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I've been thinking about Steve Scalise - BuckGalaxy - 7/28/2017 6:30:07 AM
- "Chill" isn't politically useful. "Agitated," otoh... - mcfly - 7/28/2017 1:37:12 PM
- It could have been worse. - hank - 7/28/2017 12:23:02 PM

Real (White)House-Wives of DC - RL - 7/27/2017 7:17:03 PM
- Do The Fandango - podrock - 7/27/2017 10:16:09 PM
  - Galileo, Galileo - hank - 7/27/2017 11:48:10 PM
    - Re: Galileo, Galileo - podrock - 7/28/2017 1:08:33 AM
      - Funny, I have that album, but never listened to it carefully. - hank - 7/28/2017 2:07:18 AM
        
        It's written about their manager at the time. - podrock - 7/28/2017 2:34:56 AM
        
        I wonder why... - RL - 7/28/2017 4:37:22 AM
    - Scaramucci: "There are people inside the administration that think it is their job to save America from this president," - RL - 7/28/2017 12:03:55 AM
  - I am confused- is that a satire....? - RL - 7/27/2017 11:38:15 PM
- Well--they wanted a government of businessmen. - hank - 7/27/2017 7:21:41 PM

So by the time we wake up tomorrow... - RL - 7/28/2017 3:04:11 AM

All this and more from Trump in the past day... - RL - 7/26/2017 11:47:09 PM
- One more: Trump Administration Argues Federal Civil Rights Law Does Not Protect Gay Employees - RL - 7/27/2017 12:42:05 PM
  - Again, I strongly suggest we concentrate our attention.... - hank - 7/27/2017 3:36:13 PM
    - I predict the "moderate" republicans that supported Trump will continue to wince and look the other way.... - RL - 7/27/2017 5:11:05 PM
      - Some other parallels... - hank - 7/27/2017 7:10:28 PM
        
        'their names start with a “P”'... - RL - 7/27/2017 7:23:13 PM
        
        And you will note... - hank - 7/27/2017 7:56:59 PM
- He actually may come in ahead of Lincoln - RL - 7/26/2017 11:50:39 PM

So he is honoring the Lesbian hero that saved lives at the Baseball shooting... - RL - 7/27/2017 7:37:39 PM

In the comedy business, we call this a 'callback'... The mcguffin strikes back... - RL - 7/25/2017 4:19:09 AM
- Staging notes: - podrock - 7/26/2017 12:46:55 AM
  - Starring Erik Prince - RL - 7/27/2017 12:09:44 AM

No one really knows exactly what they voted for ... - RL - 7/25/2017 7:53:31 PM
- In the Old Kingdom... - hank - 7/26/2017 1:13:46 AM
  - Re: In the Old Kingdom... - podrock - 7/26/2017 3:53:39 AM

Trump's team debating how to best give sessions the axe... - RL - 7/24/2017 11:59:29 PM
- "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?"-- Henry Plantagenet - hank - 7/26/2017 1:02:44 AM
- Re: Trump's team debating how to best give sessions the axe... - podrock - 7/26/2017 1:00:37 AM
- Nosferudy Ghouliani - RL - 7/25/2017 12:45:31 AM
  - Sessions should have seen it coming when Trump asked him to wear a new uniform... - RL - 7/25/2017 1:27:55 AM
    - Beauregard is a genuine authentic traditional Southern-Fried sleazeball. - hank - 7/25/2017 2:52:04 AM

Another busy day of presidenting for Trump - RL - 7/24/2017 9:46:28 PM
- I'm pretty sure some of those are Trump tweets. - hank - 7/25/2017 1:01:43 AM
  - Just checking to see if you all are paying attention - RL - 7/25/2017 1:36:15 AM

Generic headline: "White House spokesman Spicer out as Trump seeks to fix image" - Robert - 7/22/2017 6:22:35 PM
- Re: Generic headline: "White House spokesman Spicer out as Trump seeks to fix image" - mcfly - 7/24/2017 3:48:12 AM
- Re: Generic headline: "White House spokesman Spicer out as Trump seeks to fix image" - hank - 7/24/2017 12:12:51 AM

Busy morning for the President - RL - 7/22/2017 4:24:04 PM
- It's embarrassing, isn't it? - ER - 7/22/2017 5:52:35 PM

Some of President Trump’s lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation...and discussing the president’s authority to grant pardons. - RL - 7/21/2017 1:36:31 AM
- Trump legal team spokesman resigns: report - RL - 7/21/2017 3:19:53 AM
- This is why the rich prefer to buy politicians than to be politicians - Robert - 7/21/2017 2:41:03 AM
- in re: wapo - Robert - 7/21/2017 2:25:05 AM
  - Wapo, NYT, etc - BuckGalaxy - 7/21/2017 6:42:05 AM
    - "When the speech condemns a free press, you are hearing the words of a tyrant" -- Thomas Jefferson - Robert - 7/22/2017 2:46:51 AM
  - Breitbart is all over this story... - RL - 7/21/2017 3:11:35 AM
- Posted by TB, 3-12-17 : "But at least the Washington corruption baggage wasn’t firmly in place right at the start." - RL - 7/21/2017 2:09:57 AM

Sessions discussed Trump campaign-related matters with Russian ambassador, U.S. intelligence intercepts show - RL - 7/21/2017 10:58:41 PM

Yo, RL--your photobucket links are not working. - hank - 7/21/2017 3:46:50 AM
- Odd... - RL - 7/21/2017 3:56:11 AM

“Sessions should have never recused himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job and I would have picked somebody else” - RL - 7/19/2017 11:59:11 PM
- He demands loyalty.... - hank - 7/20/2017 3:26:43 AM
  - Christie went to the beach. Giuliani couldn't join him as exposure to sunlight would cause him to burst into flames - mcfly - 7/20/2017 2:09:40 PM
    - Maybe they just realized he was crazier than a bedbug. - ER - 7/20/2017 4:41:09 PM
      - Re: Maybe they just realized he was crazier than a bedbug. - podrock - 7/20/2017 8:13:27 PM

You won't read it on Breitbart - hank - 7/20/2017 5:54:30 PM
- $ - podrock - 7/20/2017 7:27:42 PM

" Is it possible that there was a civilization on Mars thousands of years ago?" - RL - 7/20/2017 12:26:14 AM
- It's sad when people of ability and resources choose to live in scientific ignorance... - mcfly - 7/20/2017 2:00:57 PM
  - Science is for nerds and sissies. - ER - 7/20/2017 4:37:22 PM
- Well, he may not know anything about science... - hank - 7/20/2017 1:15:46 AM

Eighth guy at the meeting a ruskie money launderer... - BuckGalaxy - 7/19/2017 1:50:58 AM
- The Putin Regime is an oligarchy. - hank - 7/19/2017 2:28:02 AM
  - No one can deny the Russians have enjoyed unprecedented access to President Trump. - SDG - 7/19/2017 7:03:07 PM
    - I suspect... - hank - 7/19/2017 11:40:52 PM
      - We could ask Putin for the tape... - RL - 7/20/2017 12:27:47 AM

This tweet didn't age well - RL - 7/19/2017 2:19:08 PM

What was the 8th man at the meeting with Junior doing 18 years ago? - RL - 7/19/2017 1:51:22 AM
- We all understand at this point that all this will end very badly for our nation, right? - RL - 7/19/2017 2:07:58 AM

Trump's late night Putie Call - RL - 7/18/2017 10:39:14 PM

Category 5 tweetstorm forecast to hit early tomorrow morning... - RL - 7/18/2017 3:45:23 AM
- The turtle has balls - Robert - 7/18/2017 4:00:40 AM
  - If they actually succeed in repealing without replacing, - hank - 7/18/2017 1:24:08 PM
    - Repeal without replace increases deficit by ~140 billion - RL - 7/18/2017 3:10:52 PM
    - They are carefully avoiding having to deal with it before the 2018 election... - RL - 7/18/2017 2:47:05 PM
      - Either way, they lose. - hank - 7/18/2017 4:24:41 PM
        
        Repeal and postpone would be a precious gift to the Democrats - Robert - 7/18/2017 5:11:58 PM
        
        Shhhh! - hank - 7/18/2017 6:24:20 PM
        
        Never forget - Robert - 7/18/2017 7:06:40 PM
        
        Excellent! - hank - 7/18/2017 8:22:12 PM
        
        The obvious solution - RL - 7/18/2017 10:20:05 PM
  - Which, BTW, should deflect the tweetstorm - Robert - 7/18/2017 4:02:43 AM

Just in: Don is small and not well organized - RL - 7/18/2017 5:19:16 PM
- Don is just...passing wind. - hank - 7/18/2017 6:49:42 PM

Former Soviet Counter Intelligence Officer at Meeting With Donald Trump Jr. and Russian Lawyer - RL - 7/14/2017 2:24:17 PM
- Fox's Shep Smith has a "Howard Beale moment" - Robert - 7/14/2017 11:26:05 PM
  - Let's not forget the REAL victim here... - RL - 7/14/2017 11:48:26 PM
    - Historical diagnosis - Robert - 7/14/2017 11:58:03 PM
      - It's not a nothing-burger, it's a Satan sandwich. - hank - 7/15/2017 1:57:27 AM
        
        No, I believe it's a Beelzebub burger. - Robert - 7/18/2017 4:04:20 AM
        
        Hell has kicked off an environmental impact study... - RL - 7/18/2017 4:33:02 AM
        
        We could be stuck with them because of NIMBY? - Robert - 7/18/2017 4:37:47 AM
- I wonder if Kushner forgot THAT name on his SF-86 form as well... - RL - 7/14/2017 2:33:54 PM
  - During my Silicon Valley spook days... - ER - 7/14/2017 3:08:39 PM
    - I've known spooky days in Silicon Valley - Robert - 7/15/2017 12:19:06 AM
    - Section 19 of the SF-86 - RL - 7/14/2017 4:39:42 PM
      - 100% agreed with yours and ER's statements. - SDG - 7/14/2017 10:51:56 PM
        
        What do you think it will take before the 85% of republicans still supporting Trump to realize the mistake? - RL - 7/15/2017 12:30:37 AM
        
        I'm not too optimistic. - hank - 7/15/2017 1:45:18 AM
        
        The fact that the right's news sources censor the 'news' they feed them doesn't help... - RL - 7/16/2017 3:16:13 AM
        
        What a difference half a century makes - Robert - 7/15/2017 12:09:06 AM
        
        That was then, this is now... - hank - 7/15/2017 1:42:32 AM

A purely tactical analysis of the health care wars--no partisanship. - hank - 7/15/2017 6:03:11 PM
- Purely - Robert - 7/15/2017 8:11:55 PM
  - Well, at least the GOP will have finally put an end to those inhumane death panels- right? - RL - 7/15/2017 8:31:09 PM
    - Killing people by denying them health care is NOT the government's job. - hank - 7/16/2017 12:34:53 AM
      - Soylent Apotheosis - Robert - 7/16/2017 2:14:54 AM

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