Oh. You think I'm a moron. Good to know.

they're approving nominees without democrats present

eta: followup to that headline: https://www.washingtonpost.com/power...e7c_story.html

Why not put opposition on record? I don't understand the "strategy" here.

Also, to add some sour sauce to your morning's fuck soup, the nation appears to be pretty split over the immigration ban, with a thin majority of Americans actually supporting the order, per Newsweek.

if i'm gonna think about it strategically it's a shot across the bow threatening to have the senate rules changed and filibusters eliminated and republicans ruling alone

and the newsweek thing is not this morning's news but 2 days old isn't it? or at least yesterday's news, def. not today's.

and yes, it's easy to not care about "furrners" and "terrists" because terrist terrist terrist terrist nucular terrist terrist 9-11 terrist EXISTENTIAL THREAT

but this is just fucking propaganda and of course the stupids eat it. pure stagecraft to rile up the xenophobes



fucking xenophobes! just to let them feel that they got something from the election

first they came for the mexicans... etc etc etc

It wouldn't surprise me if the US was a one party state by the next election

No. Everyone always needs someone to blame.

Anyone else make it a point to watch Spicer's daily press briefings? Good theater, I have to admit.

shit, that would be too rich for my blood

but i peek at the official propaganda organ of the trumpet administration, breitbart.com

the other day they had an article on... evolution! i could hardly believe it. yes. the oldest identifiable ancestor to humans (some 1-hole fucking microbe-- shat where it ate, much as we do today as a species).

anyway yeah i propose that we each specialize on 1 despicable person/situation/institution and report back here. it's too much poison for a single organism to digest.

looking forward to hearing your report on that fucking spicer & dicer assclown.

who's covering conway? (i mean, besides the cloud of sophistry she spews constantly. which is a what.)

eta: as i was saying...

As his nominee for the Supreme Court embarked Wednesday on his first round of meetings on Capitol Hill, President Trump ramped up pressure on Republican leaders to use all tools at their disposal to confirm him — including tearing up the rules of the Senate

https://www.washingtonpost.com/power...05d_story.html

the hand is in, now the fist clenches



oh yeah, we're getting shafted. SHAFTED.

Spicer spins. That's about all you need to know.

It's streamed everyday at 1:30 or so on youtube.

Spicer comes out and says things like, "Tomorrow morning, the President will attend the National Prayer Breakfast. Afterwards, he'll sign an executive order to roll back the previous administration's disastrous policy of [fill in the blank], which has cost so many Americans their basic freedoms. Later, he'll be announcing his pick for [fill in the blank]. Again, we'd like to see the Democrats treat our highly qualified nominee with as much respect as the Republicans treated Obama's nominees, but that's becoming increasingly unlikely. And tonight, he'll be having dinner with Denis Rodman, which should be fun."

Then he takes questions. Today, they Skyped in a few questions, which I guess is a first. One guy was a radio talk show host who asked what Trump will do for the coal-miners, after Obama betrayed them.

But nearly everyone else is at least a bit qualified. Spicer picks someone, they ask a question--only one--he deflects. Sometimes a reporter will interrupt his bullshit. He gets mad. Calls on someone else.

After about five minutes, he says, "That's it for today" and walks off. Reporters usually shout after him, for some reason. He ignores them.

Today was special because some dude from National Security, I think, took a minute to explain Iran sucks and Trump has put them "on notice."

Later, a reporter asked Spicer what the fuck that meant.

Spicer said the man made it clear. Iran sucks and Trump has put them on notice. Then he called on someone else.

Saw this reported on Amanpour a couple of days ago:


https://twitter.com/Stl_Manifest

Yeah, I saw that the other day. It offended me then too.

You know what's like the Holocaust? Nothing.

I was just referring to what's become a daily dose of fuck soup for me, and I assume for you too. The act of waking up, scrolling through news feeds and dying by little increments. I wasn't exactly saying that the Newsweek thing dropped yesterday. But I did learn about it yesterday in the morning. Shrug.

It's all just fuck soup.

When you study a bit of history, the holocaust was really not all the exceptional

That's a pretty obnoxious statement on several levels. Just keep posting funny cartoons. I enjoy them.

i know what you mean. send those refugees home today!

lol no. well it's not a competition. that image was used to illustrate something.

the native american extermination, the african slave trade, armenia, ukraine, rwanda, darfur... should we give medals by ranking, and make them stand on a podium? some people try to do that actually...

i know nobody is as ruthlessly efficient as the germans (lol), but damn... history doesn't begin nor end with their actions. (i know i know... the holocaust doesn't "belong" to the germans now-- just trying to make a point)

the shoah has got the most researched historical documentation and the most institutions (and a whole nation) dedicated to its remembrance, so it's understandable that its imagery is understood very quickly as a result.

because of that, it will be used to bring a light to similar situations that require public awareness and prevention of similar scenarios.

no?

i mean, you could say "remember the armenian genocide!" and people will be "huh? armadillos?"

or you can talk till your'e blue in the face about darfur and it will barely register.

but post a picture of anne frank and every dumb schoolchild gets it.

it's totally fair use in this case. a massacre is a massacre is a massacre is a massacre is a massacre.


yes. every day. and on that note, i'm gonna go dunk my head into breitbart's shit bucket right now. gotta get vaccinated. strengthen my filthiness. once i stink as thick as a pilgrim on massachusetts bay i'll be immune to all plagues.

Yeah, well, that's where things get a bit muddy though, innit? If this is Trump following through on campaign promises (which is exactly what he says he's doing), then it is unconstitutional, as it is Trump carrying out his plan to impose a "complete and total shutdown on Muslims entering the U.S."

So ... there's that.

Also, the inclusion of Syria in the ban is a direct violation of the Geneva Convention.

In other words, in response to what you're saying, I'm saying ... ehhh, not so much.

just stating the obvious.

earlier today on breitbart: berkeley berkeley berkeley berkeley berkeley

now on the wapo: trump prays for arnold at national prayer breakfast, trump hangs up on australian pm, trump threatens to cut federal funds for berkeley

Exclusive: Trump to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam

no terrorism here.....

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN15G5VO

^^ so basically the white supremacists are free to terrorize as they wish from now on?

elections have consequences, that's for sure

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well, the black panthers aren't muslim as far as i know, so... i guess things can go both ways