Obama Still Most Admired Man in America, Israel Wants Trump Station Near Western Wall, NASA Looking to Alpha Centauri: P.M. Links

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  Barack Obama topped the list of most admired men in the U.S. according to the annual Gallup poll, with President Trump coming in second, the first time since 2008 the incumbent president didn't top the list. Hillary Clinton topped the list of most admired women for the 15th year in a row, while Bill Clinton fell off the top 10 for the first time in 25 years.

• Pro-Trump singer Joy Villa has filed a sexual assault complaint against former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
• Hillary Clinton supporters are outraged over a Vanity Fair video poking fun at the failed presidential candidate and suggesting she find new hobbies.
• At least 10 people were injured in a TNT explosion at a store in St. Petersburg, according to Russian state media.
• The transport minister of Israel wants to name a planned train station near the Western Wall after Trump.
• NASA is interested in sending a probe to Alpha Centauri, in 2069.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Barack Obama topped the list of most admired men in the U.S. according to the annual Gallup poll...

Give that man a Nobel.

[Rat on a train]

Trump beat Clinton 14% to 9%. That has to hurt.

[Chipper Morning Baculum]

Rufus is gonna be apoplectic.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Let him. I think being angry online is the only way Canadians get catharsis.

[Deflator Mouse]

Just means that he got more top votes than any other individual person (17%), not that most or even that many people admire him.

[Rat on a train]

Way to burst a high.

[Deflator Mouse]

Sorry, didn't know there were BO supporters here.

[Entropy Drehmaschine Void]

Haven't read the masthead, lately, huh, DM?

[Eman]

That wad was shot a little prematurely.

[Duke of url]

"Hillary in a landslide"
/Gallup

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Hillary Clinton supporters are outraged over a Vanity Fair video poking fun at the failed presidential candidate and suggesting she find new hobbies.

Know your audience.

[Arizona_Guy]

"The Resistance" is her hobby now, comrades!

[This Machine Chips Fascists]

+ book sales

[Fist of Etiquette]

The transport minister of Israel wants to name a planned train station near the Western Wall after Trump.

The Stop Wailing

[Chipper Morning Baculum]

That's pretty good, Fist.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Finally, acknowledgement of my general greatness.

[Deflator Mouse]

Jordan retaliates by naming the stop at Sodom and Gomorrah after Trump, arguably more aptly.

[TheZeitgeist]

Say what you will about the tenets of Biblical hedonism; merely note silence of Scripture regarding any small hands complaining if you know what I mean.

[Fist of Etiquette]

NASA is interested in sending a probe to Alpha Centauri...

...if you know what I mean.

[Chipper Morning Baculum]

Alpha Centauri was my nickname in college, because I was usually very far from the classroom.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Me too, but mine was because I was caught drawing sweet Liontaurs in class.

[Chipper Morning Baculum]

[takes BUCS's nerd card and rips it up]

They are called wemics.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Mines the upper half of a lion the bottom half of a horse.

[Fist of Etiquette]

At least 10 people were injured in a TNT explosion at a store in St. Petersburg, according to Russian state media.

A story that made an addition 50,000 US Facebook users want to vote Trump in 2020.

[CE]

In glorious former Soviet Union, door busters line up for you.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Pro-Trump singer Joy Villa has filed a sexual assault complaint against former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.

Trump got rid of that guy just in time.

[Citizen X - #6]

The transport minister of Israel wants to name a planned train station near the Western Wall after Trump.

Six months after opening, the train station will declare bankruptcy.

[Bubba Jones]

Hillary Clinton topped the list of most admired women for the 15th year in a row

What does this say about women?

[Rich]

"They're a bunch of losers."

/DT

[cgr2727]

She's a woman? Give me proof otherwise.

Bill seems to have lost interest in her about 20 years ago. That old hound would hump anything, including a pantsuited leg.

[Deflator Mouse]

Did he ever have interest in her? It seems likely he spawned Chelsea, but alcohol exists for a reason.

[Entropy Drehmaschine Void]

"AHEM!"

/Web Hubble

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Life before Twitter, he lost interest in her over 30 years ago.

[damikesc]

At minimum, they have an issue with bench depth.

I mean, Bruce Jenner won Woman of the Year in his rookie fucking year as one.

[Tom Bombadil]

That all depends on what the meaning of "his", is.

[Citizen X - #6]

Barack Obama topped the list of most admired men in the U.S. according to the annual Gallup poll, with President Trump coming in second, the first time since 2008 the incumbent president didn't top the list. Hillary Clinton topped the list of most admired women for the 15th year in a row, while Bill Clinton fell off the top 10 for the first time in 25 years.

These sentences are nauseating.

[Tony]

"Vanity Fair sent liberals into a tizzy this week..."

A FOX News lede ladies and gentleman. It's a crime they don't have more pulitzers.

[Citizen X - #6]

The worst part is that the video isn't even funny.

[BestUsedCarSales]

It feels horrible to watch a comedy you want to agree with that is painfully unfunny.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Streisand effect

[Unlabelable MJGreen]

"Tizzy" is putting it mildly, babe.

[Tony]

What you'll never read in the New York Times: "A Guns & Ammo Magazine article send conservatives into a wife-beating rage..."

Which conservatives? Which liberals? Journalism 101.

[Unlabelable MJGreen]

That comparison holds up 1 to 1.

[Number 2]

But here is what you will read in the New York Times:

"The lead business story in today's New York Times reports that Judge William Alsup of Federal District Court in San Francisco "accused Uber's lawyers of withholding evidence, forcing him to delay the trial":
"I can no longer trust the words of the lawyers for Uber in this case," Judge Alsup said. "If even half of what is in that letter is true, it would be an injustice for Waymo to go to trial."

"{The} Times article does not specify what lawyer Judge Alsup was talking about. It doesn't name the lawyer or the law firm."

What were you saying about Journalism 101?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

+1 3000 word article on Venezuela that never mentions socialism.

[Fist of Etiquette]

NASA is interested in sending a probe to Alpha Centauri, in 2069.

THIS is Alpha Centauri V!

[CE]

The Interstellar Probe of '69?

Is Alpha Centauri sending a probe our way as well?

[BestUsedCarSales]

Barack Obama topped the list of most admired men in the U.S. according to the annual Gallup poll, with President Trump coming in second, the first time since 2008 the incumbent president didn't top the list. Hillary Clinton topped the list of most admired women for the 15th year in a row, while Bill Clinton fell off the top 10 for the first time in 25 years.

Politicians topping these lists is as indicative as anything that the libertarian moment is not forthcoming.

[Deflator Mouse]

60% didn't choose anyone from their list of men, and 65% didn't choose anyone from the list of women.

[Rat on a train]

Johnson couldn't even get the 1% needed to break into the top 10.

[CE]

Bill Weld helped Hillary Clinton maintain her winning streak though.

[SIV]

Who?

[SIV]

Republicans are much more likely to name relatives (19%) than Democrats (9%) or independents (12%) are

Family Values FTW!

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Who created the list?

[Rich]

Hillary Clinton topped the list of most admired women for the 15th year in a row, while Bill Clinton fell off the top 10 for the first time in 25 years.

He didn't fall off the top 10 women; he pulled out of them.

[Entropy Drehmaschine Void]

I can always count on you, Rich.

*Golf clap*

[Unlabelable MJGreen]

Gallup has asked the most admired man question 71 times since 1946 -- all but in 1976. The incumbent president has won 58 of those times.

Jesus.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Not even Top 5.

[Rich]

Bullshit. Trump was *born* in 1946.

[Deflator Mouse]

In this poll, winning just means getting more votes than anybody else on the list (which consists mostly of politicians).

[damikesc]

Gallup has asked the most admired man question 71 times since 1946 -- all but in 1976. The incumbent president has won 58 of those times.

Was nobody admired in 1976?

*remembers Carter v Ford*

Oh, I see now.

[Tony]

In these surveys, can you admire someone but not for any good qualities? In that case I might admire Mike Pence more than Obama. Parlaying gay-bashing and sycophancy into becoming president while not being liked by anyone? Admirably evil.

[Eek Barba Durkle]

He's the vice-President, retard. I know 'being aware of things' is your least capable area, but I would really think you'd be able to handle this one.

No surprise at all that you consider 'sycophancy' (outside the DNC) to be more evil than murdering little brown children for their race.

[Tony]

His ambition in life is not to break ties in the Senate.

[Old Mexican's Speedos]

Re: Tony,

In these surveys, can you admire someone but not for any good qualities?

You mean how you can admire Pol Pot for his relentless commitment to ushering in a New Man without minding his nasty personality? Or what are you talking about?

[Tony]

Can one admire someone for exemplifying evil qualities well?

I have no idea if that's an interesting question, as I'm on vacation and start drinking with breakfast.

[Entropy Drehmaschine Void]

... and any OTHER day is like?

[CE]

Skipping breakfast and just drinking.

[Deflator Mouse]

I admire Tony for getting people to respond to him without adding anything to (and oftener subtracting from) the conversation.

[Tony]

Thank you.

[Tony]

Thank you.

[Old Mexican's Speedos]

You're already drunk, aren't you?

[Sevo]

How can you tell?

[Fist of Etiquette]

NASA is interested in sending a probe to Alpha Centauri, in 2069.

Alpha Centauri as fuck.

[Old Mexican's Speedos]

I'll only be 101 years old by that time. I can't wait to witness it!

[Fist of Etiquette]

That's the year they put out the RFP's.

[CE]

They can pay for it with their Bitcoin earnings.

[Old Mexican's Speedos]

Pro-Trump singer Joy Villa has filed a sexual assault complaint against former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.

How quickly she got tired of so much winning.

At least 10 people were injured in a TNT explosion at a store in St. Petersburg, according to Russian state media.

What an anarchist hellhole that must be where you can buy TNT at stores! What's next, 'nukelar' bombs?

[Hank Stamper]

The transport minister of Israel wants to name a planned train station near the Western Wall after Trump.

Will Trump sue for unlicensed use of his name? Got to protect the brand.

[CE]

Don't they already have a whole wall named after Hillary Clinton? The Wailing Wall or some such?

[Ken Shultz]

"Hillary Clinton topped the list of most admired women for the 15th year in a row"

Without price signals, people are as dumb as birds.

https://tinyurl.com/ybltvj8g

Actually, birds can take care of themselves, but a lot of people can't.

[Tony]

Hillary Clinton's fees are well known.

[Ken Shultz]

I was talking about the idiots who admire her, Tony!

I'd say it's ironic that it went over your head, but "ironic" suggests the unexpected.

[Eman]

You could say it ironically

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

That's why she was so popular with the working class.

[Tony]

Unlike that walking cartoon character of a rich guy.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Didn't you spend hours and hours decrying John and others for whataboutism during the Moore election?

[Deflator Mouse]

Keep in mind she only got 9%, and over 60% didn't choose any of the people on their list for either man or woman.

[Quo Usque Tandem]

It's only the headline that matters.

[Deflator Mouse]

NASA is interested in sending a probe to Alpha Centauri, in 2069.

And I'm interested in banging Scarlett Johansson. Equal probability of fulfillment.

[Entropy Drehmaschine Void]

GET IN LINE 111111!!1111!!111!!!!!!!

[CE]

the bar is pretty low if Colin Jost meets it.

[BestUsedCarSales]

What's it say that none of us meet it?

[Ornithorhynchus]

Kudos for the alt-text, as it's not an extremely well-known song. (Of course, it's not that obscure either.)

I started looking for new songs to learn on guitar this week, and that's actually one of the first that I picked. (I'm trying to copy the Jack Clement version mainly.)

[This Machine Chips Fascists]

I'm not sure what's more pathetic, the number of world leaders willing to stroke Trump's cock or how effective it is.

[This Machine Chips Fascists]

I propose that NASA name their Alpha Centauri probe either "Jupiter 2" or "Bubble-headed Booby"

[Jerryskids]

Sometimes not all the news is bad - Michigan State Trooper on trial for murder, tried his damnedest to let everybody know he was a menace beforehand.

[Entropy Drehmaschine Void]

"Summer Brennan
?
@summerbrennan
Vanity Fair tl;dr: Six young white people holding glasses of champagne would like Hillary Clinton to abandon her life's work and platform and just shut up. Good to know. "

Try six HUNDRED MILLION, Bitch.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Not to be rude, but none of the Mexican people I know are excited for her either.

[Palin's Buttplug]

For accomplishments I guess I would pick Tom Brady as most admired, Bob Dylan maybe. I'd rather be Brady though.

I would choose Obama for his remarkable restraint. If I had a bunch of stupid rednecks calling me a Kenyan or commie I would call those dumbass motherfucking rednecks out just like that. He didn't do that.

[Entropy Drehmaschine Void]

Fuck off, you Kenyan-Commie.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

He took his anger out on wedding parties in Pakistan.

[Sevo]

"I would choose Obama for his remarkable restraint."

Folks, turd actually posted this horseshit, right there one post up.
Trud, go fuck your daddy, imbecile.

[Mark22]

If I had a bunch of stupid rednecks calling me a Kenyan

Us stupid rednecks are insulting him by calling him a Keynesian, not a Kenyan.

[Mickey Rat]

Obama, under his breath " It was a fair cop."

[DajjaI]

Where's all the antisemites? This place is a sad shadow of its former self. Must be that 'low T' going around.

[Mark22]

Barack Obama topped the list of most admired men in the U.S.

Well, I certainly admire how someone with so little skill could make it so far. Obama is an inspiration for everybody who is mediocre, which probably accounts for the widespread admiration for him.

[Mark22]

NASA is interested in sending a probe to Alpha Centauri, in 2069.

We still lack the Nuclear Fusion, Nanotechnology, and Robotics breakthroughs from the tech tree.