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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
#169751: Jan 26th 2017 at 4:25:49 AM

Eh.

i'm tired, my friend
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#169752: Jan 26th 2017 at 4:35:46 AM

I am currently strongly reminded of a scene in Agents of Shield season 3 in which Shield has a lead to Hydra and Coulson says something along the line of: "Big oil? They are really trying to hit all the bad people clichés." (I am paraphrasing here).

Honestly, what next? The Republicans deciding that woman should only get a job if there is no man around to do it?

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#169753: Jan 26th 2017 at 4:42:50 AM

[up] Sssshh! Don't give them any ideas! tongue

Disgusted, but not surprised
hellomoto Since: Sep, 2015
#169754: Jan 26th 2017 at 5:22:59 AM

empty

edited 26th Jan '17 9:02:57 AM by hellomoto

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#169755: Jan 26th 2017 at 5:47:20 AM

Apologizing if someone has linked this already, but this is hilarious:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/jan/20/donald-trump-first-100-days-president-daily-updates

Great way to keep track of the insanity.

Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#169756: Jan 26th 2017 at 5:51:39 AM

Speaking of wall, I get the feeling that construction or not, there will be attempts to sabotage the construction of the wall, I mean, don't you think there will be any opposition to it in any capacity and any form of activity to paralyze the construction?

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#169757: Jan 26th 2017 at 5:53:41 AM

At any rate, we'll get to sit back and watch a trillion dollar wall be defeated by a $20 dollar ladder.

Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#169758: Jan 26th 2017 at 5:54:45 AM

[up]And "maybe a rope".

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#169759: Jan 26th 2017 at 5:57:43 AM

So, President Trump. Day six.

edited 26th Jan '17 6:34:08 AM by speedyboris

CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#169760: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:02:56 AM

And the storm clouds of resistance keep on gathering...

Curiously, this came from Ms. Manning, but...

"The one simple lesson to draw from President Obama's legacy: Do not start off with a compromise. They won't meet you in the middle. Instead, what we need is an unapologetic progressive leader."

The Badlands National Park account's tweets about global warming were swiftly deleted after they appeared to undermine Mr Trump's position.

But if President Trump, who has called climate change a hoax, hoped it would silence his critics, he was wrong.

Instead, it was the catalyst for a host of people and parks to follow suit.

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#169761: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:09:14 AM

Rumors that Feinstein may vote "yes" on Sessions, because apparently five thousand phone calls from angry constituents isn't enough?

Any Democratic traitor who votes yes on the man who wants to wreck the entire nation's voting rights and prosecute civil rights activists ought to be run out of the party on a splintery rail.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#169762: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:10:18 AM

If Feinstein thinks that voting Yes on a Trump nominee is going to earn reciprocal favors from the Republican Congress, she is ... delusional would be a charitable way to put it.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#169763: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:16:35 AM

Sidebar: her name is really Feinstein?

i'm tired, my friend
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#169764: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:20:00 AM

Far as I know, yeah. Why?

[up][up] And agreed - any Democrat who's still trying to cling to some notion of "tit for tat" and "bipartisanship" is an utter fool and should be primaried if we ever get the chance. The Republicans are not a normal party, and have not been for a long time now. You can't work with them - you can only dig in and fight them with everything you've got.

Which the Senate Dems are apparently determined not to do.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#169765: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:20:12 AM

Feinstein chugging a mighty fine stein

of Republican Kool-aid

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#169766: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:21:13 AM

Yeah, the way the GOP works (and has for a while apparently), any Republican that is interested in bipartisanship...doesn't make it very high up the ladder.

edited 26th Jan '17 6:21:45 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#169767: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:22:01 AM

Dianne Feinstein has always been a controversial Democrat, although I mostly remember that from questionable gun rights and intelligence laws. She also goes back to a time when Senate confirmations were not as confrontational as today.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#169768: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:22:57 AM

People like Feinstein are a case for congressional term limits.

Disgusted, but not surprised
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#169769: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:23:01 AM

@Fish: It sounds more like a sarcastic diminutive of someone who's last name starts with "Fein". Like, "Great job, there, Feinstein."

edited 26th Jan '17 6:23:16 AM by PhysicalStamina

i'm tired, my friend
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#169770: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:24:35 AM

[up][up] Let's not go back to that well again. Term limits as a way to shut out congresspeople you don't like is not a sufficient reason.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#169771: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:24:51 AM

^^Yes, because replacing all the old service politicians with the newer psychos is a good move. Seriously, dude.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#169772: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:25:59 AM

I'd rather have good primary challengers than hard term limits. Which is, admittedly, a complete crap shoot.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#169773: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:34:10 AM

Here's a list of all the "rogue" twitter accounts of government agencies.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#169774: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:36:11 AM

Also, some advice on contacting your representatives, from a high-level former staffer. Apparently Republican calls typically outnumber Dem ones several times over - which just goes to show what scrappers the Republicans are, and how weak and passive the Dems have become.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Perseus Since: Nov, 2009
#169775: Jan 26th 2017 at 6:46:00 AM

Sad as it is, few things can match anger and hatred as motivators.

edited 26th Jan '17 6:51:37 AM by Perseus


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