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Reaction gif Twitter is the best Twitter -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 12:20 3
- Josh Lyman ran a better press briefing. -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 12:38
- "Are...we?...going...to there?" -- nm - Max Apr 11, 12:30
- Hey, it's not like it's his job to... speak in... public... -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 12:23
Meanwhile, three blocks away from me in Portland ... -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 12:20 4
- go take pictures! -- nm - decline Apr 11, 12:21 3
  - Bring an umbrella! -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 12:25
  - That's not a bad idea, actually. I'm heading out for a walk over my lunch hour anyway ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 12:22 1
    - don't be afraid to climb to the 3rd floor and check it out. I'm sure it's totally safe -- nm - decline Apr 11, 12:23
20 Reasons we love librarians -- (link) - decline Apr 11, 12:19
Dang -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 12:17 1
- when there are so many in the Oval Office there are bound to be accidents -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 12:18
Anne Frank Center is pissed -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 12:15 11
- And as has been pointed out, it's the anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald. -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 12:17 4
  - Spicy is really holding United's beer at this point. I didn't think that possible. well done, Sean. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 11, 12:18 3
    - and how happy is Pepsi at this point? They're 3rd in the Outrage Line. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 11, 12:20 1
      - lalalalalalalala -- nm - Bill O'Reilly Apr 11, 12:20
    - That beer is being passed around so much it must be nearly empty. - Spawn Apr 11, 12:19
- Personally, it was the "holocaust centers" line I found most offensive. -- nm - Andie Apr 11, 12:16 5
  - It just shows ignorant he is on this important matter. (like you seriously couldnt cough up the words Concentration Camps?) - Jovian Apr 11, 12:22
  - oh yeah, that part definitely jumped out at me - ty97 Apr 11, 12:18 1
    - the whole thing was appalling. -- nm - Andie Apr 11, 12:18
  - like they were welcoming tourists or something... -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 11, 12:18
  - yup -- nm - decline Apr 11, 12:16
100 some detainees in Tacoma ICE private prison go on hunger strike -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 11, 12:13 3
- So, we will save money on meals. -- nm - SCPOTUS Apr 11, 12:16 2
  - you deserve to spend that money on more golfing -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 12:17 1
    - I inherited a Hitler-level disaster. -- nm - SCPOTUS Apr 11, 12:18
New employee memo from United CEO. Seems to finally be getting it -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 12:12 10
- from bb, IDBs don't happen all that frequently, at least on United - 0.004% of United passengers last year. that's ~3K people out of 86M passengers - b. Apr 11, 12:28
- That would have been a lot more helpful *yesterday*. -- nm - Andie Apr 11, 12:18 1
  - I was truly surprised by their initial reaction and that they didn't get in front of this -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 12:18
- a $400m hit will do that... - Mel Profit Apr 11, 12:15 3
  - eh, market cap is transient and they'll probably be back to normal by end of week -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 12:16 2
    - may be. may be not. They're hoping it's just a grazing nut shot and not a full hockey puck to the groin. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 11, 12:17 1
      - It will be. Next time United is cheapest on the fare comparison sites, people will book them. -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 12:19
- FAIL. In other words, get off our back until April 30th by which time the country will have moved on and forgotten this. -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 12:14 2
  - Oh im sure he is already thanking Spicer - eag Apr 11, 12:19
  - "i'm sure someone in the White House will soon... he said what? really? ... as I was saying, something will happen soon and people will forget." -- nm - Andie Apr 11, 12:15
So the net of this is that Assad is worse because he doesn't round people up before gassing them? -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 12:02 5
- "so anyway, that's why we just lobbed a few missiles that missed and won't follow up on it." -- nm* - Reagen Apr 11, 12:12
- yes. Hitler did it in a nice orderly fashion. -- nm - Jovian Apr 11, 12:07
- yes. they are free-range victims. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 12:04 2
  - exactly, Hitler didn't just drop them in towns, why waste all that poison? -- nm* - Andie Apr 11, 12:10
  - He even gave them a nice train ride before he did it -- nm - eag Apr 11, 12:09
four days until I live alone again! -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 11, 11:59 1
- ruh roh -- nm - chubbers Apr 11, 12:01
In other news, I'm rather glad Peggy Noonan won a Pulitzer. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:58 2
- So that maybe she'll just retire, like an old dude winning the Stanley Cup? -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 12:00 1
  - Nah, I like her writing. For the most part, anyway. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 12:06
Spicer may have been echoing an alt-right talking point that was circulating last week: -- (link) - mara Apr 11, 11:56
"Even Hitler..." "Imma stop you right there. There's nowhere good this goes." -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 11:55 4
- Maybe he's trying to get fired right now. - ty97 Apr 11, 11:55 3
  - I don't think he's that good at executing a plan. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 11, 12:04
  - someone check his stock portfolio. I'm guessing he has shares in United and this is some trick to get the heat off of them. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 11, 11:59 1
    - He was drinking a Pepsi throughout the entire briefing -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 12:02
This seems very ST -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 11, 11:51 4
- TPIIHLHB -- nm - JD Apr 11, 12:05
- thank you - SM is going to lose his mind -- nm - Epiphany Apr 11, 12:01 2
  - who knew SM was so gaga over lights -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 11, 12:10 1
    - Copper. He loves copper things. pans, mule mugs, sinks - etc etc. -- (edited) - Epiphany Apr 11, 12:38
Me with this heinous week at work: "I deserve a burger" - ty97 Apr 11, 11:46 2
- you're belt talks to you? You might be working too much -- nm - decline Apr 11, 11:47 1
  - Exec: "Can you update those charts in the next 7 minutes and then we'll get back on the phone" -- (edited) - ty97 Apr 11, 11:48
mara's killing it today. - Diva Apr 11, 11:45 8
- agreed -- nm - Epiphany Apr 11, 12:02
- she's a utility player! always contributing and deserving of an MVP -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 11:50 1
  - Aw, you guys. -- nm - mara Apr 11, 11:57
- she's #3 on my list of All-Time Underrated STers - prayformojo Apr 11, 11:47 3
  - oh, man. I miss foodchem. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 11, 11:50
  - Beaker is somewhere in my Top 3. He can be friggin hilarious and Attention Must Be Paid. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:48
  - Damn your IM! -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 11:47
- :0 -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 11:45
what was the PR disaster that United overtook? -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 11:45 12
- "Hey, look where my 777 landed..." -- nm - US Airways Tweet 2014 Apr 11, 11:49 5
  - (I don't get this) (mostly because I'm a pedant) (US Airways never owned 777s) (see: pedant) -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 11:50 4
    - "US Airways Just Tweeted A Pic Of A Woman With A Plane In Her ..." -- (link) - budice Apr 11, 11:54 1
      - I definitely had forgotten about that one. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 11:59
    - I watched some of "The Aviator" again the other day and thought of you getting a chubby over livery. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:52 1
      - mmmm, sexy sexy livery -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 11:56
- Delta's epic meltdown -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 11:45 2
  - That was pretty bad, but I don't know if it was a "PR disaster" in this sense. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 11:46 1
    - It got a decent amount of mainstream coverage, though the PR on this one was more via social media - ty97 Apr 11, 11:47
- Pepsi -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 11:45
- Pepsi? -- nm - mara Apr 11, 11:45 1
  - Yes! thank you. Christ...Pepsi, then United and now Spicer during Passover... -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 11:49
oh, and it's Passover. -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 11:42
*holocaust centers* -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 11:40 2
- "Super Bowl LXV, hosted at..." -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 11:48
- I can't. -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 11:41
MSNBC chyron techs -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 11:38
Overwatch Uprising trailer. -- (link*) - Shaun Apr 11, 11:37 [youtube] 1
- Want the new Widowmaker and Tracer skin -- nm - eag Apr 11, 11:46
"Eric Trump: Ivanka influenced Syria strike decision." -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 11:36 2
- Daddy, I want to see you look powerful. -- nm - Ivanka Apr 11, 11:37 1
  - "69..." "Dad." "Okay, okay, 59." -- nm - Max Apr 11, 11:38
SNL is going to be must-watch this week, isn't it. (Is it new?) -- nm - mara Apr 11, 11:34 7
- This week is the JFallon one. Live, coast-to-coast. -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 11:36
- Only if Melissa is available. -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 11:35 5
  - she is hosting soon, isn't she? -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 11:36 3
    - they should bump Fallon and put her in. Now. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:37 2
      - Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show on NBC. - Spawn Apr 11, 12:20 1
        
        I effing know that, and I know they *won't*. They just should. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 12:25
  - after this one she will be -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 11:35
If you hate your job, and want an out that doesn't involve quitting.... -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 11:32 2
- on the next episode of 'Clipped'... -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:35 1
  - *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Apr 11, 11:35
It wasn't that funny. And someone else said it first. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:32 4
- ST t-shirt slogan -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 11:35 3
  - "ST Name" shot first. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 11, 12:11
  - *golf clap* -- nm - mara Apr 11, 11:48
  - ha! -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:47
United: we're not as bad as Hitler -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 11:32 1
- omg - stop. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:33
I mean, he's not *wrong*... -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 11, 11:31 2
- Agreed. Even if they do lipsync, David's assessment is still accurate. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 11:32
- Agreed. ty should stay home. -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 11:31
isn't the first lesson of Press Secretary school, "Never compare Hitler to anything"? -- nm - decline Apr 11, 11:30 4
- And Republicans should know not to mention or define " rape" but yet.... -- nm - Epiphany Apr 11, 11:35 1
  - it's like every other statement that comes out of their mouths. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:36
- Yeah, Spicer went to Press Secretary school just like Perry went to Secretary of Energy School and Tillerson went to Secretary of State school. -- nm - mara Apr 11, 11:31 1
  - they teach that shit at Devry. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:32
Did Spicer *just* say that even Hitler didn't use chemical weapons? -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 11:28 32
- That sound you hear is the United CEO giggling -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 11, 11:38 3
  - so is this it pretty much now: Tomahawks Taking Out a Kitchen--->Delta--->Pepsi--->United---->Spice y during Passover? -- nm* - Diva Apr 11, 11:43 2
    - HA. perfect. -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 11:53
    - It has ciecled back to Drumpf at last.. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 11, 11:44
- offfs. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:33
- If you first declare that they are subhuman, then I guess it doesn't count? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 11:31
- I.. I.. Just can't.. It's.. I don't know what to say.. - Marlowe Apr 11, 11:30
- yes, David is very disappointed in him now. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 11:30
- holy shit he did..... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 11, 11:30 [youtube] 1
  - Talk about crossing lines, you fucking moron.. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 11, 11:32
- Yes. See the top of b2. -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 11:29 1
  - thanks. the board rolled and I didn't see that -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 11:31
- Specifically against his own people, in the same way that Assad did. -- nm* - mara Apr 11, 11:28 19
  - That was the followup 'clarification' he offered -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 11:35
  - If Twitter is to be believed, he went on to say that he brought them to Holocaust centers first!!! Max was right! -- (link) - mara Apr 11, 11:30 16
    - His choice of words is troubling. Very troubling. -- nm - Krusty Apr 11, 12:02
    - ixnay! ixnay! I don't want to be associated with correct use of chemical weapons! -- nm* - Max Apr 11, 11:31 14
      - "Hit it, Max!" takes on a whole new meaning. -- nm - mara Apr 11, 11:35 7
        
        No! no no no no no omg -- nm - Max Apr 11, 11:35 3
        
        "SarinMax," we'll call you. We'll be posting things like "Gonna have to mix up a new batch" -- SarinMax SI -- nm - mara Apr 11, 11:39 1
        
        We're going to be seeing commercials for SarinMax SI during the dinner time network news, aren't we -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 11:48
        
        If the phrase fits, you must hit. -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 11:36
        
        :O -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:35 2
        
        (it's my gas mask!) -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:40 1
        
        *laughing* -- nm - mara Apr 11, 11:42
      - max heart sarin gas. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 11, 11:31 5
        
        This is like a giant rubber ball to the face. -- nm - Max Apr 11, 11:34 4
        
        *interested* -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 11:36 3
        
        you need a sandwich, another long walk and some nookie. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:49 2
        
        that's why his belt is talking to him. -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 11:54 1
        
        heh-heh... -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 11:58
  - Assad -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 11:29
would you like to fly in my beautiful balloon -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 11:26

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