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Manafort is getting transferred to Riker's Island
"President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort will be moved from a federal prison lockup in Pennsylvania to Rikers Island later this week, a report said Monday."
"Manhattan District Attorney requested the transfer after a New York grand jury charged Manafort with a number of crimes, including residential mortgage fraud and falsifying business records, Fox News reported, citing a source close to Manafort."
"The transfer could come as soon as Thursday, and Manafort will be held in solitary confinement for his own safety, according to the report."
https://nypost.com/2019/06/04/paul-manafort-will-reportedly-be-moved-from-federal-lockup-to-rikers-island/
He will be able to see his former multi million dollar properties in Manhattan from the prison yard if it's a clear day.
I just saw a live shot on the news; for sure he's a biscuit shy of 270.
Can't hide it in a tux.
The Queen appears to be looking for cover in case the buttons explode off that shirt, heroically encasing the Hindendon, with lethal velocity.
Breaking News: It’s Only Monday and We’re Already Drowning in Buttholes
Monday, June 3rd, 2019
by Shower Cap | American Madness Journal | 0 comments
http://showercapblog.com/breaking-news-its-only-monday-and-were-already-drowning-in-buttholes/
Trying something different tonight; instead of reading the news, I drank six gallons of Listerine while bludgeoning my temples with a ball peen hammer. My hallucinations can’t possibly be any more bizarre than what’s going on in real life, right?
So, Redactor General Bill Barr gave a horrifying little interview to CBS, seemingly designed with the improbable goal of making Americans miss Jeff Sessions, who for all his faults* was still unwilling to drown Lady Justice in a kiddie pool at his Turd Emperor’s merest whim.
Yes, Barr will merrily and dutifully perform master’s bidding, pursuing investigations of law enforcement officials for the unforgivable transgression of investigating an attack on the United States by a hostile foreign power.
Asked if he’s worried about history remembering him as the jowlsy steward to a cabal of cheap crooks in their quest to destroy American democracy for personal profit, Billy shrugged the question off with a disturbingly-casual “everyone dies,” and fuck, y’all, the last thing this administration needed was a fucking nihilist.
With red state legislatures around the country tripping over each other to be the first to get their Mandatory Handmaid’s Tale LARPing bill in front of Beer-Liking Woman-Hater Brett Kavanaugh, Senator Susan Collins finds her approval ratings back home in Maine plummeting like the stock market during a moronic, unnecessary, trade war. Faced with this potentially career-ending reversal of fortune, expect Collins to break out her most extreme brow-furrowing and concern-expressing. Hasn’t failed her yet.
We got to see a transcript of a voice mail one of Shart Garfunkel’s lawyers left for one of Mike “the Turkish Delight” Flynn’s lawyers, where he was all, “Hey, dunno if you’re still up, just wanted to chat, maybe we can get on XBox Live and play some Call of Duty later. Anyhow, if you see any Justice lying around, if you could go ahead and obstruct it for us, that’d be great.” So that was fun.
We were supposed to see more transcripts, of Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador, but DoJ decided that court orders are optional, kinda like flossing, only the risk here is of descending into anti-democratic tyranny rather than getting gingivitis.**
There was another mass shooting, of course, because there’s always another mass shooting, because Republicans believe in an imaginary constitutional amendment that says “P.S. all rights are null and void whenever they come into conflict with gun manufacturers’ profits.”
We’re listening to bullshit conservative arguments about silencers this time instead of bullshit conservative arguments about semi-automatic weapons, so that’s different, anyway. The dead people are just as dead, though.
Looks like Steve Bannon got evicted from his neofascist commune in Italy, probably because the rancid, oily, substance he secretes from his pores was eating through the walls of the medieval abbey he’d been renting as his little jagoff clubhouse.
Steve my dude, so many of your problems could be solved with a set of good, sturdy, industrial-strength, furniture covers. Or, y’know, by not being a bulging sack of festering warthog rectums, but I suppose that ship has sailed.
While your average Human Being With a Functioning Soul gets upset about things like the senseless loss of life from the opioid crisis, or the cruelty of locking migrant children in cages, Laura Ingraham is MAD AS HECK that the worst people in the world keep getting their megaphones taken away after years of belching up hatred and lies.
The examples she presented on her Fascist Variety Show looked like the weird kids table at Arkham Asylum, but Alex Jones has to be pleased to finally find himself on a list where he’s not the undisputed most gigantic smelly butthole. “Oh, you terrorized Sandy Hook families for months with fabricated conspiracy theories?” scoffs Paul Nehlen, “Whatever, I wore a shirt with an anti-Semitic mass murderer’s face on it, you wuss.”
Yeah, Laura Ingraham thinks it’s bad that THAT turdmaggot lost his platform. And companies still advertise on her fucking show.
And early candidate for Whitest Guy of the Year emerged when some douchebag beardo hipster freak decided Kamala Harris needed to suspend her presidential campaign for a hot second to listen to what the (douchebag beardo hipster) menfolk had to say.
Of course the media rushed to give the little prick the platform he’d been seeking all along, instead of pelting him with hacky sacks until he learned his lesson, which is what he fucking deserved.
Shart Administration Multi-Tool Mick Mulvaney popped up on the Sunday Shoz to talk about how normal and justifiable it is for the government to hide entire battleships from the Idiot Manchild President, since he has to sleep with a nite lite on because he thinks he’s being haunted by the dude whose name is on the side of the boat.
“It’s all perfectly reasonable, and by the way, we’re installing a giant tarp over Virginia so Mr. Trump doesn’t have to look at a blue state when he jets off to those ego-fluffing Klan rallies he enjoys so much.
Roger Stone does not seem to be handling his late-in-life brush with legal accountability well, and it turns out the Wealthy White Ratfucker version of “throwing a tantrum in Target because Mom because won’t buy you a Ninja Turtle figure” is “calling for the execution of the former head of the CIA because the law finally caught up to you.” I’m sure Laura Ingraham will be taking up Rog’s cause any day now.
Demonstrating the compassion and decorum he’s famous for, the Velveeta Vulgarian swung by a church in Northern Virginia, straight off the golf course, dressed like an escapee from the last legs of a Napa Valley retiree tour, to desecrate the very concept of “prayer.”
People say he doesn’t take his role as consoler-in-chief seriously, but folks, his motorcade spent sixteen whole minutes at that church.***
Axios gifted us with a rare Jared Kushner interview, and I know you’ve all missed that wispy, one-line-character-in-a-Tim-Burton-movie voice that makes you wonder just exactly how much inbreeding takes place amongst the 1%.
Jared is so majestically awful at this shit, it’s like watching a walrus play basketball; seeing him squirm and sneer and duck and dodge is so cringeworthy it makes you appreciate that the Shart House would still rather send the Sheriff of Nepotismham out to the media than risk another televised meltdown from Amputated Rage Foreskin Stephen Miller.
Lucky us, we get a double shot of Jar-Jar, with details emerging about his oft-delayed Middle East peace “plan.” Looks like the idea is, give Israel everything they want, while the Palestinians go, “Y’know what? You’re right, we never wanted a state of our own anyway, just toss in a 2 liter of RC Cherry Cola and some o’ those 20% off at Bed Bath and Beyond coupons, and we’ll call it square.”
Shit, even Mike Pompeo, who’s normally such a loyal little stooge that he wears a tag around his neck that says “If lost, return to Mar-a-Lago,” can’t sell this shit. Gosh, if the skeevy little twit whose only qualification is “was born rich” can’t crack this nut, who can?
The Failing New York Times published a deep dive into the jaw-dropping corruption of Testudines Fetishist/Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who at least has had the good sense to keep her grifting out of the headlines until now, unlike your common Scott Pruitts and Ben Carsons.
While any cabinet official in any previous administration would have been sacked over a story like this, Chao can rest easy knowing that nobody will even remember it in a week’s time, because the President will have teabagged Prince Philip or something.
You have to admit, Mitch McConnell sure married well. It’s the dream of every starry-eyed young Republican politician, isn’t it? Spend your career rigging the economy for the benefit of the wealthy as you corruptly use your ever-expanding power to line your own pockets until you yourself join the plutocracy you’ve long served…and all you had to do was sell out your constituents. Sweet gig, Yertle.
Louisiana, having already claimed their seat on the Horrific Abortion Ban bandwagon, went a step further, in declining to impose a legal minimum age on marriage, so now a teenage girl can not only be forced to carry her rapist’s child, she can be pressured into marrying him, too!
How long ‘till the evangelical “Christian” south drops the pretense, declares all women to be legally property, and has them tattooed with bar codes at birth? Anyway, Roy Moore has been seen scouting out potential living quarters in downtown Baton Rouge, which is a coincidence, I’m sure.
A new study says the Bonespur Buttplug’s petulant new round of proposed tariffs on Mexico would constitute the largest tax increase on American consumers in almost 30 years, which is somehow not the only story in tonight’s blog about the President deliberately kicking our economy in the junk.
This is just the first round of those tariffs, by the way, at 5%; Shitferbrains has threatened to jack them up an additional 5 every month until they hit 25%. I swear, Putin must pinch himself hourly, unable to believe the bargain he got just by opening a few troll farms.
It’s weird how important it is to Duncan Hunter to let the world know that he’s an utterly amoral creep. Hot off his “hell yeah I take pictures with enemy corpses, everybody who doesn’t is a CUCK” media appearance, he trundled down to the basement manchildcave known as “Barstool Sports” to casually mention the “hundreds of civilians” he probably killed, including women and children, in Iraq, so what’s the big deal about a few silly ol’ war crimes anyhow? Zounds. I dunno about y’all, but I’m taking Duncan’s number out of my “potential babysitters” rolodex.
On the other hand, Hunter may be playing the long game here. After all, Republican voters have demonstrated that, presented with a wide variety of candidates with exemplary resumes, they will ultimately choose the sociopath with a criminal history. So our boy’s thinkin’, “I’m clearly headed to jail soon, I just gotta establish my lunatic cred before Matt Gaetz gets the media all to himself.”
And Donnie Dotard when to England, apparently seeking the novelty of being mocked and loathed in a different accent for a change. The Brits certainly gave him the welcome he deserved; they trolled our Engorged Tick President so hard I’m starting to think we should reapply for colony status.
Look, I know we got mad the last time they burned down the White House, but if anybody felt like taking another crack at it, I bet we could get the mysterious Anonymous Op-Ed Author to replace the fire extinguishers with silly string dispensers. That’d be a hoot, huh?
Anyway. He picked juvenile fights with Meghan Markle and the Mayor of London, and probably tried to dry-hump Big Ben, because hey, the American people were counting on him to embarrass the shit out of us, and that’s the one field where he’ll never let us down. Doddering old fuck even managed to say something stupid about the fucking FLOOR, because of course he did.
Now, I know we’re used to getting buried up to our chins in bat guano every single day here in Shitty Wonderland, but the President of the United States calling for a boycott of an American company that employs more than 270,000 people takes us firmly into Ionesco-on-bath-salts territory.
Lil’ Donnie Two-Scoops was already colicky over not being able to watch his precious Fux Nooz while in England (because it was cancelled due to abysmal ratings HAHAHAHAHAH), forcing him to watch CNN (he sure as heck wasn’t gonna read his dumb ol’ security briefing), which, unlike Fux, does not fellate him 24/7. And so he took to the tweetymachine to attack an American job creator, piss on the first amendment, and probably kidney-punch a bald eagle, all at once.
Trump Transition Team Toady George Nader got arrested today for transporting child pornography, and I’m starting to think all that hullabaloo about hiring “the best people” was less than sincere.
Nader was a prominent witness in the Mueller investigation, and has ties to scumbags from Washington to Riyadh and back, so one can’t help but wonder what interesting little tidbits of information he might be offering the feds to stay out of jail…
And now I see there’s actually a group of Republican Congressjags trying to get Steve Fucking King’s committee assignments back, I guess cuz things just aren’t the same without an open white supremacist shitsack weighing in on what our laws should be. Anyway, I’m a member of the party that’s against “giving the white nationalist more power,” so I can look myself in the mirror tonight.
Of course there’s more. There’s always more. There’re hearings and contempt votes and tiger and bears and who the fuck knows what else, but I’m beaten down by this shit tonight, and I haven’t even started drinking yet. What I’m saying is that it’s time to start drinking.
*Yeah, there’s not enough room in this blog to list ‘em, but we can start with the ridiculous ears and the racism.
**I was way more afraid of gingivitis than dictatorship when I was a younger. Stupid kid.
***Fuck, I spent more time than that mourning the Morgan Freeman character in UNFORGIVEN. Um, “spoilers,” I guess.
Man I remember the air-time that record got. I don't recall any other song pushing the Beatles, Stones, or any number of Motown songs, out of the number one slot for that long.
Maybe the mournful, languid tone mirrored the mood of the country as Vietnam escalated, as casualties rose precipitously and as cities burned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_to_Billie_Joe
The single, released on July 10, 1967, was a number-one hit in the US within three weeks of release and a big international seller. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 3 song of the year.[1] The recording remained on the Billboard chart for 20 weeks and was the Number 1 song for four weeks.[2]
Composer's view[edit]
Questions arose among listeners: what did Billie Joe and his girlfriend throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge, and why did Billie Joe commit suicide? Speculation ran rampant after the song hit the airwaves. Gentry said in a November 1967 interview that it was the question most asked of her by everyone she met. She said that the most named items were flowers, an engagement ring, a draft card, a bottle of LSD pills, and an aborted baby. Although she knew what the item was, she would not reveal it, saying only "Suppose it was a wedding ring."
"It's in there for two reasons," she said. "First, it locks up a definite relationship between Billie Joe and the girl telling the story, the girl at the table. Second, the fact that Billie Joe was seen throwing something off the bridge – no matter what it was – provides a possible motivation as to why he jumped off the bridge the next day."[10]
When Herman Raucher met Gentry in preparation for writing a novel and screenplay based on the song, she said that she had no idea why Billie Joe killed himself.[11] Gentry has, however, commented elsewhere on the song, saying that it is about indifference:[12] the "unconscious cruelty" of the family when discussing the reported suicide.[13][14]
A commentary published in 2017 in a British newspaper made this comment: "Fifty years on we’re no wiser as to why Billie Joe did what he did and in the context of the song and Gentry’s intentions, that’s just as it should be".[15]
The bridge mentioned in this song collapsed in June 1972.[16] It crossed the Tallahatchie River at Money, about ten miles (16 km) north of Greenwood, Mississippi, and has since been rebuilt. The November 10, 1967, issue of Life magazine contained a photo of Gentry crossing the original bridge.[17]
Cultural impact[edit]
Soon after the song's chart success, the Tallahatchie Bridge was visited by more individuals who wanted to jump off it. Since the bridge height was only 20 feet (6 m), death or injury was unlikely. To curb the trend, the Leflore County Board enacted a law fining jumpers $100.[25]
Bobbie Lee Gentry is an American singer-songwriter who was one of the first female artists to compose and produce her own material. Her songs typically drew on her Mississippi roots to compose vignettes of the Southern United States. Wikipedia
Born: July 27, 1942 (age 76 years), Chickasaw County, MS
Nationality: American
Spouse: Jim Stafford (m. 1978–1979), Bill Harrah (m. 1969–1970), William F. Harrah (m. 1969–1970)
Movies and TV shows: Ode to Billy Joe, The Bobbie Gentry Show, MORE
Among the many things we miss. He really is rocking that suit though.
You didn't think she was going to slip that shit by me, did you?
I actually listened to that part 3 times so I could correctly type what he said.
Because, accuracy.
Did the Dotard fall asleep when Queen Elizabeth spoke?
There is literally no presidential situation that Donald Trump can’t screw up. It is especially ironic that the president fell asleep on the Queen after he claimed that Hillary Clinton was “too low energy” to be president, and he spends half of his time on Twitter trying to make “Sleepy” Joe Biden a thing.
Trump is the low energy president who doesn’t start work before 11 AM and requires lots of “executive time” where he tweets, watches TV and talks to his friends. The latest leak of his private schedule revealed a president who spends most of his time doing nothing.
Donald Trump is so low energy that he can’t even stay awake in front of the Queen of England.
The British government has rolled out the red carpet for Trump, and the president embarrasses his country by not being able to stay awake while the Queen is speaking.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212158935
Dear USA
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212158731
10. Oh, keep them ALL, please!
Isn't there some little isle in the outer Hebrides that you can lure them to with promises of gold and/or oil, and then just quietly slip away?
wistfully,
Bright
13. A wanker, jerk-off, douche bag etc. Please put him in a dungeon and keep him. Please?
Captioned for Obama photo....
Queen: You gave that Mittens bloke a sound thrashing now didn't you?
For Trump photo.....
Queen: Now don't you dare stand in front of me this entire evening, you big oaf.
Ex-governor's phone seized in Flint water probe
Well this should be fun......
Source: Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Authorities investigating Flint’s water crisis have used search warrants to seize from storage the state-owned mobile devices of former Gov. Rick Snyder and 65 other current or former officials, The Associated Press has learned.
The warrants were sought two weeks ago by the attorney general’s office and signed by a Flint judge, according to documents the AP obtained through public-records requests.
Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, who is helping with the probe, confirmed they executed a series of search warrants related to the criminal investigation of Flint’s lead-contaminated water in 2014-15 and an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. They declined further comment.
One warrant, signed May 19, lists all content from Snyder’s cellphone, iPad and computer hard drive. Similar information was sought from the devices of 33 employees who worked in his office, 11 in the Department of Environmental Quality and 22 in the Department of Health and Human Services.
Read more: https://apnews.com/8fae0d11e68d40ae8a294cd9fd9e2ecf?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=APCentralRegion
Well every time Susie posts conix gets a chance to read it, like it or not.
Conix likes to bring a knife to a gun fight.
Not with comprehension and not this excerpt at all...…
“If we had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so”
This how it works. She reads and then states what she believes was written...not even close...and then puts words not written or spoken into the mouths of the people who did not write or say what she believes they wrote or spoke.
This is how belief-centric ideologues roll. And it is why those of us in the reality based universe have foreheads that are red from the continual palm slaps that we deliver to them.
That is the Rosetta Stone for deciphering her and the other Trumpanzees who strive mightily to entertain and amuse us, mostly successfully on both counts, on this board.
I'll be appearing here all week, several shows/day, try the veal.
Well, half-witty anyway.
That's exactly the kind of fable that the critical thinking impaired and economically illiterate need to justify making the moronic decision to vote for the Mangled Apricot Hellbeast
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/stimulus-bill-turns-5-years-old-still
PBS NewsHour
By —
Darlene Superville, Associated Press
Five years later, what did the stimulus bill accomplish?
Nation Feb 17, 2014 4:53 PM EDT
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – The costly $787 billion spending bill that President Barack Obama signed into law soon after taking office boosted the economy and helped avoid another Great Depression, the White House said in a status report on Monday’s fifth anniversary of the law’s enactment.
Republican leaders in Congress took note of the anniversary, too, but argued that the bill spent too much for too little in return.
White House economic adviser Jason Furman said the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act made other targeted investments that will pay dividends for years to come.
By itself, the stimulus bill saved or created an average of 1.6 million jobs a year for four years through the end of 2012, Furman said in a White House blog post.
Half of the total fiscal support for the economy, or about $689 billion, from the recovery act and subsequent measures was in the form of tax cuts directed mostly at families. The remainder was spent on such things as rebuilding roads and bridges, preventing teacher layoffs and providing temporary help for people who lost their jobs or needed other assistance because of the poor economy.
The report said recovery act spending will have a positive effect on long-run growth, boost the economy’s potential output and ultimately offset much of the law’s initial cost.
More than 40,000 miles of roads and more than 2,700 bridges have been upgraded, nearly 700 drinking water systems serving more than 48 million people have been brought into compliance with federal clean water standards and high-speed Internet was introduced to about 20,000 community institutions.
“While these figures are substantial, they still nevertheless understate the full magnitude of the administration’s response to the crisis,” Furman wrote.
He noted that the report focused solely on the effects of fiscal legislation. It did not evaluate other administration policies that aided the recovery, such as stabilizing the financial system, rescuing the auto industry and supporting the housing sector.
"We cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts..".
13:34 into your clip
You simply cannot be trusted to listen with an objective mind and to not misstate matters that others listening to the same words would correctly state and post, as I did above.
Accordingly, I am referring you to the DOJ to face charges, under 16 U.S.C. 620, of 'pulling it out of your arse'.
And why doesn't the socialist wanker stop opining about what American private corporations should do?
The clueless shitgibbon.
Go London, torment the shit out of the...Tangerine Wankmaggot.
Seems pretty comprehensive, what? Then again the list may have expanded since it was first compiled.
Truth In Satire
https://extranewsfeed.com/30-nasty-british-nicknames-for-donald-trump-you-wont-be-hearing-on-the-bbc-6a99e294856b?gi=15daa546d72a
30 Nasty BRITISH Nicknames For Donald Trump You Won’t Be Hearing On The BBC
The past week has given the Brits a chance to blast the Bloviator-In-Chief with a proper list of withering epithets
Allan Ishac
Jul 16, 2018·2 min read
The American Embarrassment walks in front of the 92-year-old Queen like the oblivious, self-absorbed knob he is. (Credit: https://www.haaretz.com)
In February of 2017, a list of 50 uncomplimentary nicknames for Donald Trump made the rounds on the Internet.
This past week, during his unwelcome visit to their country, the English had a chance to skewer the “Fat Bastard Shitgibbon” with their own brand of insults.
Be sure to read these nasty nicknames with a British accent:
1.Mangled Apricot Hellbeast
2.Tangerine Wankmaggot
3.Fossil Fool
4.Failed Fanny
5.Cockwomble
6.Incompressible Jizz Trumpet
7.Witless Fucking Cocksplat
8.Horny White Wanker
9.Wotsit-Faced Gammon
10.Waste Man
11.Tweeting Twat
12.Tangerine Roaster
13.Tiny-Fingered, Cheeto-Faced, Ferret-Wearing Shitgibbon
14.Tosser
15.Fuckin’ Scunner
16.Teeny Tiny Handed, Rotten Fish Coloured, Wank Stained Roaster
17.Spoon (cause he can’t be trusted with a knife or fork)
18.Tanned White Trash Wanker
19.Reakin’ Jobby
20.Numpty Trumpty
21.Great Muckle Gype
22.Toupéed Fucktrumpet
23.The Dalek
24.Utter Bawbag
25.Racist, Misogynistic, Dishonest, Self-Obsessed, Corrupt, Narcissistic, Bullying, Petulant, Arrogant, Incompetent, Spiteful, Unhinged Moron
26.American Idiot
27.A-Hole Shitler
28.Bumbling Ballbag
29.Massive Orange Bellend
30.White House Wanker
British or not, you’ll surely want to add your own not-so-nice nicknames for the Licentious Liar in the White House. Just use the comments section below?—?only three nasty nicknames per reader, please, or five if you live in England.
Shit, the Shower Cap has 12-15/blog.
Alright, 10.
OKAY, 20, because there can never be too much mockery of The Orange Accident in any language and in all funny accents.
The slicked back Gordon Gekko hair style, however, works surprisingly well for him.
Unpacking the Mystery of Donald Trump's Gigantic Khakis
This man just does not understand clothes.
By Jonathan Evans
Jun 3, 2019
Donald Trump,David Platt
Jacquelyn Martin / AP
We're in a golden age of men's pants. There's never been a better time, at least in recent memory, to try out a new style—especially when it comes to more voluminous fits. More on that in a moment, but now you know the basics of the situation. Want to take a guess at who might have missed this Very Important Style Memo? Do you even need to guess? Probably not. Because, yeah, it's Donald Trump.
This is, after all, a man who staunchly refuses to reign in his overlong tie (which he at one point held together with tape) because he seems to believe that dangling the tip of it over his crotch makes one look slimmer.
Maybe, in his mind, there's just a big, blinking neon sign that reads "The Longer the Better." Or something? It sure seems that way, because this past weekend in Virginia, Dear Leader took to the stage at McClean Bible Church wearing a pair of chinos that stretched on forever.
Even for someone who prefers a more traditional pair of pants—i.e., a longer, wider leg and a full break on the hem—these chinos just don't fit. The hem is dragging on the ground, liable to get caught underneath the heels of his shoes (which I'm almost certain are golf cleats, by the way). That's not some sort of advanced style move; it's just a mistake.
His pants are hiked so high and yet somehow the cuffs are dragging pic.twitter.com/t7Fiobko4q
— ?? damned sinker ?? (@dansinker) June 3, 2019
Why is Donnie the Elder wearing his pants this way? Does he believe, as with his ties, that they're more slimming? Is he convinced he's taller than he actually is? We may never know. Instead of unpacking this mystery, then, let's focus on what we can understand.
Which brings me back to the golden age of men's pants. After years of slim fits reigning supreme, there are now a bunch of great options for guys who prefer a little more room to move. The key thing with these styles, as opposed to Trump's gigantic pair of khakis, is that they actually, you know, fit. "Bigger" doesn't need to mean "too big for your body."
https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a27698380/donald-trump-baggy-long-chinos-khakis-pants/?src=nl&mag=esq&list=nl_enl_news&date=080118
The call is yours to make. Just remember what a certain other president might opt for.
I sent this to some friends who worked with me at AT&T Wireless 20 years ago.....
“I believe that if people stoped using or subscribing to @ATT, they would be forced to make big changes at @CNN,…."
Reached for comment an AT&T spokesperson remarked:
“We view any interference in our recent acquisition’s programing or editorial content as tantamount to stifling a free press. That’s not our thing.
Plus, we’re really looking forward to the continuation of the CNN miniseries on the decades with “The 2010s”, sometime next summer.
Five episodes are in the can.
We understand that the final 2 episodes are tentatively titled ‘The Rise and Fall of Donald Trump’ “.
And that’s how it would read on my last day as head of AT&T Corp. Communications.
The FBI did look into it. Do you recall Comey’s July 5, 2016, press conference recommending that Clinton not face charges?
Your double standards suffer still further from the absence of factual premises.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/03/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-comey-barr/585652/
Though this message was delivered in a very different way, it is reminiscent not of Watergate or any of the other past presidential standards that have become common analogues, but instead of former FBI Director James Comey’s 2016 recommendation that Hillary Clinton not be charged with a crime in connection with her use of a personal email server while secretary of state.
In both cases, Justice Department officials found evidence both for and against a crime. In both cases, they determined that prosecuting a case wasn’t tenable. And in both cases, the outcome is likely to enrage nearly half of the American electorate, splitting the country rather than providing a reconciliation.
The backlash to Comey’s announcement—not only from Clinton supporters, but also from many current and former Justice Department staffers—shaped the low-key, cautious release of Mueller’s conclusions, including the special counsel’s personal silence and the dry summary of his work released to the public. But Comey’s explanation for his recommendation echoed Barr’s on Sunday.
"Prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing charges,” Comey said. “There are obvious considerations, like the strength of the evidence, especially regarding intent. Responsible decisions also consider the context of a person’s actions, and how similar situations have been handled in the past. In looking back at our investigations into mishandling or removal of classified information, we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts.”
The result made no one happy. Clinton’s defenders were angry that Comey had tarred her, even while letting her off the hook. Her critics were even angrier. They reacted in disbelief that the Justice Department could have gathered evidence of wrongdoing and yet still declined to throw the book at Clinton. No one who had previously believed Clinton was guilty was convinced she was innocent.
Now, off to Walmart.....
ROunderbum Men's Butt-Enhancing Padded Trunk
Police were summoned to a Fort Worth Walmart when a well armed shopper muttered to a store associate, "whata you mean you're outta 'em?".
A shopper in the same aisle said the offender had his hand behind his back and was gripping the pistol positioned above his ass-crack.
The police stifled smiles when repeating that narration.
U.S. Manufacturing Index Dips to Lowest Level in Almost a Decade
Source: Bloomberg
By Alexandre Tanzi
June 3, 2019, 6:45 AM PDT
The U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index fell by more than two-points to 50.5 in May, the lowest level since Sept. 2009, according to IHS Markit. New orders contracted for the first time since August 2009.
The overall index has fallen by almost six points over the last year.
“May saw U.S. manufacturers endure the toughest month in nearly 10 years, with the headline PMI down to its lowest since the height of the global financial crisis,” said Chris Williamson, economist at IHS Markit. Manufacturing “production is set to act as a further drag on GDP.”
Survey respondents stated that weak client demand drove the drop in new orders for the first time in almost a decade. Some firms also noted that customers were postponing orders due to growing uncertainty about the outlook. Similarly, new business from abroad contracted by the quickest pace since April 2016 to the first decline since July 2018.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-03/u-s-manufacturing-index-dips-to-lowest-level-in-almost-a-decade?srnd=premium
The New Trove of Secret Gerrymandering Files Will Be a Nightmare for the GOP
Whose quote is that?
Using bin Laden in any context is false equivalence.
You know WHY his tactics weren't the same? Because he had not been engaged in total war against the United state for over 3 years, nor us against him. Lotta baggage comes with protracted, no quarter war. And that's a BIG fuckin' false equivalence busting difference.
More than that, he KNEW that the U.S aided/supplied, decisively, his Mujahidin against his Russian adversary in Afghanistan.
But, way to be an apologist for that theocratic asshole
You haven't read me saying we can do anything because of the flag, so stuff that and, again, stop putting words in my mouth.
I'm not an apologist for mass murder because I disagree with your take on the reasons WWII ended, or for any other reasons for that matter.
He didn't go into orbit. He had a low cruse missile like trajectory, and probably the sensation of his squirrel life, as he landed safely and scurried away. No doubt to tell his friends and family about the new thrill ride.
Bet there's a miniature-golf hole that has a wooden squirrel rotating in front of the tree trunk opening to the hole.
Possible but doubtful. Mostly they're just free range venters of their inner demons, resentments and grievances; ineffectively, incompletely, because they come back.
Who Are Internet Trolls? Psychologists Build a Profile - Big Think
https://bigthink.com/philip-perry/who-are-internet-trolls-psychologists-build-a-profile
Jul 14, 2017 - Bullying on and offline is often perpetrated by those with similar personality traits. ... These psychologists set out to describe the personality profile of your average, internet troll.
Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists | Psychology ...
https://www.psychologytoday.com/.../internet-trolls-are-narcissists-psychopaths-and-sa...
Sep 18, 2014 - Trolls will lie, exaggerate, and offend to get a response. ... Let's start by getting our definitions straight: An Internet troll is someone who comes into a discussion and posts ... The first AI profile of the Steele's Pots & Pans Team ...
Psychology of internet trolls: They understand what hurts people but ...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-13/trolls-understand-what.../8701424
Jul 12, 2017 - Psychological studies show trolls tend to be male, show higher levels of psychopathy traits — low levels of empathy, guilt and responsibility for their actions — and higher levels of sadism traits, the enjoyment of causing others physical and psychological pain.
Peering into the psychology of online trolls - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/psychological-profile-of-online-trolls/
Jul 5, 2017 - That's the question Australian researchers tried to answer in a new study that investigates the psychological profile of trolls — that is, computer ...
You'll make it up and then some, if you're parking outside the casinos before going in to do some work in them.
This how IL will be able to pay for nice things.
I do not like to create road kill.
I always brake or swerve after a quick glance in the rear view.
No point it creating a rear end collision.
(My swerve instincts are top notch and are the same I use to straddle pot holes.)
I notice that the crossing critters seem to time their passing under vehicles mostly successfully.
Illinois Senate approves legalizing sports betting, gambling expansion and funding for nearly $45 billion capital construction plan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-general-assembly-session-wrap-20190602-story.html
By Jamie Munks
Chicago Tribune
June 2, 2019, 5:10 PM |Springfield
The Illinois Senate on Sunday afternoon approved a widespread gambling expansion bill that legalizes sports betting across the state and authorizes a Chicago casino.
Working in legislative overtime, the Senate approved the measure on a 46-10 vote. A short time later, the Senate approved on a 48-9 vote a number of tax and fee hikes to finance a $45 billion state construction program.
Both plans now head to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who has signaled his support.
Those issues are part of Pritzker’s “think big” agenda. That agenda also included previously approved measures from the Democratic-controlled General Assembly to put a constitutional amendment on the 2020 ballot for a graduated-rate income tax to replace the mandated flat-rate income tax as well as a $40 billlion state budget, a $45 billion state construction program, legalized adult recreational use of marijuana and a legal declaration that women have a “fundamental right” to seek an abortion.
Sen. Terry Link, a Vernon Hills Democrat who has pushed for more than a decade to expand casino gambling, presented the bill Sunday on his wedding anniversary. He urged lawmakers to vote yes, “for the sake of my marriage for the sake of the state of Illinois.”
The gambling bill would allow for a Chicago casino and legal sports betting in Illinois and slot machines at both city airports. It also would allow smaller casinos in the south suburbs, Waukegan, Rockford, Danville and Williamson County. Slot machines also would be authorized for horse race tracks, and casinos and tracks could host sports betting.
OK, folks in Carbondale will get to wet their beaks like them corrupt depraved Libruls north of I-80.
The Chicago casino would be privately owned, and the city would get one-third of all tax revenue from it. The casino would have up to 4,000 gambling positions — slot machines or seats at a gaming table — while other new and current casinos could increase their gambling positions from 1,200 to 2,000. It also would allow horse tracks to have 1,200 gambling positions.
For sports betting, licenses would go to all existing and newly authorized casinos as well as horse racetracks and sports venues with license fees ranging from $3.2 million to $10 million.
The massive infrastructure package, including new and reconstructed roads, bridges, schools, university buildings and other public facilities, was approved by the House on Saturday and sent to Pritzker.
The Senate on Sunday joined the House in approving the funding for those projects.
The funding includes a doubling of the current 19-cent-per-gallon state motor fuel tax, last raised in 1990, as well as increases in license plate and drivers’ license fees. It also includes a $1 increase in the $1.98-per-pack cigarette tax, extending the sales tax to goods purchased over the internet, and a state tax on public garage and lot parking — 6% on a daily basis or 9% percent for monthly parkers.
Well, at least the turkey is 'off the table'. Bet you wouldn't mind a launch setting sufficient to provide lift-off for him.
Hey I just concluded, from my own observation, that 'no squirrels were harmed during this filming'.
But back to thrashing and trashing the squirrel in the WH. Agreed?
Seems to me it was set to trigger to the weight of a squirrel. A bird wouldn't set it off and a cat also would land on its feet, after a very short flight.
C'mon, the squirrel enjoyed the ride. Tail guidance had him landing on all fours.
Did you see how quickly he scurried away?
Too bad that we don't have Captain Queeg and his geometric logic to put on the case......
Ah, but the strawberries, that's, that's where I had them, they laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the ward room icebox did exist, and I've had produced that key if they hadn't pulled the Caine out of action.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Caine_Mutiny_(film)