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SITWAP: Mark Hamill surprises star struck fan Adam Scott on Jimmy Kimmel -- (link) - con_carne Jul 28, 17:11 [youtube] 2
- Misread this as Mark Harmon. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 17:12 1
  - Summer School was highly influential growing up. -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 17:14
Golf: This Weeks RBC Canadian Open tournament director suspended -- (link*) - budice Jul 28, 17:06 1
- That's right everyone, BNL is our hardest rocking band and prone to motorcycle gang followers. -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 17:11
Wait... New SNL Weekend Update, Thursday nights in the summer? -- (link) - Andie Jul 28, 16:59 6
- Not you, Jost. You can go to the cabin for a few months. nm - Dignan Jul 28, 17:19 1
  - ...Dad? -- nm - Colin Jul 28, 17:23
- I knew they were turning into a prime time show, didn't realize it started so soon - ty97 Jul 28, 17:14
- News may not take the summer off, but they took 3 months off. -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 17:01
- "We're missing a ratings goldmine what do we do?!?!" -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 28, 17:01 1
  - Yep. -- nm - Andie Jul 28, 17:02
Note: Bannon has been quiet in the wake of the Mooch's attack. -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 16:54 2
- Cause he knows he is next -- nm - eag Jul 28, 17:12
- *slurp*slurp*slurp* -- nm - znufrii Jul 28, 16:57
The Canadian and American Amazing Races are so different. I can tolerate every canadian team, but usually only 2 on the American -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 16:40 3
- You don't say? -- nm - The Rest of the World Jul 28, 16:46
- (I think the Americans cast more for the drama aspect) -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 16:41 1
  - Do you guys get the boobs at least? -- nm - con_carne Jul 28, 17:08
WaPo has a columnist named John Kelly. And his twitter handle is @JohnKelly. And he seems quite funny. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 16:22 1
- AND he's the Secretsry of Homeland Security?! If we're trying to sniff out leaks, I think I know where to start! -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 16:47
So what's the title of Reince's inevitable book? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 28, 16:17 17
- Orange is the new White. -- nm - TRuMaN Jul 28, 17:15 1
  - Dude, that's deep. -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 17:15
- Ol' Gil, Trumped Again -- nm - Max Jul 28, 17:06
- I Wasn't Careful What I Wished For -- nm - David's iPad Jul 28, 16:57 1
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- That Happened -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Jul 28, 16:50
- "Ha Ha, No I'm Not That Reince Priebus, You Have Me Confused With Someone Else" -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 16:46 3
  - Chapter 1: "You'd be wrong. The worst thing to ever happen to me was the invention of Google search results." -- nm - Max Jul 28, 17:07
  - heh, was just reading about the Scottish Steve Bannon who has that twitter account and how much shit he gets -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 16:49 1
    - Although if there's anyone equipped to fire back at that... -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 16:55
- Mooched!! -- nm - pmb Jul 28, 16:41
- 6 was certainly long enough. -- nm - MDH Jul 28, 16:40
- That Was Only 6 Months?!?!?! -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 16:35
- My Year of Living Dangerously or How I Brought Down the Republic. -- nm - TWuG Jul 28, 16:33
- A Gronking to Remember 2 -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 16:23
- The Princess and the Rogue: Forbidden Passion nm - Dignan Jul 28, 16:22
- Edge of Tomorrow: Lather Reince Repeat. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 16:17
I bet ST could write more of these. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 28, 16:13 20
- Mission impossible, a click goes through elaborate lengths to avoid midterms -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 28, 17:56
- 24 is a boy's elaborate fantasy about stopping the "bad guys" from "blowing up" his tree fort. -- nm* - znufrii Jul 28, 17:32
- House was a bunch of kids playing doctor after one of them discovered WebMD. -- nm - Max Jul 28, 17:23 1
  - Nice. -- nm - znufrii Jul 28, 17:26
- Designated Survivor is the mental outcry of a politician's son who never gets to see his dad and dreams of ways to make him quit his job. -- nm - Max Jul 28, 17:17 1
  - I don't recall see Don Jr's name in the credits. -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 17:19
- no. Just no. -- nm* - TRuMaN Jul 28, 17:14 4
  - SlackerTalk is just one lonely person's elaborate fantasy about having friends. - Mop Jul 28, 17:18 3
    - Actually, someone accused me of that once. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 17:29
    - an elbaorate ruse to steal one man's kidneys -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 17:22 1
      - We're just 9 or 10 years away from fruition. -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 17:27
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is an infantile interpretation of the protagonist's life, concocted by corporate overlords who control every aspect of his life -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 17:08
- Seinfeld is Newman's tale of living downstairs from the worst people in the world -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 17:04
- Scandal is a bitter high school diary entry from someone who ran for student council president and lost. -- nm* - znufrii Jul 28, 16:59 1
  - It's telling how many of them make sense "written by kids". -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 17:03
- Friends is Fat Monica's dillusion as she lies in a coma following a heart attack. -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 16:55 3
  - "What is it about this you don't get?" "The basic premise!" -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 16:57 2
    - In that direction though, up until the last scene I thought Boss Baby was going to end up as - Max Jul 28, 17:10
    - Yeah, but this is still kinda funny. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 17:00
- For example, Justified is just one kid's elaborate imaginary friend collection. And he sometimes puts himself in it. (Pinter.) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 16:23
I can't read this tweet properly, my mind keeps spelling one word wrong. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 28, 16:01 3
- but can he suck his own? -- nm - Bannon Jul 28, 16:07
- Hee -- nm - Meg Jul 28, 16:05
- Yeah, I read it as "transition will take a couple of weaks" as well.. - Marlowe Jul 28, 16:05
there are basically five pools Trump can pull from, RNC, reg GOP, generals, Wall Street, and Bannon's ilk - crash davis Jul 28, 15:55 6
- There are a few Republican governors there... Perdue and Haley. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 28, 16:10 3
  - Do you really think one of the current governors would give up their job to join his administration? If they would they're too stupid to be governor. -- nm - pmb Jul 28, 16:13 2
    - so....all of them? -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 16:18
    - Perdue was a former Gov already, and IIRC Haley was close to finishing her 2nd term? - Strongbad Jul 28, 16:17
- There are some Koch-approved GOPers, like Pence, out there too. Probably no better than generals, either, though. -- nm - mara Jul 28, 15:57 1
  - The Kochs despise Trump, though. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 28, 16:17
US Association of Police Chiefs on roughing up suspects -- (link) - Reagen Jul 28, 15:52 4
- Statement or not, the crowd of officers still laughed at and applauded Trump's comments. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 28, 17:00 1
  - there was twice their number off screen with beat sticks -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 17:01
- The Boy Scouts issued a statement disavowing this too, just in case. -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 16:49
- Can I fire this sumbitch? -- nm - Trump Jul 28, 15:53
Well at least I still have my Xbox. Trump hasn't ranted about video games right? - TRuMaN Jul 28, 15:50 3
- I only want to do things he dislikes. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 16:00 2
  - Well at least we still have world of tanks. -- nm - TRuMaN Jul 28, 16:10 1
    - For now. -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 16:48
NFL: Broncos LB Shane Ray out 6-8 weeks (wrist) -- nm - Strongbad Jul 28, 15:50
First his wife, now his (Rince) Penis? -- nm - Spawndroid Jul 28, 15:46
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- er, though you are a lawyer.... -- nm - JD Jul 28, 16:07
- Fine, pretend we pay attention to you and just forgot what you said. - ty97 Jul 28, 15:39 10
  - I'm curious as well because I think my answer may be different. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Jul 28, 15:41 8
    - How is she NOT on 45s national security team? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 28, 18:00
    - I don't see how the first amendment *obligates* public employees to provide an avenue for citizens to contact them. It's a prohibition, not a mandate -- nm - Max Jul 28, 15:43 6
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      - It's the last clause of the First Amendment ... - ReluctantCynic Jul 28, 16:23 4
        
        But 1) Twitter-Blocking isn't a law passed by congress, 2) the person isn't denied access to Twitter, and 3) other avenues exist. - Max Jul 28, 17:29 1
        
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  - newbies, amiright? -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 15:40
So, what do you think ... is the Trump presidency actually Forty Percent Leadbelly in real life? -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 28, 15:36
Here's a fun theory: Trump nominates Sessions for Homeland Security, thus opening up the AG. -- nm - mara Jul 28, 15:35 1
- Sessions has to accept, Senate has to approve. - Reagen Jul 28, 15:37
Wolf says Reince is about to join him for an interview. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 28, 15:31 5
- and I bet Wolf wants CNN to hire him immediately as another onscreen expert. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 28, 15:34
- It's quite a collection of non names there. -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 15:32
- Wolf literally begged him on air to call him -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 15:32 2
  - I just switched to live - I watch Jake Tapper/The Lead when I get home. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 28, 15:37 1
    - I don't have cable, had just seen on Twitter that Wolf was begging live for Rience to call them. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 15:38
This one is funny as hell. Stumbled across this person in a forum. Check out the few pics that are pubic on this person's wall. I won't say anymore -- (link) - Bacon Jul 28, 15:29 1
- Trump's MySpace page? -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 17:03
I haven't watched it, but how can a show like House of Cards even attempt to continue when reality is like this. - pmb Jul 28, 15:28 9
- Has Trump spoiler - jnine Jul 28, 15:33 2
  - probably. -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 15:35
  - As far as we know? Not yet, but there's still time. -- nm - pmb Jul 28, 15:34
- Scandal is ending this year. But it was definitely crazier than real life - Reagen Jul 28, 15:30 5
  - Re the IM, would you rule that possibility out? I wouldn't. And as ty says, this is only in 6 months. -- nm - pmb Jul 28, 15:33 1
    - Trump *wishes* he was gay. Part of his misogyny is that he has no control over how much of a horndog he is - Reagen Jul 28, 15:35
  - 3.5 years left, don't hand the crazy award to either of those shows yet -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 15:31 2
    - 7.5 -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 15:32
    - Putin's Russia beats both, I'll say that. -- nm* - Reagen Jul 28, 15:31
UnReal picked up for season 4, Mary Kills people picked up for season 2 -- nm* - Beaker Jul 28, 15:24
No matter what, there is ALWAYS an old Trump tweet -- (link*) - ty97 Jul 28, 15:20 2
- He meant *only* three - they were obviously holding him back. -- nm - Meg Jul 28, 15:40
- /r/trumpcriticizestrump. This tweet is currently #3 Hot on there -- nm* - con_carne Jul 28, 15:33
Source: Kelly privately sought advice about WH CoS job from friends/allies. Almost all told him not to do it -- (link) - ty97 Jul 28, 15:17 2
- Heh "wait, I thought the leaks were Priebus's fault" -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 15:20
- Don't start a land war in Asia, but no one ever listens. -- nm - jnine Jul 28, 15:17
At the next Cabinet meeting, is Sessions going to tell Trump how great he thinks he is? Is Guiliani going to be head of Homeland Security? -- nm - jnine Jul 28, 15:10
I am convinced that the reason Trump likes military guys is that they know how to follow orders, without question. -- nm - Spawndroid Jul 28, 15:09 3
- Long tie, small penis, needs uniforms around him to seem powerful. -- nm - Max Jul 28, 15:12
- From last year, on this point -- (link) - ty97 Jul 28, 15:10
- I think he wants to go to war. He likes to play with big toys. -- nm - jnine Jul 28, 15:10
Per WSJ source, Trump was put off by Priebus' refusal to "return fire" after Mooch's New Yorker interview (WOW) -- (link) - ty97 Jul 28, 15:08 4
- Pretty soon he'll be staging glow-in-the-dark condom battles in the Oval Office. -- nm - Max Jul 28, 15:18
- I mean, I suspected he was like this but it explains a lot. -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 15:16 1
  - It's going to be difficult for him to deal with Canada in any meaningful way. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 15:22
- He still thinks it's an extended episode of The Apprentice. Pit those contestants against each other for the ratings. -- nm - Meg Jul 28, 15:11
Dictionaries are having an amazing 2017 -- (link) - ty97 Jul 28, 15:07
Rats. In something meaningful maybe only to Max, RIP Cool "Disco" Dan -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 28, 15:06 1
- Can't say that I've seen his tags. Maybe. - Max Jul 28, 15:11
Am I the only one that thinks this ineptness & chaos are a good thing at this point? - Cuzzin Todd Jul 28, 15:05 14
- Eh, regardless of how poorly he treats Sessions, they're doing things that suck at the Justice Dept. -- nm - Diva Jul 28, 16:34
- Until there is some major military, financial, or diplomatic crisis. Or a major natural disaster. Or a major terrorist attack. Or, you know, ... - ReluctantCynic Jul 28, 15:22 9
  - Exactly. -- nm - pmb Jul 28, 15:25
  - I'd agree, this is definitely the flip side. Especially considering North Korea isn't going anywhere. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 28, 15:24
  - As I said *some* upsides -- (edited) - ty97 Jul 28, 15:24 4
    - We'll soon be longing for the halcyon days of "Heckuva job, Brownie!" -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 28, 15:39 3
      - Seeing as there's no current head of FEMA... -- nm - Roger More Jul 28, 16:17
      - *recalls wistfully how I thought we were hitting bottom then* -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 15:42 1
        
        I realized long ago there is no bottom. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 28, 15:43
  - "and we just ran out of coffee." -- nm - Max Jul 28, 15:24 1
    - "I picked the right week to start sniffing glue!" -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 15:38
- Yes, a Pence presidency would be pretty bad. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 15:21
- I don't see Kelly and Scaramucci getting along either. Republicans fighting each other is all good. -- nm - jnine Jul 28, 15:09
- It does have its upsides, yes -- nm* - ty97 Jul 28, 15:06
you're fired -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 15:02 2
- I am making a citizen's divorce! -- nm - Max Jul 28, 15:04
- I quite yesterday, were you not listening to me?! -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 15:03

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