That New York Times piece is kind of a trip. It made me want to watch the movie but have it not be true. Aides confer in the dark because they cannot figure out how to operate the light switches in the cabinet room. Visitors conclude their meetings and then wander around, testing doorknobs until finding one that leads to an exit. In a darkened, mostly empty West Wing, Mr. Trump’s provocative chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, finishes another 16-hour day planning new lines of attack. Usually around 6:30 p.m., or sometimes later, Mr. Trump retires upstairs to the residence to recharge, vent and intermittently use Twitter. With his wife, Melania, and young son, Barron, staying in New York, he is almost always by himself, sometimes in the protective presence of his imposing longtime aide and former security chief, Keith Schiller. When Mr. Trump is not watching television in his bathrobe or on his phone reaching out to old campaign hands and advisers, he will sometimes set off to explore the unfamiliar surroundings of his new home. I mean... that's some straight-up Rosebud shit right there. Jeva Lange at The Week pointed this one out last night: Bannon is on the NSC because he slipped the order to Trump knowing he'd sign it without reading it. It's like having Ren & Stimpy in the Oval Office. Here's the thing that blows my mind: Obamacare was upheld by Roberts et. al. because of State's Rights. Citizen's United was rejected because of State's Rights. the Voting Rights Act was nullified because of State's Rights. And before they can even replace Scalia - a total gimme considering the Republican House and Senate - the Trump Administration set up a perfect test case designed to limit Executive power based on State's Rights. If you wanted to demonstrate what the phrase "hoisted on their own petards" means, this is about the best example they could come up with. EDIT: My bad it was Peter Weber.WASHINGTON — President Trump loves to set the day’s narrative at dawn, but the deeper story of his White House is best told at night.
Mr. Priebus bristles at the perception that he occupies a diminished perch in the West Wing pecking order compared with previous chiefs. But for the moment, Mr. Bannon remains the president’s dominant adviser, despite Mr. Trump’s anger that he was not fully briefed on details of the executive order he signed giving his chief strategist a seat on the National Security Council, a greater source of frustration to the president than the fallout from the travel ban.
For my generation, this has all been one giant Tim and Eric episode.
Have you seen their Totino's commercial? My girlfriend got me a bag of Totino's Pizza Rolls and a Pizza Valentine for V-day last year, and I quite literally ate it up. That's memetics in action. Or something.
Unfortunately, I've seen it all. This was my friend's last birthday present
If you don't think I gathered 'round The Bush last year, son...
I do a near-perfect Meatwad. My Gollum is pretty good too, they target the same type of vocal chord action.
As long as the Saudis and Israelis are above question, I'll allow it.
The saving grace is a declaration of war requires Congress. Trump can send troops wherever he wants, though. I suspect were he to try he'd provoke an even bigger crisis than this muslim ban kerfuffle because while Trump may not know the difference between Sweden and Switzerland there are a great many people with a keen disinterest in being shot at that may not unquestioningly charge the barricades.
I "voted" Bill Clinton in Kindergarten. You see, one of my first friends in public school was named Clinton, so it was a no-brainer.
I'm feeling my age here having "voted" for Bush Sr. over Dukakis since, as the Vice President, he would naturally know the job better. I was eight.
Nor should you. Dukakis was a long serving governor with a track record of competent leadership and would have made a decent president. His winning would have also prevented the rise of the Clintons. Hell, we might have got Jeb Bush instead of W. If I knew beforehand what a pure evil shitheel Atwater was (or had not been blinded by partisan filter bubble) I'd have probably swapped sides. Remember the Dems took a senate seat, gained seats in the House and there were 14-15 states that were within 5% or so of the vote. If you look at the map of that election and see all red it looks more lopsided that it was. I don't think we celebrated until after midnight or so. Dukakis had the problem that he is a policy wonk who made Gore look charismatic and vibrant. Even with all the shit slung at him, he nearly won. Truth is that either candidate was running because they loved the country and wanted it to succeed, IMO. Other than being a part of the Perot madness in four years this was the last election I've been a part of where I was really proud to be a part of it and would be happy with the country in the hands of either candidate. I guess that makes me officially old now, eh?