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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#268576: Jan 25th 2019 at 4:38:44 AM

“You’re talking about 800,000 workers, and while I feel sorry for the individuals that have hardship cases, 800,000 workers. If they never got their pay – which is not the case, they will eventually get it, but if they never got it, you’re talking about a third of a percent on our GDP. So it’s not like it’s a gigantic number overall.”
Putting aside the fact that this is a dick statement (he's basically invoking A Million Is a Statistic), he's wrong anyway. It leaves out the contractors who are not eligible for back pay.

BREAKING: Roger Stone arrested by FBI, indicted on seven counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering, home in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida raided around 6 am local.
About time!

Edited by speedyboris on Jan 25th 2019 at 6:40:49 AM

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#268577: Jan 25th 2019 at 4:51:32 AM

Prosecutors say Stone made "multiple false statements" to the House Intelligence Committee about his interactions regarding "Organization 1" - which matches the description of Wiki Leaks, the organization that released troves of hacked Democratic emails before the 2016 election that the U.S. intelligence community later said were pilfered by Russian intelligence agents.

WELP.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#268578: Jan 25th 2019 at 4:53:51 AM

They got Roger Stone so I figure Muller is working his towards Trump,he might be closer then we think

edit:Donnie's son is next I bet

Edited by Ultimatum on Jan 25th 2019 at 1:01:40 PM

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RainingMetal (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#268579: Jan 25th 2019 at 5:19:18 AM

"Are you suggesting I'm enjoying this?" Mc Connell snapped back, according to the people who attended the lunch.

Yes

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#268580: Jan 25th 2019 at 5:24:12 AM

I think I might just have rolled a crit fail against schadenfreude; my Will could be hiding somewhere under the table. I can't be bothered to look for it.

Edited by Euodiachloris on Jan 25th 2019 at 1:26:08 PM

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#268581: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:26:21 AM

Damn, where is the world's smallest violin when you need it?
I am genuinely offended by the implication that those lowlives have any sort of right to having a tune played on any musical instrument, let alone a violin.

I wouldn't even waste my farts on them.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#268582: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:30:53 AM

Actually, I doubt Mitch is enjoying this situation. He's caught in an impossible conflict between ideology and reality. He's so deep in the Sunk Cost Fallacy that it'll take a team of archaeologists to find him a thousand years from now.

All that said, I have no sympathy for him at all, because he goose-stepped into his position with eyes wide open, and is now causing incalculable harm to the country.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#268583: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:33:03 AM

Speaking of sympathy... what is its antithesis? Because I've been feeling that for him and his ilk for a long time right now, but I have no idea what the proper term for it is.

It can't be "apathy", because that's just "zero" to sympathy's "positive". Is it "antipathy"? The dictionary definition uses "dislike", which seems like a severely watered down version of what I'm feeling.

... Or is the antithesis of sympathy the same thing as hate and malice?

Edited by MarqFJA on Jan 25th 2019 at 5:36:10 PM

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#268584: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:33:06 AM

As someone said recently, Mitch is the gravedigger of American Democracy. No sympathy for him.

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.
#268585: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:35:52 AM

[up][up] Antipathy, I think.

Oh God! Natural light!
3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#268586: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:36:17 AM

[up][up][up]Antipathy.

Sympathy is feeling with someone

Empathy is being able to feel the same as someone

Antipathy is hating someone's guts.

Edited by 3of4 on Jan 25th 2019 at 3:37:10 PM

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#268587: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:36:57 AM

That or schadenfreude, where your feel pleasure at their misfortune.

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#268588: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:37:07 AM

[up][up] & [up][up][up] Huh. Someone needs to invent a word for "extreme antipathy", then.

Edited by MarqFJA on Jan 25th 2019 at 5:40:09 PM

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#268589: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:38:27 AM

Hochabneigung.

German. We have Words for everthing.

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#268590: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:38:29 AM

I’d go with loathing. Antipathy doesn’t feel adequate.

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#268591: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:40:44 AM

[up][up] Ugh, now you reminded of the hideously long German compound words that I've encountered in the past. Seriously, why are you Germans so obsessed with agglutinating words so much?

[up][up][up][up] Ohoho, do I take pleasure in his suffering. I honestly believe he's not suffering anywhere near as much as he should, and in fact I believe it's been made clear that the amount of suffering I want to see visited upon him is too much for you guys' stomachs.

Edited by MarqFJA on Jan 25th 2019 at 5:42:02 PM

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#268592: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:41:05 AM

> Hochabneigung.

German. We have Words for everthing.

now if only I could pronounce that

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archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#268593: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:43:04 AM

[up][up] It’s not a matter of stomaching it, wishing that on people is neither moral nor useful.

Edited by archonspeaks on Jan 25th 2019 at 6:43:38 AM

They should have sent a poet.
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#268594: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:43:28 AM

Wonder if this means Trump is going to give up on the shutdown given that it's not managing to protect his cronies after all.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#268595: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:45:58 AM

Trump White House grows eager to escape losing shutdown fight
After a day of failed Senate action, Trump and his advisers realize they may never win over Democrats in a battle that is costing them dearly

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/24/trump-white-house-losing-shutdown-fight-1125033

This article seems to suggest something alone those lines.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#268596: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:47:18 AM

He's too stubborn to give up,unless they get Donnie junior

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PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#268597: Jan 25th 2019 at 6:48:24 AM

[up][up][up]That depends on how much he cares about his cronies vs. himself.

EDIT: Orrr maybe not.

Edited by PhysicalStamina on Jan 25th 2019 at 6:49:03 AM

i'm tired, my friend
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#268598: Jan 25th 2019 at 7:12:10 AM

To be fair to Marq, we are talking about a man who pushed a healthcare bill that would strip 22 million people of their insurance just so to cut taxes for the rich.

Edited by SeptimusHeap on Jan 25th 2019 at 4:14:57 PM

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#268599: Jan 25th 2019 at 7:14:36 AM

I feel nothing but sadness over the ignominy of Wikileaks' legacy.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Jan 25th 2019 at 7:14:47 AM

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
MrHellboy The Shadow from A world of my own Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
The Shadow
#268600: Jan 25th 2019 at 7:17:29 AM

What with the whole Roger Stone thing that just happened, I'm wondering if ol' Donnie is definitely going to declare a national emergency just as a distraction, in a desperate attempt to try to make people forget

Futile gesture. The shutdown didn't make us forget and this won't either

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