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LYC: The healthcare vote happened Thursday night after I crashed. Logan came to work with me Friday, so I did not listen to the news on the way. - Spawn Jul 31, 12:28
I feel like doing a Jeff Foxworthy routine: "If only d-bags want to work for you, you just might be a d-bag" -- nm - crash davis Jul 31, 12:28 8
- Has anyone gone from complete unknown to hated by a country to ruined in a shorter span? -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 12:33 5
  - Mooch is a singularity, he sacrificed his buz, his fam, lobbied HARD for the job, and one phone call proved to be totally incompetent -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 12:42
  - the only one I can think of is Lee Harvey Oswald -- nm - crash davis Jul 31, 12:34
  - Steve Bartman? -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 12:34 1
    - only hated by a state! -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 12:35
  - Martin Shkrelli comes to mind. -- nm - Andie Jul 31, 12:34
- I would not call the military d-bags. - Spawn Jul 31, 12:29 1
  - You are right. I wasn't referring to them. But I will point out of the four generals willing to work for him, one turned out to be a d-bag -- nm - crash davis Jul 31, 12:30
Transformers: Bumblebee movie spin off adds John Cena to the cast -- (link) - Remlik Jul 31, 12:24 [youtube] 3
- This now has straight to video written all over it. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 31, 12:27
- immediate short. -- nm - groiny Jul 31, 12:25
- is he a transformer ? -- nm - decline Jul 31, 12:25
Wait, what? -- (link) - ty97 Jul 31, 12:22 8
- ooh, lets leverage up that book advance -- nm - crash davis Jul 31, 12:26
- Mooch technically wasn't starting until August 15th iirc. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 31, 12:23 5
  - yup and Spicer isn't supposed to leave until the end of August -- nm - decline Jul 31, 12:23
  - For some reason, I thought Spicer quit effective immediately -- nm - ty97 Jul 31, 12:23 3
    - Probably burning up his accumulated sick leave, vacation time -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 12:30 1
      - how much could he have possibly accumulated since January? -- nm - Andie Jul 31, 12:33
    - It was the implication, but apparently not. - Will Hunting Jul 31, 12:24
- this is like the WH version of Whack-A-Mole. -- nm - Andie Jul 31, 12:22
Joe Arpaio found guilty of criminal contempt. -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 12:19 6
- somehow I've been getting emails from his wife asking for donations to his legal defense fund -- nm - crash davis Jul 31, 12:23
- Ha! Good. -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 12:23
- Good. Make him sleep in an outdoor tent in a prison camp and have him wear pink underwear. -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 12:21 1
  - I was ganja say...and feed him "the loaf" -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 12:34
- Pardoned and newly installed as WH Communications Director... -- nm - Max Jul 31, 12:21 1
  - he'd probably want him to replace Kelly at DHS. -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 12:22
on the circus with the Comms DIr spot, I guess POTUS still thinks the problem is getting the message out and not himself -- nm - crash davis Jul 31, 12:16 4
- If only he had some direct method of communicating with the public. -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 12:23
- Maybe, but even if Trump is the main problem, his underling called a reporter and ran down the rest of the team using language that would get your ass - Will Hunting Jul 31, 12:20 2
  - The underling talked the same way to financial reporters. It was a known quantity, just a poor hiring decision -- nm - crash davis Jul 31, 12:24
  - *inspired, shoots someone in the middle street, gets arrested* "What the f-" -- nm - Mooch Jul 31, 12:22
It could not have happened to a better person.. - Marlowe Jul 31, 12:12 1
- crushing grip of logic, there. -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 12:27
WTH, I can't even go to lunch now without something happening. -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 12:12 2
- I literally used to joke with Diva, after being offline for a few hours, that I knew something batshit nuts happened and that I needed to be briefed. - Mel Profit Jul 31, 12:23
- I feel like there has to be a word in German for what just happened - Reagen Jul 31, 12:14
Current Landbeck pic! -- (link) - Andie Jul 31, 12:08 5
- Effin' FB. -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 12:29
- aw hell, it's dusty in here -- nm - oblique Jul 31, 12:14 1
  - Every update happens while I'm cutting onions. Terrible timing. -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 12:27
- Best ST picture in a long time. Great to see him. -- nm - Inigo Jul 31, 12:12
- So awesome! -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 12:10
For the next 6 days, I am *completely* caught up on GoT. Including last night. - Strongbad Jul 31, 12:08 6
- do you have any questions? -- nm - peglegpete Jul 31, 12:14 3
  - Just kinda laughing at myself at this point -- (edited) - Strongbad Jul 31, 12:17 2
    - spoiler - peglegpete Jul 31, 12:23 1
      - *spoilers* - Strongbad Jul 31, 12:25
- Sorry to hear.. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 31, 12:13
- Don't worry, House Trump will kill someone else soon enough. -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 12:11
Place Your Bets: When does Mueller get 'removed'? -- nm - Andie Jul 31, 12:07 11
- He won't. -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 12:28
- Two days before impeachment begins. -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 12:20
- If it happens it would be a last ditch delay tactic by Trump before they hammer falls. -- nm - pmb Jul 31, 12:20
- Short of a Russian assassin, I don't think he can be. -- nm - mara Jul 31, 12:13 1
  - *starts monitoring chatter for 'short russian assassins'* -- nm - NSA Jul 31, 12:16
- I don't think he does -- it'd likely be the end of Trump trying to get anything done with Congress. - Will Hunting Jul 31, 12:13
- he won't -- nm - decline Jul 31, 12:13
- He's untouchable. -- nm - Max Jul 31, 12:12
- He won't. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 31, 12:11
- He won't. - Epiphany Jul 31, 12:10
- He wont -- nm - eag Jul 31, 12:08
Can we talk some football, ya'll? Who would you keep of these three? D. Carr, M. Mariota, or D. Freeman? -- nm - IrishStephen Jul 31, 12:05 6
- Freeman -- there's a shortage of guys who are strong bets to get 1500 yards from scrimmage - Will Hunting Jul 31, 12:17 2
  - I have to agree with Mr. Hunting and Strongbad. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Jul 31, 12:33
  - Agreed. QB's 6-15 are roughly the same guy. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 31, 12:18
- Freeman -- nm - Strongbad Jul 31, 12:14
- Carr. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 31, 12:12
- Torn between the first two, but I'd go with Mariota. Then again, what do I know. -- nm - VMan Jul 31, 12:11
I don't know why y'all are so interested in this, he was just an intern and had next to no relationship to the White House. -- nm - Huckabee Sanders Jul 31, 12:03
So Mooch sold his business, abandoned his family, and then got abandoned by his dream job. -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 12:03 4
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 12:29
- *haw haw* -- nm - Nelson Muntz Jul 31, 12:10
- He won't be quite so pro-Trump now though. Let's see him vent about that... -- nm - Andie Jul 31, 12:07 1
  - He deleted all those Twitter posts for nothing! -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 12:31
MLB: Sonny Gray traded to Yanks. Fowler, Mateo, Kaprelian to OAK -- (link*) - budice Jul 31, 12:02 12
- That's too much for Gray. -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 12:09
- Are those big name prospects? -- nm - eag Jul 31, 12:07 10
  - Two are recovering from major injuries but should be fine by spring training. Mateo is a highly regarded prospect with lots of talent. He's blocked - Krusty Jul 31, 12:12
  - Fowler biggest of the bunch. Mateo then Kap -- nm - budice Jul 31, 12:11 1
    - Mateo seems to have turned a corner, picture Billy Hamilton with power. -- nm - groiny Jul 31, 12:12
  - Much bigger than we should be giving up. I'm not happy at all with this deal. -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 12:08 6
    - Mateo was blocked, he was the obvious guy to get moved. -- nm - groiny Jul 31, 12:13 5
      - I'm fine with Mateo and Kap but wanted Fowler to stay despite the injury. It's actually a good deal for the Yankees. - Krusty Jul 31, 12:20 4
        
        much like the Cubs, at some point, you gotta trade some prospects. - groiny Jul 31, 12:22 3
        
        We have like five or six really talented guys besides them. I'm just being a dope. -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 12:24
        
        And you haven't even really tapped into the money you have -- aka Bryce and/or Manny -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 31, 12:23 1
        
        True. My initial reaction was to get upset but I can see it's actually a good deal. -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 12:30
So Mooch, sold his business, left (or was left by) his family to take his dream job in the spotlight, set himself on fire and was put out by the next - pmb Jul 31, 12:01 5
- 10 days total in the White House orbit. - Will Hunting Jul 31, 12:04 4
  - Did I miss some bad news for Trump today? He used firing Rince to move the news from the health vote failure. What does this shift away from? -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 12:05 3
    - His inept hire of Scaramucci. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 31, 12:14
    - My assumption is that Kelly made it a condition to taking the job. - pmb Jul 31, 12:07 1
      - Yeah, I mentioned earlier, I doubt Kelly would put up with this b.s. -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 12:11
So the mooch sold his hedge fund for 200m, destroyed his marriage (if not this, probably something else would have done it) for a job he fvcks up with -- nm - One Phone Call Jul 31, 12:00 4
- Sounds like someone's headed to Vegas. -- nm - Max Jul 31, 12:01 3
  - no. Atlantic City gets him. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 31, 12:02 2
    - "No Fat Egos" -- nm - Vegas city limits sign Jul 31, 12:04 1
      - and there are only select types of losers we accept. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 31, 12:15
So Trump will now be on his 6th Comm. Director in 190-ish days -- nm - decline Jul 31, 11:57 1
- Back in 2009 I wanted Obama's press secretary to be fired... -- (link) - Max Jul 31, 11:59 [Backboard]
I'm almost sad that this administration seems to be taking on a veneer of near-competence. Of course, it's early yet. -- nm - mara Jul 31, 11:57 6
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  - The thought is that General Kelly might manage to instill a level of order.....but Trump is Trump so..... -- nm - ty97 Jul 31, 12:00 3
    - I give it a week. - pmb Jul 31, 12:03 2
      - For Kelly's tenure, or a veneer of near-competency? -- nm - mara Jul 31, 12:11 1
        
        I'm not sure one competent decision makes near competency, but whether it's Kelly leaving or some other massively embarrassing shit show, but it will - pmb Jul 31, 12:15
- you think? i think it's just crumbling away to nothing. -- nm - Andie Jul 31, 11:58
Also from just last week -- (link) - ty97 Jul 31, 11:57
Bran Stark looks like the 5th Beatle. -- nm - groiny Jul 31, 11:57
"POTUS & fam did not appreciate how A.S. comments linked them to vulgarity. Like to play rough but not be laughed at/embrsd" -- nm - budice Jul 31, 11:54 5
- I weirdly thought Mooch was their typeaguy... -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 31, 12:25
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- The Trump fam doesn't like to be embarrassed? Why did he run for POTUS then? -- nm - David's iPad Jul 31, 11:55
- OFFS. - Will Hunting Jul 31, 11:55
- grab them by the what? -- nm - crash davis Jul 31, 11:55
Welp -- (link) - ty97 Jul 31, 11:52 1
- the publishing date on that is perfect -- nm - crash davis Jul 31, 11:56
Mooch ordered to go home and get shinebox. -- nm - Remlik Jul 31, 11:51 1
- *snork* -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 31, 12:26
John Kelly was reportedly so mad about Trump's handling of Comey that he called Comey immediately afterwards and talked about resigning -- (link) - ty97 Jul 31, 11:51 2
- It's going to be funny when Kelly is the one who initiates the coup. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 31, 12:27
- Yep, really fixed that leak problem, Donnie. -- nm - Andie Jul 31, 11:52
DAMMIT! -- nm - Chris Kattan Jul 31, 11:49 3
- He'll just come flying across the stage and be out. -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 12:16
- He had his first job prospect in *years*... for about a week. -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 12:07
- Don't call us. We'll call you. -- nm - SNL Jul 31, 11:51
mara, now I need a gif of a Red Panda reacting to Mooch's firing - crash davis Jul 31, 11:48
Im sitting here at Firestone getting new tires when the Mooch news broke with several others... - Jovian Jul 31, 11:48
"Note: Moochie died on the way back to his home planet." *NM* - Ender Jul 31, 11:47 3
- The Internet is fast -- (link) - Reagen Jul 31, 12:28
- Perfect. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 31, 11:48
- L4 -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 31, 11:48
WH Presser in an hour -- (link*) - budice Jul 31, 11:47 4
- Will be lead by the acting Director of Communications, the artificial ficus in the hallway to the briefing room. -- nm - Ender Jul 31, 11:49 3
  - Jizz free? -- (link) - Shaun Jul 31, 11:51 [youtube]
  - Better performing than the last two living occupants -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 31, 11:51
  - L4!! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 31, 11:50
ST poll: have you been fired from a job quicker than this? - David's iPad Jul 31, 11:46 5
- Sort of, yes. Ironically, Mooch would have been *amazing* at the job I got fired from. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 31, 12:16
- Ha! No. I quit a job by going to lunch the first day and not going back. -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 11:59
- We've had a few people fired before their 1st day due to background check, drug test, etc. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 31, 11:58
- no - but I'm not a douchebag - Epiphany Jul 31, 11:49
- No fair -- if answering in the affirmative, you need to at least provide a synopsis of the offense. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 31, 11:47
We are getting Kim's license renewed right now. People here are passing around their phones to show each other the news. - David's iPad Jul 31, 11:45 16
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 11:58
- Ha. You too. So funny -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 11:48
- Heh. -- nm - mara Jul 31, 11:47
- or, they all just found your dick pic on Tumblr. -- nm - groiny Jul 31, 11:46 9
  - My penis remains unphotographed. - David's iPad Jul 31, 11:48 8
    - everyone has one somewhere..... -- nm - groiny Jul 31, 11:49 7
      - I destroy the universality of that. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 31, 11:51 4
        
        you assume you are aware of it. -- nm - groiny Jul 31, 11:55 3
        
        Even for you, this is creepy. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 31, 12:14 1
        
        blame Spawn -- nm - groiny Jul 31, 12:25
        
        What did you do, groiny? -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 12:06
      - someone get Chun on the line -- nm - Epiphany Jul 31, 11:51
      - Big time. -- nm - The Gunslinger aka B.Favre Jul 31, 11:50
- That's hilarious... - Will Hunting Jul 31, 11:46
- Ryan Lizza's phone is going to explode in 3...2..1... -- nm - decline Jul 31, 11:46
- The Good Place news? -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 11:45

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