The Trump Jr collusion thing might be what unzips this whole mess. Unfortunately I don't think it will have the effect of removing Trump from office. Which might be. good thing. President Pence wouldn't be constantly tripping over his own toes, he'd be marching merrily towards Gilead.
God I hope so. Also I hope we don't go to war with North Korea.
I hope that if we do, we don't lose. That would help Trump get out of office, but would be really embarrassing.
There's a pattern that drove me batshit during the Bush years that's happening again. The left would be saying "Oh my god, they did X! X is happening!" And the administration would deny and obfuscate for a year or so. And gradually it would become apparent that X was true and provable, but the media coverage would have somehow flipped to "Of course everyone knows that X happened. Old news. If it were important people would have freaked out when the story broke." Except that there was somehow never a moment when the story broke.
That's what it feels like is happening again.
4 is my feeling too. It's the normalization of batshittery.
My least favorite part of the sky-is-falling progressive press has always been the newly-discovered secret memorandum that reveals that the rezoning/standardized testing/football stadium/downtown parking garage/waterfront redevelopment/etc. is "all about money." Hold on, Village Voice! I need to sit down! This fallen world is spiraling around my newly-scaleless eyes!
How do you have a democracy when 50% of the major parties don't value democracy?
4: yes, and I think the Downing Street Memos were a great example of that. Basically confirmed what all the shrill people were saying at the time (while for the most part not being invited on TV) but greeted with a big "of course" yawn by the media.
That took three years go come out. And, if I recall correctly, was leaked by somebody who wanted to oppose the PM, not by the PM's offspring trying to defend his dad. The world is getting far, far stupider.
You know that South Park where Cartman falls off of the house, becomes a 'psychic', and no rational explanation will serve to get the police to ignore Cartman. So Stan jumps off the same roof to become a psychic. That's the world we live in except I can't figure out what roof to jump off of in order to get credibility with people who think Trump is reasonable.
I can't figure out what roof to jump off of in order to get credibility with people who think Trump is reasonable.
I think you're coming at this the wrong way. Doesn't it make more sense to convince people who think Trump is reasonable to jump off of roofs instead?
No because they they'll believe they know the future.
In this analogy, jumping off the roof puts you in a painless coma from which you will awaken with no residual damage.
And only the fake media says that this analogy is an analogy.
A small depressing thing.
The trend in % of Republicans saying "college and universities have positive/negative effect on the way things are going in this country."
For those disinclined to click:
Percent Reps saying "positive":
2015 2016 2017
54% 43% 36%
Declines across all demographics.
I guess it's a sign of the times that the least depressing thread that's currently active is the one about necrophilia.
So, are Republicans, as a group, getting worse, or this the effect of a lot of less-terrible people leaving the Republican party?
20: Checking their topline report, Rep + Lean Rep are pretty consistent from the past few years through to the latest surveys, unfortunately, 39-41%.
So is anyone else reminded of Friedman Units when they see some decent journalist writing how the next 11 days (or whatever) is the critical time for the Republican's health care legislation?
22: I hadn't thought of Friedman Units specifically, but there is a certain goalpost-moving feel to the whole thing.
"Not-global thermonuclear war" is ahead of expectations.
Did not shit in the bidet or the shower. He's grown in office.
actually stamped the shit down the shower drain for the first time. today is the day trump truly became president.
27: "Sean! Get in the bunny suit and come up to the living quarters."
Arguably more dignified employment than his press briefings.
But let's all stand together in defense of The West. Because apparently the pinnacle of western civilization is only known to white, male retirees who watch Fox.
Right, as experienced by them during their childhoods in the '50s and early '60s.
The snowflakarati.
A more whining, cringing cadre of malignant fuckheads the world has never known.
(OK... maybe in packets but not in the millions like this.)
Prediction before the summer is out, Trump will have fired* Mueller and all of his team, and blanket pardoned Kushner, his sons**, Flynn and anyone else from his campaign/previous life who really has the goods on him personally; and thrown the rest under the bus.**
*Or found his Bork at least.
**Although Donald Jr. might be bus tire fodder.
Led me to look up the origins of "under the bus." Seems to be of surprisingly recent origin (1980 or early 90s).
Oh, and what happens after 34? No idea. Nothing very good.
Donald Jr. might to too shitty at conspiracy to convict of conspiracy.
34 Republican Senators will express concern and one or two will even say they are alarmed by these developments as they continue to vote for tge entire Trump agenda.
34 and 38 are depressingly realistic.
Oh, and J. Christian Adams just got appointed to the Voter Fraud Commission. Name sound familiar? A Bush holdover at DOJ, was a big pusher of "the DOJ was too lenient on the New Black Panther" bullshit*. Christ.
*A thing which Megyn Kelley rode hard. No idea if she is a bigot herself, but she certainly was convincing playing one on TV. So sad to see her struggling so far at NBC.
Apparently Hannity spent part of his show attacking Obama for letting the Russian lawyer into the country.
Does anybody else find themselves being nicer to Germans just because of world political events?
The time to worry is when you find yourself being nicer to Russians