ONCE AGAIN AFRAID OF BEING PUBLICLY BOOED
just as well as his respects account is bankrupted https://t.co/WQ7KBN3QvQ
— kilgore trout, new tone haver (@KT_So_It_Goes) July 27, 2020
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[*Sad trombone coda*]
Trump’s Campaign announces its all-star line-up of speakers for new scaled down Republican Convention. Ted Nugent, Scott Baio, Antonio Sabato Jr, and Diamond and Silk will all appear virtually in Zoom boxes before Trump’s acceptance speech. You can already feel the electricity. pic.twitter.com/AYDMSpRngi
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) July 26, 2020
A Woman In Portland
raven
never mind.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I’ve seen some say that tweet about Nugent et al is a fake, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see at least two (Dacron and Zirconia are pretty much a given, aren’t they?) and maybe all four of them show up.
Also, any mention of Scott Baio gives me an excuse to link to the moment a few weeks ago when Charles in Charge tried to come for Wanda Sykes on the twitter machine.
Also, Project Lincoln signals that it’s gonna be Fredo’s time in the barrel.…
Jharp
Is that for real the lineup for the RNC?
lamh36
Happen to catch Wolf Blitzer talking bout it would have sent a good message if Chump had gone to pay respect to John Lewis.
Axelrod was his usual bleh, but Gloria Berger was like “ah…sure”…LOL
Naw the Orange Menace didn’t need to be there. Bad enough Mitch McConnell was there to speak as the “official” representative for the Senate, but even he coulda kept his azz out of it…
Fuq Chump
Apparently, Pence will pay respects this evening sometime I guess
Falling Diphthong
I can never tell what’s satire any more. Like the tweet last week about how no one was more patriotic and supportive of masks than himself, our favorite president, that was real.
Patricia Kayden
lamh36
Here’s how ya know this was meant to be a slight.
Chump co could have sent Ivanka or Jareed or even Melanoma. They would have gotten the same “soft” coverage taht da turtle got or when they were at McCain’s funeral.
Apparently Pence will pay his respects which I guess is supposed to represent the Admin, but even that was put in a “Pence used to be a legislator” angle rather than represent the admin.
In other words, there is a damn way they could have honored an American hero
Scuffletuffle
Dude has no idea how to pay or respect, so no surprise there.
Craig
Wonkette confirms that Sington tweet is a joke.
Ken
Staying away is the best possible honor Trump could give. If he were anywhere near the memorial he would be acting out, to make it all about him.
zhena gogolia
@Scuffletuffle:
lol
Ken
And Scott Baio lies in his bed staring at the darkened ceiling, a single tear sliding slowly down his cheek…
mrmoshpotato
“I don’t want to get into a debate with my residents”
You mean you don’t want to serve your constitutes. GTFO of the House of Representatives!
lamh36
Here’s a great pic of Dr. Jill and Joe paying their respects to John Lewis
https://twitter.com/kristin__wilson/status/1287863286550200322
The Moar You Know
John Lewis’ spirit didn’t want to be anywhere near Trump in life, and he’s getting his way even in death.
HumboldtBlue
Look at all this economic anxiety being spouted by the real Americans in the heartland of Arkansas.
Bruuuuce
Along the same lines, so-called President Trump was fine golfing with Brett Favre (an instant candidate for the Hall of Shame), but now claims he’s too busy to throw out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium. Gee, it’s almost as if seeing several Yankees kneeling during the national anthem and harsh criticism from fans from the small guys to the Bronx Borough President just whooshed right past him as he made up another excuse.
Me, I kind of wanted the PA to play the sound of 50,000 fans booing at not-quite-harmful volume.
Elizabelle
I hope Trump does stay away. He does not belong anywhere around John Lewis. His presence adds nothing but a security nightmare.
Baud
@lamh36: That is a lovely shot.
Bruuuuce
Add me to the “glad he’s not polluting the atmosphere at the memorial” crowd.
Delk
mrmoshpotato
@mrmoshpotato: *constituents
Spanky
I have to assume that The Onion editors have taken to drinking at their desks.
John Revolta
@HumboldtBlue: Good God. Horrifying.
My “favorite” one I think was “Fuck Black Lives!…………and I have Black friends!”
kindness
They got the list for the RNC from ‘celebrities’ that don’t require an appearance fee.
HumboldtBlue
Dr. Fauci is a true mensch.
@John Revolta:
Yeah, I so much wanna fucking punch somebody.
Cameron
So, Ms. Cracker or other native Floridians, is this for real? It doesn’t make any sense. That doesn’t mean it’s not true. I haven’t heard a lot of good things about the FL Democratic Party.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/509039-internal-letter-says-biden-campaign-is-suppressing-the-hispanic-vote-in
mrmoshpotato
@Spanky: You think The Onion editors can outdo this stupid reality?
rikyrah
How am I agreeing with Bill Kristol ???
mrmoshpotato
@John Revolta:
Same here. Like what? You have black friends – that you hate? Really using that brain, white Trump trash!
Kent
Wait! What about Clint Eastwood and his chair?
opiejeanne
@Jharp: I thought that sad line-up was a joke, a bit of satire posted by a comedian. Hilariously, I think they’re serious.
JPL
@Delk: So much for the bros playing nice.
I’m on the side that we should thank trump for not showing phony thoughts and prayers.
mrmoshpotato
@rikyrah: Just a grand for dinner (hamberders) with their god emperor? What gives?
dmsilev
@Delk: Even by the …relaxed standards of “Bernie Sanders Campaign Officials”, Nina Turner is an ass.
Another Scott
@Craig: Oh, and the video of Donnie’s wall being blown over by the hurricane was wrong too (it was filmed elsewhere earlier).
https://www.wonkette.com/the-following-things-are-wrong-on-the-internet-today
As usual, the Don’t believe anything surprising on Twitter until 2 days have passed. rule still holds.
The whole point of an up-to-the-minute information distribution system seems to be broken if one can’t trust the information presented, nich wahr??
Cheers,
Scott.
Baud
@Delk:
I don’t think she needs to worry about being invited to our dinners any more.
Jeffro
@rikyrah: I know, right? it’s IRRITATING
And yet he has been sounding like a fairly progressive Dem on multiple issues all this year.
Bill…come on in, but…just…just sit there, ok? We appreciate your vote but we’ve got this.
HumboldtBlue
And I need some suggestions on how the change up my roast vegetable lineup.
The starting five are broccoli at point, onions at the 2, carrots at the 3 red creamer potatoes at the 4 and cauliflower at the 5.
Need to switch it up some, regularly roast them in the chicken fat after searing some thighs and I have some wonderful local seasonings to use as well.
lamh36
To be clear, I’m glad Chump didn’t show up…but alls I’m saying is the headline is “President of the United States declines to pay respect to Civil Rights Icon”.
If the WH was adept at anything, even sending that witch Ivanka, who we already know sits at his right hand, as his “representative” might have affected that headline.
As I said though, I’m glad he stayed his azz home, but to def was a deliberate slight on the WH’s part.
Question, did Mark Meadows now Chief of Staff, but who was in the legislature WITH John Lewis, go to pay respect?
I saw McConnell was there, was any Repub there?
mrmoshpotato
@Jeffro:
To paraphrase driftglass, stopping long enough to burn their uniforms during the fall of Berlin.
trollhattan
Jack Ohman with a Lewis/Trump comparison.
John Revolta
@mrmoshpotato: It’s the ultimate distillation of the classic “Some of my best friends…………” bullshit.
opiejeanne
@HumboldtBlue: That was my impression of Arkansas when we were there in 2003. I couldn’t wait to get back to California, where we’re a little more subtle about it.
mrmoshpotato
@HumboldtBlue: Who’s playing short, left, center and right?
bluehill
It never stops. Thiel picking up the mantel of the Kochs and Mercers, only I think he’s got even wackier ideas.
lamh36
So Herman Cain’s staff have been tweeting the usual partisan bullshit via Cain’s twitter account, but folks begin to ask what the hell was going on. Like ya’ll tweeting from that man’s account and there has been NO update on how Cain was even doing.
Finally they gave an update:
It’s crazy that they were tweeting from that account and the sounds to me like the man is likely on a ventilator and even the update has no “real” update about what condition he’s in. They don’t even say if the man is awake and capable…smh
mrmoshpotato
@John Revolta: Yup.
Ken
@HumboldtBlue: I’m fond of roasted parsnips and brussels sprouts.
Jeffro
@mrmoshpotato: good point
I’m willing to let him slide until the day after Election Day…every vote counts!
Ken
John Lewis, or Jerry?
dmsilev
@HumboldtBlue: Fennel can roast up nicely.
Jeffro
@bluehill: the GOP really doesn’t care *who* they buy in the Senate, as long as they can scrape together a majority somehow. That’s what these rich folks are doing with just a fraction of the tax cuts they’ve gotten from the GOP.
Ken
@Another Scott: I don’t think saying that the wall fell over in an ordinary windstorm, rather than a hurricane, is any improvement.
dmsilev
@Ken: Shari. Trump is, after all, the puppet.
HumboldtBlue
@mrmoshpotato:
You haven’t been paying attention, baseball has been postponed by the Sixers are still in action.
@opiejeanne:
Indeed. Santee matches up well and that video could have been shot a few miles from my brothers house in East County, Dago.
trollhattan
@bluehill:
He seems nice. And he has even more money than those Koch bastards and extra decades to spend it.
trollhattan
@Ken:
“La-la-la nice lady.”
Geeno
@dmsilev: I get the very definite sense from Nina Turner that Nina Turner is all about Nina Turner and Wilmer was a means to an end.
HumboldtBlue
@Ken: @dmsilev:
I’ve never done turnips or leeks so we can add that to the fennel and parsnips.
I do know that new recruits who join the Welsh Guards have to eat a raw leek before they can officially join the regiment, so there’s that. The leek is their cap badge as well and they wear a green and white plume on the left side iof their bearskins also representing the leek.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Delk: She seems nice.
Roger Moore
@HumboldtBlue:
You need to add some winter squash to your team.
dmsilev
@HumboldtBlue: Leeks are good, though a raw one seems a bit much.
CarolPW
Julie Miller (of Buddy and Julie Miller, country singers/songwriters) has been writing at least one song a week related to events these days and they sing them on their Sirius/XM show. They started with Stay Home, proceeded through one about how you weren’t stupid like the president so don’t drink bleach, through Let It Rain about BLM. They have been wonderful.
The first line of their latest was about the last bridge someone needed to cross, and I lost it immediately. It was like singing about the Pettus and rainbow bridges at the same time.
Another Scott
@Ken: Donnie’s wall is an abomination, but all kinds of things fall over during construction, sometimes even when one is competent.
If one wants to say that Donnie’s wall fell over during a storm, one should be honest about it. There are several honest examples out there.
IMHO.
People fishing for clicks is going to be the death of us all…
Cheers,
Scott.
Ruckus
@Another Scott:
I see your mistake.
It’s an up to the minute rumor site, news is down the hall…..
Sandia Blanca
@HumboldtBlue: You can also roast okra, beets, cabbage wedges, watermelon radishes, etc.
Pete Downunder
@HumboldtBlue: red bell peppers, carrots (thickly sliced) and sweet potato all roast well and add color. I toss them first in olive oil, coarse salt and cracked pepper and little thyme. Serve with Dijon mustard vinaigrette and crumbled feta.
MP
@lamh36: His underlings certainly don’t seem too concerned about his personal welfare. Where in the world could they have picked up that attitude?
Ruckus
@Jeffro:
Little Billie needs to BELONG to something or he’s unfulfilled.
The republicans have gone full dipshit and he’s afraid so he had to look elsewhere.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@Ken:
“Nugent was unavailable for comment, as he was busy with his ‘Electric Guitar for Beginners’ tab book…”
jl
Mostly a gang of out-of-it white dudes with zoom boxes, doing that zoom box meet.
I sense a serious cultural issue in that group.
lamh36
Delta should make the folks who refused to mask up pay for the folks who did comply to get new flights.
DUMBASSES!
Fuq’ers.
jl
@rikyrah: Battle with lunatics who will get us all killed makes for strange bedfellows.
Get Trump out of the way, and we can do battle later. As US Grant said after first day at Shiloh, ‘We’ll lick ’em tomorrow’.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Delk:
Whenever people start to scold Biden and other Dems about reaching out to these fucking people….
though with Turner specifically I’ve long thought there is something besides politics going on
Dan B
@John Revolta: My mother was from 40 miles south of Harrison and we lived for a year about 60 miles east. The mentality was horrifying. Of course it was Jim Crow at the time and completely segregated. I’ve looked at our town 9n Google maps and the decline is apparent.
debbie
Dick move not paying respects to John Lewis.
And though I didn’t think it possible, Trump cheapens the GOP with that convention line-up.
Sab
OMG. Do these people even know how to turn their mikes on?
On the other hand, my husband finally figured out to get rid of the fake palm tree background and have the real background in his Zoom klatch. Nice if he would have warned me as I wandered out in my nightgown to check on the paper and the bird/squirell feeders.
Took them months to work out Zoom.
The RNC might be like my sister’s graduate art history classes. I bet the art historians are infinitely more tech savvy. That is part of what they do. Repubs just work the refs, who aren’t the refs any more.
My RWNJ brother called me last night. I have no phucking idea what posessed him to call me. Frankly, I wish he hadn’t.
It was weird. Whole diferent planet. He thinks if you are rich enough you should be exempt from rules. He is in a famous SF landmark. His boss doesn’t want to wear masks. He says their are only 3 people.
Yeah in your office. Not in the downstairs lobby where the security guys are. Also air conditioners.
Family wants to have 70th birthday for an inlaw I adore. But dozens of relatives, most of whom work out in the world, and all if whom are taking chances that shock me.
Already had one cvd19 case in family from ignoring quarantine. Quarantined guy didn’t get sick, but relative who ignored her contact with quarantine-failed jerk ended up quite sick in the hospital. Months later we are planning family birthday party. Learned nothing from last failed quarantine.
We said no. Huge family. Everyone works everywhere from hospitals to banks to hardware retail. My spouse is one of six kids, who have probably thirty grandkids. Love these guys but not going to risk it. Our gov just talked about family gatherings. Also too high infection rate in my county, especially in the tony suburb where they plan to have it.
HumboldtBlue
@Sandia Blanca:
My sister recommended beets and I like that and I was wondering about cabbage wedges. I’m gonna try that too, the co-op veggie folks will even wedge it for me.
@Pete Downunder:
Bell peppers were on my list last time and I skipped straight past them, saw them as I was leaving the store.
artem1s
@The Moar You Know:
Especially since another coward perp walk across to the Capital rotunda would have surely involved more tear gas ordered by Barr, I’m glad John Lewis’ spirit doesn’t have to endure Dump in death either.
NotMax
@HumboldtBlue
In addition to the fine suggestions already made above, green beans roast up beautifully. As do asparagus.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@HumboldtBlue: asparagus roasts nice, too, and brussel sprouts
?BillinGlendaleCA
@mrmoshpotato:
Who’s on first.
jl
@debbie: “Dick move not paying respects to John Lewis.”
At this point, Trump only has dick moves.
An important pro-tip and warning to all of us: don’t be so toxic for so long that whatever you do is a dick move.
Ruckus
@lamh36:
I am so glad I don’t fly much anymore, like I did for 11 yrs. Did events around the country for 30 weeks a year, that’s flights/connecting flights/delayed flights, canceled flights/flights to hell and back/flights with mechanical difficulties (2 hrs in a plane right of way to replace a fuel pump)… I was a frequent flyer premium level 2 airlines and once told that I was in top 5% of Hertz renters. And I’m not even close to the miles that I’ve seen others with.
Pete Downunder
@HumboldtBlue: I agree with the beets, but I find I have to par boil them a bit first as they take a lot longer to cook than the other veggies
HumboldtBlue
@NotMax:
Didn’t even think of green beans, thanks.
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Both were recommended by family as well.
Dan B
@opiejeanne: It’s no surprise that Arkansas has not advanced much since we were there in 1960. No more Jim Crow but the Klan is likely just quieter. My parents thought about retiring there but chose Seattle much to my mother’s delight.
Why did you end up in Arkansas?
PsiFighter37
Can’t imagine all these headlines about McConnell and Co. wanting to slash benefits is going to go over well. These idiots aren’t evil geniuses; they’re just evil (and kinda dumb).
prostratedragon
@HumboldtBlue: I like roasted eggplant. Goes well with the potatoes. Turnip and rutabaga braise very well with a pot roast, and might work on their own, though those rutabagas are going to take a while.
Dan B
@bluehill: Thiel and Grenell the 21st century’s Roy Cohn. They don’t seem to recognize that Pompeo, Barr, DeVos, and several on the Supremes would shed no tears if they were locked up. They don’t recognize the close kinship between homophobia, zenophobia, and racism.
HumboldtBlue
@Pete Downunder:
Thanks
@prostratedragon
Yeah, this is too fast for rutabaga. Top 40 mins.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
anyone know what he was whining about an hour ago? current twitter trends that I see aren’t showing anything about him
Ken
@Pete Downunder: My sister slices the beets and pan-browns them before putting them in the oven with the other veggies.
mrmoshpotato
@HumboldtBlue: ?Shootin’ some b-ball outside of the school?
Ksmiami
@raven: ps every Single Republican must pay for their reckless regard for the citizenry. Carry on
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@prostratedragon: that makes me wonder about putting beets in with a pot roast…
mrmoshpotato
@debbie:
Not possible. Completely in line with the Gropey Old Perverts.
mrmoshpotato
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Yes, yes. :P
prostratedragon
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I’ve thought about that too. Can’t see how it could be a disaster, so I’ll probably try it come the cooler weather. (My tossed salads are increasingly becoming beet/artichoke/tomato salads.)
HumboldtBlue
@mrmoshpotato:
With Julio?
mrmoshpotato
@prostratedragon:
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: What pot roast madness is this?
?BillinGlendaleCA
@mrmoshpotato:
The Rock Festival (Who’s On First?)
prostratedragon
If those earlier reports that Pestilence was going to throw the first pitch at Yankee Stadium seemed a bit fishy, …
CliosFanBoy
@HumboldtBlue: Dear God.
mrmoshpotato
@HumboldtBlue: Here you go.
Ken
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
That’s what he’s whining about. It’s nice to see him confess that he sits here watching twitter for anything about him, instead of, oh, I don’t know, his job.
debbie
@HumboldtBlue:
Scanned most of the replies to your post. I love leeks, but was disappointed when I tried roasting them. Has no one suggested brussel sprouts, or did I miss that?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@prostratedragon:
@mrmoshpotato: seems to me the worst that could happen is some kind of borscht-y goo at the bottom of the pot
mrmoshpotato
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Interesting take.
debbie
@Ken:
I think what’s trending is the photo of him with Brett Favre. Someone seems to have Photoshopped sweaty nipples onto his golf shirt.
CliosFanBoy
@HumboldtBlue: down by the school yard???
mrmoshpotato
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Mmmmmmm borscht-y goo!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@debbie: LOL!
he’s not gonna like it when this story starts trending
Yutsano
@HumboldtBlue: The one point I would make re: roasting vegetables is if you get a pepper make it red, orange, or yellow. And don’t forget some white wine for the roasting juices. Have fun and experiment!
debbie
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
So pathetic.
zhena gogolia
Wow, this video is heartwarming. You won’t regret watching it!
Ken
@debbie: Personally, I would have photoshopped the covid death count onto the picture of Trump golfing, but tastes differ. I’ll admit that the sweatstains probably irritate him more than the reminder of the deaths would.
Baud
@zhena gogolia: No regrets at all.
Baud
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
A simple tweet by Biden about that would really twist the knife.
Jeffro
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: probably the NYT story breaking about how he wasn’t really invited to throw out the first pitch at the Yankees game after all
ETA you beat me to it
Yutsano
@zhena gogolia: *sigh* I love it when the children learn harmony.
Ken
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: He lied??! O, tempora! O, mores!
(And the sense used in Cicero’s denunciation of Catiline is particularly apt.)
Jeffro
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: the loser stink is INTENSE! ???
lamh36
So Chump LIED!
Say it with me Ken… Chump LIED.
WaterGirl
@jl:
All dick moves, no dick.
Baud
@lamh36:
Well, no he didn’t.
Ken
@Baud: An invitation to Biden to throw out the pitch would not only twist the knife, but squeeze lemon juice and salt on the cut.
West of the Rockies
So Nina Turner, Sanders’ campaign manager, says choosing between Trump and Biden is choosing between servings of shit. Moron.
Falling Diphthong
The Scott Biao thing is parody now, but in a few weeks they’ll be begging him to headline while he realizes that he has to be Very Busy that week.
Salty Sam
FIFY
CliosFanBoy
@HumboldtBlue: How the hell are well supposed to find common ground with these people???
Baud
@Ken:
Or Obama. Or Hillary!
Baud
@CliosFanBoy:
We are not. We are supposed to win without them.
lamh36
Turtle is such a damn coward!
hueyplong
@West of the Rockies: 90% of America has never heard of Nina Turner. The other 10% thinks she made the Private Dancer album.
Let’s not create a 1% who actually knows who she is.
Martin
@Jharp: Couldn’t find a mask that would fit on Clint Eastwoods empty chair.
lamh36
@Baud: Right, how you cancel a non-invitation????
prostratedragon
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Yeah, but probably fixable with some water or stock. After the first day my pot roasts usually become soup or stew anyway.
Tim
@Bruuuuce: “but what about Brett…Far – vrah?”
From “There’s Something About Mary.” Sorry, but I never miss a chance.
lamh36
Might just as well cancel the entire season for the year.
CliosFanBoy
@hueyplong: and most of the <1% who do know who she is thinks she’s a fool.
Ken
The lie about being invited to throw out the pitch is not really surprising from someone who had fake Time “Man of the Year” covers displayed in his properties.
Patricia Kayden
CliosFanBoy
@Baud: Screw the election, I am wondering how to just live with them in the same country.
bluehill
@Dan B: I’ve read that he’s a devout Christian. Clearly he must be really intelligent to be able to reconcile all those seemingly conflicting beliefs.
Ken
@lamh36: Pity Goodell didn’t say, “Remember, everyone – the people who are refusing to wear masks are keeping you from seeing football this fall. We could still have a season if everyone follows the rules for eight weeks.”
HumboldtBlue
@CliosFanBoy:
I know.
prostratedragon
@hueyplong: No no, it was “Sinner Man.”
Jim, Foolish Literalist
they make it clear two or three times a day that they won’t come into the tent, then shriek with outrage when people they don’t like are invited to take the places they’ve rejected
Ken
@Patricia Kayden: Covid seems to hit every other organ system, so I’m waiting for the announcement that it also impairs fertility. Maybe that would get people’s attention.
mrmoshpotato
@lamh36:
By being a Soviet shitpile mobster manbaby whose father didn’t love him and whose brain is deteriorating before our very eyes.
HumboldtBlue
@hueyplong:
Ba-dum-tssh!
prostratedragon
@Ken: There are old stories that his “arrival” on the New York social scene was mediated by such stunts as inviting himself to photo shoots for celebrity fundraising events and literally pushing himself into the group, much as he shoved the President of Montenegro in that early heads of state meeting. I don’t know why they ever put up with him, but it bears some investigation.
mrmoshpotato
@prostratedragon:
You obviously aren’t using enough pot, or roast. (Up the pot.)
Bill Arnold
@Patricia Kayden:
Better than even odds that somebody (or perhaps a small team) did due diligence on the piece, and told management in clear terms that it was bullshit propaganda built built on a bullshit propaganda documentary build on bullshit disinformation. And that it would make Sinclair look quite bad.
lamh36
mrmoshpotato
@Ken: Limp Dickzkit?
Baud
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
When people show you who they are, believe them the tenth time.
Betty
@Bruuuuce: He apparently made up the story about being asked to throw out the first pitch.
geg6
@Delk:
Fuck her. Just fuck her. Her guy would be a whole mixing bowl full of shit, so she can just shut her big fat pie hole. Gawd, I despise her.
prostratedragon
@mrmoshpotato: Maybe the second day. I shop mostly on-line even from about a year before the lockdown, and have noticed some trouble getting roasts larger than 3lb at most. Might try Costco next time, as I’m very happy with their inch-thick steaks.
mad citizen
Brett Favre is stupider than I thought he was. Twitter came up with “I had a Brett Favre joke, but it got intercepted.” (looks like the writer was Sarcastic Corgi)
Martin
@lamh36: Yep. That’s what he’s always done. His dad hated the manhattan people. The Trumps built the projects, not the kinds of grand monuments that the NY old money folks did. But part of Donald showing up his dad was getting into that society, but they wouldn’t have him. They wouldn’t invite him to the Met Gala because they knew Trump wasn’t good for the money. And that’s how a lot of NYC worked up until then – access to the inner circle was dependent on helping to fund the public cultural works of the city, and that access was very guarded. You couldn’t fake it – you had to put the money up.
So Trump would just invite himself believing himself deserving. And NYC always had this cultural split among the big money people. There were always wildly rich guys that weren’t interested in giving back, and they were largely shunned, and that’s where Fred Trump was headed and where Donald wound up.
So believing him to be the protagonist for all human stories, he just invites himself. After all, how can the protagonist be denied access to the story? In his head, of course they’ll say yes, and the only reason they hadn’t invited him already is that they hadn’t gotten around to it yet.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
ah, we may have found the source of The Beast’s twitter discontent
five thousand people tapping on their phones have driven the President of the United States of America into an addled rage that he feels the need to make public. Makes this thread pertinent
Baud
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Is Trump a loser because of the Yankees story or for one of the million other reasons?
laura
@HumboldtBlue: start roasting some doggone beets! So many colors, so sweet, so good for you. Beets, a gentle roll in olive oil, some salt, 425° for a while, peel, throw in a salad or grate on top of some yogurt or labne and mop it up with some pitas. Do it!
Ken
@Baud: Cumulative effect. The important thing is that it’s finally gotten big enough that the media and the Republicans can’t entirely ignore the loser stink.
Jinchi
@Another Scott:
Apparently, it is Trump’s wall, but it was an incomplete version that blew down in June.
Bruuuuce
@Betty: I had hoped that was the case, but local media were acting as though he had been invited. Glad the gatecrasher has been exposed (and apparently it’s SOP for the Liar-in-Chief)
FelonyGovt
@HumboldtBlue: Red peppers are nice.
lamh36
DISGUSTING!
lamh36
@lamh36: the other day I recall reading about a Lindsay ad that darkend Jamie Harrison’s skin.
GOP full on racist flag blatant now…smh
MomSense
I think I’m losing it. I’m watching a silly high school type movie and I’m enjoying it.
Patricia Kayden
James E Powell
Between now and forever, Donald the Coward will not appear in public; he will only show up to tightly controlled right-winger-only events.
lamh36
@lamh36:if that’s all the GOP has got left for November, Chump must be doing worse in internal polls than we know.
Patricia Kayden
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
There is a bear in the woods.
For some people, the bear is easy to see.
For people at road side diners, not at all.
Very Important People say the bear will pivot.
Everyone else says it’s vicious and dangerous.
Since the Village is never right, isn’t it smart to oust the bear?
If there is a bear.
Ken
@Patricia Kayden: Oooh, that’s going to become someone’s new obsession.
lamh36
Alright, I dare ya NOT to get misty-eyed from this short clip
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: I’m so old I get that
Gin & Tonic
@lamh36: Ken Vogel?! Ken Fucking Vogel? Fuck him and the horse he rode in on.
HumboldtBlue
@laura:
I am on the beet beat!
rikyrah
@PsiFighter37:
They aren’t even smart enough to sign onto Nancy Smash ‘s bill and wrap themselves in BI-PARTISANSHIP?
rikyrah
@Patricia Kayden:
??????
Amir Khalid
Testing, testing, 1 2 3.
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
@rikyrah: They can’t though – they’re dancing with the ones what brung ’em – those Arkansans from an earlier post being a prime example. They dare not cavort with the enemy.
Morons. All of them.
rikyrah
@MomSense:
Get your joy where you can?
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
Luntz joins ranks of Never-Trumpers
Fair Economist
Almost any veggie is good when roasted properly. You get tasty brown crust around soft sweetened veggie. Yum. In addition to all the other suggestions, I get good results slicing zucchini, mixing in a bowl with olive oil, basil, and pepper, and roasting at 425 for 20-25 minutes, flipping once.
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
Annnnd another one (jumps ship)
frosty
@rikyrah: I’ve been calling Toomey (spit!) and telling him to have McConnell bring up the HEROES bill and pass it.
I think tomorrow I’ll add that the Republican Senate and the White House can’t seem to write a bill, so why don’t you just admit defeat, get past it and pass the House bill.
Gotta do something to amuse myself.
PS I always enjoy your comments. And emojis.
mrmoshpotato
@laura: Damn. Now I feel scolded for not having any beets.
mrmoshpotato
@James E Powell: I hope his grave will be public – toilets.
bcwbcw
@Craig: Well, this speakers list is a joke, but I expect the actual speaker list will be an equally funny joke. And yeah, the list wasn’t posted on any official sites.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@mrmoshpotato: Beetie Bro Cancel Culture is out of control
Sandia Blanca
@HumboldtBlue: One last beet comment from me–an easy way to roast them is to wash the whole beet, rub a little olive oil on it, wrap it in foil, and roast for an hour or so (at 375 or 400, depending on what else you may be roasting). Then let them cool a little and they’re super-easy to peel and cut up.
Sloane Ranger
@dmsilev: It’s traditions like that that have given the British Army its reputation as one of the best fighting forces in the world! :)
Sab
@lamh36: Melania or Ivanka, with their alleged fashion sense, could have made masks must wear, but of course they didn’t.
opiejeanne
@Dan B: Dead thread.
mr opiejeanne was the trustee for a cousin’s inheritance, and we couldn’t deal with him and his problems from Southern California. The cousin was like Forrest Gump but without the charm and It’s a hell of a story, an adventure that I thought was possibly going to end with a shootout at the airport.
If we ever have another get-together remind me and I’ll tell you.