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You are here: Home / Open Threads / Late Night Open Thread: Good for Luke Skywalker

Late Night Open Thread: Good for Luke Skywalker

by Anne Laurie|  September 30, 201912:23 am| 68 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Popular Culture, Trump Crime Cartel, Both Sides Do It!, Riveted By The Sociological Significance Of It All

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You misspelled "Fraud."#GoForceYourself https://t.co/ORY6eeyGgj

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) September 29, 2019

The whistleblower’s under federal protection because of rabid MAGAts, but Daddy’s Liddle’ Pwincess wants the world to know how very normal’n’basic her life is…

Mark Hamill gets heat for slamming Ivanka Trump's photo of her son in 'Star Wars' costume: 'You s… https://t.co/pgbuoMsTzS via @YahooLifestyle

— hardknoxfirst (@hardknoxfirst) September 30, 2019

and how about the Kids who can't have à nice Sunday because of her family ?

— Supernad (@NightwingNad) September 29, 2019

Mommy, why does Luke Skywalker hate us?
Because we are terrible, terrible people, son.

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) September 29, 2019

Gotta agree, I personally can’t wait until Jarvanka and all their adult kin are in prison or in exile, may the Goddess of Consequences permit.

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  1. 1.

    NotMax

    September 30, 2019 at 12:30 am

    A pleasant Rosh Hashanah to the west coasters

  2. 2.

    Viva BrisVegas

    September 30, 2019 at 12:37 am

    I recall all the nice things republicans had to say about Chelsea Clinton.

  3. 3.

    Wilson Heath

    September 30, 2019 at 12:54 am

    Of course their child is dressed as a stormtrooper . . .

  4. 4.

    Amir Khalid

    September 30, 2019 at 12:57 am

    @Wilson Heath:
    In that family, they probably see stormtroopers as the good guys.

  5. 5.

    Yutsano

    September 30, 2019 at 12:58 am

    @Wilson Heath: Which don’t use the Force.

    And fortunately she’s wrong: the Force is about to hit them both good and hard.

  6. 6.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    September 30, 2019 at 1:07 am

    @Amir Khalid: They like unthinking white thugs.

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    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    September 30, 2019 at 1:09 am

    I don’t really want to see them in exile, because no country deserves that shit.

  8. 8.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    September 30, 2019 at 1:10 am

    Also, there isn’t anything hanging on their walls. Not a painting, not a drawing, not a print, not a map. Nothing. Who lives like that? Am I missing something? That just seems weird and wrong and creepy.

  9. 9.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    September 30, 2019 at 1:14 am

    Considering Ivana has presidential ambitions herself that’s a pretty stunningly inept picture just by itself. She manages to make Mitt Romney look like a regular guy.

  10. 10.

    Leto

    September 30, 2019 at 1:15 am

    @Wilson Heath: @Amir Khalid: I was going to say, at least she’s dressing the children in the correct costumes…

    @Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): I hear Guantanamo Bay is just lovely in the spring time…

  11. 11.

    NotMax

    September 30, 2019 at 1:22 am

    @Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    Picture of a big plane (Air Force One?) hanging on the wall the the room behind them.

    And of course the one piece of furniture ineluctably in anyone’s line of sight – the coffee table – is mirrored on every surface. Narcissus would say “That’s just too much.”

    ;)

  12. 12.

    Ruckus

    September 30, 2019 at 1:23 am

    @Leto:
    Gitmo.
    Been there done that. It is lovely. I think lovely is the right word. Yeah that’s right, lovely. Also I understand that it’s been remodeled a bit since I was there last. I think it would be perfect for the entire famdamnly. And any enablers that need a vacation.

  13. 13.

    Leto

    September 30, 2019 at 1:31 am

    @Ruckus: I hear they even get matching day and evening wear!

  14. 14.

    FelonyGovt

    September 30, 2019 at 1:35 am

    I really don’t know why her “lifestyle” tweets raise my blood pressure so much. It’s like she wants to show she’s a regular person instead of the vapid grasping waste of space she really is.

  15. 15.

    mrmoshpotato

    September 30, 2019 at 1:42 am

    @FelonyGovt: Because she’s a vapid waste of space? :)

  16. 16.

    mrmoshpotato

    September 30, 2019 at 1:43 am

    I personally can’t wait until Jarvanka and all their adult kin are in prison or in exile, may the Goddess of Consequences permit.

    Exiled to Hell?

  17. 17.

    FlipYrWhig

    September 30, 2019 at 1:43 am

    @FelonyGovt: Make Ivanka Gwyneth Also

  18. 18.

    Ruckus

    September 30, 2019 at 1:43 am

    @Leto:
    And I understand that it’s even his color – orange.

  19. 19.

    Leto

    September 30, 2019 at 1:47 am

    @Ruckus: Of course you can only see it using incandescent bulbs, not those librul LEDs.

  20. 20.

    NotMax

    September 30, 2019 at 1:47 am

    @mrmoshpotato

    Although it seems to be a commonplace postulation, why anyone would assume she possesses any greater brain wattage than her brothers has always been beyond my ken.

  21. 21.

    HumboldtBlue

    September 30, 2019 at 1:48 am

    They have never been in that room before.

  22. 22.

    Ruckus

    September 30, 2019 at 1:51 am

    @NotMax:
    And here I thought that the Pence family was the dense one.
    Should have known that the person that chose dense, is.

  23. 23.

    NotMax

    September 30, 2019 at 1:54 am

    @Ruckus

    “Pence? That’s some kind of money, isn’t it? Good enough for me. Welcome aboard.”

    //

  24. 24.

    Mnemosyne

    September 30, 2019 at 2:05 am

    Ivanka and Jared hiding behind their kid so they can claim that anyone who calls them out is being mmmmeeeaaaannnn to a poor iddle child! ?

  25. 25.

    Anne Laurie

    September 30, 2019 at 2:06 am

    @NotMax:

    Although it seems to be a commonplace postulation, why anyone would assume she possesses any greater brain wattage than her brothers has always been beyond my ken.

    She’s certainly not very smart, but her family’s overbearing sexism means she’s had to pick up a certain animal cunning that her brothers never did. For instance, she brags about cheating her little friends by faking ‘Indian arrowheads’ to sell them, because Daddy didn’t give her ‘enough’ of an allowance. And, of course, by comparison to the rest of the clan…

  26. 26.

    Mnemosyne

    September 30, 2019 at 2:08 am

    @NotMax:

    It seems pretty clear that she’s smarter than both of her brothers, but that’s not the same thing as saying she’s actually smart. A person with an IQ of 70 is smarter than someone with an IQ of 50, but that doesn’t mean they’re objectively smart.

  27. 27.

    Yutsano

    September 30, 2019 at 2:10 am

    It just occurred to me: this is their Rosh Hashanah photo. Why are they dressed up like they’re going to a gala event while the kids are in casual clothes? What the hell is going on in that household?

  28. 28.

    smike

    September 30, 2019 at 2:13 am

    @NotMax:
    They changed it from Farthing. More up-scale, ya’ know.

  29. 29.

    JustRuss

    September 30, 2019 at 2:14 am

    My brother met Hamill once. Great guy, as this confirms.

  30. 30.

    Duane

    September 30, 2019 at 2:17 am

    @Mnemosyne: They don’t understand how bad their lives are going to become. Prison time should put things in perspective for them.

  31. 31.

    prostratedragon

    September 30, 2019 at 2:17 am

    @FelonyGovt: When I had my state id renewed I cracked up imagining her at the DMV, one of the few mundane chores I doubt could be palmed off on a p.a.

  32. 32.

    NotMax

    September 30, 2019 at 2:25 am

    @Mnemosyne

    I think she’s learned to disguise it better. Push-up bras do nothing for mini-Donald or for Eric.

  33. 33.

    JWR

    September 30, 2019 at 2:32 am

    @Mnemosyne:

    iddle

    You forgot the dangling ‘ .

  34. 34.

    cain

    September 30, 2019 at 2:35 am

    You know, it’s kind of fucked up but Trump’s entire behavior is caused because of the election and losing to Hillary. He is determined to go down in flames because he can’t get past HIllary’s “but her emails” and is doing the shit he accused Hillary of doing and doing all the same actions. It’s absolutely nuts. We’re all here because this President can’t let it go.

  35. 35.

    SFBayAreaGal

    September 30, 2019 at 2:40 am

    I follow Mark Hamil on Instagram. He has no problem letting his audience know how he feels about the orange blimp

  36. 36.

    West of the Rockies

    September 30, 2019 at 2:44 am

    Ah, yes, a Kushner family photo… Let’s just ignore the obvious fact that the parents are dressed to be somewhere else, leaving their kids with a nanny. I wonder how much time they spend with the kids… Maybe 30 minutes?

  37. 37.

    smike

    September 30, 2019 at 2:56 am

    @Duane:
    You know, since we’re all going to have to pay for very serious, armed officers watching over these people anyway…

  38. 38.

    JaySinWA

    September 30, 2019 at 3:02 am

    The whistleblower’s under federal protection because of rabid MAGAts,

    The whistle blowers lawyers say that this is not correct. CBS misinterpreted what they gave them.

    NEWS ALERT: 60 Minutes completely misinterpreted contents of our letter, which is now published online at t.co/HjmBrEQLEi. Nor have we, as we stated earlier today, reached any agreement with Congress on contact with the whistleblower. Discussions remain ongoing. t.co/3XSwmtuRrn— Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) September 30, 2019

  39. 39.

    guachi

    September 30, 2019 at 3:03 am

    @JustRuss: I’ve met Hamill once. Can confirm he’s a great guy.

  40. 40.

    SWMBO

    September 30, 2019 at 3:05 am

    @West of the Rockies: I immediately thought of Dowager Countess Grantham.

    youtu.be/RLLff4ZfaWs?t=163

  41. 41.

    John Revolta

    September 30, 2019 at 3:09 am

    Well I wouldn’t normally be caught dead at Yahoo Lifestyle but now I’m glad I went; got to see Robert De Niro channelling efgoldman!

    “This guy should not be president, period,” the Oscar winner told CNN host Brian Stelter.

    Stelter then pointed out the flak De Niro has received from those, including Fox News pundits, who say he should keep out of politics. The actor raised ire when he declared “Fuck Trump” during the 2018 Tony Awards.

    De Niro’s response to Stelter was just as raw.
    “Fuck ‘em,” he said of his critics, raising his arms for emphasis. “Fuck ‘em.”

  42. 42.

    opiejeanne

    September 30, 2019 at 3:30 am

    @West of the Rockies: That’s what I thought. Mummy and Daddy are going out, the kids aren’t.

    I wonder why one kid has a costume on and the other two don’t, although I do remember running around in a Bugs Bunny Hallowe’en costume in May, because I was 7 and wanted to. My best friend gave it to me because she outgrew it. I was able to wear it for two or three Hallowe’ens. It had a stiff molded fabric mask and the ears were on the hood, way cooler than anything that was sold even five years later, although I did wonder why Bugs’s body was blue satin.

  43. 43.

    opiejeanne

    September 30, 2019 at 3:32 am

    @opiejeanne: Although I did wonder why Bugs had a blue satin body.

  44. 44.

    West of the Rockies

    September 30, 2019 at 3:32 am

    @SWMBO:

    Yes, very warm and nurturing parenting there!

  45. 45.

    SWMBO

    September 30, 2019 at 3:38 am

    @West of the Rockies: You could just feel the suffering. “yes but it was every day”

    I have wondered about all the Trump grandchildren. Does he know any of their names?

  46. 46.

    hervevillechaizelounge

    September 30, 2019 at 3:42 am

    @NotMax:

    Although it seems to be a commonplace postulation, why anyone would assume she possesses any greater brain wattage than her brothers

    Ivanka learned how to breathe with her mouth closed; it ain’t much but it immediately vaulted her to the top of the pack.

  47. 47.

    smike

    September 30, 2019 at 3:43 am

    @guachi:
    Wow! So that means you and @JustRuss are brothers, or brother and sister, probably separated years ago and, come on, “Great guy, as this confirms.” & “Can confirm he’s a great guy.”, you guys/gals meet up on BJ? I mean, what a night!

  48. 48.

    JAFD

    September 30, 2019 at 3:53 am

    Good morning, fellow jackals !

    Would like to make request for information here. Live in small apartment, not enough desk / table space. Have laptop computer, covers 14″x10″ of table space, and bigger keyboard, 18″x7″
    Would like to be able to fold up computer when not using it, and stand them on end, so they take only 10″x5″ of space.
    Anyone seen such a gadget or “desk accessory” or whatever-they-call-it-so-I’d-know-what-to-search-for ???

    Thanks very much for your help with this.

  49. 49.

    Patricia Kayden

    September 30, 2019 at 3:56 am

    @Viva BrisVegas: And are still saying about Chelsea. She’s still a target of their unhinged rage.

  50. 50.

    Ken_L

    September 30, 2019 at 4:16 am

    And who doesn’t put on formal evening dress for a fun night with the kids? I know I do!

  51. 51.

    SWMBO

    September 30, 2019 at 4:24 am

    @JAFD: Look at IKEA. It will give you ideas to start with.
    Or Amazon
    amazon.com/TANGKULA-Mounted-Multi-Function-Writing-Computer/dp/B07KJG7KC8/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=fold+u…

    amazon.com/Southern-Enterprises-Fold-Out-Convertible-Finish/dp/B003AKZG3S/ref=sxin_1_ac_d_rm?ac_md=4…
    amazon.com/TANGKULA-Mounted-Multi-Function-Computer-Convertible/dp/B07KJ4ZM9K/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=fo…

  52. 52.

    Steeplejack

    September 30, 2019 at 4:34 am

    @JAFD:

    Maybe something like this? You didn’t mention how “thick” the items are, which of course would be the critical dimension for storing them vertically. I’m guessing 1" for the keyboard and a bit more for the computer.

    Or maybe this one—a more minimal treatment.

    Looks like you could sort of customize this one. (Look at the video.)

  53. 53.

    Ruckus

    September 30, 2019 at 4:35 am

    @cain:
    We are all in this place because the president is a narcissistic, moronic, ass who cheats at every thing he ever does other wise he’d be a 105% loser instead of the 120% loser that he is. He’s not very good at cheating either.

  54. 54.

    Chris Johnson

    September 30, 2019 at 4:53 am

    @opiejeanne:

    Although I did wonder why Bugs had a blue satin body.

    “Nyeeaaah… it’s a livin’, Doc!” ;)

  55. 55.

    JAFD

    September 30, 2019 at 5:22 am

    @SWMBO: Sorry, I didn’t make myself clear there. But thanks, regardless.

    @Steeplejack:Thinking twice, maybe one of these is what I need. Will see what ye local Staples has… Right now the electronics are held being vertical by a half-dozen cans of tomatoes … not very securely…

  56. 56.

    NotMax

    September 30, 2019 at 6:01 am

    @JAFD (#48 above)

    Maybe something along the lines of one of these? #1 – #2 – #3 – #4

    Same or similar likely to be found locally for you at Bed Bath & Beyond.

  57. 57.

    different-church-lady

    September 30, 2019 at 6:09 am

    She’s just trying to have a nice Sunday with her family

    …which, you know, she could go ahead and do without broadcasting it to the world on a social media platform.

    The world ain’t your private club, assholes. Heat. Kitchen. Tolerance. All that all that.

  58. 58.

    Keith P.

    September 30, 2019 at 6:17 am

    Cool cocaine table, Jared.

  59. 59.

    Soprano2

    September 30, 2019 at 6:45 am

    Who has white couches when they have kids? That’s crazy.

  60. 60.

    SFAW

    September 30, 2019 at 6:52 am

    @Ken_L:

    And who doesn’t put on formal evening dress for a fun night with the kids? I know I do!

    I need to be more careful. When I first read that, my teeny-tiny brain omitted that as “put on a dress.”

    Not that there’s anything wrong with that, of course.

  61. 61.

    SFAW

    September 30, 2019 at 6:54 am

    @Ruckus:

    He’s not very good at cheating either.

    Depends on how you mean “good.”

    On the one hand, he’s not very “good” because his cheating is (almost) always so obvious; on the other hand, his results indicate that he’s “good” at it.

  62. 62.

    Ken

    September 30, 2019 at 8:03 am

    @John Revolta:

    the flak De Niro has received from those, including Fox News pundits, who say he should keep out of politics.

    IIRC Fox News has declared in court that they are an entertainment channel. That makes every one of their “pundits” an actor (though nowhere near as good as De Niro of course), but they have no issue with messing with politics. Some of their more addled viewers have even mistaken the actors for the experts they play, and appointed them to political offices!

  63. 63.

    Aleta

    September 30, 2019 at 9:06 am

    The kids are so staged they could even be stand-ins or cardboard. Rally round voters, as we fight this evil to save our empire.

  64. 64.

    Jeff Ryan

    September 30, 2019 at 9:25 am

    From Ronin:

    Sean Bean: You ever kill anybody?

    De Niro: I hurt somebody’s feelings once.

    Judging from the MAGGOT reaction, Bob De Niro could be considered a feelings mass murderer.

    //

  65. 65.

    SWMBO

    September 30, 2019 at 11:19 am

    After a little sleep and looking at this again, the older kids know better to even try to stand next to their parents if they are dressed to go out. The younger one is in the picture with them but not touching. Who is taking the picture?

  66. 66.

    Mary Ellen Sandahl

    September 30, 2019 at 11:27 am

    “NIce cocaine table, Jared.”

    Hah!
    That decor sets my teeth on edge for hosts of reasons. The whole room does.
    A friend of mine, who was deeply immersed in the care of her 18-month-old son, related a conversation with an acquaintance who was anticipating a first pregnancy. She said she looked around this woman’s condo with its pale cream shag rugs (this was back in the 80s), white walls, spotless white upholstery etc., and said she wanted to ask, “What species of child are you planning to have?”

  67. 67.

    Kevin Nay

    September 30, 2019 at 11:32 am

    Dressed as a foot soldier for the baddies, that’s legit.

  68. 68.

    Villago Delenda Est

    September 30, 2019 at 11:57 am

    Clair Boyce needs to get seriously bent.

    Hamill was right on target with his tweet. The entire Trump family is made up of criminals.

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