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"WH comms staffers just put the TVs on super loud after we could hear yelling coming from room w/ Bannon, Spicer, Sanders" - Brian May 15, 17:03 3
- ooh, I bet Sanders is slapping the crap out of them. -- nm - Max May 15, 17:20
- ~there was a little Spanish flea/a record star he thought he'd be~ -- nm - Reagen May 15, 17:05
- wheeeeeeee -- nm - Beaker May 15, 17:05
Go Wizards! -- nm - prayformojo May 15, 17:00
The White House just rolled out NSA HR McMaster to deny the reports. -- (link) - Mop May 15, 16:37 10
- as pointed out on CNN just now, he said Trump didn't reveal sources. Which is... not the issue. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 16:53 5
  - Just info that can reveal sources/methods. -- nm - TWuG May 15, 17:23
  - Though this is standard practice now. -- nm - Roger More May 15, 16:58
  - To wit: -- (link) - Reagen May 15, 16:57 1
    - Also -- (link) - Reagen May 15, 16:59
  - I am sure he asked them, "You know about X, right?" to which they said "Of course." so he was fine talking about it. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 16:55
- *phew* TG -- nm - Spawn May 15, 16:49 3
  - If it's not true, it's a whole lot of egg on the face of WaPo. -- nm - Mop May 15, 16:51 2
    - using their own sources, story confirmed by BuzzFeed, Reuters, and NYT -- nm - crash davis May 15, 17:03
    - I look forward to the WH lawsuit against them. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 16:53
Wow. Just found out that Logan's 4 minute speech on Alexander Hamilton has to be memorized. No index cards. -- (edited) - Spawndroid May 15, 16:33 4
- Grab the Hamilton stageplay script and tell him to sing it -- nm - budice May 15, 16:51 2
  - Too late. We already turned the speech in. - Spawn May 15, 16:53 1
    - Recover it from the teacher's cabinet. I saw this in How I Got Into College. -- nm - Max May 15, 17:23
- He is not throwing away his shot. -- nm - Tim May 15, 16:34
20,000km/h -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 16:28
The injured bear from this morning had to be put down :-( -- nm - Meg May 15, 16:22 1
- *prepares a lawsuit* - Bear Lawyer si May 15, 16:34
"Hmm, I wonder what r/politics is making of th...*loud piercing noise*" -- nm* - Reagen May 15, 16:18
a Bachelor couple broke up? I don't believe in anything no more! -- nm - Beaker May 15, 16:15
Travel facts from Instagram - David May 15, 16:10 4
- 8/10 on both lists -- nm - Peglegpete May 15, 16:32
- nubby going crazy with the camera at Myrtle Beach -- nm - Max May 15, 16:18
- I've been to two of these places. -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 16:18 1
  - Nine. -- nm - Spawndroid May 15, 16:31
This is kind of an amazing op-ed from Rand Paul on Sessions' stated sentencing goals. He even cites the ACLU. - pmb May 15, 16:06 3
- I grant his consistency, but I consider him the living embodiment of the blind squirrel hypothesis -- nm - crash davis May 15, 16:08 2
  - I kind of agree, but it's a little different than most. Usually I apply that kind of thing to the moron or asshole that finds one issue (randomly) - pmb May 15, 16:18 1
    - Stopped clock, then? -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 15, 16:23
Face palm. -- (link) - Beryllium May 15, 16:01 3
- Like he didn't tell them on his first day in office. -- nm - . May 15, 17:07
- i hope they are too intricate for Short Attention Span Theater to memorize -- nm - crash davis May 15, 16:06
- Nobody use that! -- nm - Spicey May 15, 16:03
Colin Kaepernick to the Seahawks makes too much sense to not happen -- (link) - crash davis May 15, 16:01
And speaking of all of this (and MSNBC references below). What do we think about what's happening over at MSNBC? - pmb May 15, 15:39 4
- Couldn't hurt - I find MSNBC largely unwatchable for the same reason Fox is unwatchable. - Cuzzin Todd May 15, 15:50 2
  - so last week when POTUS said Comey better hope there were no tapes? - crash davis May 15, 15:55 1
    - Ummm... sure! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 15, 16:10
- I have no idea. They seem to be casting both sides of the extremes -- nm - ty97 May 15, 15:43
For reasons I haven't figured out, Twitch is streaming 886 consecutive episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. -- (link) - Tim May 15, 15:38 6
- We'd all rather live in a world of Make Believe? -- nm - Qale May 15, 15:48
- They did this with Bob Ross and it was a big success. -- nm - Max May 15, 15:46 1
  - That at least was for the launch of the Creative channel. -- nm - Tim May 15, 15:49
- I read Twich as Trump and didn't get the joke -- nm - ty97 May 15, 15:40 1
  - Not that Trump couldn't stand to watch some Mr Rogers. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 15, 15:41
- And a lot of Alan Wake. -- nm - David May 15, 15:38
I've moved on to calling him President Chupa Chups. - Beryllium May 15, 15:38 2
- Why are you insulting candy? What has it ever done to you? -- nm - . May 15, 15:50 1
  - Skittles sliced up my tongue something fierce today. -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 16:18
WaPo story just broke their record for most concurrently read story. Previous was access Hollywood tape story -- nm* - ty97 May 15, 15:31 4
- Really? The Russian classified info leaking thing? Because honestly, on the Trump scale, this one seems relatively minor. - Cuzzin Todd May 15, 15:38 3
  - I don't think it seems minor on even the Trumpian scale. It flies directly in the face of one of the main reasons cited for people not voting for - pmb May 15, 16:13
  - Straw, meet camel. -- nm - Spawndroid May 15, 16:05 1
    - You mean this camel that seems to have a titanium reinforced spine? Or one made of whatever it is Wolverine's bones are made of? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 15, 16:10
Now, on the flip side, why not help the Russians get intel on ISIL? - Beryllium May 15, 15:29
Can't have Russia hack our classified information if we just tell them our classified information. - Tim May 15, 15:25 6
- but now they know *definitively* what is and isn't a sandwich! - prayformojo May 15, 15:30 4
  - Next, you'll give them the secret recipe for Oogielove. -- nm - David May 15, 15:31 3
    - WTF is an Oogielove? -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 15, 15:41 1
      - that is the exact question that doomed the movie -- nm - crash davis May 15, 15:42
    - Trump will do almost anything to get a good borscht recipe -- nm - Peglegpete May 15, 15:37
- Nice. -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 15:25
Disney was hacked and pirates have an upcoming feature. ransom has been asked for but the Mouse ain't payin it -- (link) - Peglegpete May 15, 15:23 3
- "We have the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie! We'll release it if you do---" "Nah, we're good. Go ahead." -- nm - Mop May 15, 15:25 2
  - you shoulda taken the next Star Wars :( -- nm - Peglegpete May 15, 15:28 1
    - Johnny Depp's not in it. -- nm - . May 15, 15:48
Seth MacFarlane's latest project: A Star Trek ripoff coming to Fox in the Fall.. -- (link) - budice May 15, 15:19 7
- "You were weirdly framed there." ... For a clip that was shoved from widescreen into a vertical video! -- nm - Reagen May 15, 16:06
- By Grapthar's Hammer, this is some bullshit. - David May 15, 15:37 1
  - That looks like shit. -- nm - Will Hunting May 15, 15:46
- so dick jokes in space -- nm - crash davis May 15, 15:22 1
  - Captain Richard Jokes in Spaaaace -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 15:25
- It's not a Star Trek rip-off. It's a Star Trek parody. It's a Galaxy Quest rip-off. -- nm - Mop May 15, 15:21 1
  - And I liked it. -- nm - Mop May 15, 15:24
so here was the tastless joke I was going to make before that spy story broke - crash davis May 15, 15:14
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- SPOILER: It is not fine -- nm - ty97 May 15, 15:23
- its already swept under the carpet. John McCain: "though I dont like the President leaking, he has the right to do it." - Jovian May 15, 15:21 12
  - nope. -- nm - Diva May 15, 15:49
  - This is like the republican response to the Comey firing saying that it's something he has the right to do. Yes, the president can declassify - pmb May 15, 15:36 5
    - Sadly I think the consequences are that someone dies. -- nm - . May 15, 15:46 4
      - And we probably won't hear about because the agent is undercover -- nm - Amoxy May 15, 16:48
      - or sometime in the summer, he resigns due to 'health reasons'. - Jovian May 15, 15:49 2
        
        Polonium poisoning is a health reason, right? -- nm - TWuG May 15, 15:51 1
        
        Sounds like a pre-existing condition to us. -- nm - health insurers May 15, 15:52
  - Twitter; "We certainly don't want any president to launch an unprovoked first strike but the president does have the rBLINDING FLASH OF LIGHT" -- nm - Tim May 15, 15:29
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    - It's a controversy if someone gets killed over being unveiled. -- nm - Max May 15, 15:48
  - No -- nm - ty97 May 15, 15:23
  - not if the people keep at it -- nm - crash davis May 15, 15:22
- I don't think it is. -- nm - Mop May 15, 15:14
TV PSA: Gotham, DWTS, Antiques Roadshow, Wizards/Celtics game 7, Supergirl, Voice, Raw, Man With A Plan, Jane the Virgin, Southern Charm, Lucifer -- nm - Beaker May 15, 15:11 2
- NHL, Better Call Saul, Scorpion, The Wall, Quantico, Angie Tribeca, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 15, 15:12 1
  - there better be no news during Game 7 -- nm - crash davis May 15, 15:16
The Men in Black want you to believe that the dead sea monster found on the beach in Indonesia is a whale. -- (link) - Mop May 15, 15:02 1
- I'll wait to see what Trump tells the Russians it was before making up my mind. -- nm - Beaker May 15, 15:11
a huge national security blunder is revealed and NCM tackles me? I think he is working with the Russians. His lawyer - a bear. Russia's symbol - crash davis May 15, 15:01 2
- *comes cruising by in a vintage T-34-85 tank* - Bear Lawyer May 15, 16:17
- There is a group to cope with the PTCNMSD. -- nm - . May 15, 15:44
As someone who is right now eating the Chocolate Mocha PopTart, I can tell you that Watermelon is good, but insanely sweet. - Qale May 15, 14:56 3
- - good, but; -ly; - sweet -- nm - crash davis May 15, 15:28 2
  - crash = trying too hard? -- nm - Qale May 15, 15:48 1
    - I'm trying to say that they are insane! -- nm - crash davis May 15, 15:54
FUCK -- (link) - ty97 May 15, 14:56 3
- Benghazi! -- nm - Max May 15, 15:05
- If all the other issues, all the other conflicts of interest and suspicions came to nothing, this alone is enough to destroy him. -- nm - Mop May 15, 14:59 1
  - This is the metaphorical football, Charlie Brown. -- nm - Will Hunting May 15, 15:50
I don't care how fucked we are, I'm still not going to wear a romper. -- nm - ty97 May 15, 14:53 2
- I had to look up what this is. I'm over Trump leaking to the Russians now. -- (edited) - Reagen May 15, 14:55 1
  - I've been busy today and just figured it had been posted here by now -- nm - ty97 May 15, 14:58
any day now I expect President Trump to posthumously pardon the Rosenbergs :))) - Peglegpete May 15, 14:53 1
- Posthumous works. - TWuG May 15, 14:55
As much as we hear about what Hiring Managers want from prospective employees I have grown to appreciate a concise but thorough - Mel Profit May 15, 14:53 3
- you know who also likes bullet points? -- nm - crash davis May 15, 15:20 2
  - Stalin? -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 15:23
  - Sledge Hammer! -- nm - Max May 15, 15:21
I've been joking about conservatives complaining (re: Last Man Standing) since it was canceled. Imagine my shock - SHOCK! - to discover it's come true -- nm - Mop May 15, 14:48 1
- "It's leftie censorship!" or a 6 year old show where the actors are due for a big raise and the network wants a bigger share of profits. -- nm - . May 15, 14:52
Memories -- (link) - ty97 May 15, 14:43 20
- all alone in the moonlight -- (link) - ty97 May 15, 14:45 19
  - "When the President does it, that means it is not illegal." - Nixon -- nm - [Who Resigned In Disgrace] - CNN banner May 15, 14:48
  - I mean, I've been angry for months, but this has that "pit of the stomach" feeling. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 14:47 7
    - Twas a big part of the fear from the beginning. Sure he stands for nothing and wants to do awful things, but he's also terribly unqualified and - ty97 May 15, 14:50 6
      - Why do the GOP keep electing people with daddy issues -- nm - TWuG May 15, 14:57 1
        
        These are also mommy issues, IIRC -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 15:13
      - "He's a successful business man who's more qualified than the last guy." -- nm - . May 15, 14:55
      - this takes the cake, Lavrov already knows he gets great intel...he shouldn't brag -- nm - crash davis May 15, 14:51 2
        
        Whatever. I didn't tell Lavrov anything he already didn't know from our leakers. -- nm - Trump tomorrow May 15, 14:53 1
        
        this would be funny if I didn't have the sick feeling that you're close to the truth (but add two days for initial denials) -- nm - crash davis May 15, 14:55
  - I can smile at the old days -- (link) - ty97 May 15, 14:46 9
    - don't you dare say I was beautiful then -- nm - crash davis May 15, 14:49 7
      - *runs in...nekkid and crazy...elbowing some out of the way...upending others in a mad dash to get to crash...seeing him in a clearing I leap... - Nekkid Crazy Mel May 15, 14:55
      - stupid ppl interrupting me, making me slow -- nm - crash davis May 15, 14:49 5
        
        you're always beautiful crash. - ty97 May 15, 14:51 4
        
        if you must Lloyd Weber, then Cats it up -- nm - crash davis May 15, 14:52 3
        
        Memories is the only salvageable thing about the shitshow of a musical. -- nm - ty97 May 15, 14:54 2
        
        Tom Selleck met his wife while she was a dancer in the original London version of Cats -- nm - Peglegpete May 15, 14:56
        
        Memories is my favorite song of all the ones he has done...I Don't Know How To Love Him from JCS is my 2nd -- nm - crash davis May 15, 14:56
    - It was beautiful then -- (link) - ty97 May 15, 14:47
How is it over a month until the Georgia special election still? - Reagen May 15, 14:43 9
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  - Obviously you haven't been here much lately. -- nm - Strongbad May 15, 17:33
  - As a potential harbinger of voter mood, I'm curious, but not invested. -- nm - ty97 May 15, 14:52 4
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      - Scott Brown in Massachusetts -- nm - Will Hunting May 15, 15:48
      - Rachel Maddow gave out a few examples a couple weeks back, but I promptly forgot because I only tune in for the Russia porn -- nm - crash davis May 15, 15:15 1
        
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  - I'm a junkie, so... But yes, it's competitive. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 14:51
  - yes -- nm - crash davis May 15, 14:50
Highway run, into the midnight sun, wheels go round and round in my mind -- nm - crash davis May 15, 14:42

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