Not just a fun day trip for Louise Linton: Mnuchin's trip to Ft Knox was the 1st time the opened the vault since '74 https://t.co/BTuu8BPIfu pic.twitter.com/cdC4qvBDmy
— DJ Judd (@juddzeez) August 23, 2017
Look I don't mean to sound paranoid or anything but by any chance did anyone frisk McConnell or Mnuchin after they exited the gold vault? https://t.co/DMP4HpOJaa
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 23, 2017
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It’s all fun’n’games, until the GOP drives the government into default…
Treasury Sec. Mnuchin in February: promises tax reform will pass by August https://t.co/vSbLgNLyqT via @CNNMoney
— Daniel Gross (@grossdm) August 24, 2017
Remember that whole 2009 Christmas Eve health care thing? How about doing that again for tax reform?https://t.co/CkwAtE4l8z
— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) August 23, 2017
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But the kkkrazy complications never end!…
Did Steven Mnuchin & Louise Linton use a gov't plane to get a better view of the eclipse? We FOIA'd to find out. https://t.co/uvzWjq1RV7 pic.twitter.com/wFJCYlwcLZ
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 23, 2017
Sign of a guaranteed seat-emptier: When the production team keeps adding ‘shock twists’ rather than scrapping a failed script…
In every photo I see of him, Steven Mnuchin looks like an alien pretending to be human and feeling smug that he's getting away with it.
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 23, 2017
germy
Bob Schooley said Mnuchin looks like a British comedian from the 1960s who “never caught on” in America.
Jerzy Russian
The fuckhead has $500 million, and needs to take an Air Force plane to see the eclipse?
Hal
Scott Baio is a Sandy Hook Truther
Apparently Vicki Soto’s mother and Heather Heyer’s mother look so much alike that they must be the same person!
https://twitter.com/Ben_Landy/status/900754025032843266
eclare
There was a comment (I think on Twitter) from some woman saying she was happy to wear a ten dollar dress if she didn’t have to sleep with Mnuchin. I wholeheartedly agree.
dmsilev
@Jerzy Russian: “Needs”, no, but “does, because he can”, yes.
Mnemosyne
I did a presentation at work today, and it went pretty well. Otherwise, a fairly quiet day.
rikyrah
Sharpe has been on point.
UNDISPUTEDVerified account @undisputed
[email protected] on Kap: Why is it when a black athlete does something, it’s a personal agenda and not for the betterment of their community?
https://twitter.com/undisputed/status/900738845158670336
WaterGirl
@Mnemosyne: Good for you!
Major Major Major Major
Oh I don’t know about that, lots of folks watched the last two seasons of Lost.
dmsilev
I had the weirdest interaction with a vendor today. Two months ago, we ordered an expensive piece of equipment from them, and it finally showed up last week (a week later than expected, but fine). Problem was, what showed up was the wrong thing; it was wired for UK (240 V) power, not US, and apparently was not easily convertible. Fine, ship it back and get them to send The Right Thing. Which they said they did last week. Until the “I’ve got good news and bad news” email arrived. They didn’t actually ship it last week, because the freight company that delivered it _thought_ that they hadn’t delivered it and told the vendor that, so the vendor thought they just needed to tell the shipping company to make another delivery attempt (this is, mind you, a week after Wrong Thing was delivered and a few days after the RMA’d Wrong Thing was picked up by a different shipper to head back east), and they apparently only realized the contradiction yesterday.
Three emails and a phone conversation, and I’m still not sure WTF happened.
Supposedly now the Right Thing is shipping tomorrow. I’ll believe it when I see it.
Villago Delenda Est
@Jerzy Russian: They’re all terrible cheapskates. Every last one of them is looking for freebies.
Wipe them out. All of them.
Redshift
@Jerzy Russian:
Because part of being a rich asshole is never paying for anything if you can make someone else pay for it, no matter how much more easily you can afford it.
eclare
@Mnemosyne: Yay!
dmsilev
@Major Major Major Major: The real tell is when they try to bring in a cute kid to help retain viewers. I suppose Trump does have that option available to him.
Jeffro
@eclare: Was just going to mention the same thing/tweet.
Hell, I’D wear a $10 dress if the alternative was sleeping with Steve Mnunchin. Or even getting within 100 feet of him.
eclare
@Jeffro: Hahahaha!
Major Major Major Major
@dmsilev: weren’t the wingers mad at Barron the other day for wearing short sleeves?
Jerzy Russian
@Villago Delenda Est:
I am sorry, but I have to ask again: Will Geordi be wiped out too?
Back on topic, it is amazing how cheapskatesness correlates with personal wealth, especially among the ones very near the top. A plane ticket for that guy is a roundoff error.
eclare
@Jerzy Russian: It’s couch cushion change.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Major Major Major Major: Yes, he’s supposed to wear a suit and a tie. I’m sure an American flag pin is also required.
ETA: It’s the dignity of the White House shit, even though his dad calls the place “a dump”.
Steeplejack
@Jerzy Russian:
Hey, he didn’t end up with $500 million by spending his own money!
jacy
I hate to do this — and if it’s inappropriate, I have no problem having it removed — but if any Juicers would like to help me spread word, I’m doing a modest GoFundMe campaign to finish fixing my car. It’s been out of commission since November, and I finally put about $900 into it, but I’m still $560 short, mostly because I didn’t know I had to physically hand over my license plate for the months I wasn’t driving and the fine state of Louisiana fined me without notifying me. I’ve tried to get it taken care of, but between the neverending medical bills and the lawyer fees for my psycho-ex’s custody war, I just keep finding myself underwater. And this week I lose the use of the car I have been driving, and if I don’t get this one back on the road, I won’t be able to pick up my kids next week. So I’m desperate. This week it’s the car or the mortgage, and the mortgage won.
WaterGirl
@dmsilev: Kids are visibly repulsed by Trump, so I don’t think he even has that option available to him.
EBT
So I usually write dick jokes or THIRST or just shit around. I wrote A Serious Thing about how gender presentation expectations are deadly. I really rarely go serious so I figured I would share this everywhere.
https://twitter.com/norintha/status/900781876977127428
Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (Formerly Mumphrey, et al.)
I’m so sick of these cheap-ass con artists. That’s all any of these shitheels are. I swear, people had better fucking well go to jail after the curtain comes down on this collection of slimy thieves.
Roger Moore
@dmsilev:
Obviously a sign you need 240V power! Everyone should have a 240V power system available.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack:
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/80/80mupdate.phtml
ETA: If you read the transcript, you’ll see most of it features the junior Senator from Minnesota.
Redshift
Oh, now that I’m back from vacation, an update on my cancer story. (That still doesn’t feel real.)
Previously, I was diagnosed with testicular cancer and had surgery so quickly (three days after the confirming scans) that it made me dizzy. The follow-up CT showed a possible tumor on the liver, which was pretty weird because there wasn’t any evidence it had spread anywhere in between, but unless it could be determined not to be a tumor, it was going to be chemo for me just to be sure. (No fun at all.)
I had an MRI squeezed in just before we left for two weeks in Europe. While we were traveling, I got a voice mail that it clearly showed that wasn’t a tumor, yay!
So now I’m back to successful surgery with no signs of it having spread. I’m meeting with various oncologists to decide between radiation or very limited chemo as a precaution, either of which will start in a couple of weeks.
All in all, much better than it was looking a while ago. It’ll have to be monitored, but with this one round of treatment, chances are less than five percent it will recur.
Thanks to everyone for your support.
Peale
@dmsilev: people actually believe that the human mind is the most complex object in the universe. I believe that the most complex thing might be your machine. It’s in so many places and not in those places at the same time. It appears to be winning whatever battle it is fighting with is us and fuck if we will ever be able to know what it is.
Peale
Heading to Toronto for the weekend and Monday I’m supposed to find out if I’m promoted or need to look for someplace new to work.
Fair Economist
@Redshift:
Excellent news! That 5% may look scary, but it is a pretty low chance.
germy
@Peale:
Emo Philips: “I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.”
Wilson Heath
Rank and file IRS employees who the douche is the ultimate boss of are not authorized to use the Acela for legit business travel because it is too “luxurious” and thus unseemly. (Talk to the effected civil servants and it just gets stupider from there.)
Way to lead by example, asshole.
Villago Delenda Est
@Redshift: Great news! Stay healthy!
eclare
@EBT: OMG, that sounds horrible. Glad you are still here.
Major Major Major Major
@Steeplejack: that lady who won powerball did.
Fair Economist
@dmsilev: Is this real or an outtake from Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? I can’t decide if I’d like my problems to be surrealistic like that or not.
Thoughtful David
@Jerzy Russian:
It isn’t the money; it’s a power trip. Mnuchin gets to show off both his arm candy and show everyone that he’s so important that the govt flies him around on a jet.
That’s what it’s about.
As Villago says.
germy
But his wife seems nice.
jacy
@Redshift:
That is fabulous news. 5% is tiny — I think they always tell you 5% just in case. Best wishes for continued good health!
Omnes Omnibus
@dmsilev: I wouldn’t be surprised if, when the Thing arrives, your lab isn’t there.
Patricia Kayden
@Steeplejack: And he sure ain’t gonna start now. The “Mexicans” paying for that wall are sharing their $$ with him and his lovely wife.
Omnes Omnibus
@Redshift: Yea, you.
Quinerly
@Redshift:
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Major Major Major Major
@Redshift: woohoo!
WaterGirl
@Redshift: Thank you for the update. I don’t know if you saw my query to you in a previous thread. That’s such great news! So happy for you.
Wilson Heath
@germy:
The soft bigotry of low expectations for this administration and the G.O.P. . . .
Patricia Kayden
@EBT: Powerful tweets. Sorry you had to go through all that. And now we have President kicking transgender folks out of our military for nonsense reasons. Sigh.
Patricia Kayden
@Redshift: Wonderful!!
Redshift
@Fair Economist:
I’m okay with it; I’m a natural optimist. During this process, I’ve learned to tell doctors to be completely straight with me about the possibilities and not try to soften it much. I had several gut-punch-feeling incidents, because they thought they were telling me it’s probably cancer, but we need these tests to confirm, and I heard that it might not be, which my optimistic brain turned into “well, hopefully this test will show it’s nothing.” And then when it wasn’t, that would be worse.
Seriously, I had this more than once during this process before I started to figure it out.
Smiling Mortician
@Major Major Major Major: I didn’t.
Major Major Major Major
@Smiling Mortician: well lah-tee-dah.
Frankensteinbeck
@jacy:
Good luck. I wish I could help, but between a bad book launch and supporting a friend while she moves, I’m scraping my own pennies. Hopefully others here will be in a better position to give.
satby
@jacy: I’m in, you’ve had a rotten couple of years so I hope this helps!
Cheryl Rofer
@EBT: Sad story. But you got through it. Are you doing all right now?
Redshift
@WaterGirl:
I did, thanks, but the thread was already stale by the time I saw it. Then I wanted to wait until everything was confirmed at my follow-up yesterday.
Smiling Mortician
@jacy: Just did what I could. Best of luck!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Redshift: Great news!
eclare
@Redshift: So glad to hear the news is good!
satby
@Redshift: I’m seldom on the night threads, so I missed the initial news, but the update is fantastic! Glad to hear the results were so good!
Mnemosyne
@Redshift:
Phew! I hope the news continues to be good for you.
Major Major Major Major
@EBT: thanks for sharing, glad you’re here!
EBT
@Cheryl Rofer: In the terms of that story? Yeah, I turned 34 last week. Been on HRT for 11 years (notice the gap between 19 and starting HRT at 23, got a story for that too) and had GRS a little over two years ago.
satby
@Smiling Mortician: And I’m glad to see you commenting too. I hope you’re doing well.
WaterGirl
@EBT: You are very brave. Glad you are in a much better place.
Smiling Mortician
@Major Major Major Major: Well, mostly cause I was confused.
trollhattan
@Roger Moore:
240 3-phase. It’s what all the hipsters use.
dmsilev
@Roger Moore: Oh, we have 240 V power. And 230V 3-phase. And 460V 3-phase. But I want to be able to plug Thing (a helium leak detector) into an ordinary wall socket for maximal ease of use.
Iowa Old Lady
@Redshift: Glad to hear it.
Smiling Mortician
@satby: So far, so good. Doing my best to keep it that way.
@Redshift: Excellent news that I’m very glad to hear!
joel hanes
@jacy:
bam
raven
@joel hanes: alam
WaterGirl
@joel hanes: That’s really good of you!
satby
@EBT: glad your exit strategy was a failure, but what pain you must have felt to even consider it! So sorry you went through that.
Schlemazel
We went to the State Fair today, just us and 120,000 of our neighbors. They have a display of ‘crop art’ where people glue seeds of different types down to make images. There was a theme to the winners this year I think a lot of you will enjoy.
CROP ART
I also added a shot of the second place in the scarecrow Sr. division.
WaterGirl
@satby: Got your nice email message, thank you!
satby
@raven: ding-dong?
satby
@WaterGirl: all true…
eclare
@Schlemazel: Wow, awesome!
Gretchen
Mnuchin wanted to do a Scrooge McDuck and roll in the gold.
WaterGirl
@jacy: And you hit your goal! Balloon Juice is amazing.
frosty
@Redshift: That’s also a key part of being a Mafia don. Always go to dinner on a stolen credit card. The food tastes better then.
Ohio Mom
@Peale: We once went on a short vacation a couple of days after Ohio Dad was laid off — the plans were already in place to drive to NYC to visit my family. Our feeling was, Why Not? Was staying home going to change anything?
It did feel a little weird not to be home, fretting, but we had the rest of the summer for that. I think it helped in a way that it was early into Obama’s first term, when the economy was still wobbly — it didn’t feel all that personal. But then, it hardly ever is, is it?
Anyway, Toronto is a great city with great food and great things to see. I hope you enjoy yourself and that whatever happens on Monday, it is doable.
raven
@WaterGirl: Over the top!
debbie
@Major Major Major Major:
Wingers, as inTrump supporters?
raven
@satby: Black Betty.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Schlemazel: When I was a kid, we stopped by the Corn Palace.
WaterGirl
@raven: And a little money for gas. :-) Balloon Juice is good people.
Major Major Major Major
@debbie: yeah.
debbie
@Redshift:
Great news!
raven
@WaterGirl: Them headlight windshield wipers is pricey!
Joy in FL
@Redshift: So glad for your good news : )
FlyingToaster
@jacy: I’m in; it looks like you met your goal.
TAKE THE EXTRA. You need to gas up, and have some spare for when the state inspection fails.
satby
@WaterGirl: Nothing but the best kind of jackals!
@jacy: Hang in there jacy, glad you gave us a chance to help.
Wilson Heath
@Gretchen:
tRump was talking about redecorating the Whitehouse. Gold toilets gotta come from somewhere.
debbie
@Major Major Major Major:
I don’t suppose his father stood up for him? Of course not.
Schlemazel
@Redshift:
That is good news. Neither chemo or radiation is fun but if that is what it takes to kill the cancer dead its a fair trade. I is coming up on 6 years since radiation for me, I never want to go through that again but being cancer free is the reward
WaterGirl
@Peale: Well, that’s no fun. But I agree with Ohio Mom. Enjoy Toronto, and as for Monday, well you can deal with that on Monday. A spoiled trip won’t affect the outcome in any positive way. Enjoy!
Ohio Mom
@Schlemazel: I wouldn’t expect to see any of that at a state fair. Very encouraging to see that level of disgust.
WaterGirl
@Ohio Mom: That was probably at the RESIST tent. :-)
Mike J
@Jerzy Russian:
You don’t get half a billion dollars by spending your own money.
WaterGirl
@debbie: I don’t suppose his
father stood up for himfather has ever stood up for anything in his life.Fixed that for you.
Ruckus
@Redshift:
You hear that word, if fucks with you. I don’t care who you are or how strong you think you are. Or how well the treatment goes or, or, or, or.
Anyway it sounds like things are working out and possibility of relapse is low.
Very. Good. News.
eemom
@Redshift:
Adding my congrats at the great news! Haven’t been around here much, so I didn’t even know you had this going on — very glad to have tuned in now.
As my Mom said yesterday for my birthday, Να τα εκατοστίσεις! (May you live to be a hundred)
SFBayAreaGal
@jacy: Glad to help out.
Major Major Major Major
@WaterGirl: does standing up for himself count?
satby
@FlyingToaster:
@jacy: Yes, the extra will help with gas, because on older car like that probably burns right through your wallet. And some just in case the mechanic underestimated!
WaterGirl
@Ruckus: Hey Ruckus, I finally got to the How Do You Cope thread last night and I got the impression that you were waiting for some important news on Monday. I have been hoping for good things for you.
Steve in the ATL
Do you ever walk around downtown Cleveland and wonder why there are so many hookers out and then you find out there’s a lady Gaga concert that night?
Yeah, it happened to me too.
Schlemazel
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
That is in S. Dakota but the outside is done up in corn kernal art. I doubt it is anti-Dolt45 art though
Emma
@Redshift: Congratulations! I had one of those moments early in the year. One sweats the wait.
WaterGirl
@Major Major Major Major: I’m gonna have to go with a no on that one.
satby
@Ruckus: @WaterGirl: I always hope for good news for you too, Ruckus!
Steeplejack
@eemom:
Happy (belated) birthday!
debbie
@WaterGirl:
I feel bad for Barron. Maybe Melania will Tweet something out.
jacy
Wow! Thanks to all of you! I’m so excited. Any extra that is not car related, I’ll donate to the local no-kill shelter in Denham that had the flood damage — they’re good people. Not as good as you all, but stil! Gosh, I’m lucky to have this place. I feel a little teary. :)
Schlemazel
@Ohio Mom:
The art work was all very vanilla and non-political until after 2001. Most of it still is but there are always a few, they are always progressive and they are not down voted for their politics.
OTOH I saw 4 MAGA hats in the sea of people. Two were on a couple riding mobility scooters. I wanted to go over and remind them that the Nazis gassed disabled people too but the wife held me back. As a Minnesotan she did not want a scene ;)
WaterGirl
@raven: I was just singing that to my kitty this morning. Only it was “oh black kitty, bam-bah-bam”, and I make up the rest of the lyrics as I go.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Schlemazel: Jerry Ford was President when I went.
Patricia Kayden
@Peale: Enjoy Toronto!! Hope everything works out for you in the job front when you return.
SFBayAreaGal
@jacy: If you need more don’t hesitate to ask. Car repair expenses can be more than you expect.
Mary G
@Redshift: Glad to hear that!
WaterGirl
@jacy: Maybe don’t donate the extra for a bit? With everything going on, gas money and a little emergency money could be a good thing! And people donated even after you met your goal, so I think people intended for you to have that money. Stuff always comes up when money is tight. Always.
raven
@WaterGirl: Why not!
WaterGirl
@raven: Yeah we make up our own rules around here. :-)
Aardvark Cheeselog
@Jerzy Russian: You don’t come into possession of $500M by spending your own money when someone else’s can do the job instead!
eemom
@Steeplejack:
Thank you!
WaterGirl
@debbie: I’m not all that hopeful that the next generation won’t be screwed up, too. Ugh, imagine having that cretin for a father and a loveless marriage as your model.
Ohio Mom
@Schlemazel: We were in DC in June and saw a family walking around the mall — as we were, and hundreds of others — decked out in MAGA hats and tee-shirts. They stuck out in a goofy way.
After all, everyone on the mall is already reveling in AMERICA, there you are between the Capitol and the Washington monument, surrounded by museum after museum full of our history. Those three looked like they were trying a little too hard to prove how patriotic they consider themselves. That they had sour looks on their faces was the cherry on top.
Major Major Major Major
Here’s an interesting article about the Nazis’ obsession with the supernatural, that veers sharply to the relevant at the end. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2017/08/an_interview_with_historian_eric_kurlander_about_his_book_hitler_s_monsters.html
Ohio Mom
@WaterGirl: Don’t forget, he also has siblings who act like he doesn’t exist. That can’t help, either.
eclare
@WaterGirl: My dog has theme songs, very embarrassing. I was a teen in the 80’s.
eclare
@eemom: Happy Birthday!
Cheryl Rofer
@EBT: Good.
Schlemazel
@Ohio Mom:
The two in the chairs looked smug af. One of the other 2 was about 15 and a perfect little Nazi with his reflective shades
Matt McIrvin
@Ohio Mom: They were surrounded by the government! Full of losers! Sad!
TheMightyTrowel
so my latest paper has been getting media attention. just got picked up by Fox News. Considering it’s about how ancient SE Asian people had much more complex and sophisticated societies and technologies than previously assumed, I’m rather surprised….
WaterGirl
@eclare: Theme songs?
Kayla Rudbek
@Schlemazel: looks like I at least will have fun when I go to see my parents next weekend. Not sure my mother will but I am getting quite irritated with them in regards to politics.
Omnes Omnibus
@Major Major Major Major: Interesting. Thanks.
WaterGirl
@Ohio Mom: Probably not. I want to say that maybe it’s better that way, but that’s pretty glib. I’m sure it’s hurtful to feel either invisible or like a prop. Maybe he has a good relationship with his mom.
Iowa Old Lady
@TheMightyTrowel: Fox News? That’s great. I think?
WaterGirl
@TheMightyTrowel: Tell us more.
Schlemazel
@Kayla Rudbek:
The blue ribbons winner in the open division is a 3-way with ahole, Ryan and Dense on different sides
satby
@WaterGirl:@jacy:
yeah jacy, wait for a bit, because stuff happens and people want to be sure you’re ok and so is your car!
satby
@eemom: belated Happy Birthday ?!
TheMightyTrowel
@Iowa Old Lady: I mean. I guess their readers are learning that technological sophistication is not just a white people thing
tobie
@WaterGirl: @jacy: Threw in what I could. I agree with WaterGirl. Keep the extra for a rainy day. Kids and cars always lead to unexpected expenses.
Shana
@Jerzy Russian: The richer you are, the less you actually pay for anything yourself. Didn’t you know that?
Shana
@Mnemosyne: Good for you. Was it about anything interesting?
gene108
@EBT:
Glad you survived. The world is better with you.
Major Major Major Major
@TheMightyTrowel: cool!
WaterGirl
@Shana: Shit, I thought the more money you had the more you generous you are able to be with what you have. I have been doing it wrong. Fuck.
SFBayAreaGal
@jacy: Hold on to the extra money and use it for you.
Doug R
A story on opening the Fort Knox vault and 150 comments in, no mention of Pussy or Galore?
WaterGirl
@Shana:
That question made me laugh out loud.
Shana
@dmsilev: No way in hell he finds someone even as appealing as Oliver from the Brady Bunch for that roll.
Doug R
So I mention a Bond “girl” and that gets put in moderation?
SFBayAreaGal
@Major Major Major Major: Raiders of the Lost Ark talked about the Nazis pursuit of the supernatural.
WaterGirl
@TheMightyTrowel: They probably think it’s “fake news”.
Kristine
@Redshift: Great news!
Shana
@eemom: My father always said, and I’m sure he got it from his parents, “wear it in good health” when I got new clothes. I found myself saying it to my daughter recently and was stunned to hear it coming out of my mouth.
Uncle Ebeneezer
@rikyrah: ya know I was never a Sharpe fan during his playing days but man he’s been on fire on race issues as a commenter.
dmsilev
@Shana: It’ll be more like introducing Scrappy Doo to Scooby and the gang.
Schlemazel
@Shana:
Back when he was making movies in England Cary Grant was in a film about 2 rich guys who make a bet. They give a bum (Grant) a 100 Pound note (a princely sum at the time) and he finds he can’t spend it because people give him stuff because they believe he is rich. I have not seen that move in 45 years but I wish I could find it on TMC or something because it was fun & also a bit sad because it is believable.
WaterGirl
@SFBayAreaGal: Everything I know about the Nazis and the supernatural I learned from Marvel’s Agents of Shield
Goodnight, all.
lafcolleen
@jacy: can you hang onto it for a bit? I’d like to hear you used it for other expenses. How are your tires? Give yourself a gas budget out of it.
Omnes Omnibus
@eemom: @Shana:
mai naem mobile
Somebody on Twitter took the pic of Mnuchin and Linton getting off the plane and photos hopped it with bubbles next to her ‘sunnies’,shoes, handbag etc.with names of people he screwed in the fucked up foreclosures he pulled in the bank he took over. Pretty snarky and to the point.
jacy
@lafcolleen:
I’ve already bought a new battery, new tires, and gotten an oil change, in preparation for getting back on the road. What I will do is buy the next three months of heartworm/flea protection for the critters — three dogs and three cats adds up. Thanks goodness all the turtle needs is the occasional filter change.
dmsilev
@Omnes Omnibus: Paraphrasing from one of Pratchett’s Discworld books:
“In times like these, I wish I had listened to what my father told me”
“What did he say?”
“I don’t know; I didn’t listen.”
EBT
@dmsilev: This reminds me, in the most recent Scooby Doo show, Scrappy is canon dead.
Major Major Major Major
@SFBayAreaGal: as did Hellboy.
ETA: and The Atrocity Archives is a fun book too!
Omnes Omnibus
@jacy: Pet expenses are a good use that people here will appreciate.
Volvos are good, reliable cars*, but when they break, they aren’t cheap. Hopefully, you’ve fixed all the problems and your car will work well from now on.
*Said with pain as a Saab person.
Omnes Omnibus
@dmsilev: Ha!
Westyny
So I saw Logan Lucky tonight and I liked it. Made being working poor in West Virginia seem more fun than it probably is. I kept waiting for Adam Drivet to whip out a Light Saber.
Miss Bianca
@eclare: I actually forwarded that one on to my friend who went to the same college as Louise. My friend was telling me this crazy story about meeting Louise for drinks at the atrump Tower when she was in DC for a meeting this spring…
Ohio Mom
@WaterGirl: I grew up in a moderately dysfunctional family and my siblings were my anchor. As I suppose I was to them. We could validate one another’s feelings and perceptions.
But maybe you have a point about Barron’s step-siblings!
I remember reading that Melania’s parents live nearby. Let’s hope they are good enough grandparents.
Felonius Monk
@dmsilev: And from Mark Twain:
Miss Bianca
@WaterGirl: did we hit already? Man, I hadn’t made it all the way thru’ the thread!
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: There are good people around here.
Major Major Major Major
OH man, I just found a super creepy clown story. I guess I shouldn’t share it.
Omnes Omnibus
@Major Major Major Major: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Emma
@TheMightyTrowel: LINK!
Kay
It’s so gross (and typical) how they’re all working so hard on a tax bill when they slapped that piece of shit health care bill together in 20 minutes.
They didn’t care about the health care bill because none of them rely on it. Cutting taxes they care about. That’s serious business. 22 million people denied health care? Who cares? Scrawl some shit on a cocktail napkin and vote on it.
I swear. You can sure tell who is important with these guys.
Omnes Omnibus
@Emma: TMT might have privacy issues that prevent linking. Just saying.
Major Major Major Major
@Omnes Omnibus: see how nice I am?
Mike J
@Major Major Major Major: I heard that Alamo Drafthouse, the cinema that brought us all woman screenings of Wonder Woman, is going to have all clown screenings of Stephen King’s It.
Emma
@EBT: Hosanna in the highest!
Mnemosyne
@Shana:
Nah, strictly work-related (a new internal system). But everyone seemed to appreciate it, and serving free lunch helped with turnout. ?
Omnes Omnibus
@Major Major Major Major: Now I feel vaguely threatened. But that’s okay. I have a sword and a razor sharp hunting knife with a 6″ blade.
Major Major Major Major
@Omnes Omnibus: cool, we can be sword buddies!
Cheryl from Maryland
@Wilson Heath: That’s the rule for Smithsonian employees as well.
O. Felix Culpa
@Omnes Omnibus: I have my kids’ old Duplos and can fashion a colorful sword and other weapons that go pew! pew! pew! out of them.
Emma
@Omnes Omnibus: Darn. True. Must run through the proper databases at work tomorrow. I do so love libraries.
eemom
@eclare: @satby:
Thanks y’all!
Omnes Omnibus
@Major Major Major Major: Coolio.
@O. Felix Culpa: I bow to your whatever.
O. Felix Culpa
@Omnes Omnibus: Standing at the ready to defend against clown invasions, sir!
Omnes Omnibus
@O. Felix Culpa: We need everyone we can get.
Origuy
@jacy:
How do you change the filter on a turtle? Do you have to remove the shell?
Omnes Omnibus
@Origuy: First, find a can opener…..
eclare
@WaterGirl: She is a full figured gal, big boned, barrel chest, so her songs are “Brick House” and “Baby Got Back”. She earns both, and yes, I sing them to her.
Omnes Omnibus
@eclare: You body shame your dog? You monster.
KS in MA
@Redshift: That’s great!
schrodingers_cat
@TheMightyTrowel: Pyramids, anyone?
schrodingers_cat
@Omnes Omnibus: I do the same with my fat orange kitteh, she is rather portly but very sweet.
opiejeanne
@debbie: Chelsea Clinton stuck up for Barron. The comments went bad really fast.
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodingers_cat: Monsters everywhere. I can’t cope.
Omnes Omnibus
@opiejeanne: Let me guess, she was decent and then the attacks happened?
Central Planning
@Redshift: I had a similar experience with my testicular cancer and the liver – they found a bunch of small hemangiomas (basically a bunch of blood vessels) on my liver too. They said half the population has them, they don’t cause issues, and it’s not a big deal. They decided just to keep their eye on them, to see if they change. That would indicate a problem.
Good luck, and great that things are looking up. And fuck cancer.
opiejeanne
@Omnes Omnibus: Yes. She stood up for him and said that children should be off limits.
After a few agreeable ones, the first one was just some idiot saying that he never thought he’d ever agree with her on anything because Clinton, ew. Then it just went to shit.
I do not understand why people do this, I really don’t.
Sister Golden Bear
@EBT: Hugs, if hugs are OK. So glad you made it though, too many of us don’t. And yeah, when comes to having wide child-bearing shoulders and size 13W shoes, I hear ya, I hear ya…
Citizen_X
I know this is a dead thread and all, but nobody saw fit to Carly Simonize this shit?
Then you flew an Air Force jet to fucking Kentucky, for a
total eclipse of the sun