those that are just spending every penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies,”

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:50 pm

LordMortis wrote:just spending every penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies

Guilty as charged! Though in my case, the women in question are my wife and daughter. And I'd have to throw "video games" in there as well.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:51 pm

YellowKing wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:50 pm
LordMortis wrote:just spending every penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies
Guilty as charged! Though in my case, the women in question are my wife and daughter. And I'd have to throw "video games" in there as well.

And don't forget the 311,000 bottles of whiskey that you purchased this year.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 5:19 pm

El Guapo wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:51 pm
YellowKing wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:50 pm
LordMortis wrote:just spending every penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies
Guilty as charged! Though in my case, the women in question are my wife and daughter. And I'd have to throw "video games" in there as well.
And don't forget the 311,000 bottles of whiskey that you purchased this year.

Holy shit.

That politician should be absolutely strung up. He gifts his rich donors, then blames his constituents for "wasting" their money on booze and women, otherwise they'd have nearly 6 million dollars in their estate?

The unbelievable gall to give away millions, then when called on it, blame the average citizen? That's Mitch levels of douchebaggery.

What freakin' republican thinks this guy has got his back?

This is what you get when it's not about good governance, but beating the other team. Doesn't matter what our guy does, as long as it's not your guy. Seriously flawed thinking. Rip.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 5:23 pm

El Guapo wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:51 pm
YellowKing wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:50 pm
LordMortis wrote:just spending every penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies
Guilty as charged! Though in my case, the women in question are my wife and daughter. And I'd have to throw "video games" in there as well.
And don't forget the 311,000 bottles of whiskey that you purchased this year.

Now that piece is top-notch quality trolling or as it used to be known satire.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:14 pm

YellowKing wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:50 pm
LordMortis wrote:just spending every penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies
Guilty as charged! Though in my case, the women in question are my wife and daughter. And I'd have to throw "video games" in there as well.

Or Health Care...

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:18 pm

Colin Kaepernick a finalist for Time Person of the Year. This would be magical. The meltdown by the orange one would light the skies. It'd be the best tweet storm. So huge!

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:57 pm

malchior wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:18 pm Colin Kaepernick a finalist for Time Person of the Year. This would be magical. The meltdown by the orange one would light the skies. It'd be the best tweet storm. So huge!

If they decide to go another way, they should at least do a mockup and drop it off at the whitehouse before publishing the real one.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 9:14 pm

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:52 pm

Following Trump's endorsement, the RNC has reinstated its support for Moore's campaign.

Journalists are pointing out that not a single GOP senator has spoken up in response to the endorsement or to this.

...

Once upon a time I was a Republican supporter, by the way. I really was.

I'm glad it was decades ago. I'd be ashamed otherwise.

gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:13 pm

Holman wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:52 pm Following Trump's endorsement, the RNC has reinstated its support for Moore's campaign.

Journalists are pointing out that not a single GOP senator has spoken up in response to the endorsement or to this.

...

Once upon a time I was a Republican supporter, by the way. I really was.

I'm glad it was decades ago. I'd be ashamed otherwise.

I honestly don't know how people can wholeheartedly support any of this without being deeply ashamed. It's such baldfaced awfulness I do not understand the mental gymnastics those people must go through to sleep at night.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:27 pm

gbasden wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:13 pmI honestly don't know how people can wholeheartedly support any of this without being deeply ashamed. It's such baldfaced awfulness I do not understand the mental gymnastics those people must go through to sleep at night.

Particularly when you consider the GOP has represented themselves in the recent past as the party of "family values". That they were fixated on the "sanctity of marriage" and keeping transgendered individuals out bathrooms to protect the children. Honestly, when you string it all together, full support of Roy Moore makes complete sense.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:36 pm

Time PotY only choice is Bezos. The rest are either not people or crap. But seriously Un?? WTF Time!?

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Tue Dec 05, 2017 12:06 am

An Opinion piece by Bill Clinton:

Bill Clinton: Americans Must Decide Who We Really Are

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Tue Dec 05, 2017 12:48 am

Daehawk wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:36 pm Time PotY only choice is Bezos. The rest are either not people or crap. But seriously Un?? WTF Time!?

It's not a popularity contest. If Drumpf wasn't bucking for it so hard, he'd easily be person of the year. His mistake would be in thinking it was because he was just so darn good at everything, damn it.

Since he is pulling so hard for it AND just shat all over TIME, I would be embarrassed for them if they picked him.

Un absolutely could be person of the year. He just built ballistic missiles, nukes, and makes a lot of noise about sending those to the continental USoA. That's absolutely person of the year material.

Person of the Year is usually about who has been the most influential. Doesn't have to be good influential.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Tue Dec 05, 2017 9:01 am

Is the GOP a cult?

Republican Roy Moore, removed from the Alabama Supreme Court for his erratic behavior and banned from the mall for harassing teenage girls, has cloaked his campaign for the Senate in the language of “spiritual warfare.” As such, he is the most apt representative of the Republican Party in our age of cult politics. Moore is pitching himself as God’s candidate and his voters are slopping it up like poisoned applesauce. The party of “family values” is about to send a known sexual predator to the Senate because God wants them to. This would be startling, except they already used the same reasoning to put a known sexual predator in the White House.

The same magical reasoning infects Republicans tax reform plans. We are in the eighth year of continuous job growth, the eighth year of economic expansion, and the eighth year of a head-spinning stock market boom. Corporate profits are at record levels and the economy has been redlining at full-employment for almost three years. By any marginally credible economic reasoning, this would be an ideal moment to raise taxes, curb debt, make investments in public infrastructure, and just generally do the things one does at the peak of a long economic expansion.

At this moment, why are Republicans trying to slash taxes for the wealthy? Why would someone castrate themselves and commit suicide? Because that’s what the cult demands.

{Written by a Republican and published in Forbes, btw.}

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Tue Dec 05, 2017 9:11 am

Fantastic piece.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:21 am

Hey everyone, Roy Moore did nothing wrong because there's a group of non-accusers out there!

https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/938040081880879105

Oh. I didn't know that's how this worked.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:39 am

"Let's remember that there are literally millions of teens that Judge Moore *hasn't* molested."

But seriously: the CNN host there is pregnant. Moore's spox congratulated her on the baby she's carrying, then warned her that Doug Jones wants to kill it.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:48 am

Holman wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:39 am"Let's remember that there are literally millions of teens that Judge Moore *hasn't* molested."

Not for lack of trying, I'm sure. There are just only so many hours in the day, miles a man can travel, and opportunities to exploit.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:50 am

pr0ner wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:21 am Hey everyone, Roy Moore did nothing wrong because there's a group of non-accusers out there!

A trick learned from the women of SNL stating that Al Franken didn't grope them.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:57 am

Moliere wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:50 am
pr0ner wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:21 am Hey everyone, Roy Moore did nothing wrong because there's a group of non-accusers out there!
A trick learned from the women of SNL stating that Al Franken didn't grope them.

What, leaving the Clinton angle for rip? Or perhaps not wanting to go with Phylicia Rashad's defense of Cosby? It's not a new phenomenon, and it's not a political phenomenon, either.