President Trump Already Signed a Bunch of Executive Orders, Some Rioting in D.C.: P.M. Links

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  Robby Soave / Reason

  Just moments after taking the Oath of Office, President Donald Trump signed a bunch of (mostly inconsequential) executive orders.

• Climate change, LGBT rights pages no longer show up at WhiteHouse.gov.
• There was some rioting in Washington, D.C. Protesters smashed the windows a Starbucks, Bank of America, and Bobby Van's restaurant. I also filmed some protesters burning a bunch of garbage cans and papers as a Trump supporter tries to stop them.
• A limo was also set on fire.
• My take on Trump's inauguration speech: Protectionism for all.
• The @POTUS Twitter handle now belongs to Trump.
• Barack Obama will leave office $20 million richer.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

Just moments after taking the Oath of Office, President Donald Trump signed a bunch of (mostly inconsequential) executive orders.

They were very consequential, believe me.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Hello.

And so it begins....

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Noooo. Nawy tends.

[FD]

+1. And I could just see his okay finger wave in your quote.

Also, boring ass teaching moment for intellectuals. "Mostly inconsequential" is a phrase of comfort to the left and one of dread to us dummies who recognize the Orc-like march of doom disguised as noblesse oblige:
This is how the guv operates. Hey, it was just some inconsequential rules. Was always done with good intentions. It's only minor. It's a little thing. It doesn't matter. A minor legal tweak here and miniscule legislative ink over there. It's really nothing at all. Won't bother you. Probably silly to even remove it. It's hardly anything at all. Really....

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

For sake of my love for America and out of respect for the Office of the President of the United States -- I dedicate this song to Donald Trump and the idyllic (yet implausible) rhetoric that won him the election. My fortune find each and every American.

[Ted S.]

Gotta love that car.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Why YOUR fortune.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I also filmed some protesters burning a bunch of garbage cans and papers as a Trump supporter tries to stop them.

You were probably correct with the term you used before you switched to protest.

[flye]

They also broke the windows out of Larry King's SUV. Let's remember the real victims here!

[Trigger Hippie]

The people usually stuck behind Larry King driving a SUV?

[Zeb]

Rioting is a classic and time tested form of protest.

[Pro Libertate]

Over what? A change in parties? I assure you that I am far more upset with the state of our not-very-limited government than 90% of these protestors, yet I'm not traveling up to DC to make a fuss.

Besides, this is lame stuff--par for the course these days.

[Zeb]

I'm right there with you. Please note I am not endorsing or promoting this or any other protest. Or making a very serious comment above. They are complete fucking children throwing a fit because someone they don't like won an election, fairly and decisively.

[grrizzly]

fairly and decisively

You must be kidding: popular vote, fake news, Russkies.

[Zeb]

Oh, right. Where's my Molotov cocktail? Or are we supposed to call them something else now because we are boycotting Russian stuff?

[grrizzly]

Microaggression cocktail?

[Cdr Lytton]

Way to other nondrinkers.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Winning the popular vote is the sign of a loser.

Copyright 2017 Playa Manhattan

[Pro Libertate]

These are truly weird times.

[Jerry on the sea]

Protesters smashed the windows a Starbucks.

Serves them right for importing all them coffee beans from them foreign countries.

[Zeb]

From now on everyone drinks Hawaiian coffee only.

[bacon-magic]

Mmmmmm...Kona.

[Zeb]

Soon the price will rise to $900/lb, unfortunately. Supply and demand is a bitch.

[Playa Manhattan.]

I only drink coffee made out of cat shit.

[Mad Scientist]

Sure, but how could you tell?

[Fist of Etiquette]

The @POTUS Twitter handle now belongs to Trump.

We're all Dumbfuckistan now.

[Pan Zagloba]

Was that pun in alt-text intentional, Soave? Come on, be honest!

[grrizzly]

When will we have a National Day of Patriotism?

A National Day of Patriotism

According to the (new) White House press secretary, Trump also signed a proclamation calling for a National Day of Patriotism. It was unclear when that day would be or what, exactly, it would entail. The president can declare a one-time federal holiday any time he likes by issuing an executive order to that effect. Congress, however, needs to sign off on the creation of any annual federal holidays.

[flye]

Should be in the first week of one of the summer months.

[thrakkorzog]

We already have the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, and Veteran's Day, but what the hell, let's have another three day weekend.

[paranoid android]

...Flag Day, President's Day, 9/11--which, if I recall correctly, was actually already declared "Patriot's Day" or somesuch back during the Bush admin...

[Eternal Blue Sky]

Fuck it, let's just make every weekend a three day weekend and dedicate all Fridays to worshiping the flag.

[flye]

Can we drink and fire our guns into the air?

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

It would be for the children!

[Eternal Blue Sky]

CAN you?? Son, it's downright MANDATORY.

[flye]

Hooray!

[paranoid android]

Bart: I just think our veterans deserve a little recognition.
Lisa: That's what Veterans Day is for, Bart.
Bart: But is that really enough to honor our brave soldiers?
Lisa: They also have Memorial Day!
Bart: Oh, Lisa, maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong, the important thing is that veterans deserve a day to honor them!
Lisa: They have two!
Bart: Well, maybe they should have three. I'm Bart Simpson.

[lap83]

One of my favorite episodes. Those news scenes kill me

[Ted S.]

I'm doing my patriotic duty every time I point out the War on Drugs is morally wicked.

[PBR Streetgang]

The band The War on Drugs, however, is actually really good.

[Pat (PM)]

Depends who you ask

[westernsloper]

April 15th?

[Jerryskids]

What about a Patriotic Day of Nationalism?

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Barack Obama will leave office $20 million richer.

$400,000 x 8 = Jesus I shouldn't have been a philosophy major.

[Not a True MJG]

Pretty good gig if you can get it.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

In total, Obama has earned $15.6 million as an author since arriving in Washington. He has made $8.8 million from his bestseller Audacity of Hope and children's book Of Thee I Sing: A Letter To My Daughters. Sales of his memoir Dreams From My Father, which Obama originally published in 1995, also took off once he landed in Washington, resulting in a $6.8 million windfall for the president. Obama made another $3.7 million from government salaries.

How many people have actually read any of those fucking books? I picture George Soros and the UAW both owning warehouses like the one in the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark stuffed full with these shitty wastes of paper.

[Pro Libertate]

Jesus. I hate the government.

[lafe.long]

To be totally honest, I was not aware that he had written any books at all.

[Pro Libertate]

How does that work? Does the ghost get paid a flat fee or a commission on sales?

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Murdered and buried in a potter's field.

[Pro Libertate]

Oh. Good to know.

[PapayaSF]

Ask Bill Ayers.

[Injun, as in from India]

"We need less [sic] philosophers, more welders."

- Marco Rubio

...or maybe more community organizers?

[John DeWitt]

You sure you weren't a math major?

[But Enough About Me]

2.5 Megabux/year in office?

Pays to be a waggle-eared dumbass.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Barack Obama will leave office $20 million richer.

$400,000 x 8 = Jesus I shouldn't have been a philosophy major.

[Citizen X]

Constitutional Law is where it's at, son.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

It honestly sounds awful, I feel like paradox of whats on the paper and how it is enforce (or not enforced) would drive me mad -- it already kind of does, but ignorance can be a shield.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

It honestly sounds awful, I feel like paradox of whats on the paper and how it is enforce (or not enforced) would drive me mad -- it already kind of does, but ignorance can be a shield.

[Injun, as in from India]

Obama kept saying "change, change".

All that change added up to a cool $20 million.

[Fist of Etiquette]

A limo was also set on fire.

Which Congresscritter had to hoof it home?

[Charles Easterly]

The one with long face?

[bacon-magic]

Don't get catty.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Celine dion?

[Injun, as in from India]

A limo was also set on fire.

Which Congresscritter had to hoof it home?

Probably some limousine liberal?

[Chipper Morning Wood]

The one that wouldn't make it in Hollywood.

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

The @POTUS Twitter handle now belongs to Trump.

This is about as newsworthy as "The occupants of the White House are Donald and Melania Trump." or "Air Force One is now Donald Trump's airplane."

[Citizen X]

The @POTUS Twitter handle now belongs to Trump.

Assuming his handlers let near it. I look forward to @realDonaldTrump getting into flame wars with @POTUS.

[Fuck You - Cut Spending]

That was my first reaction

[american socialist]

Most socialistic State of the Union speech since 1938. Written probably by Hugo Chavez's ghost.

[american sociaIist]

Yea just ignore this lol is an example

[american socialist]

Imitation is the sincerest expression of flattery. I like you.

[american sociaIist]

Sorry this was supposed to be below

[bacon-magic]

Ah...the smart one has a linky to DU. Awesome job, sir.

[Buddy Bizarre]

And to think I fell for it earlier...

[bacon-magic]

*Tears, sweet delicious tears.
Where's the smart AmSoc at?

[The Fusionist]

Did AmSoc fall asleep next to a giant pod yesterday?

[The Fusionist]

Wait, it was an attempt at sarcasm, oh well.

[Gadfly]

There are two AmSoc's running around...one has a capital I instead of a lowercase l. In a sans-serif font you can't tell.

[Dick N. Bimbose (n?e Cooper)]

The other one has a _ in between american and socialist.

[Fist of Etiquette]

My take on Trump's inauguration speech: Protectionism for all.

"When everyone is protected, no one will be."

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

The @POTUS Twitter handle now belongs to Trump.

So which Trump family member will run @realDonaldTrump in the meantime?

[SIV]

Climate change, LGBT rights pages no longer show up at WhiteHouse.gov.

MAGA

[flye]

I'd leave the climate change page, but make people click through "other" then "problems outside the top 500" to get the link.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Yet still no love for man-rooster love.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

The love that shall not be spoken?

[But Enough About Me]

Yer the cock 'o the walk, son!

[Pan Zagloba]

That's for 2020.

[RAHeinlein]

The Obama website was removed by the Obama administration and Trump's team created a new website.

Soave makes it sound as though they selectively went in and removed items.

[Tonio]

The Obama website was removed by the Obama administration and Trump's team created a new website.

Well, that is how the derpbook-shared articles have been reading throughout the day - most of the ones I see are pants-shitting over the LGBTetc page.

Good point, RAH.

[Rhywun]

And so it begins. At least I have the comfort of knowing that the Earth is going to shit for the rest of you even as I'm being led off to the camps in chains.

[Krabappel]

I'll be in the next cell over. We can pass catty notes about the other prisoners through a tiny hole in the wall.

[Zeb]

Yeah, sure, that's what you'll use the hole in the wall for.

[jesse.in.mb]

He said tiny, Zeb. At most that could be used as a peep hole.

[Dick N. Bimbose (n?e Cooper)]

Steve Harvey wants to know if either of you are Asian.

[Pan Zagloba]

You could try and run for Quebec border. I think jesse can confirm that they will treat you humanely. Or roughly, if you ask politely.

[Rhywun]

It's cute that Canada thinks it's safe from the upcoming Troubles.

[Pan Zagloba]

PM Zoolander will protect, comfort and hide us all in his hair!

[jesse.in.mb]

I think all of my attempts to improve Californian/French Canadian relations have failed. They're quite impressive on the dick pic front though.

[Cdr Lytton]

jesse in Manitoba finally?

[jesse.in.mb]

MB in CA, bro.

Huh, I guess that works either way.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Yeah, but then you'd be a loser.

[Mad Scientist]

I think you meant hoser.

[jesse.in.mb]

I'm gonna be in Winnipeg this summer. I'll make a decision then.

[The Late P Brooks]

Barack Obama will leave office $20 million richer.

[insert expostulation of surprise and disbelief]

[american sociaIist]

Guys,

As you have been seeing today?.i have a confession to make (some have already deduced this at times). I am a pure troll, i was just having fun essentially parodying socialism and tweaking you.

I had a rather abrupt conversion to not troll anymore. I found out my wife is expecting and it really puts things into perspective to be more serious. i do enjoy reading most of the commenters sans that clown tony (who i think is actually like me). I admit at times i was jealous he was getting attention lol.

I am not a socialist at all. I hate parasites and that ideology murders people to form a utopia. I support free markets and limited government. It should have gave it away that i 1) own a computer 2) know how to operate it because that requires WORK.

So just wanted to say i will sane up (for a lack of a better term) from now on. The baby is the only thing that can parasite off me with my permission

cheers

amsoc

ps. now i played a character for so long, i may revert but just ignore going forward if causing a scene TIA

[Ted S.]

Another Tulpa sock bites the dust....

[Heroic Mulatto]

I found out my wife is expecting

May your child not have cancer.

[waffles]

Now you're trolling. Who is going to believe you now?

[Tonio]

^This.

Yeah, sorry, no.

[SIV]

(who i think is actually like me)

You're Reason staff too?

[grrizzly]

And you announced it on the day when Trump was inaugurated. Coincidence?

[american sociaIist]

My wife expecting? it was last night. Maybe a sign from God

[Fist of Etiquette]

OR MAYBE TRUMP CUCKED YOU. Check the kid for half-orange skin.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

OK amsoc, I have a confession to make. I have always secretly sort of liked you. Anyways, congrats on the upcoming kid. Be a good dad.

[american sociaIist]

Thanks i appreciate it

[Playa Manhattan.]

You had a pregnancy test last night?

[Rufus The Monocled]

Wtf?

Either he's not well or he's Andy Kaufman.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Real or sock puppet, it don't really matter. To each his own, if you want to be a socialist be a socialist; if you want to be a libertarian, be a libertarian -- it's pointless in the end, peasants have no power outside of rebellion.

Congratulations on your growing family.

[american sociaIist]

Thanks! And to be sure i will make sure not to mooch free daycare, food stamps, healthcare off of you 😉

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Congratulations on making our overpopulation problem even worse.

[american sociaIist]

Wait til he or consumes all those fossil fuels driving around with friends

[Rufus The Monocled]

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO THINK OR DO?!

Congratulate or not? What would Trump do?

[R C Dean]

Grab a pussy?

[John DeWitt]

I, for one, accept your surrender.

[Fist of Etiquette]

And I'm for socialism now.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Fist of Stalin?

[Fist of Etiquette]

No, obviously they didn't do it right.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Fist of Chavstro?

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Fist of Fascism has nice alliteration and you wouldn't need to stray to far from your politics of choice.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Who is the father?

[Injun, as in from India]

It's take a village to get a woman pregnant?

[american sociaIist]

Me! (i hope)

[Heroic Mulatto]

Not this guy, otherwise the kid would have cancer.

[Injun, as in from India]

I am a pure troll, i was just having fun essentially parodying socialism and tweaking you.

+1 Poe's Law

[paranoid android]

ITT: people falling for the ol' "substitute a capitol 'i' for a lower-case 'L'" trick

[Rhywun]

This. The real amsoc is still blocked by Reasonable.

[Zeb]

This is why sans serif fonts are the work of the devil.

[Zero Sum Game]

Called it:

At least with AmSoc we know what he thinks (honestly, I think he's a sock of one of us who plays Poe's law for the lulz, because his idiocy is so complete it's like the persona's just a little too perfect). Tony's just a little wind-up hate machine; just turn the key on his back and watch him go (probably the genuine article).

...unless this is all a sham and, in reality, this account was hacked by those dastardly Russians to confuse us all.

I still maintain that Tony's for real, Shriek is still tedious, and anyone could be Tulpa.

[Zero Sum Game]

Ok, I knew there were two of you running around and mistook the new instance of Poe's law for the old one. I also saw "American_Socialist" as a handle.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Thomas is the link used by the "real" one. And I still think that one is fake too.

[Trshmnstr, Grump Apprentice]

There's a reason I called him AmSock, and it had to do with believability. He was just a little too perfectly contrarian and combative to be legit.

[T?ny]

I have a confession too. I have also been taking the piss out of you all. I didn't really plan to move to a bungalow in NZ. I actually live in NZ. I didn't really support Hillary. I'll try to be nicer from now on.

[Buddy Bizarre]

Fool me once...

[GILMORE?]

Climate change, LGBT rights pages no longer show up at WhiteHouse.gov.

OMG INVALIDATING OUR EXISTENCES

[american sociaIist]

Because they were taken down by the obama team. What did they expect

[Ted S.]

My take on Trump's inauguration speech: Protectionism for all.

Protectionism for some; miniature American flags for others.

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

There was some rioting in Washington, D.C

Would hate to own a taco truck. Both side would be gunning for you. Cultural appropriation on on side and well of course Mexicans on the other.

[Pan Zagloba]

Well, I know you people are starved for Trump inauguration commentary, but have no fear, Canada's Beloved State Broadcaster has your back.

The U.S. descends into brutality as the real-life Archie Bunker is sworn in as president

Taken as a photo, a moment in time, what's about to happen on the steps of the U.S. Capitol is concussive; a palimpsest from a rougher, crueler era that was merely painted over, rather than transformed, by the progressive advances that so many people assumed would continue, inevitably, with every passing year.

But it's not a moment. The investiture of President Donald Trump is a natural development the nation has been building toward for half a century.

A friend assigns its origin to the '70s sitcom All in the Family, which, she says, made it all right ? even funny ? to say out loud the things that people had been shamed into murmuring quietly, in private. You know, shamed by political correctness.

Oh you Americans and your right-wing ways. Why can't you be civilized? Now there isn't a single liberal to be seen anywhere, not in government, education, business or the arts. For shame!

[Citizen X]

Canada must not have gotten All in the Family yet, because this author has obviously never watched it.

[Brett L]

You mean a pro-working class guy, with emphasis on "working" who was consistantly dismantling his progressive son-in-law's stupid and unworkable ideas?

[Pan Zagloba]

HA! You idiot! Here, let me enact some labour, because our Wise Journalist Who Knows America has you dead to rights:

Actually, Archie Bunker's open bigotry was as a liberal fantasy, orchestrated by producer Norman Lear, the ideological ancestor of Aaron Sorkin.
Yes, there were laughs every time Archie unleashed another opinion about "your fags," or "your Jews," or "your spades," but his role was that of the racist dunce, always schooled in the end by the innocent decency of his wife Edith, or an actual encounter with one of the minorities he casually belittled.

But All in the Family did, for the first time, shine a light on the deaf slanging between conservatives ? Archie ? and liberals, represented by Archie's educated, progressive son-in-law Michael Stivic.

The show petered out after eight years, its novelty gone. It was surpassed by reality ? a polity that just kept getting more vicious, eventually leaving its banks and flooding the U.S. with the hatred-soaked, nearly murderous discourse that buoyed Trump and floated him into the White House.

Can you believe he's actually Norm MacDonald's older brother? You'd think some talent would rub off on him.

[Slumbrew]

Can you believe he's actually Norm MacDonald's older brother?

I thought you were kidding - holy shit, what a fucking blowhard. Norm clearly got all the talent (but not all the mental issues, perhaps).

[Pan Zagloba]

Best thing Neil ever wrote was an article about Norm.
Of course it just made me loathe Neil harder, because, look, he can actually write when he wants to!

Bonus: picture of Norm age 5, in which he looks like he's about to start doing Hilary Clinton bit.

[Ted S.]

Canada must not have gotten All in the Family yet,

They have quotas limiting American content.

[Pro Libertate]

But Canada is in North America.

[BakedPenguin]

I'd sympathize a lot more w/ English Canada having to deal with Quebec's bullshit if they weren't so delicate aboot being 'overwhelmed' by US culture.

Looking at you, Rufus.

[Pro Libertate]

Maybe it's best that Trump moves our borders north 100 miles.

[BakedPenguin]

Why not? They're not using it.

[Mad Scientist]

Even better, he could move them south a hundred miles.

[Somalian Road Corporation]

Time to dust off "Fifty-four forty or fight!"

[Chipwooder]

I'd rather like it if leftist scribblers spent some time in an actual brutal state. Might improve their writing to see the real thing.

[Pan Zagloba]

He was a correspondent from Israel, daily reporting on Israeli atrocities, like Jenin massacre.

His response on being called out for weeks of false allegations of massacre followed by half-hearted correction was, of course, "Well it would be different if Israelis let me in during the battle."

Clearly this is the man who knows the true brutality and violence. Shame on you, common Americans, for doubting his expert expertise.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Neil is now just stealing money from me.

[GILMORE?]

"Descends into brutality"?

there's a few anarchists smashing windows, but i missed the part where the brownshirts rounded them up and killed their leaders.

[Pan Zagloba]

The show petered out after eight years, its novelty gone. It was surpassed by reality ? a polity that just kept getting more vicious, eventually leaving its banks and flooding the U.S. with the hatred-soaked, nearly murderous discourse that buoyed Trump and floated him into the White House.
...
"Nearly murderous," incidentally, is not meant as hyperbole. Violent conflict becomes possible when two sides begin to dehumanize each other, and it's not even controversial to suggest that has happened in the U.S.

Fake news on the internet, which used to be called conspiracy theories, is most often framed to accomplish exactly that. Falsely suggesting Barack Obama was born elsewhere (Africa) and is likely the enemy (a Muslim) was the theory pushed by so long by Trump, a clear effort to dehumanize.

[GILMORE?]

Violent conflict becomes possible

oh, "Not hyperbole", but still 100% Hypothetical

very sophisticated

[Pan Zagloba]

I sometimes think I loathe him too much. Then he goes and shows that, no, I am incapable of loathing sufficiently.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

", by the progressive advances that so many people assumed would continue, inevitably, with every passing year."

I see their mistake.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Climate change, LGBT rights pages no longer show up at WhiteHouse.gov.

But instead there you can order the elegant dress Ivanka was wearing.

[John DeWitt]

Pfft, Alibaba had it cheaper.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Does it come with (((stains)))?

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Climate change, LGBT rights pages no longer show up at WhiteHouse.gov.

Every fear confirmed! Start the purge.

[Chipwooder]

Remarkable how politicians are always much wealthier when they leave office than when they first took office.

[DOOMco]

public service my ass.

[american sociaIist]

They can help people while skimming off the top...win win

[DOOMco]

20 mil?!

[Fist of Etiquette]

That's apparently since he became senator, not just president.

[Chipwooder]

that only tacks on a couple of years.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

And about 60 hours of showing up to work.

[DOOMco]

still, though.

[John DeWitt]

From his book deals. Seems like he should have divested himself of his book money before taking office...

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

You know who else made money from their book while in office.

[Mr. Paulbotto]

Jesse Ventura?

[flye]

Eh, he got famous and capitalized with a couple of book deals. Doesn't seem too egregious.

Nothing even close to the speaking fees the Clintons were getting as people thought they'd soon be back in power.

[DOOMco]

I guess.

[Pro Libertate]

Books. Campaign donations?

[R C Dean]

Book deals are easy vehicles for money laundering.

Publish a book, and people who want to line your pockets will buy thousands of copies. The publisher's cut is just the vig you would pay any money launderer.

[Trigger Hippie]

"Nothing even close to the speaking fees the Clintons were getting as people thought they'd soon be back in power."

Aspirations of future power not withstanding, he'll probably rake in tens of millions of dollars within the next four years soley on making speeches about how awful and dangerous Trump is.

Just because he's no longer our president doesn't mean he's going to disappear from the public view anytime soon. He still has a receptive audience and a narcissistic need for adoration.

[The Late P Brooks]

Trump also signed a proclamation calling for a National Day of Patriotism.

"Where's your American flag lapel pin, faggot?"

[Not a True MJG]

Who!? Who doesn't want to wear the pin!?

[Heroic Mulatto]

Flag pins is neo-con shit. The new patriotism is wearing a trucker hat with some slogan on it.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

"MAKE TRUCKER HATS POLITICAL AGAIN"

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

"I'm Great! I'm American!"

[Trigger Hippie]

My dearly deceased grandfather was fond of wearing a big puffy trucker hat that read: Gun Control, a sharp eye and a steady hand.

My father claimed he could "shoot a flea off a squirrel" as a younger man. Onry old fart too. Chewed Red Man tobacco and drank whiskey into his eighties. One night, during a ferocious storm, he snuck me out of my parents' basement and walked me up a hill to show me my first tornadoes.

They were only viewable during lighting flashes but you could see two twisters ripping a path heading north of me maybe two miles apart.

Sorry. I'm downing my second screwdriver and the hat comment brought up a fond memory. Sure, he was a racist old coot but what do you expect from somebody born in Arkansas cira 1910? I still can't help but love the guy.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Lol @ that hat. That's a nice memory, my friend, thanks for sharing. Your grandpa sounds like one tough something-or-other -- I'll poor one down in his honor this weekend. Any man drinking whiskey at 80 is my kind of man.

[Brett L]

Rather a faggot than a flaggot

[Chipwooder]

pffffft, flag pin......eagle globe and anchor pin. RAH!

[John DeWitt]

Who wants to support an under division of the Navy? All they do is sail on boats doing God knows what to goats...

[Chipwooder]

I never set foot on a Navy ship in five years, which was my good fortune. In MATC, we fly everywhere.

[GILMORE?]

I also filmed some protesters burning a bunch of garbage cans and papers as a Trump supporter tries to stop them.

Did you ask the person if they were a trump supporter, or is this just more of that magical journalistic mind-reading?

[gaoxiaen]

It was pretty cold.

[thrakkorzog]

Trump hasn't even been in office 5 hours, and we're already getting stories about the homeless.

[GILMORE?]

Barack Obama will leave office $20 million richer.

The burdens of Public Service

[Eternal Blue Sky]

"There was some rioting in Washington, D.C. Protesters smashed the windows a Starbucks, Bank of America, and Bobby Van's restaurant."

Ah, nothing like sticking it to Trump by vandalizing, uh, probably pro-Hillary bankers, a coffee store frequented and idolized by progressives, and some dead actor's restaurant.

[american sociaIist]

Lefties like to project. Wonder if folks are starting to notice (this is why the media is good at times to expose the lunacy of the left when the media is thinking people are going HOW BRAVE!!)

[american socialist]

Boo, you suck. When you are attempting parody you should try parody-- not right-wing agitprop.

[american sociaIist]

Sorry i thought i was in a different thread again

[waffles]

But seriously that limo was asking for it.

[John DeWitt]

Fucking rich cunts

[american socialist]

"We will build new roads, and highways, and bridges, and airports, and tunnels, and railways all across our wonderful nation...We will follow two simple rules: Buy American and Hire American..."

Sounds great.

[american sociaIist]

We need to provide a way for folks here to get off of welfare and actually do something....i dont really agree with all protectionism though

[american socialist]

No sensible libertarian would go to such lengths to suck Trump's cock. Everyone knows your a right-wing troll.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

Now I'm not sure whether troll or sudden multiple personality disorder.

[Pan Zagloba]

This is how SkyNet gets started.

[John Titor]

That's actually quite good, because I'm pretty sure even a million Amsocs would be incapable of figuring out how to launch nukes. Or maybe it's a chimps with typewriters scenario.

[american sociaIist]

That would require work and socialists dont like work

[Pan Zagloba]

Nuclear war is the final response of humanity as the Internet is completely overwhelmed by AmSocks. Better burning death than descent into the madness that makes Elder Ones seem merciful.

[SQWRLZ://cdn.panopticon.gov]

It's the sock puppet clone wars!
Hover their names to tell them apart.

[american sociaIist]

Sorry this was towards someone else

[american sociaIist]

Put in wrong area

[Pan Zagloba]

Now AmSocks are doing euphemisms, too...

[american sociaIist]

In other thread i mean

[waffles]

It's okay. You're in a safe space.

[GILMORE?]

Disturbing Album Covers of the Day

1 Harvey Mandel, "Baby Batter"

*the one actually used on the OG LP was of a pancake griddle. I'm undecided which is actually ickier

2 - Brian Auger & the Trinity

I think giving your balls metaphorical names is cute; giving them beards, haircuts, etc. is fucking weird

[Chipwooder]

What about the original cover of Big Black's "Headache" LP? I've never actually seen it because looking at postmortem pics of people who shoot themselves in the head isn't my bag.

[GILMORE?]

that's not really where i was going with the "Disturbing" thing.

There's no shortage of gory/gross/*()#@&$()*METAL album covers.

I meant more "things that think they're being arty, but ending up being very weird". I mean, do "Baby Batter" pancakes make you hungry? Whether they're referencing jizz, or ground up babies, is entirely up to you. Double entendre, man.

[GILMORE?]

also, these were just things i happened to come across today at random. not really a contest for "the best"

[Bronson, Missouri]

I'd love to know the ratio of reads / purchases on Obama's books. Has to be among the lowest out there. I think the Picketty book is probably the lowest among recent publications, but I bet Obama is down there.

[american sociaIist]

As long as you can tell your friends that you bought it and show that you have it to display sophistication that is all that matters

[american socialist]

Would you stop breaking the 4th wall? It's annoying. I want you to do silly parody and fellate right-wingers better than you are doing. Rather than thinking just what would Rush Limbaugh say, can't you even get into the heads of your political adversaries? It's like this... TRUMP IS SO AWESOME BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO GIVE BACK ALL THE GUNS OBAMA STOLE FROM US.

You see? Easy Peazy.

[american sociaIist]

Sorry wrong thread

[Careless]

Amazon keeps track of how far people go through kindle editions and picketty did lead that list iirc

[Crusty Juggler]

I also filmed some protesters burning a bunch of garbage cans and papers as a Trump supporter tries to stop them.

"He hates these cans. Stay away from the cans!"

[flye]

Obama: Do you think, the next time you sign an executive order, you could think of me?

[The Fusionist]

"Donald Trump signed a bunch of (mostly inconsequential) executive orders."

The link says he signed "a law to allow James Mattis to take the office of Secretary of Defense, waiving the requirement that the nominee be a civilian for the past seven years (Mattis retired from the Marine Corps in 2013)."

That's (a) not inconsequential and (b) not an executive order.

[american sociaIist]

It is rather amazing journos think they are so smart and need to tell people what to think but can't get basic things right

[chemjeff]

Oh well.

Let the four-year suckathon commence.

Might as well get it over with.

Anybody got any suggestions for something that will keep me drunk for four years but won't get me fired from my job?

[Heroic Mulatto]

Anybody got any suggestions for something that will keep me drunk for four years but won't get me fired from my job?

Love?

[chemjeff]

Love? But I'm a libertarian.

[John DeWitt]

Marijuana then.

[The Fusionist]

Yeah, get a civil service position - state level, hopefully, because you never know if Trump is serious about clearing out the deadwood in the civil service.

[Crusty Juggler]

Anybody got any suggestions for something that will keep me drunk for four years but won't get me fired from my job?

Here. NSFW.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

How durable are those, Crusty?

[Crusty Juggler]

It's not an easy fit, but it's dishwasher safe.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Just how big is your dishwasher?

[gaoxiaen]

A IV drip?

[Slumbrew]

Auto-brewery syndrome?

[waffles]

Microdose LSD every day.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Blowing hobos?

[Pan Zagloba]

Become a cop, and the world's your liquor cabinet!

[The Late P Brooks]

A limo was also set on fire.

I hope somebody rescued the liberal riding in it.

[The Other Kevin]

He's ok, he was outside the limo throwing a trash can at the time.

[flye]

"Driver, take me down to the protest. I wish to express my displeasure with the new regime."

[Mr Drew]

Nearly five hours into the Trumpocalypse and we haven't died in nuclear fire. Talk about anticlimactic!

[thrakkorzog]

But California is having a hundred year flood of proggy tears.

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

It ended the drought at least.

[PBR Streetgang]

Speak for yourself! I was killed hours ago!

[Mr Drew]

...condolences?

[chemjeff]

And by the way, there are waaaay too many american socialists in this discussion.

[Crusty Juggler]

Guys,

As you have been seeing today?.i have a confession to make (some have already deduced this at times). I am a pure troll, i was just having fun essentially parodying libertarianism and tweaking you.

I had a rather abrupt conversion to not troll anymore. I found out my wife* is expecting and it really puts things into perspective to be more serious. i do enjoy reading most of the commenters sans that clown mulatto (who i think is actually like me). I admit at times i was jealous he was getting attention lol.

I am not a libertarian at all. I hate liberty and that ideology murders people to form a utopia. I hate free markets and limited government. It should have gave it away that i 1) own a computer 2) know how to operate it because that requires WORK.

So just wanted to say i will sane up (for a lack of a better term) from now on. The baby** is the only thing that can parasite off me with my permission

cheers

amsoc

ps. now i played a character for so long, i may revert but just ignore going forward if causing a scene TIA

*LOL
**LOL

[Ted S.]

Quote fail, unless you're AmSoc too.

[Chipwooder]

Maintenant, nous sommes tous AmSoc.

[Juvenile Bluster]

I'm Spartacus AmSoc!

[Pan Zagloba]

In Trump's America, Tulpa is replaced with AmSoc, and we are all AmSoc.

[american sociaIist]

Exactly

[Gilbert Martin]

Resistance is futile.

You will be assimilated.

[Crusty Juggler]

Shut up, Ted!

[????? ????]

I like this whole confession thing, but I don't have time to admit to being your sockpuppet. Can you do it for me, Crusty?

[Crusty Juggler]

Carl is by far my most successful sock puppet.

My least successful sock puppet? lap83. I started off strong, and then I went into a whole pregnancy storyline, and all of the momentum was instantly wiped out. Sad, really.

[BiMonSciFiCon]

I'm not seeing what the issue with the rioting is. Remember when the tea party rioted all over DC? Exactly the same. Broken windows, fires, etc. That's how I remember it. /MSNBC viewer.

[C. Anacreon]

Yes, and the teabaggers called every Democrat politician the N-word, and spit tobakky juice at them.

[Playa Manhattan.]

TRUMP FAILS TO MENTION CLINTON IN INAUGURAL ADDRESS

[The Last American Hero]

Fails implies an obligation to do so. I see no reason for him to acknowledge her, especially given the work that her and her surrogates have done post-election to invalidate the results and undermine his presidency.

[american socialist]

poor, poor Donald Trump. He's a victim.

[The Fusionist]

He agreed not to use that part of the address, but I have in my hand a copy of an early draft containing the Clinton reference:

"I still can't believe my luck the Democrats nominated *her* to run against me. Thanks, losers!"

[american sociaIist]

Lol and she thought the same about him.

[Chipwooder]

In happier news....Rand says his Obamacare replacement plan will be released next week.

[Pro Libertate]

Excellent.

[PapayaSF]

Reason helped by publishing lots of good ideas for that in the last few months... OH WAIT NO THEY DIDN'T.

[american sociaIist]

If you look at the actual government response to climate change you can see that they don't take it seriously. Otherwise would mean a wrecked world economy and killing a few billion. Just pure cronyism imo just enough to enrich themselves/feel good while at the same time being tolerated by population

Washington state shot down a revenue neutral (lol at this) carbon tax.

If they met the paris agreement (which they won't) it wont DO ANYTHING. I am reminded of california saying in early 1990s by now would be 50% electric car yet

[Crusty Juggler]

John McCain and Bernie Sanders pose for selfies while Ruth Bader Ginsberg gets help with her poncho: A who's who of Washington power brokers watches Trump take the oath of office at US Capitol

I love the Daily Mail:

Arizona Senator John McCain was seen giving the 'bunny fingers' to an identified member of the audience
Top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin showed up by herself

I can't tell if Huma is or isn't attractive. Is she a two-face?

[Crusty Juggler]

Every photo deserves a caption game contest, but I think this one in particular is deserving.

"I've seen it, and that's how big it is."

[Chipwooder]

Holy shit, Boehner's wife is even more orange and leathery than he is!

[Ska]

Now I know what kind of strap I want for my next watch purchase.

[C. Anacreon]

Good one, Ska.

[thrakkorzog]

"I said pull it, now pull it dammit."

[Chipper Morning Wood]

"C'mon, Gingrich. Smell it. She did."

[Rufus The Monocled]

Would.

Just to be safe.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Would... likely catch some kind of STD that Weiner left laying around?

[commodious is fated to pretend]

afaict Weiner is the least successful wannabe cheater ever. I'd say you're probably safe, except for the dentata.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

I would.

[Not a True MJG]

Every person mentioned in that headline is ancient. "Who's who" indeed.

(I don't think Huma - who is a two-face - counts as a "who" anymore)

[B.P.]

Uh, the "unidentified member of the audience" being bunny-eared is US Senator Corey Gardner. He's in another picture where the Daily Mail manages to identify the other four senators in the picture, but not him.

Nice job, Mail.

[See Double You]

Is Breyer smothering Ginsburg with a plastic bag?

[The Late P Brooks]

There's a notice tacked up on the Delta House front door.

"As of 12:01 today, rape is not merely permissible, it's MANDATORY. TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!"

[The Late P Brooks]

unless you're AmSoc too.

We're all AmSoc, now.

[GILMORE?]

35 years in Jail without ever being convicted

[GILMORE?]

*technically, 32, but seriously, wtf.

[paranoid android]

There was some rioting in Washington, D.C. Protesters smashed the windows a Starbucks,

You know, for people who purport to be opposing a modern-day Hitler, you'd think they'd grasp the irony of smashing the windows of a Jewish-owned business.

[John Titor]

April 17th, 2021.

We didn't know. And we couldn't have known. Who would have guessed? When Trump said he would make America great again, he didn't mean the United States; he meant North America.

The attack came suddenly, and without warning. Trudeau, on a diplomatic mission to DC, was apprehended immediately and brought to Trump. Last we heard he licks the Emperor's boots naked while he sits on his golden throne. Despite the loss of total chaos in the government, we held at the 49th parallel. We blew the bridge at Detroit, and managed to hold off the landings that followed. The Emperor was apparently so upset at this failure that he had Mattis crucified to a massive capital T and a collection of children mock the size of his penis until he died. The second attack was more successful, and we were pushed back from the border.

I write this from a trench in the bombed out ruins of Hamilton, holding out for as long as we can, praying for relief. Last night the Americans breached our primary line, throwing wave after wave of liberal arts students at gunpoint towards our minefield, spraying chucks of flesh and multi-coloured hair into our ranks. Next a full Trumpgruppen of soldiers followed, their red MAGA hats providing the perfect targets. We managed to hold them off, but they'll come back, and in greater numbers. Now we wait, the silence pierced occasionally by machine gun fire or the whistling "yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge" of Trump? brand mortars.

[John Titor]

"I hear Mexico's one big rape camp." Said Bishop, my second in command. "Official government policy is to "fuck the Spanish out of 'em". They took the men, and walked them by an American-made car. If they were taller than the hood they were killed."

"What if we surrender?" Said Jimmy, the poor bastard recently thrown in with us. His arm had a chunk torn out of it from a furious Trump Loyalty Officer he bayoneted. "They take surrenders, right?"

"Nope." Replied Bishop. "According to the Emperor "only faggots surrender, and we got enough of those to dress me". The plan's apparently to chemically castrate all Canadian men, make us the last of our race. Every American keyboard warrior was promised a Canadian girlfriend."

"The bastards..." I muttered.

Jimmy looked concerned and sick. "Guys..." He said, pulling out his pistol with his good arm. "I can't...I can't stop them anymore. The voices...they call to me...they tell me to...vote Kevin O'Leary."

"Don't do it Jimmy!" I cried. "He's a cunt!"

"Oh, I don't plan to, sir!" Jimmy screamed as he placed the gun in his mouth and blew his brains out. I can't help but think he was the lucky one.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

"fuck the Spanish out of 'em"

So... until they start offering blood sacrifice again and revert to speaking Nahuatl??

[Juvenile Bluster]

Like it's going to go that easy for you Canucks.

[waffles]

Bravo. I knew you were holding out on us, time traveler.

[Ska]

I hope yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge brand whistling bottle rockets become a thing this summer.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

throwing wave after wave of liberal arts students at gunpoint towards our minefield

At least someone found a use for them.

[Crusty Juggler]

Grab your ponchos! George W. Bush struggles with his rain gear as VIPs scramble to keep their heads (and clothes) dry when showers interrupt Trump's inaugural address

Ha.

[Not a True MJG]

Pussies.

I like the last shot of the 'public,' with everyone in ponchos save one woman, who kinda has a Russian thing going on...

[Ted S.]

Happy Husbands' Day!

[american sociaIist]

Fun fact i am actually not tulpa. I don't know who is. I suspect tony is like me but less ridiculous if that makes sense. Mine was full parody whereas tony tries to pretend to be a prog

[Crusty Juggler]

Good grief! You'd think with the amount of time you have spent doing this that at least you'd be slightly amusing or interesting.

[american sociaIist]

Yea i agree. Being called a shit head or bag as SEVO was fun. I am not the greatest though

[gagster]

Trump will make american socialist great again.

[Rhywun]

See above re: I for l

It's not the same amsoc

[Crusty Juggler]

I know - I meant pretending to be him today.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

With his tendency to talk to himself, I am starting to suspect Eddie.

[waffles]

Funner fact: We are all Tulpa. Except dunphy. That freak is real.

[T?ny]

You are right. I am actually a really nice libertarian living in NZ. Sorry to yank everyone's crank all the time.

[The Late P Brooks]

Put in wrong area

That's not really a euphemism.

[GILMORE?]

There is so much weird about this story that i can't really do anything with it =

Massive Skittles (candy) Spill on Highway Reveals Intended Use as Cattle Feed

NEW YORK (AP) ? A mysterious Skittles spill on a rural highway in Wisconsin is taking another twist, with Mars Inc. saying it doesn't know why the discarded candy might have been headed to become cattle feed.

The case began when a Wisconsin sheriff posted on Facebook this week that "hundreds of thousands of Skittles" had been found spilled on a highway. Later, he updated the post to say the candy had fallen off a truck on its way to be cattle feed.

Only red Skittles had spilled out, and Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt joked in the post that it would be difficult to "Taste the Rainbow" in its entirety. The incident gained attention after CNN wrote about it, citing a report from a local affiliate.

A variety of food byproducts are commonly used for animal feed, and Mars says it has procedures for discarding foods for that purpose. However, the company says the Skittles in question came from a factory that doesn't sell unused products for feed.

"We don't know how it ended up as it did and we are investigating," Mars said.

[Pan Zagloba]

Sometime Reason contributor Brendan O'Neil has a short piece in today's Spectator:

Trump! How did this happen?

It happened because you banned super-size sodas. And smoking in parks. And offensive ideas on campus. Because you branded people who oppose gay marriage 'homophobic', and people unsure about immigration 'racist'.

Because you treated owning a gun and never having eaten quinoa as signifiers of fascism. Because you thought correcting people's attitudes was more important than finding them jobs. Because you turned 'white man' from a description into an insult. Because you used slurs like 'denier' and 'dangerous' against anyone who doesn't share your eco-pieties.

[BakedPenguin]

Short and sweet. O'Neill's good when not discussing economics.

[Number 2]

"There was some rioting in Washington, D.C. Protesters smashed the windows a Starbucks, Bank of America, and Bobby Van's restaurant."

When you read about these anti-Trump "protests," recall how the Democrats claimed that Tea Partiers were lawless, new-fascist threats to law, order and national security.

PS - what the hell do Starbucks, Bank of America and Bobby Van's Restaurant have to do with Trump anyway?

[american sociaIist]

Projection

[Number 2]

Ironically, the protesters who claim that Trump is a fascist thug are engaging the same conduct that other, real fascist thugs in history have used as a pretext to respond to by clamping down on civil liberties and tightening their grip on society. The protesters might want to reflect on that for a moment.

[BakedPenguin]

They are incapable of reflection. Seriously, I doubt a mirror works for them

[Auric Demonocles]

Anyone interested in Super Bowl squares?

I'm running a set of Superbowl Squares this year as a final fundraiser for the charity half-marathon I'm running on Superbowl Sunday. If you aren't familiar with Superbowl Squares, it's basically a random bet on the score of the game at the end of each quarter and the concept is explained in in article here . The score values are randomly assigned, so you don't need any skill or knowledge of football to participate. It'll make watching the Superbowl little bit more exciting.

The grid is on a (non-editable, sign-in free) Google sheet here . The empty squares are available, so you can choose a specific one by cell number if you want. The numbers will be randomly assigned after the squares are all full.

It's $10 per square. Half the money will go to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, and the other half will be split as prizes (with the fourth quarter prize worth double). For entry you can donate to my CCFA fundraising page.

[Hayeksplosives]

I am going to give it a try.

Good luck with the fundraiser! Have fun with your sister.

[The Fusionist]

Why are the haters so focused on all the infighting surrounding the Women's March on Washington?

"...To campaign on behalf of just over half the population is by definition to build an enterprise on conflicting interests and perspectives and experiences, to try to bind together people who come from divergent backgrounds, who sometimes resent and disagree with each other. And its immensity and diversity is used against it by those who fear its potential power....

"The women's movement has survived not in spite of its cacophony, but because of it: Because those who have pushed the movement from inside to change and grow and be better ? even when they don't always agree on what better means ? have helped us meet the shifting forms of inequity from era to era. The women's movement has won women's rights to self-determination, to economic and educational opportunity, to sexual freedom, to reproductive autonomy, to professional opportunity, to legal protection from violence, rape, assault, discrimination, and harassment. And on Saturday, today's iteration of the women's movement will give body and voice and form to those who resist this incoming president and his attempts to roll back the rights of women, people of color, and immigrants."

[GILMORE?]

it sounds like they're struggling to get anyone to care

"Come on haters, draw more attention to us!"

[american sociaIist]

Hmm cause they are eating their own which is amusing?!

[Eternal Blue Sky]

"...To campaign on behalf of just over half the population..."

*cough* but are you really acting on ~behalf~ of "just over half the population" when you go around excluding members of that group you purport to represent??

[american sociaIist]

Wait i thought women were minorities? I am so confused

[american sociaIist]

What rights are being rolled back?

[BakedPenguin]

"...To campaign on behalf of just over half the population is by definition to build an enterprise on conflicting interests and perspectives and experiences, to try to bind together people who come from divergent backgrounds, who sometimes resent and disagree with each other..."

Even when they're excluded?

[BakedPenguin]

Or what EBS said

[Number 2]

(Warning: Mansplaining to Follow)

You DONT represent 50% of the population. You represent 60% of 50% of the population--the other 40% voted for the "incoming president."

60% of 50% is 30%. Not as impressive, is it?

[BakedPenguin]

Actually, I represent ~3% of the population, #2.

[Number 2]

Not you, Baked. The spokesperson you were quoting. Geez, do I have to 2-splain as well?

[John Titor]

I keep getting emails from Ezra Levant pimping his book about Justin Trudeau and Trump.

Bitch, I got Sugarfree for that.

[Ska]

It's just the Organization acting up again.

[Pan Zagloba]

I...
Damn, good thing I started reading Witcher novels. If I were between books, this would be a serious candidate.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

AmSocL's reactions to AmSocI have been wonderful. Keep it up AmSocI, you're doing Allah's Work.

[GILMORE?]

I think i've banned both of them, because i wasn't aware there was a parody version. I presume that's what crusty's thing was about?

[Eternal Blue Sky]

Yeah. AmSoc with an I (henceforth AmSoc #1) made a post about how he's been a troll all along and doesn't REALLY support a murderous ideology. AmSoc with an L (henceforth AmSoc #2) has then posted some pretty good reactions.

[american sociaIist]

Warm. My goal is not to troll you guys

[american socialist]

Aww... that's sweet. I love the flattery. Keep it up. Kisses and love,

[american sociaIist]

This was supposed to be upthread...my bad wrong location

[american socialist]

I think that's a lame come back. I'd suggest a rolling conversation between someone like you, who loves Trump, and me, who hates him.

[Not a True MJG]

Now I'm more confused.

[The Fusionist]

Too postmodern for me.

[Pan Zagloba]

To be fair, that's anything past 1517 for you.

I kid, because you're my third favorite American schismatic (after Gene Wolfe and J.C. Wright).

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Gene Wolf is overrated. I could never finish that damn torturer series.

[The Fusionist]

Wondering how you're going to survive the Trumpocalypse?

Don't worry, Shepard Fairey has made some posters for you!

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

I've never met a patriotic Muslim; I feel like it's a Hollywood invention. I've seen loads of people cry out for free shit. There was that Muslim woman in the Olympics on Team US Fencing, but there's so much personal glory in the Olympics.

[R C Dean]

I love the Indian "We have been here before" one.

Uh, yeah, you have seen what uncontrolled immigration looks like, haven't you.

[Crusty Juggler]

Thanks, Trump: Foreclosed mall once valued at $190M is auctioned for $100

A Pennsylvania mall that was foreclosed on after its owners failed to repay $143 million has been auctioned off for $100.

Wells Fargo Bank was owed the money from a 2006 loan and submitted the winning bid for the 1.1 million-square-foot Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills on Wednesday. The bank was acting as trustee for MSCI 2007 HQ11, the trust that bought the mall in suburban Frazer Township.

It will be interesting to see what happens with the upcoming empty malls.

[Pro Libertate]

I'll give you a hint:

Jake: What's this?

Elwood: What?

Jake: This car. This stupid car! Where's the Cadillac?

[Elwood doesn't answer]

Jake: The Caddy! Where's the Caddy?

Elwood: The what?

Jake: The Cadillac we used to have. The Bluesmobile!

Elwood: I traded it.

Jake: You traded the Bluesmobile for this?

Elwood: No, for a microphone.

Jake: A microphone?

[pause]

Jake: Okay I can see that. What the hell is this?

Elwood: This was a bargain. I picked it up at the Mount Prospect city police auction last spring. It's an old Mount Prospect police car. They were practically giving 'em away.

Jake: Well thank you, pal. The day I get outta prison, my own brother picks me up in a *police* car!

[Mad Scientist]

+1 New Oldsmobile in early this year

[The Fusionist]

"It will be interesting to see what happens with the upcoming empty malls."

Will zombies be involved?

[Rasilio]

Actually turning it into a Zombie Themed adventure park would probably be more economically viable than as an actual mall.

Or heck can you imagine a mall sized paintball or laser tag arena?

[waffles]

Wrong mall. The Monroeville mall is what you're looking for.

[Crusty Juggler]

As if I needed another reason:

Newly sworn-in president Donald Trump said New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was among those who called to give him well wishes on the eve of his inauguration.

[The Fusionist]

That took balls.

[Pan Zagloba]

I retract my previous statement. Go to your room!

[The Fusionist]

So fickle. Sad.

[See Double You]

Inflated balls.

[paranoid android]

Joke stolen from Twitter:

Trump plans to appoint Brady chairman of the Fed, so he can oversee inflation.

[Slumbrew]

Good... good... let the hate flow through you.

/pulls on Flying Elvis T-shirt, preps wings for Sunday's game.

[The Fusionist]

10 Ways to Deal With Trump-Induced Stress

"If you proudly posted an "I'm With Her" selfie on Nov. 8, 2016, I bet you're gearing up for four to eight years of hourly outrage. For many Americans, real stress comes with every offensive word out of Trump's mouth ? or the regressive policy proposals that may impact you or your loved ones. To help toughen you up, I spoke to Dr. Pete Sulack. He founded StressRX.com and a 12-step program for reducing stress levels, called UnhealthyAnonymous."

[american sociaIist]

When was the last time obama said an offensive word? Why would many americans real stress be what someone they don't know says?

[american sociaIist]

Trump i mean

[one true athena]

aka SeparateProgsFromTheirMoneyRUs.com

[Crusty Juggler]

WHY HASN'T REASON COVERED THIS: Has Tom Hardy Just Put Himself Forward to be the Next James Bond?

[american socialist]

Just trying to help here, but if anyone wants to know the difference between me, american socialist, and my new bff, American socialist , my link is to an actual socialist not Barack Obama. FYIO.

[american sociaIist]

Actually it is norman thomas

[Crusty Juggler]

Chris Matthews: 'Hitlerian Background' to Trump's America First Talk

hris Matthews reacted to President Trump's theme of America First during his populist inaugural address today by saying it has a "Hitlerian background.":

"When he said today 'America First,' it was not just the racial? I shouldn't say racial, the Hitlerian background to it?"

[The Fusionist]

I thought that phrase would get some media pushback.

[american sociaIist]

And these clowns wonder why they lost

[american socialist]

You see, tony? This ^ guy is the fake version. He thinks we should all get behind Trump because Chris Matthews doesn't like him.

[Pro Libertate]

As I said yesterday, it's truly distressing not to have a press.

[PapayaSF]

OMG, what will happen to the climate and to gays if they don't have web pages on the White House website???

[Unreconstructed (Sans Flag)]

According to my Derpbook feed, all the LGBT rights will be taken away. Even worse than they are today!

[Rasilio]

So, who is ready for the return of Gamergate to the news?

Brianna Wu Makes Congressional Campaign, Bid for 'Bolder Democratic Party' Official

[Slumbrew]

Goddamn it, don't make me root for Stephen Lynch.

[Rasilio]

Typical alt right misogynist patriarchial bullshit giving a man credit for something a woman is doing

[american sociaIist]

Corrected above:

Just trying to help here, but if anyone wants to know the difference between me, american socialist, and my new bff, American socialist , my link is to an actual socialist Norman Thomas.

[american socialist]

That's better. Don't get out of character. It sucks when you do.

[american sociaIist]

Whoops this was supposed to be above when carl said he was lap83 or was that the crusty

[american socialist]

Lame. The lengths people will go when someone says Trump sucks. Geesch.

[american socialist]

Stop fellating the commentariat, american socialist. You are supposed to be trolling me and sucking Trump's big fat dick at the same time? Can't you multitask good. You're doing it all wrong.

[T?ny]

But am I you too?

[american sociaIist]

No you are clearly someone else

[T?ny]

I can't tell anymore. Can you?

[T?ny]

Aww... that's sweet. I love the flattery. Keep it up. Kisses and love,

[The Late P Brooks]

Chris Matthews reacted to President Trump's theme of America First during his populist inaugural address today by saying it has a "Hitlerian background."

Snappy uniforms, with well-creased trousers?

[T?ny]

I also may or may not be a sock of amsoc. I'm not telling. There aren't really hobbits where I live.

[american socialist]

You can tell the difference, Tony, because I hate Trump and american socialist. just eats him up and thinks libertarians should just stop bitching.

[jesse.in.mb]

Terminal vore-play might be a good solution for Trump. Armin Meiwes is still alive, no?

[Uncle Jay]

RE: Some Rioting in D.C.: P.M.

1. A limo was also set on fire. Gee, I wonder if the limo belonged to a democrat or a republican.
2. Barack Obama will leave office $20 million richer. Who says crime doesn't pay?

[Trshmnstr, Grump Apprentice]

What is it with troll (or meta-troll) meltdowns here on H&R? In any normal internet community they just disappear when they get bored.

[T?ny]

I could check to see if Joe wants to come back.

[BakedPenguin]

We're such an invigorating commenting community, even the trolls get caught up in it.

Seriously, we're libertarians. We hold the 'wrong' views on almost everything, often passionately. If you were a troll, where else would you go?

[BakedPenguin]

Sorry, kind of OT. I blame the liquor.

[Pan Zagloba]

It's the Trump era. How do you compete with 4chan winning the presidency?

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

I just this moment realized some of our handles are blue and others orange.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Orange has a link; blue does not.

[Pan Zagloba]

Always a stickler, but the glory of the world is fleeting and my moment (uncredited) above the cut has passed....

[Crusty Juggler]

Not familiar with him

Oh my God. One of my favorite roles of his is Warrior. It is sort of like a Rocky for MMA.

[Pro Libertate]

I liked Dalton as Bond. Not Connery, no, but who is?

[GILMORE?]

i just saw Legend. He carries the movie, which doesn't really have much else going for it.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

I saw Bronson, he hangs dong.

[Crusty Juggler]

He has been in plenty of other movies. Gosh, hater.

[Crusty Juggler]

I agree that it does not sound too rough, but it has a lot of fight scenes.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Mad Max: Fury Road?

He's Bane in the last Nolan Batman.

[BakedPenguin]

You didn't have to crawl through the sewer, did you?

[C. Anacreon]

Manhattans.
Having a tasty one in an airport bar right now.
Plane delayyyeedd......

[Pro Libertate]

Decent.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

I fine in-between Bond but they need to find the next 10 movie Bond.

[Slumbrew]

Manhattans are fantastic. I'd say try a Toronto (like a Manhattan, subbing Frenet (or other amaro) for vermouth, with a tiny bit of simple syrup) but I wouldn't expect much in the way of bartending in an airport.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

This is Trump's America now!