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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#180276: Mar 30th 2017 at 8:39:42 PM

God that's just about as bad as it could be. That's one of the most important roads on the east coast.

Oh really when?
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#180277: Mar 30th 2017 at 8:41:51 PM

The USA still doesn't have a budget for this year, right?

Disgusted, but not surprised
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#180278: Mar 30th 2017 at 8:44:02 PM

[up] They're still working on it. Trump actually wants to pump 1 Trillion Dollars into Infrastructure, but his plan involves a mix of Public Financing and using For-Profit Businesses which is a terrible way to go about with Infrastructure. And there's no way in Hell the current Congress, especially the House, would pump 1 Trillion into anything willingly.

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#180279: Mar 30th 2017 at 8:53:52 PM

Not to mention the non-starter that is the border wall.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#180280: Mar 30th 2017 at 9:34:03 PM

I mean, using private business to construct and even operate/maintain public infrastructure can work fine if done right. But outright privatizing that stuff is stupid as hell.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#180281: Mar 30th 2017 at 9:36:53 PM

Given that Trump's first attempt at this was a badly-disguised scheme to line the pockets of his contractor cronies...

Disgusted, but not surprised
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#180282: Mar 30th 2017 at 11:01:28 PM

Some more GOP infighting, this time the Tuesday Group against the Freedom Caucus: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/326502-centrist-group-in-house-will-never-meet-with-freedom-caucus?platform=hootsuite

edited 30th Mar '17 11:05:58 PM by Bat178

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#180283: Mar 30th 2017 at 11:10:23 PM

Yeesh, at this rate, it'll take forever to get the budget ready:

Trump: We've finally got the budget ready for 2017! And it's the best budget. All those haters said I'd fail but they were wrong. SAD!

Pence: ...Um, it's already December. 31st. Of 2018.

Trump: No it's not. It's still March 31st of 2017. FAKE CALENDARS.

Disgusted, but not surprised
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#180284: Mar 30th 2017 at 11:16:10 PM

I wish I could skip to late 2018 sometimes.

edited 30th Mar '17 11:18:33 PM by BearyScary

Do not obey in advance.
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#180285: Mar 30th 2017 at 11:19:45 PM

[up] Too bad we haven't invented cryopods yet.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#180286: Mar 30th 2017 at 11:21:42 PM

2018? Try late 2020.

Disgusted, but not surprised
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#180288: Mar 31st 2017 at 12:13:16 AM

[up] If he weren't in West Virginia...

Disgusted, but not surprised
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#180290: Mar 31st 2017 at 3:55:20 AM

So I just found out from last night's Daily WTF feed that the US Energy Department is going into full-blown self-censorship mode, by banning any mention of the phrases "climate change", "emissions reduction", and "Paris agreement". And Pruitt rejected the EPA's scientific arguments against the use of chlorpyrifos as an insecticide in US farms.

Seriously, WTF???

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#180291: Mar 31st 2017 at 3:57:01 AM

It can't be true if we keep denying its existence.

Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#180292: Mar 31st 2017 at 4:10:11 AM

Cynical me says that the red southern states will eat the bulk of climate change negative consequences. Call it karma?

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#180293: Mar 31st 2017 at 4:13:12 AM

Reddit's /r/EnoughTrumpSpam recap of WTF happened yesterday. Fucking crazy.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#180294: Mar 31st 2017 at 4:18:44 AM

In other news. (also form the daily WTF feed) Putin spoke on the Russia/Trump connections and called them lies and provocations because of course he world.

Related, but it seems a Right Hand Versus Left Hand scenario has affected the investigations With the House Intelligence Committee being marred by Nunes' circular information.

edited 31st Mar '17 4:19:44 AM by MorningStar1337

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#180295: Mar 31st 2017 at 4:19:33 AM

Wait, Trump is considering resignation? Is this over the Russian connection?

Holy fucking shit.

Oh really when?
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
#180296: Mar 31st 2017 at 4:23:06 AM

I wonder if Pence would pardon him, it hurt Ford badly to do it, so he might be resistant to the idea.

Still considering and doing are different things.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
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
#180297: Mar 31st 2017 at 5:06:31 AM

The West Wing Report was told by a former RNC chief that it was unlikely that Trump will finish his term.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#180298: Mar 31st 2017 at 5:09:43 AM

[up][up]I wouldn't be surprised, Trump has clearly demonstrated he doesn't actually want to do the job of being a president, and it was said many times he was running as a publicity stunt, so I could believe he's bored or unwilling to handle the pressure of being a president.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#180299: Mar 31st 2017 at 5:25:54 AM

On a lark, I took the personality types test and answered based on what I think is most applicable to Donald Trump's personality (not what he himself would answer, because there's no way he doesn't lie to himself all the time), and I got ENTP - T: Debater. Really, it makes a lot of sense. Trump's a lazy asshole who enjoys arguing and creating chaos for the fun of it, entertains wild and unrealistic ideas that no-one likes or wants just to be contrary, and absolutely hates putting any actual effort into working.

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#180300: Mar 31st 2017 at 5:26:16 AM

Wait, Trump is considering resignation?

Did I miss something?

i'm tired, my friend

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