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Post by poetinahat on Sept 20, 2018 17:33:47 GMT -5
What can one say.
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Post by poetinahat on Sept 16, 2018 20:15:22 GMT -5
That is an awesome cite, Cass.
You know what would be fun: change the lines to broom handles, and the bubbles to witch hats.
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Post by poetinahat on Sept 9, 2018 20:03:50 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm not sure how this was supposed to help. What it has done, I imagine, is put EVERYONE on his staff into peril.
Where the hell have all the grown-ups gone?
(Context: When I posted, I'd read the first page and somehow missed that we were already on Page 4. So when I said "this", I was referring to the anonymous editorial. I'm catching up with the rest of the thread now.)
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Post by poetinahat on Jul 25, 2018 23:21:19 GMT -5
Of course, if you're the kind of person who is hiring Michael Cohen as an attorney, you are probably the kind of person it is wise to tape, so, yeah, there's that. Conversely, if you're the attorney who takes Donald Trump as a client, you're darn sure going to tape EVERYthing that's said - or isn't not not not said.
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Post by poetinahat on Jul 25, 2018 0:02:17 GMT -5
<clipped> But my gut is, that may not be what hits him in the face. It's going to be his grifting, fucked-up money dealings. That's my prediction. I know a couple of you are nodding and a couple others are scoffing. Only time will tell. <clipped> If he's still in office in 2020 and runs again, I think someone will primary him from the GOP side. Scoff if you will. 1. Agree - in the way that Al Capone was nabbed for tax evasion, and the way that OJ was sued for violations of civil rights. 2. My prediction for 2020 is a little weird: Trump ditches the GOP and runs for re-election as the Trump Party candidate. I agree - his supporters care about him, not the GOP. And he doesn't need the GOP anymore, not as much as they need him. Whether the GOP stands without him anymore - or whether they'd suddenly find themselves free to go after him in a way they can't now - is another thing. Jeez, I miss normal dirty politics.
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Post by poetinahat on Jul 24, 2018 23:26:14 GMT -5
Christine, I watched from another link -- but I remember him scoffing at the French ambassador's assertion that the African-origin players are French - they are all French - they speak French, they live in France, they are French citizens - and to categorise otherwise is to demean their Frenchness. IIRC, Noah's response was, essentially: (1) "it's a JOKE, folks"; (2) well, why can't they be both?; and (3) to claim they are French is to deny their African-ness, and that they are only really French because of imperialism. Frankly, I think it's not fair play to claim both point (3) and point (1). And I think Noah's being a buttin-ski -- or, more to the point, he's doing his job, editorialising on current events for a left-leaning audience. I'm not even aware of how many of the French players of African origin are first-generation, or how long their families have resided in France. (eta: And I'm not going to try to find out. It's nobody's business but theirs. They're not specimens or Exhibit A; they're people, they're football players on the French national team.) For that matter, I wonder whether he thinks Mario Balotelli counts as Italian or not.
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Post by poetinahat on Jul 24, 2018 20:16:54 GMT -5
This shit alone should have him bounced from the White House.
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Post by poetinahat on Jul 24, 2018 20:15:33 GMT -5
Yup. So, what does everyone think of Trevor Noah congratulating Africa on winning the World Cup? Broadly speaking, I think he has a point, but I also think he's taken it far enough that it doesn't sit right with me. I'm not inclined to sign up to everything he says because I like the show. liked the show when Jon Stewart hosted it (I haven't seen it with Noah as host -- not avoiding it, just haven't seen it).
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Post by poetinahat on Jul 23, 2018 22:48:00 GMT -5
You're braver than I, Cass. I can't even stand to hear his voice.
It's not a political thing. And no, FFS, I'm NOT a lefty - I stayed where I was, possibly a touch left but not very, while much of the world headed right, I'm sure at least partly out of spite.
With or without politics, the guy was, is, has always been, and always will be a repugnant human being.
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Post by poetinahat on Jul 23, 2018 20:26:54 GMT -5
Farting Unicorns.
Farting.
Unicorns.
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Post by poetinahat on Jul 22, 2018 23:04:53 GMT -5
Jeez, that reads like the guy hollering out the car window that I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS while his friend rolls his eyes and keeps driving. What an absolute fuckwit.
Then again, I should thank him for illustrating exactly why I quit Twitter.
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Post by poetinahat on Jul 22, 2018 22:27:05 GMT -5
"Real News... Fake Animals"
What hath God wrought, indeed.
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Post by poetinahat on Jul 22, 2018 22:18:19 GMT -5
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Post by poetinahat on Jul 22, 2018 22:04:10 GMT -5
And here we thought bees were endangered. Who knew Trump was such a conservationist?
I can sleep easy now. Thank you ever so, Cass.
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Post by poetinahat on Jul 22, 2018 21:38:37 GMT -5
YUSSSS (I was going to post an image of a potato gun, but the search results offered a list of YouTube videos - I foresaw being sucked into a time vortex, and becoming depressed. So... sorry. )
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