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archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#265951: Jan 6th 2019 at 7:30:37 PM

Turns out the whole “leaving Syria” thing isn’t actually going to happen after all. Bolton (and Trump) are now both saying there’s no timetable to leave. [1]

They should have sent a poet.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#265952: Jan 6th 2019 at 7:31:22 PM

Somehow I'm not surprised.

Disgusted, but not surprised
DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#265953: Jan 6th 2019 at 7:35:07 PM

Or would have any reason to go talk to Putin.

"In the end, Trump is uncontrollable because he lacks the attention span to care."

Pretty sure that there is at least one way to grab Trump's attention and hold it like a starving dog in a butcher's shop: wave some money in his face.

(The other way is pee on him, but I dont think even the Koch Bros would go there)

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#265954: Jan 6th 2019 at 7:37:37 PM

The way to keep Trump's attention is to flatter him and pander to his ego (waving cash in front of him helps too). And you have to keep doing it all the time. And hope someone else doesn't come along later and does the same thing.

Disgusted, but not surprised
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#265955: Jan 6th 2019 at 7:39:42 PM

So in the end Mattiss left for no good reason.

Goddammit.

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#265956: Jan 6th 2019 at 7:42:19 PM

Mattis is a despicable human being and a war criminal so I’m not gonna miss him.

archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#265957: Jan 6th 2019 at 7:44:21 PM

[up] Just wait until you see who we’re gonna get next.

Mattis was the only one who could actually effectively run the part of the government he was tasked to.

They should have sent a poet.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#265958: Jan 6th 2019 at 7:54:40 PM

The story of this administration. It started out full of shitty people, then those people get replaced by people who make us miss them.

Disgusted, but not surprised
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#265959: Jan 6th 2019 at 8:16:36 PM

I have nothing good to say about Mattis even in comparison to Trump.

One of the chief benefits of Trump's firing is that he's left so many shitty people's careers in shambles.

Especially since the private sector windfall they expected isn't happening either.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Jan 6th 2019 at 8:19:14 AM

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
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.
#265960: Jan 6th 2019 at 9:53:00 PM

Remember Anthony Scaramucci? The guy who had the job of Speaker for like, a week before being replaced? Whatever happened to him?

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Jan 6th 2019 at 10:53:14 AM

TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#265961: Jan 6th 2019 at 9:56:11 PM

He's done the cable news rounds heaping praise on Trump, among other things.

TechPriest90 Servant of the Omnissiah from Collegia Titanica, Mars, Sol System Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Servant of the Omnissiah
#265962: Jan 6th 2019 at 9:57:49 PM

The Mooch is actually doing fairly okay, all things considered. Investment Banker, so it doesn't matter who winds or loses - he's got his chips and is doing fine.

I hold the secrets of the machine.
Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#265963: Jan 6th 2019 at 9:58:05 PM

I think he's back at his job as an investment banker, just with more talking head appearances on political shows

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.
#265964: Jan 6th 2019 at 10:33:03 PM

Ah, he's doing well. Fuck that guy.

Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#265965: Jan 7th 2019 at 12:04:41 AM

I'm with Galadriel on the point that Dems need to keep ostensibly voting good budget bills. They need to push the narrative that they're doing their job and the senate isn't.

If McConnard wants to draw the blame away from Trump by not showing him veto the bills, so be it, but the blame must be steered towards him for doing Trump's vetoing job in his stead.

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Oruka Since: Dec, 2018
#265966: Jan 7th 2019 at 2:51:28 AM

"Americans buy drugs from Mexico"

Is it possible to work on that part of the problem? Boycott the stuff? I mean, who wants to get high on blood-soaked powders? Plus, cocaine is such a shit drug compared to weed. It's mainly cocaine, right?

RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#265967: Jan 7th 2019 at 3:02:35 AM

Heroin? I'd assume heroin is a big one.

Oruka Since: Dec, 2018
#265968: Jan 7th 2019 at 3:25:26 AM

Heroin comes from Asia through boats, though, right?

Edited by Oruka on Jan 7th 2019 at 3:25:50 AM

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#265969: Jan 7th 2019 at 3:27:29 AM

Heroin comes from all over.

Oh really when?
RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#265971: Jan 7th 2019 at 3:33:26 AM

Meth and marijuana are the most common drugs coming across the border, though that’s been changing now that marijuana is legalizing. Cocaine is currently in third place but will probably overtake marijuana soon.

[down] Nope. Most of the meth in the US comes from the Sinaloa cartel.

Edited by archonspeaks on Jan 7th 2019 at 4:11:49 AM

They should have sent a poet.
Oruka Since: Dec, 2018
#265972: Jan 7th 2019 at 4:08:29 AM

I thought synthetic drugs were domestic?

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#265973: Jan 7th 2019 at 4:47:12 AM

In a bit of entertainment news that slips into politics, Christian Bale thanks Satan for inspiring his role as Dick Cheney in the film Vice during his acceptance of the Best Actor award at the Golden Globes.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#265974: Jan 7th 2019 at 6:25:25 AM

[up] This has got me thinking...what are the chances of a Second Satanic Panic happening under Trump/the current GOP?

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#265975: Jan 7th 2019 at 6:33:52 AM

[up]We actually have some people who think Trump is the Antichrist or something.

Disgusted, but not surprised

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