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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#174176: Feb 13th 2017 at 8:08:57 PM

[up][up][up]I'm wondering the same thing.

edited 13th Feb '17 8:09:18 PM by BearyScary

Do not obey in advance.
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#174177: Feb 13th 2017 at 8:10:47 PM

A Lso hearing Flynn's son is being removed/kicked out/resigning from the NSA.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#174178: Feb 13th 2017 at 8:11:38 PM

So what the hell could have bought this resignation about? Also do we think it was a genuine resignation or an "I'm asking for your resignation" thing?

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#174179: Feb 13th 2017 at 8:11:53 PM

This entire month has had enough untimigated disasters to last an entire presidency.

Can you imagine four or more years of this? You could fill entire novels describing the mess.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#174180: Feb 13th 2017 at 8:11:59 PM

[up][up][up][up]+[up][up] 2 Down (Not sure about Flynn's son, but still lumping him); Hundreds to go.

[up] 2 Years of this is going to be painful enough. I really hope and pray that, when the Democrats take over (and if they don't, I will probably run away to Canada), they can find something on Trump that actually gets him properly impeached.

edited 13th Feb '17 8:13:12 PM by DingoWalley1

TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#174181: Feb 13th 2017 at 8:12:31 PM

Good. Probably going to be replaced with someone almost as bad, but I'll take almost.

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#174182: Feb 13th 2017 at 8:13:45 PM

So...what could this signify, and what might the consequences (both short and long-term) be?

Oh God! Natural light!
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#174183: Feb 13th 2017 at 8:22:37 PM

Is Flynn's son really sacked?

Text of the resignation letter

BuzzFeed News on the resignation.

The bad news is that his replacement is very slimy.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#174184: Feb 13th 2017 at 8:27:54 PM

Hope this link works- from a "big name" I follow on Twitter, Yair Rosenberg. For context, in support of the idea that the Rogue POTUS account is b.s. and probably disinfomation b.s. at that, he quotes a current tweet asserting that Yates was fired in connection with Flynn's eventual resignation as well as an earlier tweet claiming that supposed inside sources indicated there was no way that Flynn would be leaving.

Edit- Also, one down and ______ to go.

edited 13th Feb '17 8:29:28 PM by Hodor2

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#174185: Feb 13th 2017 at 8:40:26 PM

If Flynn was a true patriot he'd bring the entire Trump Administration down.

New Survey coming this weekend!
HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#174186: Feb 13th 2017 at 8:53:04 PM

I generally deal with with someone who wants to shake my hand by looking them in the face patiently until the idiot put his hand away.

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#174187: Feb 13th 2017 at 8:55:24 PM

Is that really necessary? Bizarre attempts at domination aside, it's merely a polite greeting.

Oh God! Natural light!
HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#174188: Feb 13th 2017 at 9:01:26 PM

Physical contact is reserved for family members and people I want to have sex with.

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#174189: Feb 13th 2017 at 9:01:52 PM

Here's hoping that Vizer Bannon goes down next.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#174190: Feb 13th 2017 at 9:02:36 PM

[up][up] ...That was a little Too Much Information.

[up] Seconded on that. The sooner that asshole vanishes into obscurity and irrelevance, the better.

edited 13th Feb '17 9:03:08 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#174191: Feb 13th 2017 at 9:04:26 PM

[up]x3 You could always do the fist bump.

[up]x2 Nah, President Bannon will give up power when hell freezes over.

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#174192: Feb 13th 2017 at 9:05:51 PM

It looks like that KKK leader was murdered by his family [1], no motive given, though they killed him in his sleep and tried to make it look like he ran off.

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#174193: Feb 13th 2017 at 9:06:08 PM

I increasingly feel like Bannon is the most dangerous of the bunch. Trump's buffoonery and incompetence limit how dangerous he can be, and the rest are more 'not good people' than 'horrible monsters'.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#174194: Feb 13th 2017 at 9:06:22 PM

Frank Ancona, a KKK Imperial Wizard, has been found dead on the bank of the Big River.

His Wife and Stepson have both been arrested over the Murder.

[up][up] Dang it! Got ninja'd![nja]

edited 13th Feb '17 9:06:43 PM by DingoWalley1

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#174195: Feb 13th 2017 at 9:06:47 PM

[up]x7 Well, if those are your boundaries, that's your decision. Still, the way you describe it sounds like it would create a more hostile impression than you might intend.

edited 13th Feb '17 9:07:24 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#174196: Feb 13th 2017 at 9:37:54 PM

Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC just said that Flynn's December 29th call didn't just include talks on sanctions, but was entirely about sanctions with reference to emails and texts.

edited 13th Feb '17 9:38:18 PM by MadSkillz

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#174197: Feb 13th 2017 at 9:38:26 PM

If Bannon does go down, it will be the result of an internal power struggle. Ryan, Pence et all want him gone.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#174198: Feb 13th 2017 at 9:40:46 PM

[up][up][up][up]I've heard rumors that the wife is actually blacklisted by local animal rescue operations as all of the animals she cares for mysteriously wind up dead despite her being already paid to do so.

Obviously, that's not a motive, but something's up. Birds of a feather flocking together, only to eat themselves?

edited 13th Feb '17 9:41:29 PM by Krieger22

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#174199: Feb 13th 2017 at 9:49:58 PM

Wouldn't surprise me. These people probably have serious mental issues to hate the way they do.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#174200: Feb 13th 2017 at 9:52:02 PM

[up]x3 I can just picture it now; Bannon's walking towards the docks to take a nap on his special Whites Only yacht after leaving a KKK rally only to feel a tap on his shoulder. He turns around and fails to see just who's lurking behind him before getting sucker-punched in the gut and getting knocked unconscious. When he comes to, he finds himself deep in a cement suit on the end of the docks, with Ryan keenly sharpening a knife and Pence slowly and coolly smoking a cigarette. After finally realizing just what has happened to him and who is responsible, Bannon begins to plead for his life, only to be unceremoniously dumped into the briny depths of whatever lake happens to be closest to Washington by Ryan. Pence then literally stabs Ryan in the back when he's not looking and dumps him overboard like tossing a pile of refuse. All he needs to do now is convince everyone that Trump actually is a giant orange and he'll have the throne all to himself...

edited 13th Feb '17 9:59:11 PM by kkhohoho


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