1875

Dropped them. Probably during one of the many conflicts.

1876

I know that, I’m saying that the only real difference between ‘we lost the glasses’ and ‘we lost the tablets’ is more time has passed since the latter occurred. Thus more believable, though really there’s no good reason for that sense.

1877

Not really. Gold doesnt crack and it sparkles. Should be easy to find.

But stones, stones can be dropped.

1878

1879

Gold is also valuable, an earthly value. Stone is just… stone. It’s an interesting choice.

I am not really here to knock or discredit the Mormon church; it’s just important to know that they consider all their leaders to be prophets, not just Joseph.

1880

Are we going to do this fuck with the religious guys thing? I can do it. I can be an asshole. Or maybe just drop it. Maybe?

1882

Sorry Rich, I’ll stop.

1883

I apologize as well. I am old and perhaps a bit inebriated. While I can do the thing, I prefer not to. Sorry. Going to sleep.

1884

Wanna see a murder?

That ratio. When you pass 36, you done fucked up.
Maybe someone should go work someplace else.

1885

Jesus. The witnesses lacked pizzazz? That’s their way of framing damning testimony during the first public hearing? Fucking pizzazz?

1886

No one punched anyone, so everyone should ignore it. Also I’m a serious Presidential journalist.

1887

Not my intention, sorry Rich.

1888


1889

If ever homicide was justifiable…

1890

The extents the media will go to to normalize Donnie are truly mind-boggling:

The article goes on to talk about the attempt to cast Trump as presidential for 6 grafs:

From a University of Alabama football game to the New York Veterans Day parade to a major economic speech to meetings with the president of Turkey, aides have sought to cast Trump as presidential, busily focused on his policy work and above the fray of the impeachment proceedings.

Before inevitably crashing into reality:

It would be an easier sell if one did not read his prolific, impeachment-obsessed Twitter feed.

“In theory, it is an effective strategy,” said Joe Lockhart, a White House press secretary under President Bill Clinton. “The one thing the president and president alone has is the Oval Office, the Rose Garden, the trappings of the presidency and Air Force One. Those things can be used effectively to show that, while everyone focuses on politics, he is focused on the country. The problem is the president keeps tweeting, so it is not working.”

In other words, Trump is acting like a rabid lemur, as always. His aides are trying to spin him as acting all Nixon-goes-to-China-y, but are flopping completely. The honest headline would be: ATTEMPT TO SPIN TRUMP AS PRESIDENTIAL FLOPS COMPLETELY. But no, Politico gives Donnie the benefit of the doubt for the headline and six grafs, before sadly but inevitably concluding that, yes, the president is still a rabid lemur.

Obligatory “Would Politco have treated Obama this way?” conclusion.

1891

Is this a very old meme I should be familiar with? In the second one, the computers appear to be Mac SEs with dual floppy drives (that was the first computer I bought, in 1990, with a whole 2.5 MB of RAM!).

1892

It’s an old viral commercial from the early dotcom days from an Israeli yogurt producer or something

1893

Yep, and I’m just using it to show my displeasure.

Look up the videos on YouTube if you’ve never seen them. They’re hilarious.

https://youtu.be/XYz3sl0LEA4

Embed failing so link posted.

1894

So an article that outlines in detail (over many “grafs”) how Trump’s aides are trying and failing to make him seem presidential is… bad? Are you feeling okay?

1895

Yes, when the headline and the first six paragraphs inaccurately suggest the attempt is succeeding.

Again, the accurate headline is PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO ENGAGE IN TWITTER TANTRUMS, not PRESIDENT ACTS PRESIDENTIAL. The latter is pure wishful thinking by his aides … and whoever writes headlines at Politico, for some reason.