Sean Spicer Checking Cellphones for Leakers, Cockfighting Ring Busted in Newark, Moonlight Wins Best Picture: A.M. Links
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Adam Cohn/flickr President Trump is now expected to sign a new travel ban executive order on Wednesday. White House Press Secretary and Communications Director Sean Spicer is reportedly checking staffers' cellphones in search of leakers. Philip Bilden withdrew from consideration as navy secretary. A White House spokesperson said it's likely the president will honor a request for an investigation by the father of the Navy SEAL killed in an operation in Yemen.
- Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and chose his opponent Michigan Rep. Keith Ellison as deputy. President Trump took to Twitter to call the race rigged.
- The FBI interviewed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as part of a corruption probe.
- Two men were charged in Newark after police busted a massive cockfighting ring.
- Moonlight won Best Picture at the Academy Awards last night, with Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty first mistakenly announcing that La La Land won after apparently receiving the wrong envelope. Host Jimmy Kimmel was upset President Trump didn't livetweet the ceremony.
- Producers of Dancing With the Stars reportedly pursued Hillary Clinton to appear on the show, as a dancing star.
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Moonlight won Best Picture at the Academy Awards last night, with Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty first mistakenly announced that La La Land won after receiving the wrong envelope.
Hollyweird just can't stop with the fake news.
Hello.
Seriously.... they don't label the envelopes with the category? How do the guys with the briefcases know which one to give out? Even Frank Drebbin knows better than that.
Admittedly Warren Beatty looks like he is taking a break from laying in his casket, but he didn't see something immediately was wrong when the card read "Emma Stone"?
He is an actor. Someone gave him a line to read, he read it.
"Sometimes, when there's a space, i just say a line."
Producers of Dancing With the Stars reportedly pursued Hillary Clinton to appear on the show, as a dancing star.
There were no survivors.
She's a big guy.
HRC twerking!
* projectile vomits *
HRC twerking in a Latin dance costume!
Surra de bunda, Surra de Libya.
* projectile vomits *
For you.
If someone pulled off her pantsuit, would she die?
How long would you survive if someone relieved you of your external integument?
It would be extremely painful.
I've never watched Dancing with the Stars, a decision I suddenly feel even better about.
She does not have the legs of a dancer.
Sure she does. She keeps them under her pillow, in case she needs a midnight snack.
Producers of Dancing With the Stars reportedly pursued Hillary Clinton to appear on the show, as a dancing star.
There were no survivors.
Jesus, squirrels.
Producers of Dancing With the Stars reportedly pursued Hillary Clinton to appear on the show, as a dancing star.
After seeing her footwork at the 9/11 memorial.
Basically she would end every dance with the "James Brown Ending" where she collapses and the guys come running out with the silk robe.
But with a less flashy pantsuit.
Two men were charged in Newark after police busted a massive cockfighting ring.
Jesse was just triggered.
Cocks should be for loving not fighting.
Alright, SIV.
Secret, GAY-gent man! Secret, GAY-gent man!
They've given you a number, I know they've take away your fame!
How massive a ring could it be if only two men were arrested? If only two men were arrested, I have to wonder if the headline is a little misleading. A massive cock fighting-ring, like Fight Club, but the club is a massive cock.
It's the cocks that are giant not the ring. Perhaps if they hadn't plastered flyers all over the neighborhood they wouldn't have been busted.
A White House spokesperson said it's likely the president will honor a request for an investigation by the father of the Navy SEAL killed in an operation in Yemen.
The dad better stay off Twitter if the report goes the wrong way.
President Trump took to Twitter to call the race rigged.
What a lunatic. Unless the Russians were involved, then it's woke.
"Producers of Dancing With the Stars reportedly pursued Hillary Clinton to appear on the show, as a dancing star."
She's too busy laying around in her underwear, drinking bourbon, and binge watching old episodes of The West Wing.
I was about to eat breakfast, but now i'm not hungry.
She's too busy laying around in her underwear
Brain/ eye bleach.
Lying, goddammit. If there's one word you should use correctly when talking about Hillary Clinton...
If she's binge watching anything, it's House of Cards for pointers on winning next time.
Hilary already starred in her own reality drama. It was called 'Dancing with the Crooked'.
"Dancing Behind Bars" would be my preferred program.
President Trump is now expected to sign a new travel ban executive order on Wednesday.
At which time we'll see a second round of garment rending.
It's just a ban on Travel Agencies, relax.
I assumed it was going to be a ban on traveling anywhere that doesn't have a Trump hotel or resort.
That shouldn't be too bad.
"Elections have consequences".
. . . unless you're Donald Trump. Then, everything is supposed to keep happening as if we still had a Social Justice Warrior-in-Chief.
At which time we'll see a second round of garment rending.
At this point, it's all sort of mashing together into a never-ending cavalcade of derp.
I've gone to the third stage of dealing with idiots. I've gone through amusement, and annoyance, and now entering boredom.
Yeah, that's me. My wife has stopped trying to bait me into arguments about how not outraged I am anymore because I just deflect with, "Wow, that's crazy. You seen my martini shaker?"
No one hates Trump more than this guy who has two thumbs and is pointing at himself with them, but all I ask is when you try to hold a president's feet to the fire you don't completely and disproportionately blow your load in the first month on relatively inconsequential un-libertarian infractions.
This is journalism, after all. A little propriety. Please.
(Or is it in this case a little less propriety?)
All the cool kids are actually journalists.
I might be cool with a new travel ban if it includes that Trivago guy.
My wife hates that guy, and blames him for the "trend" of "dirty old men."
The Trivago guy is old?
I don't care for your wife, and I won't even consider masturbating about her.
Lies.
No! I've worked hard to get the Trivago guy's look, and dag nabbit I want to be appreciated!
I'm just saying, you're definitely gonna still masturbate about her.
She does seem to desire an aged tuft of chest hair...
Hey, take it up with her.
One such gem: "It would be one thing if that pasty prick had some chest hair poking out of his unbuttoned Oxford; but no, he probably gets it lasered off at the handjob parlor near the bodega where he got that dirty old wrinkled silk shirt from that chick with her sagging tits hanging out her fuckbuddy's t-shirt."
My wife is a therapist for the record. We don't watch much TV. Together, we are insufferable.
Well, he is an actor. And as everyone knows, all actors are fags.
That's only definitive for Film Actors.
He makes waking up look bad
Producers of Dancing With the Stars reportedly pursued Hillary Clinton to appear on the show, as a dancing star.
*Vomits*
Projectile Vomits
I guess this must be the vomitorium.
Yeah, let's get someone who could barely stay standing for any length of time to go on a dance competition. Great idea, brainiacs.
She's got moves
It's ELECTRIFYING!!!!!
Hasn't she lost enough times already?
You know, if she appeared, and got beat by a Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity, I would watch.
By "beat" I assume you mean bested in the competition. Right? RIGHT??
An image of a pantsuit sitting on a human face... forever
President Trump took to Twitter to call the race rigged.
What else could he do?
RE: the picture, why you trying to give SIV all this j/o bait first thing in the morning, Ed? You KNOW this is gonna be his third strike down at the Walgreen's.
Psychologists Explain Why Ikea Is a Relationship Death-Trap
Fucking meatballs, man.
psychology professor Julie Peterson, who leads the Self and Close Relationships Lab at the University of New England
*facepalm*
That type of science gets me hard, ... science.
This is a thing? My wife and I used to have lame-ass dates at Ikea. We'd follow it up with margaritas if unsuccessful, or a case of beer and an assembly party if we actually bought anything. Then again we have very similar aesthetic tastes, so maybe that's the secret.
President Trump is now expected to sign a new travel ban executive order on Wednesday.
Let the pantshitting commence continue.
Two men were charged in Newark after police busted a massive cockfighting ring.
Hey, guess what! Little Jerry ran from here to Newman's in under thirty seconds!
Is that good?
I don't know.
+1 Tamale
Wow. The energy level of the comments have dropped dramatically.
We're weakened by the vomiting.
"The commentariat has become so low-energy lately! Sad! I will fix!"
Many of our best cynics have left.
I wonder if one of them was SIV?
You mean "SIV-positive"?
Long article on how A.T.F. Filled Secret Bank Account With Millions From Shadowy Cigarette Sales. This should be news to no-one.
O.M.G.
I'm in the wrong business.
Communications Director Sean Spicer is reportedly checking staffers' cellphones in search of leakers.
While manically chewing and swallowing gum.
"Sean, that's not gum, that's Nicorette!"
"I know! I know!"
How could it have been the wrong envelope if it was the last award??? Also, it was an envelope for an award that had already been given out. Was a 3rd grader running the show?
Was a 3rd grader running the show?
It's the Oscars, it's Hollywood, so it's a pretty safe bet that everyone involved had the mental and emotional maturity of 3rd graders.
It's like when you're putting together a piece of Ikea furniture and you have a piece left over at the end. There shouldn't be any pieces left over at the end!!!
I thought that's why they hired PWC to do it.
Trump hijacked it.
They have 2 full sets of envelopes so that presenters can come from the left or right to get to the stage.
Stupid, but that's why there was a mix-up.
Oy vey. I'm thinking they need a better system. Maybe go digital.
That would be fantastic. Imagine the hacking possibilities.
Or they could just not fuck it up. They seem to have managed to do that every time before.
Host Jimmy Kimmel was upset President Trump didn't livetweet the ceremony.
I'd wager the President has better things to do than listen to a bunch of elitist narcissists praise themselves while bashing him for doing such quaint things as enforcing existing law.
Like live tweeting Fox News, CNN, or The Apprentice?
Yep. Like Tweeting about Arnold's low Apprentice ratings and FAKE NEWS!, which we all know are the biggest issues facing our country today.
Well, let's not be hasty.
You know, I'm not really sure he does.
But he probably would have a hard time being in the same room with that many people who are as narcissistic as he is.
The Compost King of New York
Duh and/or hello.
How long before his mob ties bring this "green" company down? I mean, it's New York City, and he's in the sanitation business. And look at that picture.
"Biogas created by anaerobically digesting corncobs and orange peels, in contrast, was carbon neutral. That's because the plant generates its own energy, and burning the fuel doesn't release new carbon into the atmosphere, as burning oil or coal does; it merely recycles the carbon already inside those scraps"
Not all carbon created equal!
This is my industry, and it's amazing how many people believe this.
What is chutzpah? I don't recognize that type of currency...
White House Press Secretary and Communications Director Sean Spicer is reportedly checking staffers' cellphones in search of leakers.
CSI: 1600 PA Ave
They still haven't solved the Vince Foster Case. Oh wait, that's Cold Case DC. I always mix up procedurals.
.Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and chose his opponent Michigan Rep. Keith Ellison as deputy.
My days of not taking Reason seriously are rapidly coming to a middle.
Fake News.
Oh, please. Like there's any real difference between those flyovers.
Damn. They still haven't corrected it.
Both spell misery.
piffle. I'd sooner live outside any Midwest city than a city on either coast.
Jimmy Kimmel roasts Matt Damon during Oscars about ponytail, box office bombs.... and conducts orchestra to drown him out when he makes it onstage with Ben Affleck
I laughed at Chinese ponytail movie.
The Great Wall went on to lose $80 million dollars.
Only $80 million? I would have thought it would bomb a lot harder than that. Based on the trailers I've seen of it it looks ... horrible. Like the most unwatchable film since Jack and Jill
Yeah, when your commercials make your movie look like a gigantic pile of shit, maybe you should have thought twice about making the movie to begin with.
+1 Grrrrrlbusters
Hey! Womyn are funny! Get over it! /sarc
My biggest problem is that the whole trailer I was thinking "Why is there a white guy in Ancient China?" Suspension of disbelief will only go so far.
Ugh. Your lack of diversity tolerance is disgusting. Racist.
That too, but maybe he's supposed to be Marco Polo or something? I have no idea.
Supposedly he is trying to find out how gunpowder is made.
I'm not going to watch it.
Was the wall effective in keeping out diversity?
It is a Chinese backed movie, they wanted a big name Hollywood actor to headline it (besides there is more than one, Dafoe is in it as well as the guy who played Prince Oberyn).
Apparently, Chinese moneymen do not have the same racial hangups our homegrown SJWs do.
I read that the $80M was in the USA, and that it actually made money overseas.
"Like the most unwatchable film since Jack and Jill"
Look, like any sane person after seeing tailors for the film I don't doubt The Great Wall is completely and totally unwatchable.
But, c'mon, no need to exaggerate here.
NOTHING is Adam Sandler in Drag playing opposite of Adam Sandler unwatchable!!
President Trump took to Twitter to call the race rigged.
Still feeding the troll? It takes him like two minutes to drop some turd of a comment and the media spends hours of airtime and column-feet of print space trying to pick a kernel of corn out of the turd instead of talking about something more meaningful. I realize you get the eyeballs for posting turd corn-kernel picking, but, damn, shouldn't you feel at least a tiny bit disgusted and ashamed of yourself for what you're doing to degrade the discourse? Stop feeding the troll.
Plus it's not like the DNC has any history whatsoever of rigging elections. What a ridiculous accusation.
ScarJo has Nazi hair.
She also has what looks like barbed wire wrapped around and through her ear, which is by no means a dealbreaker.
Which is obviously an alt right symbol.
She also has what looks like barbed wire wrapped around and through her ear, which is by no means a dealbreaker.
I'm giving her the nazi salute right now... from the waist down.
The older she gets, the more...German...she looks.
Her Hitler hairdo is making me feel ill.
What was the thought process behind that?
'Guys think I'm too hot; I should make myself look like Miley Cyrus. That'll do it.'
Still would. Even if she wanted to keep my dick as a souvenir afterwards.
Islamic militants in the Philippines have beheaded the German hostage they were holding for ransom, the government in Manila said Monday.
No travelers from the Philippines!
If travel from the Philippines was banned, half the karaoke bars in Norfolk would have to shut down.
If travel from the Philippines was banned, half the karaoke bars in Norfolk would have to shut down.
So, the deal is off?
They have altered the deal.
Ah, well. If you can't get the money, beheading an infidel is a nice consolation prize.
"But first -- chi-chi!"
You're right. It makes much more sense to focus the discrimination on Muslims rather than all Filipinos.
In other news, Trump apparently wants to boost military spending...Granted, he also wants to reduce/eliminate top down EPA regulations and much of its budget, but strengthening the military-industrial complex is not something I'll overlook. Hopefully, many of you agree as well.
In other news, Trump apparently wants to boost military spending...Granted, he also wants to reduce/eliminate top down EPA regulations and much of its budget, but strengthening the military-industrial complex is not something I'll overlook. Hopefully, many of you agree as well.
Two for the price of squirrels.
Are you referring to the double post? That was unintentional and I'd fix it if I could. Sorry if it's a bother.
Sorry if it's a bother.
FRESH MEAT, Lads!
Here, fish fish fish!
Yeah, the EPA's budget is about 1% what the military budget is, but it's good to know that you guy's are keeping you're eyes on the small potatoes.
Well, I do think the proposed increases (based on what's being reported) in military and homeland security spending is highly concerning and I oppose it. However, you shouldn't expect to find a great deal of love (an understatement) for federal bureaucracies like the EPA on here either.
Well, I do think the proposed increases (based on what's being reported) in military and homeland security spending is highly concerning and I oppose it. However, you shouldn't expect to find a great deal of love (an understatement) for federal bureaucracies like the EPA on here either.
Well, I do think the proposed increases (based on what's being reported) in military and homeland security spending is highly concerning and I oppose it. However, you shouldn't expect to find a great deal of love (an understatement) for federal bureaucracies like the EPA on here either.
"SOME WINTER! After half a decade of the worst drought in California history, we have snow galore. Not only are our slopes blanketed in white, our reservoirs are full ? some, overfull ? and it looks like we'll be able to brush our teeth and flush the toilet for some time to come."
[...]
"I call it global weirding, and for those with open eyes, it's hardly in short supply. Let's snowplow down Memory Slope for recent headlines you may recall ?
Lifts close as Squaw due to 147-mile-per-hour winds. Route 50 closed by mudslide. Sierra-at-Tahoe closed "for safety." I-80 closed by fierce conditions. Bear Valley closed "for safety." Access road closed by avalanche. Snow turns to torrential rain. Lifts close at Alpine Meadows due to power outage. Rivers flood, creeks rise. America's tallest dam so close to bursting, 180,000 Californians are told to leave home NOW."
http://blog.sfgate.com/ski/201.....t-so-fast/
I call it straw grasping.
Global Climate-ing is a NET BAD! DONTCHA LISTEN TO AL "THE PAL" GORE?
Just because it's cold outside don't mean there's no global warming. [guffaw] You're confusin' the weather with climate.
It's funny how weather isn't representative of climate, except in cases of unseasonable weather, that's irrefutable proof not only of climate change but also of the efficacy of any ole political solution that enviromarxists happen to support.
Theory: Reason is paying the squirrels to artificially inflate the comments.
Father of Navy Seal killed in botched Yeman raid savages Trump and demands investigation.
Trump is fucked on this one.
Out of curiosity, why?
Trump was "boots on the ground" with the Seal team. Just like Obama personally kicked in Osama Bin Laden's door.
Hard yet? I now I am.
I get up every day salivating about the potential dooms of El Hitlero. My god, with my waking mind I see the burning pitch blackened soul of the Great Enemy pulsating with daemonic whimsy, and I crave the purity of the Grey Tier Good! And lo, the flames dance to his thuggish vernacular while simultaneously conducting the burning of my psyche! Soon, Mr. Cheeto in Chief, SOON!
LAMENT! YOUR END IS NIGH!
The chain of command approved the mission I don't really see the story having legs. As a matter of course they will investigate anyway.
It is funny though that John McCain said he wouldn't call an operation with the loss of american lives a success. Sure it is not optimal to lose people in the operations but D-day probably was bound to have a few people die.
Are you saying McCain is a demented retard?
I'm cool with that.
One wonders how the parents of all the SEALs killed under Obama felt about him immediately afterward.
If one is not the MSM, that is.
Rachel Dolezal Near Homelessness After Rejecting Porn and Reality TV Offers
Perhaps she could identify as gainfully employed.
Damn, son.
"Perhaps she could identify as gainfully employed."
Can I 'borrow' that?
I'm sure her family will be happy to take her HAHAHAHAHA! Sorry, almost made it.
Das Racist, a Anglo-Norman woman's tale of anti-black sentiment in America.
It's tough being a white woman in a black woman's world.
My wife was reading that article out loud yesterday, and we laughed and laughed.
"President Trump took to Twitter to call the race rigged."
But enough about the Oscars.........
At the Oscars, some Iranian guy wrote a speech describing the inhumanity of denying travel from 7 desperately poor countries. See, Iran is dangerous.
yeah i had to explain that one to my cousin. Iran is one of the worst human rights countries on the planet, and that prick has the audacity to say it's inhumane to limit ......... /rabble
"Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and chose his opponent Michigan Rep. Keith Ellison as deputy. President Trump took to Twitter to call the race rigged."
Minnesota, not Michigan.