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Sunday Open Thread

by $8 blue check mistermix|  November 17, 201911:29 am| 27 Comments

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Looks like we need another one. Here are a few items from the morning news:

  • David Holmes, the guy who overheard Trump when he called Sondland in a restaurant, spilled a lot more than that.
  • Trump made an unscheduled visit to Walter Reed yesterday, supposedly to start his yearly physical. Today the White House said he’s not going anywhere. Speculation runs rampant about some kind of cardiac event, but there are a lot of things elderly men with poor diets might suffer from – my guess is he needed a manual fecal disimpaction.
  • Tedra Cobb, Elise Stefanik’s opponent in NY-22, just blew past $800K in donations.

Sound off on this or other issues in the comments.

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  1. 1.

    Alien Radio

    November 17, 2019 at 11:33 am

    my guess is he needed a manual fecal disimpaction.

    Trump’s Razor says this is true.

  2. 2.

    Seanly

    November 17, 2019 at 11:33 am

    Well, if he secretly died, how long could they hide it? Unlike Haig saying he’s in charge the current sycophants might not want to take responsibility…

  3. 3.

    Roger Moore

    November 17, 2019 at 11:34 am

    Speculation runs rampant about some kind of cardiac event

    Largely because there was a report he had chest pains.  Again, though, this is a great example of what lying all the time gets you: nobody will believe anything the White House says about this because they’ve completely blown any credibility they might have had.

  4. 4.

    Onkel Fritze

    November 17, 2019 at 11:40 am

    @Alien Radio: Nah. He just opens his mouth when he needs that.
     

  5. 5.

    Edmund Dantes

    November 17, 2019 at 11:47 am

    Any one that signed off on any of the reporting that this was “phase 1 of his annual physical” or “early start to it” needs to check to see if they are still breathing cause they are too stupid to do  it without someone telling them how to do it. 

  6. 6.

    Roger Moore

    November 17, 2019 at 11:57 am

    @Edmund Dantes: 

    Any one that signed off on any of the reporting that this was “phase 1 of his annual physical” or “early start to it”

    Their argument is that they didn’t do that. They didn’t report those things. Rather, they reported that the White House had made that claim. This is the fig leaf they use when repeating Republican lies. If they repeat what somebody says, they would have to fact check it, but if they report that somebody said something, the fact that they said it is justification for repeating it.

  7. 7.

    Tom Levenson

    November 17, 2019 at 12:01 pm

    File the last thought in bullet point 2 under “What has been seen cannot be unseen.”

  8. 8.

    WereBear

    November 17, 2019 at 12:04 pm

    @Tom Levenson: Though it would be an appropriate way for him to shuffle off.
     

  9. 9.

    lamh36

    November 17, 2019 at 12:06 pm

    SMH…so the big headlines is that Pete is surging in Iowa.

    if there is a lesson learned from Louisiana last night and the midterm last time… any Dem candidate who thinks they can beat Chump/GOP in a general election w/o good or better than good amount of Black voters they are fooling themselves. Iowa/NH primaries don’t reflect that at all.

    They provide a false sense of the race in the beginning. That’s why I say anyone who has more than 5 % of the Black vote so far would be crazy not to stay in until SC with a large enough Black voter population that could actually mean something

    The numbers in SC has Biden still running double digits away from the next #2 candidate with Black voters there.

  10. 10.

    SFAW

    November 17, 2019 at 12:07 pm

    my guess is he needed a manual fecal disimpaction.

    Seems unlikely — there wouldn’t be enough of him left to fill a snuff box.

  11. 11.

    lamh36

    November 17, 2019 at 12:08 pm

    @lamh36: oh and in case u want the numbers 
     

     
    Have to give credit to Edwards/Dems’ runoff turnout operation, particularly w/ African-American voters. Compared to the primary, turnout was up…
    29% in New Orleans26% in Shreveport14% in Baton Rouge (w/ 6 precincts still out)
    And just 9% everywhere else. #LAGOV
    https://twitter.com/redistrict/status/1195924841913896960?s=21

     

  12. 12.

    Doug R

    November 17, 2019 at 12:15 pm

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txSN2OazY6k

  13. 13.

    Miss Bianca

    November 17, 2019 at 12:21 pm

    @lamh36: 

    asked you this question in a dying thread, and kind of dying to know: what do you think of Kamala’s chances in SC? And if she takes SC, does that mean she’d sweep the South?

  14. 14.

    Princess

    November 17, 2019 at 12:24 pm

    I’m still having fun with irresponsible speculation — are we sure he returned from Walter Reed? I believe that cars returned to the WH from the hospital. Any evidence he was actually in one fo them?

  15. 15.

    Ella in New Mexico

    November 17, 2019 at 12:40 pm

    @Doug R: OMG just peed a little laughing so hard at that clip
     

    my guess is he needed a manual fecal disimpaction.

    Funny story: once treated a patient with severe constipation/impaction who got so desperate he used a garden hose to give himself an enema and literally blew a hole in his colon in the process, necessitating multiple transfusions and emergency surgery. 
    At least that’s what he told his wife and our staff in the ED. 
     
     
     

  16. 16.

    mrmoshpotato

    November 17, 2019 at 12:48 pm

    @SFAW: He’d deflate like the shit-filled orange balloon that he is.
     

  17. 17.

    BeautifulPlumage

    November 17, 2019 at 12:54 pm

    https://mobile.twitter.com/sorayathepariah/status/1195847520808628224  

    1. Dallas straight pride parade draws 2 attendees
    2. Eta.  Still getting the hang of posting..didn’t mean to number list
  18. 18.

    lamh36

    November 17, 2019 at 1:15 pm

    @Miss Bianca: To be honest, I’m not sure bout SC.  as of now it is Biden’s to lose, but I do know that the “divine 9” sorority/fraternity orgs are big for her and planning to push for her.
     
    She also got the endorsement of one of the largest GOTV campaign orgs for AA women, with over 90,00 members who plan to also push for her in SC and other state with large AA voter populations.
     
    If she does well in Iowa and Biden erodes even a little bit, she’s the likely one to benefit in SC
     
    Its Iowa or bust but all she needs is a good showing, 3 or 4 could do it
     
     
     

  19. 19.

    hells littlest angel

    November 17, 2019 at 1:33 pm

    … a manual fecal disimpaction.

    That’s the one thing he does for himself, because it’s the one thing his tiny hands are good for.
     

  20. 20.

    jeffreyw

    November 17, 2019 at 1:34 pm

    We are $100,000 away from our goal of $1 million raised to flip #NY21 Will you pitch in whatever you can to help defeat DC insider @EliseStefanik?https://t.co/6CMH7QhNvs— Tedra Cobb for Congress (@TedraCobb) November 17, 2019

  21. 21.

    Raven

    November 17, 2019 at 2:06 pm

    I’m snoozing on the back porch and my bride just came out and told me a lightbulb exploded and rained down glass in the living room. Last week a big mirror in the hall fell and just missed my head. Maybe I need to change my ways?  
     
     
    Nahhhhhhhhhhhh!

  22. 22.

    Other MJS

    November 17, 2019 at 2:29 pm

    my guess is he needed a manual fecal disimpaction

      I spent way too much time on Twitter yesterday browsing speculation about this, but this is a new one. Are you sure it wasn’t a Lindsey Graham impaction?

  23. 23.

    trollhattan

    November 17, 2019 at 3:25 pm

    @Raven: 
    Voltage spike? Hard to guess what could cause a bulb to ‘splode, although I’ve had it happen with teevee studio lighting.
     
    Spoooooky.
     

  24. 24.

    mrmoshpotato

    November 17, 2019 at 3:25 pm

    @Raven: Did the mirror break?  Is this the start of 7 years of bad luck?
     

  25. 25.

    Boris, Rasputin's Evil Twin

    November 17, 2019 at 4:13 pm

    @BeautifulPlumage: Any time I’ve seen photos from a Straight Pride parade it’s always a bunch of men who look, well, unsure. Where are the women for these things, or are they too smart to even think of going?
     

  26. 26.

    Karen J

    November 17, 2019 at 5:02 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Harris has been polling at less than 10. She’s spent a good amount of time campaigning here in SC, but most people still don’t know who she is. It’s going to be Biden in SC. Sorry.
     

  27. 27.

    chopper

    November 17, 2019 at 11:09 pm

    @Raven: 
     
    sounds like you gots yourself a poltergeist. 
     

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