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You are here: Home / Politics / Trumpery / Hail to the Hairpiece / Saturday Night Open Thread: Target Markets

Saturday Night Open Thread: Target Markets

by Anne Laurie|  October 1, 20169:20 pm| 61 Comments

This post is in: Hail to the Hairpiece, Hillary Clinton 2016, Open Threads, Popular Culture

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Julia Roberts, Lin-Manuel Miranda and More to Stump for Hillary Clinton on Broadway https://t.co/4O48i7c3x1

— Variety (@Variety) September 30, 2016

… The show, “Stronger Together,” features Chelsea Clinton as a special guest and Billy Crystal as host, appearing alongside familiar faces including Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Emily Blunt, Anne Hathaway, Josh Groban, Angela Bassett, Neil Patrick Harris, Helen Mirren, Sienna Miller, Bernadette Peters, Cynthia Erivo, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Sarah Jones, Andrea McArdle and Ayodele Casel. Organizers of the evening promise new duets and collaborations…

The event is set for Oct. 17 at the St. James Theater, the Jujamcyn-owned venue currently occupied by “Something Rotten!,” which is dark on Monday nights. Tickets are on sale on the Hillary Clinton website.

And on the other side…

I won the debate if you decide without watching the totally one-sided "spin" that followed. This despite the really bad microphone.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2016

This needs to be shared. It. Is. Delightful. pic.twitter.com/mNF3SRFAtv

— Grudge (@grudging1) October 1, 2016

(What — that’s not supposed to be a joke?)

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    October 1, 2016 at 9:22 pm

    I’m beginning to think the mic is a metaphor for something else.

  2. 2.

    Jerzy Russian

    October 1, 2016 at 9:23 pm

    Does anyone here speak Stupid? If so, how about an English translation of that second tweet?

  3. 3.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 1, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    Defending his microphone?

  4. 4.

    debit

    October 1, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    If only his microphone had worked someone would have heard his pleas to call Sean Hannity. And then, why, then everything would have been as right as rain!

  5. 5.

    Damien

    October 1, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    @Baud: Only if you’re talking about the lavalier they clipped to his jacket.

  6. 6.

    scav

    October 1, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    Sorry, I’m on different quotes (he’s also threatening lawsuits I think)

    Mr. Trump declined to comment on the documents. Instead, the campaign released a statement that neither challenged nor confirmed the $916 million loss.

    “Mr. Trump is a highly-skilled businessman who has a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required,” the statement said. “That being said, Mr. Trump has paid hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes, sales and excise taxes, real estate taxes, city taxes, state taxes, employee taxes and federal taxes.”

    The statement continued: “Mr. Trump knows the tax code far better than anyone who has ever run for President and he is the only one that knows how to fix it.”

    NYT in an unexpected fit

  7. 7.

    Baud

    October 1, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    NYT has Trump’s 1995 tax return

    At a rally, Trump just insinuated that Hillary cheated on Bill.

    October is going to be ugly.

  8. 8.

    redshirt

    October 1, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    @Jerzy Russian: Girls have cooties.

  9. 9.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 1, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    @Jerzy Russian: When the BLM protestors got on stage during BS’s speech at…. Net roots?

    Helen Mirren,

    IF you can’t listen to Dame Helen when deciding who to vote for, you’re hopeless.

  10. 10.

    Emma

    October 1, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    @Baud: Ugh *spit*. Thank you for the lovely image. Brain bleach, stat!

  11. 11.

    redshirt

    October 1, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    @Baud: Uglier than September? August? July? And so on?

    It’s all ugly. We’re almost through the worst of it though.

  12. 12.

    Baud

    October 1, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    @redshirt: Yes, I think we’re heading to peak ugly.

  13. 13.

    scav

    October 1, 2016 at 9:30 pm

    @Baud: Oh it is going to be fun, secret envelopes arriving on desks with three pages, typed out of alignment numbers, hoo boy. We’re talking movieland. And a peek into what’s legal for those that have.

  14. 14.

    gogol's wife

    October 1, 2016 at 9:30 pm

    @scav:

    See? And you guys were all cancelling your subscriptions. This is amazing.

    Of course, I’m so jaded now, I’m afraid it won’t do any good.

    I love that he’s threatening to sue. Don’t run for president then, moran.

  15. 15.

    redshirt

    October 1, 2016 at 9:31 pm

    @Baud: Bring it. Let’s finish this thing.

    I am sure of this: There is no surprise info coming out about Hillary; there’s plenty left to come out about Trump.

    And we’ve got the big guns on our side. All Trump has on his side is Russia.

  16. 16.

    scav

    October 1, 2016 at 9:34 pm

    @gogol’s wife: To be honest, I’d still have canceled mine if I had one (I’m piggy-backing). I really don’t like the attitude of their public editor. The fact that they have followed one story that landed on their desk because it was too big to miss out on does not excuse their general approach to journalism. This is not a signal of their reform.

  17. 17.

    eclare

    October 1, 2016 at 9:34 pm

    @scav: CPA and tax geek here, I call bullshit.

  18. 18.

    Baud

    October 1, 2016 at 9:35 pm

    @scav: Seconded.

  19. 19.

    gogol's wife

    October 1, 2016 at 9:35 pm

    @eclare:

    On the story itself?

  20. 20.

    gogol's wife

    October 1, 2016 at 9:36 pm

    @scav: @Baud:

    I can’t stand the public editor. That’s why I write to her and Baquet to complain about her, and I post comments on their articles. But I’m not at the point of giving up on them — yet.

    Although they once again failed to deliver my Saturday paper, with my favorite puzzle of the week.

  21. 21.

    JPL

    October 1, 2016 at 9:37 pm

    @scav: Does his tax plan include closing loopholes that allow for this type of gaming the system? I don’t think so.. .
    Trump’s new slogan should be, I’m one of the 47 percent and that makes me smart.

  22. 22.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 1, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    @Baud: Tiny fingers?

  23. 23.

    Renie

    October 1, 2016 at 9:39 pm

    category 5 tweetstorm on the horizon cuz nytimes got hold of tax returns sent to them with return address trump tower nyc

  24. 24.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 1, 2016 at 9:39 pm

    @Baud:

    October is going to be ugly.

    It was nice here today, I even took some pics.

  25. 25.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 1, 2016 at 9:39 pm

    @Baud: “Ugly” may be the month’s biggest understatement.

    @Renie: I especially liked the return address… It’s past sundown so perhaps Ivanka can snatch his phone away.

  26. 26.

    eclare

    October 1, 2016 at 9:41 pm

    @gogol’s wife: Just the whole spin that Trump knows the code better than anyone. No one knows the code better than GE (bows to GE).

  27. 27.

    JPL

    October 1, 2016 at 9:41 pm

    Hillary should say we’re going to close tax loopholes, because there is no way that Trump should be included in Mitt’s forty seven percent who don’t pay taxes.

  28. 28.

    lollipopguild

    October 1, 2016 at 9:41 pm

    @debit: It would not be Abby Normal?

  29. 29.

    RaflW

    October 1, 2016 at 9:41 pm

    The NYT got Trump’s 1995 tax return, or at least a juicy part of it. A Trump lawyer says they are going to sue the Times. Which would be great, because then we can have daily coverage of how the lawsuit over Trump’s taxes is going. And once we’re talking about Trump’s taxes, we’re talking about how he most likely doesn’t pay any federal income tax. Zippo. Nada. Because he’s ‘smart’.

  30. 30.

    gogol's wife

    October 1, 2016 at 9:42 pm

    @eclare:

    Who’s GE?

  31. 31.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 1, 2016 at 9:42 pm

    @eclare: Even with Mitnick’s sorta kinda corroboration? I know he’s 80+

    @eclare:

    Just the whole spin that Trump knows the code better than anyone.

    Oh, the spin – that makes total sense. He doesn’t know dick, and Ivana had all the questions, according to the preparer from that marriage, who may have been different(?).

  32. 32.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 1, 2016 at 9:43 pm

    I’m wondering what pre-emptive mind fuck the Clinton team is planning for the next debate

  33. 33.

    germy

    October 1, 2016 at 9:43 pm

    GE paid no taxes (General Electric)

  34. 34.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    October 1, 2016 at 9:43 pm

    There was a link to a 2009 BJ thread earlier… I was mostly a lurker then, myself. I saw Beltane posting in the thread. Does anyone know, is he/she still with us?

  35. 35.

    germy

    October 1, 2016 at 9:44 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Probably to stand by smiling while he talks and tweets.

  36. 36.

    Anne Laurie

    October 1, 2016 at 9:44 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: From a professional Republican:

    I think we all know what @realDonaldTrump is compensating for when he talks about his "defective microphone."#thisneverhappens

    — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 1, 2016

  37. 37.

    eclare

    October 1, 2016 at 9:45 pm

    @gogol’s wife: General Electric. Massive huge public co. Massive spending on tax department and lobbyists. Every tax geek hates and reveres GE.

  38. 38.

    different-church-lady

    October 1, 2016 at 9:45 pm

    Better still, if the losses are big enough, they can cancel out taxable income earned in other years. Under I.R.S. rules in 1995, net operating losses could be used to wipe out taxable income earned in the three years before and the 15 years after the loss. (The effect of net operating losses on state income taxes varies, depending on each state’s tax regime.)

    In the meantime, I’ll be struggling to come up with the two grand I’m probably going to have to dish out shortly on modest income.

    Yes, it is entirely possible there will be some interesting questions from Average Americans on this topic during the town hall debates.

  39. 39.

    Baud

    October 1, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    @West of the Rockies (been a while): Nothing since April.

  40. 40.

    Jerzy Russian

    October 1, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Thanks for the translation. I am definitely not going to vote for Sen. Sanders owing to his history of poor mic protection.

  41. 41.

    scav

    October 1, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    @eclare: When you get to the bottom, there are some serious jabs about Trump not knowing the details of most of it, it was some Mr. Mitnick who also worked for Trump’s dad. Lots of little jabs and rakes for his Orangeship to beat his head with.

  42. 42.

    hovercraft

    October 1, 2016 at 9:48 pm

    @Baud:
    I thought that she killed Vince Foster to cover up their affair. So how is this new information?

  43. 43.

    hovercraft

    October 1, 2016 at 9:50 pm

    @redshirt:
    He wasn’t desperate yet, now that he is, hold on.

  44. 44.

    eclare

    October 1, 2016 at 9:52 pm

    @scav: just reading the article now, trying to remember the depreciation rules from 1995….wow…

  45. 45.

    Jerzy Russian

    October 1, 2016 at 9:53 pm

    @RaflW: Can the Times be sued here? Someone obtained the document, sent it to the Times, and the Times published it. Would this situation be similar to the cases where a newspaper published leaked classified documents? The leaker is at fault, not the paper.

  46. 46.

    Renie

    October 1, 2016 at 10:02 pm

    i wonder who released them and who he will blame it on

  47. 47.

    RaflW

    October 1, 2016 at 10:03 pm

    @Jerzy Russian: IANAL, but of course there’s the truism that pretty much anyone can sue pretty much anyone else. Winning, that’s a different matter!

  48. 48.

    redshirt

    October 1, 2016 at 10:03 pm

    @hovercraft: I really don’t see how it can get much worse. Unless he resorts to physical violence.

  49. 49.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 1, 2016 at 10:03 pm

    @Jerzy Russian: The Times cannot be sued here.

  50. 50.

    debit

    October 1, 2016 at 10:06 pm

    @lollipopguild: Sean Hannity is Abby Normal.

    (I’ve been on a Wilder kick since his passing. Dialogue must have stuck.)

  51. 51.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 1, 2016 at 10:08 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Are you missing a “successfully” in your sentence? I mean I get 12(B)(6) and all.

  52. 52.

    Baud

    October 1, 2016 at 10:08 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: You know better than that.

  53. 53.

    Jerzy Russian

    October 1, 2016 at 10:09 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    The Times cannot be sued here.

    Thanks, I thought so. Given the facts in the case, I will look forward to Mr. Trump’s lawsuit on this matter, probably as early as Monday.

  54. 54.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 1, 2016 at 10:10 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): @Baud: I did leave out ‘successfully.’

  55. 55.

    different-church-lady

    October 1, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    @Jerzy Russian: I look forward to his 3am Twitterstorm tonight.

  56. 56.

    Howard Beale IV

    October 1, 2016 at 10:16 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q):

    Marla was on that return. Is she living in Trump Tower mayhaps?

  57. 57.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 1, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    @different-church-lady: Not tonight. Tomorrow and Monday during Rosh Hashanah.

  58. 58.

    SFAW

    October 1, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    @hovercraft:

    I thought that she killed Vince Foster to cover up their affair.

    Which is interesting because she’s also a lesbian. The Rethugs have never figured out how to make that combination of “facts” seem plausible.

  59. 59.

    SFAW

    October 1, 2016 at 10:25 pm

    @redshirt:

    Unless he resorts to physical violence.

    It’s only October 1st, plenty of time for him to get there.

  60. 60.

    greennotGreen

    October 1, 2016 at 10:30 pm

    @redshirt: He has people for that. The best people.

  61. 61.

    trollhattan

    October 1, 2016 at 11:24 pm

    @RaflW:
    Oh boy, please Trumpsters, sue “The Times” because then in discovery the defendants will ask for tax returns. Hilarity follows.

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