Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

All hail the time of the bunny!

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Republicans in disarray!

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

A norm that restrains only one side really is not a norm – it is a trap.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

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Here you go.  Republican Convention, Day 4.

Only one more day of all these vile creatures gathered in one place.

I love this floating dumpster fire so much.  Still, I hope that soon we will have no more reason to use it.

……………..

I thought some authoritarian marching might be appropriate for tonight, so I asked for links in last night’s thread. Leto was kind enough to send one with music.

 

 

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417Comments

  1. 1.

    Steeplejack

    Somebody’s got a cache problem, and I don’t think it’s just me. This post just appeared within the last two minutes, despite my repeated pressing of the double-secret forced-load link.

  2. 2.

    Steeplejack

    Montage: America is good and great. But wait: “Old ideas of socialism repackaged.” Slandering the Dems.

    Invocation by the Rev. Franklin Graham.

  13. 13.

    WaterGirl

    @Steeplejack:  I had not set that up.  I figured I’d see if someone else put one up, so at least that’s not a hiccup.

    Cole’s anniversary thread is still active, but if nothing goes up for  a bit, I will put up an open thread.

  15. 15.

    Mike in NC

    That’s the sort of parade Trump can only dream about. He’s so jealous of the Little Rocket Man who he loves.

  16. 16.

    Steeplejack

    Black Republican Ja’Ron Smith, deputy assistant to the president. For what? I’ve never heard of this guy, and he looks way too threatening to get within eyeshot of Fearless Leader. Could he be the HBCU guy?

  20. 20.

    Ken

    Only one more day of all these vile creatures gathered in one place.

    1500 of them, with chairs not distanced, and masking up to the individual – according to reports. So yes, I very much doubt we’ll be seeing all of them gathered in one place again.

  24. 24.

    Steeplejack

    @HumboldtBlue:

    Yes, I saw it. Didn’t seem like a really “open” open thread, as in I have not seen any comments not related to the Coles’ anniversary celebration.

  26. 26.

    Steeplejack

    Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-NJ. Isn’t he the quisling who ran as a Dem and then switched parties?

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    @Steeplejack: That would have been good to know, if I had indeed scheduled a post.  So far, this has happened with posts that were scheduled.

    I’ll have to see if it happens with a non-scheduled post.

    I thought TaMara’s post about Kamala’s speech got a slow start, I wonder if that happened with her thread, also.  I’ll check the time of the first comment.

    edit:  TaMara’s post was up for 13 minutes before the first comment, and that was a comment by TaMara.  Then another comment by someone else 2 minutes after that.  Something’s going on.

  34. 34.

    Steeplejack

    @Baud:

    How come no one cares about me and my liver?! She’s on seltzer and gummy bears, for chrissakes.

    Which reminds me: time to make a drink.

  36. 36.

    PsiFighter37

    I can’t believe any of you would enjoy watching this. I have been drinking a little on the heavy side the past couple of months without watching the RNC, so I figured I could spare myself. I was never in for hate-watching stuff, but after seeing the debates in 2016, I had to stop. If the debates happen this year, I will not watch them, solely because I will hate-drink myself to a terrible hangover…and then have to wake up at 6 AM to feed the kiddo.

    Also – I see Biden announced he is planning to do in-person events in the fall. Bad idea, IMO – he should set an example and stay as virtual as possible. It is quite likely that if Trump doesn’t cheat to win, Biden will have to order a nationwide lockdown in the winter at some point.

  38. 38.

    zhena gogolia

    Even looking at comments about this on BJ and on Cauvin’s twitter gets me too upset. I guess we’ll watch a Perry Mason tonight. And by that I mean RAYMOND BURR, in case you were wondering.

  45. 45.

    Steeplejack

    @PsiFighter37:

    I’m not necessarily enjoying it, but I feel it’s important (for me) to witness it. It is historic, even if horrific. I started out as a newspaper reporter almost 50 years ago, and I still have a streak of that curiosity.

  46. 46.

    Steeplejack

    Dan Scavino! They’re scraping the bottom of the barrel already. Isn’t he the golf caddie turned Twitter hype man?

  48. 48.

    jnfr

    Scenes from the South Lawn are horrifying, considering we’re in a pandemic.

    I can’t watch the thing, but I also can’t help checking in on Twitter.

  49. 49.

    Jeffro

    @PsiFighter37: agree – stay virtual, Uncle Joe

    (and if the current maladministration doesn’t do much of anything between now and inauguration day, the lockdown will probably start next March, after the Biden administration has had a chance to get rapid testing in place nationwide)

  53. 53.

    Steeplejack

    ? Eek! Came back in the middle of Mitch McConnell.

    He is spewing a bullet list of complete, utter bullshit.

  58. 58.

    MomSense

    The senior Senatortoise from KY comes out with the stupid bit brother Democrat lies. Tax away your jobs and give you a government check, take away your hamburgers, tell you what kind of car you can drive and take your guns! Well maybe the guns part isn’t a lie, for this Democrat anyway.

  61. 61.

    Leto

    @Steeplejack: it’s telling that he doesn’t think Republicans can compete if DC becomes a state. And that he calls the home of 700k+ citizens “the swamp”. Fucking loathe that pos.

  62. 62.

    MomSense

    ShamWOW!  I thought I inadvertently changed the channel to an infomercial. Who is this guy?

  67. 67.

    HumboldtBlue

    Now there’s a fucking screaming ham on my screen. Sweet Jesus beating a cripple with a leg bone, this is horrific.

  70. 70.

    Leto

    Dana White’s “Lessons Learned”: 1) buy your own island 2) still have your athletes get infected 3)…  4) SCREAM AT THE TV!

  73. 73.

    MomSense

    @Leto:

    I tried to type hamberders- whew- took forever to fight the autocorrect.

    Ha!  President Trump has unique attributes – that’s for sure.

  83. 83.

    Steeplejack

    Sean Reyes, Utah attorney general. Hawaiian, Japanese, Filipino and something else heritage. Just so we know he’s bona fide.

    “I channel my warrior heritage by battling huma trafficking.” ‘Nuff said.

  88. 88.

    Leto

    @Steeplejack: well the times that the pure wrestling people went into the ring against the mixed martial artists, the pure wrestlers tended to leave the ring looking like they’d been sent through an industrial meat grinder. Also the UFC in the early days was pretty extreme. They’ve introduced… regulations since then to make sure the people left the ring under their own power. Wussies.

  90. 90.

    Steeplejack

    “My father, my warrior hero, lost his fight with cancer.” I hate this warrior culture bullshit. Warriors kill people and break things. That’s the highest we aspire to?

  92. 92.

    mrmoshpotato

    I……ummmmmm…..hmmmmmm……ooooooof!

    Brad Parscale fleeced Trump for tens of millions to build a digital “Death Star” but forgot to shell out 50 bucks for the KAG domain name. The campaign in a nutshell. https://t.co/Ob8iBgVbrQ— Joshua Holland ? (@JoshuaHol) August 28, 2020

  93. 93.

    J R in WV

    @Leto:

    Great job syncing up the Bee Gees with the marching Korean Nazis… Well done. And they march SO Well.

    So sharp.

    I guess when you get shot our of a cannon if you fall out of step, that’s REAL motivation.

  94. 94.

    Steeplejack

    Debbie Flood, president of Melron Corporation, Schofield, WI. A foundry? Another candidate for Googling to see what heinous shit her company has gotten up to.

  96. 96.

    raven

    @WaterGirl: The big fella is a dear friend and the other guy is a law prof specializing in immigration law. They both teach and do this for fun. Old Time is not everyone’s cup of tea.

  100. 100.

    Bruuuuce

    Thank all the gods that ever were that I’ve avoided this dreck so far. But if they do the big closing number as a sing-along of “Tomorrow Belongs to Me”, I’ll check it out on YouTube.

  101. 101.

    Steeplejack

    Montage. Negligible.

    Now Ann Dorn, widow of retired St. Louis police captain Dave Dorn.

  103. 103.

    Leto

    @J R in WV: wasn’t me, but it popped up on my YouTube feed a while back so I remember it when WaterGirl was asking about needing something for tonight.

     

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: S&P doesn’t like it, but she’s spoken many times about not using language like that. There’s been other words that she’s modified but I can’t remember off hand what they were.

  107. 107.

    Quinerly

    Reading on TPM that there were 1500 chairs originally for this shit show at the WH. Before it started they were removing some. Guests didn’t show up?

  109. 109.

    Steeplejack

    God, this is awful. Weepy, carnographic. Dave was murdered by “people,” “them.” Not an individual.

    No mention, of course, of black people killed by other “people.”

  111. 111.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Steeplejack: Schofield is too small to have that many assholes.  Flood and Peterson?  Damn.  OTOH I always thought D. C. Everest High School sucked.

  115. 115.

    MomSense

    Carson seems addled.  He’s giving this bizarre speech like it’s a bedtime story.  Making me ?

  117. 117.

    Jay

    @MomSense:

    technically, 2 of the cited “lies” arn’t lies.

    like the gun thing you mentioned,

    and after Dumph took away their jobs with Covid, the Democratic Party did make sure as long as they could, that people got Government checks, even if they still had jobs or didn’t need the money.

  118. 118.

    Steeplejack

    @Leto:

    Jesus, I get it! I was an Air Force brat for 17 years. I just threw up a quick graphic I found while watching this fiasco. Did you look at McGrath’s logo at the end of her video?

  121. 121.

    J R in WV

    @HumboldtBlue

     

    Amy McGrath has a campaign logo that belongs in the non-existent campaign logo Hall of Fame.

    That’s pretty good, but M J Hegar running in TX may have a better one. Scroll to the bottom. She flew helicopters.

  123. 123.

    Steeplejack

    Patrick Lynch, president of the Police Benevolent Association of New York City. Looks and sounds exactly as you would expect.

  124. 124.

    Steeplejack

    Tonight is even more boring than last night, if possible. Trump could be on the verge of a huge cratering.

    I’m almost tempted to turn from C-SPAN over to MSNBC to hear Rachel say “poop” and “horse hockey.”

  127. 127.

    Amir Khalid

    I remember Pat Lynch for one thing, and one thing only: 20 years ago, he called Bruce Springsteen some pretty vile names for writing and performing a song about the unjustified police shooting of a black man, Amadou Diallo.

  142. 142.

    Steeplejack

    This “law and order” theme tonight is not working. Rudy: “How did we get overcome with crime so fast?” Dude, your guy has been in charge for the last 3½ years! Might be a connection.

    Whoa, Rudy did say that the killing of George Floyd was universally condemned. But then Democrats rioting in Democrat cities ruined everything!

  143. 143.

    MomSense

    Ah I get it.  Biden is just a Trojan horse for duh duh duh THE SQUAD?????☠️?????????????☠️???????????

  145. 145.

    Elizabelle

    I feel sorry for the tiny minds who believe Giuliani’s spiel.

    And every time he says “Democrat” instead of Democratic, it grates.  As it is meant to.

  146. 146.

    TS (the original)

    Went to MSNBC for a glimpse – other than using the WH as a prop have the 4 days all been in the same empty room with the flag backdrop? No wonder the ratings are down. No diversity in people, no diversity in presentation.

  149. 149.

    RobertB

    @Leto: I remember seen some early UFC back in the 90’s, and the winners were all Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athletes.  All of the ‘strikers’ would last as long as it took for one of the grapplers to grab him.

  151. 151.

    Elizabelle

    So no one who is listening to Rudy lives in a Democrat city with Democrat mayors?

    They’re all out in the boonies.  And the Democrat city stuff could happen to them.

    O KKKKKK.

  152. 152.

    Mary G

    @jnfr: That is beyond irresponsible:

    Reaction to images from South Lawn of WH, where 1500+ are gathering, no masks, distancing, or mass testing from @ashishkjha of @Harvardgh “This is deeply irresponsible. It goes against all that we know about keeping people safe. We should expect better from our national leaders.” pic.twitter.com/DRfrYs7BNK— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 28, 2020

     A whole mob of Herman Cains. Packed in like sardines, haven’t seen any masks, and no testing done. Killing yourself to own the libs. I’d say “please proceed, idiots,” but you know they’ll be out spreading it all over their communities tomorrow.

  155. 155.

    Quinerly

    I’m amazed how bad Rudy is tonight. He’s a bit loaded. Aren’t most of the speakers pre recorded? So many have been so bad… You would think if taped, they could do better.

  156. 156.

    Elizabelle

    They cut away before he got to end with “BOOOOO!”

    Dystopian fairy tales for Republicans.  Democrat cities are coming for yew.

  157. 157.

    Steeplejack

    @TS (the original):

    Yes, that’s the backdrop, except for speakers whose comments were taped in other locations and the interspersed montages of pickup-truck-ad B-roll featuring real Americans.

  161. 161.

    Steeplejack

    Sen. Tom Cotton, R-AR. “You’re probably at home, while I . . . stand alone.”

    He was in the unit that was the original “band of brothers.” Just so you know.

  165. 165.

    Amir Khalid

    Tom Cotton looks (ETA: and sounds) like Sheriff Woody from the alternate universe where Spock has a beard.

  166. 166.

    MomSense

    Not even Rudy was interesting.  Even with all their scare words, it’s so boring.

    Cotton.  ?????

  180. 180.

    Steeplejack

    Marsha Mueller with husband Carl, mother of murdered ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller.

    Another extremely carnographic recitation of their daughter’s horrible ordeal. This is awful to retail this for partisan political gain.

  183. 183.

    TS (the original)

    @Mary G:

    We should expect better from our national leaders.

    Hasn’t he noticed trump has been doing horror things for 4 years. Why would anyone expect better from the current so called national leaders

  186. 186.

    Steeplejack

    Montage: Alice Johnson pardoned by President Trump.

    That Mueller segment had to be an incredible downer even for rabid MAGAts. I don’t get it.

    And now Alice Johnson herself. “Criminal justice reform advocate.”

  189. 189.

    TS (the original)

    Just for a second I heard someone mention “the compassion of Donald John Trump”

    begosh – where have these people been when babes were taken from their mothers at the border? That sort of compassion.

  190. 190.

    Elizabelle

    I am glad this woman is free.  I have no doubt there are lots of people in prison on sentences that are way too long.

    Alice Johnson.

  191. 191.

    Yutsano

    @Leto:  Good Lord man! He took the same oath we did!

    I kid. I’m just a tad worried about his blood pressure. Cotton was nothing more than a glorified secretary who happened to survive the enmity of his men in the sandbox. His claim to “glory” is nothing more than padding. Hell my Air Force officer buddy who’s in Afghanistan has seen more action than Cotton had and he’s only been there a fucking month!

  192. 192.

    MomSense

    Are they using a Hall or Mirrors effect on the Democrats in this video? What is this music?  It’s like the credits music in a D movie about an earthquake.

  194. 194.

    Steeplejack

    Montage: Trump great, Democrats satanic. Even the montages are getting more unhinged.

    What I’m thinking hoping tonight is that even for people who like Trump this shit is so over the top that it might give them pause.

  196. 196.

    Captain C

    @MomSense:

    True, but I think they made a mistake by using all the same scary words and phrases in every speech. They lost their fire.

    They’ve gotten lazy with their Gingrich phrase dictionary in the last quarter century.  And some of it blatantly applies to them, too.

  198. 198.

    Leto

    Jason Johnson@DrJasonJohnson

    38m

    Just so we’re clear David Dorn was a not a Trump supporter

    Ann Dorn is a Trump supporter

    David Dorn’s children have explicitly said his wife does NOT represent his politics and is exploiting his death

  201. 201.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Aleta:

    Some of us were talking about that earlier a few threads down. It is just plain wrong. She has no right to use that honorific. Same with Kellyanne.

  207. 207.

    Subsole

    @Baud: Ha, jokes on you libcuck. The NEW invocation is “Keep America Greaterest Again, Again”.

    LOL, don’t you people know anything?

  208. 208.

    Steeplejack

    I hope all of these people and their families are hounded out of public life for the next 50 years.

  212. 212.

    Elizabelle

    “My father has strong convictions.”

    We are ALL hoping for a lot more convictions for your father, Ms. Not of the Beltway.

  213. 213.

    Leto

    @Elizabelle: that’s something Michael Beschloss brought up: the wrapping up of the nation’s assets/identity with a specific political party, and how authoritarians/dictators do that.

  217. 217.

    Elizabelle

    “Tear in their eye.”

    Was that on your drinking bingo card?  No “sir” yet, though.

  219. 219.

    Steeplejack

    Boy, the audience really is crammed in like sardines. I did see a couple of people with masks on. Probably will be purged tomorrow.

  221. 221.

    Elizabelle

    It’s fantasy land.  No one has the guts.  Except Donald Trump.

    Because courage is the first word that comes to mind with him.

  231. 231.

    SiubhanDuinne

    I assume Donald will pat her/feel her up/touch her in some inappropriate way when he walks lumbers on stage.

  233. 233.

    Leto

    @Elizabelle: Yeah, the dictator chic they have going on is just fucking disgusting. Makes me think of the post from earlier where the Politico puke was saying, “outside of the beltway, who cares?” Plenty of us do. The majority of us don’t want our nation turned into some knockoff North Korea. JFC all of these people.

  234. 234.

    Mary G

    I decided I should try to watch, and I can’t with this grifting liar, but I am listening. The applause for her seems rather perfunctory?

  236. 236.

    Elizabelle

    Barbie Gaslighter.

    I hope people hiss at her in restaurants in her not so distant future.

  237. 237.

    MomSense

    Damn they really lacked those people in. Did they test them or are they sacrificing them for this spectacle?

  238. 238.

    Steeplejack

    @Mary G:

    It’s not any more perfunctory than any speech where the audience knows they’re supposed to come in every few sentences for a punch line.

    ETA: The “Applause!” sign is lighting up on almost every sentence now. Will this never end?

  240. 240.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    Would love to see Ivanka in an orange prison jumpsuit. Siri has more empathy than this asshole.

  241. 241.

    Subsole

    @Steeplejack:

    Also, it’s bullshit

    Imperial Japan, Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, Confederate America and the Spartan Ephorate all idolized the warrior elite. How’d that go for them?

    Turns out warrior cultures breed bad administrators, worse public servants, poor businessmen and, in a crowning irony, pretty goddamn shitty soldiers, when all is said and done.

  249. 249.

    West of the Cascades

    @Subsole: Imperial Japan, Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, Confederate America and the Spartan Ephorate all idolized the warrior elite. How’d that go for them?

    Well, then very well, then poorly.

  251. 251.

    Elizabelle

    The right thing to do.

    Yeah.  That is always Trump’s North Star.  Tell it, Gaslighter Barbie.

  252. 252.

    Leto

    Peace in the Middle East? Wut? How is this shitshow still going? Can we get the 4th lady off the stage now?

  253. 253.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Oh you fucking dimwit. We don’t attack your fucking father because he’s “unconventional.”  Jesus Christ.

  256. 256.

    Quinerly

    She’s as much the narcissist as he is. Very strange speech. She really thinks she can be Pres in the future.

  257. 257.

    Elizabelle

    No.  People attack him for being corrupt.  “Unconventional” is the FTF NYTimes euphemism.

    Learn up, Barbie.

  263. 263.

    Elizabelle

    I knew they’d be on a balcony!

    Straight outta Parador.  Or whatever that fictional country.

  265. 265.

    Leto

    LEE FUCKING GREENWOOD! BURN THAT FUCKING SONG! Descending down the stairs, grasping Melania like his feeble life depends on it, other hand on the rail… I will fucking hate them forever. All of them. Also I promise that I’m going to shit on his grave, wherever it is.

  276. 276.

    Elizabelle

    Turned it off. I refuse to give that cretin my attention. Will read what you have to say, though.

  277. 277.

    Martin

    Speaking of Republicans, has anyone else been curious why so many people are dying from drinking hand sanitizer? I found an answer.

    The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued a warning to consumers about hand sanitizers that are flavored and packaged in food and drink containers, which increases the risk of people accidentally drinking them, particularly children.

    According to the warning, the agency has found hand sanitizers with flavorings such as chocolate and raspberry, and in packaging including beer cans, water bottles, juice bottles, vodka bottles, and children’s snack pouches—some of which were marketed with cartoons aimed at children.

    The FDA’s behavior here seems to be to stand at a distance and yell warnings rather than, you know, find these manufacturers and, well, throw them in prison. Wouldn’t want to overregulate the market for children’s snack pouches filled with various chocolate flavored poisons.

  278. 278.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    Hmm what’s with all the blue is the color scheme, Trump decided to pretend he is a Democrat?

  288. 288.

    Elizabelle

    @Jeffro:   Thank you.

    I think it’s Gaslighter Barbie though.  Like Airline Pilot Barbie.  Movie Star Barbie.

    9 to 16 years, concurrent Barbie.

  290. 290.

    Jay

    Drinking Faxe Royal Strong for this shitshow. Tolerable beer, on the upside, 8%. We tried mojito’s last night for the shit show and damn near had to call 9/11.

  295. 295.

    Leto

    @Amir Khalid:  Lee Greenwood. Written during the first Gulf War. By the time I joined in 1997, it was on it’s way out but I had to play it a number of times for people returning from various things in 1999. Most of the service people of my gen absolutely loathe that song because it’s just fucking horrendous. My first act as God Emperor would be to seize all physical/digital copies and to banish them to the nearest black hole. As well as Greenwood himself because he’s a Trumper too.

  307. 307.

    Mary G

    The crowd still seems very unenthusiastic.

    ETA: And I see what you guys meant about the wrinkly flags. They are very puckered.

  316. 316.

    Elizabelle

    @Steeplejack:   It’s better without audio.

    Although.  Thinking of putting on “Mr. Crowley” as an alternate soundtrack.

    The wind was ruffling his hair.  Like a mechanical, impotent Tab Hunter.

  317. 317.

    Leto

    His pancake makeup is particularly pancakey. Very orange, very cake. Also he’s slurring his words.

  322. 322.

    Quinerly

    I really think this is going to turn off a lot of voters. It’s just too weird. The WH being used this way. This speech, his family… All of it. But I thought when he mocked the disabled reporter during the campaign it would be over.

  324. 324.

    Elizabelle

    @Mary G:   We should have a betting pool on how many ‘rona cases date to this magical night.

    Although.  Like we will ever hear.

  326. 326.

    HumboldtBlue

    @Leto:

    My dad hates it when I cuss but that fucking song drives me to cuss like a motherfucker on family text threads. He’s 88 so he don’t scare me no more.

  328. 328.

    TS (the original)

    @Subsole: Maybe that’s why trump is looking more orange this evening. To add some color to the scene? What does it hide?

  329. 329.

    Steeplejack

    “Democrat National Convention.” “Democrat Party.” I hate this middle-school bullshit. Why not just make a few fart noises with your armpit, Donald?

  330. 330.

    Bill Arnold

    “This is the most important election in the history of our country.”
    etc.
    I think we all agree on that.

  331. 331.

    Elizabelle

    @Subsole:  Ah. I do not know “skunked.” But it sounds like something that should happen to Tom Cotton.

    Will look up Leto’s reference later.  Hunting for Ozzy Osbourne at the moment.

  333. 333.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Even at prayer breakfasts, I don’t think I’ve ever heard him give a speech with so much overt religiosity.

  341. 341.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    At this point, we have to think Melanie is doing this on purpose, right? She renegotiated the pre-nup, I suspect the cash has already been transferred to Luxembourg or Malta, she’s ready for whatever happens, election loss, indictment or he goes Elvis on the crapper

    Dana Goldberg@DGComedy· 10m
    This was so weird. #RNC2020

    Somebody else on twitter said Grifterella’s speech reflected a desire to counter rumors about how much they all hate each other. I’m not watching, so… I choose to believe it.

  344. 344.

    Elizabelle

    I tell you, Mr. Crowley is the soundtrack for this joker.

    That wonderful long organ introduction, and looking at all the zombies in the audience.  Looking up at der Trump.

  345. 345.

    a thousand flouncing lurkers was fidelio

    @Elizabelle: my mother always felt sorry for the cow.
    From Wikipedia:

    ”Judge Edwin R. Holmes asked Bilbo to submit documents pertinent to the case [Governor Lee Russell’s paternity case—1KFL]. Bilbo refused and was caught hiding in a barn to avoid a subpoena. Subsequently, he was sentenced to 30 days in prison for contempt of court, and served 10 days behind bars. He also lost his run to return to the governorship in 1923.”

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_G._Bilbo?wprov=sfti1

    Unfortunately they still make them like that.

  346. 346.

    Subsole

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Parson Dense did not fully capture the gloriosty of our president’s presidential majesticalness.

    He is forgiven this transgression, as he was clearly at least attempting to work towards the fuhrer.

  352. 352.

    NotMax

    Anyone see mention of protestors outside the fence? Or has a mutli-block area been cordoned off?

  355. 355.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @MomSense:

    They can’t even wave – they’re so crammed in together. I hope Trump starts humping them.

    I legit can’t tell if you’re talking about the flags on stage or the people in the audience.

  356. 356.

    TS (the original)

    Has anyone speaking at the RNC for the past 4 nights smiled? Everything I’ve seen is serious faces frowning and yelling – not about what has happened in the past 8 months – but rather the horror that will happen if trump is not elected.

    I like that Joe & Kamala had some uplifting speeches. I remember that pie speech that President Obama gave over and over – I remember the story of “fired up ready to go” – both told with smiles and optimism. The last 4 years have been the opposite of anything good – politically.

  357. 357.

    Elizabelle

    It’s so weird to look at a “president” who took on Pokey’s coloring.  By choice.  Gumby weeps.

  359. 359.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    @Bill Arnold:

    This is the most important election in the history of our country.

    That’s the only true statement uttered by this pathological liar.

  361. 361.

    Steeplejack

    Just occurred to me that Daniel Dale must be stroking out tonight. Thoughts and prayers.

  366. 366.

    NotMax

    @Elizabelle

    “It’s those damn liberal light bulbs that make me look orange.”

    “Gee, they don’t do that to any other person on the effin’ planet.”

  368. 368.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @NotMax: you ask, I link, with video…

    Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24 34m
    the “fuck Trump” and “hands up don’t shoot” chants starting up again at one of the protest sites here near the entrance area to the WH south lawn where Trump’s doing his thing tonight

    also, people dancing happily

  370. 370.

    Sister Golden Bear

    <whispers in Doctor Who> Don’t you think he looks tired?

    And what’s with the weird posture? (Left hand holding the podium in a death grip while the right shoulder reaches for the sky.)

  371. 371.

    WaterGirl

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: I could easily be remembering wrong.  These 4 nights of horror are blending together.

    The only thing I know for sure is that MomSense is eating gummy bears (not the adult variety) and is not drinking alcohol.  The rest ifs a blur of horror.

    edit: And I’m not even watching, just following on BJ.

  373. 373.

    gene108

    Why is Trump clinging to the podium for dear life?

    Second, I wish a strong gust of wind blows through and totally ruins his hair do.

  375. 375.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @MomSense:

    There was a moment with Lara, too. When Vanky stood  up when her dad thanked her, Lara looked like she hate her.

    Tbogg’s on to something with “Dollar Store Ivanka” and I’m sure Ivanka reminds her at every opportunity that the Kushners have real money. Reminds me that in Mary Trump’s book, she says that trump said, in front of the extended and assemble trump family, including Lara, “a year ago, I didn’t know who the fuck she was”. Lara and Eric had been married several years by that point.

  378. 378.

    TS (the original)

    And what’s with all the white shirts in the audience? Was it a condition of entry that white shirts must be worn?

  379. 379.

    SiubhanDuinne

    This is absolutely obscene. Chants of “Four More Years” in front of the White House. Obscene.

  384. 384.

    Steeplejack

    @Amir Khalid:

    I don’t think so, but at this point it gets my goat because it’s so old, so tired and so bush-league. And they all do it automatically now. I don’t think they could go back unless they got an electric shock for every “Democrat Party.” And it would take a while. (I’m willing to find out.)

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    Subsole

    @West of the Cascades: Except it didn’t ever go very well. The Confederacy was never more than  barely functioning. Most of the Axis powers were rationing before the war even started. They never fixed their economies. They just did the old Roman trick where you plug the holes with slavery and rampant looting. It was never well. It was just ‘less shit than the actual Depression’.

    As you note, eventually the ‘less shit’ phase stopped working, too.

    Usually right after they managed to ROYALLY piss off someone too big and mean for them to enslave/steal from. By trying to enslave/steal from them.

    At which point the all-conquering warriors discovered that logistics – much like bullets – don’t give a fuck about your warrior spirit.

  388. 388.

    Quinerly

    There has been so much pandering this week… he  is the greatest thing for the Black community since Abe. It’s like he’s trying to poach the Kanye vote… I’m wondering if he is turning off his racist base.

    (and why does Kushner remind me of that song, “Tomorrow Belongs to Me” from Cabaret?)

  392. 392.

    Sally

    @TS (the original): I don’t believe the trump family do “smiling”. And I don’t think it’s the Botox or the surgery. I think they are just so damned miserable. When they are together, they are just scheming, conniving for the next grift, the next take down of each other, they wouldn’t think of smiling. The odd grimace for and at the cameras, maybe, but you can see how much it hurts those underused facial muscles. Not like previous presidents with their families, coming and going around the White House, laughing, smiling, looking happy, relaxed.

  393. 393.

    Steeplejack

    @prostratedragon:

    Seems ambiguous.

    There is no official list published of who is and who is not “the Honorable” in the Administration. (And let me tell you I have looked.) Precedence-wise the Chief of Staff is on the level of the Cabinet. Not far below in precedence are the [various assistants to the president]. I don’t believe these are addressed as “the Honorable” but wish I had confirmation.)

  395. 395.

    Leto

    @Sister Golden Bear: “Who did you come into contact with?”

    ”I have a letter from my lawyer… I have rights…”

    Gripped Melania’s hand, gripped the rail, gripping the podium, staring directly at the teleprompter to read…

  396. 396.

    Mary G

    @MomSense: Vanky and the robot took in like $82 million last year, while Lara only has the piddly $15,000 a month Parscale funnels to her.

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    Subsole

    @Leto: No bullshit, he may actually end up being the first American President who has to be buried in secret. Because otherwise folks are gonna just desecrate his corpse.

  399. 399.

    WaterGirl

    @Sally: Wait til you see the top tweet on TaMara’s new thread.  Ivanka with a fake smile at someone, that person passes and her face changes instantly.

    It’s so good that I may never stop watching it.

  402. 402.

    Steeplejack

    “This will affect your 401k, all of the stocks that you have.”

    Periodic reminder that the top 1% own 50% of stocks, the top 10% own 92%.

  404. 404.

    Steeplejack

    Was “under God” really removed from the Pledge of Allegiance during the Democrat convention? I assumed this story was bullshit, but I never saw an article about it.

  405. 405.

    Yutsano

    @Leto: I’m watching but not close enough to listen. He just tried to to a normal stand but you could tell his right side doesn’t want to support him. There is definitely something physiologically wrong with him. He can’t hold himself in a normal standing position. Now he is but he’s relying on his upper body strength. His right side isn’t supporting him.

  410. 410.

    Ohio Mom

    Somewhere on the internet (saw it with my own two eyes) is a video showing all four nights of the Pledge at the DNC, and all contain “under God.”

  411. 411.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Quinerly: It’s like he’s trying to poach the Kanye vote

    Trump ratfucking his own ratfuck makes way to much sense.

  413. 413.

    Jinchi

    @Ohio Mom: Somewhere on the internet (saw it with my own two eyes) is a video showing all four nights of the Pledge at the DNC, and all contain “under God.”

    It’s amazing what they can do with special effects these days.

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