Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[Dr. Strangelove]

Wherever he gets his marching orders, he's taken them and effectively placeput Strangelove with alacrity.

I'll brook no sass from a man whose prized possession is an autographed, first edition of "It takes A Village"

[Kapture1]

A $13+ BILLION dollar billboard for the Navy to say: "We aren't Racist Anymore!" ?

Not like anybody could admit that in public..

to be fair, it's far more than a billboard, and the money was already spent.

[Dr. Strangelove]

A small retreat for McConnell. Each side will get 3 days/8 hours instead of the 2 days/12 hours originally announced. Maybe got pushback from some of his old fart colleagues not thrilled about sitting there till 1 AM? But that means question round presumably won't start till next Wednesday. Maybe sooner if Team Trump doesn't use its full time (I assume the House is going to)

EDIT: Also the House's evidence will now be automatically entered "without objection". Previously to even admit the evidence was going to require a vote.

[Hannibal]

to be fair, it's far more than a billboard, and the money was already spent.

[Tom W]

LOL- 53,000 US sailors and Marines were killed in WWII. There's got to be enough social injustice among them to keep Newport News busy until the sun burns out.

[Dr. Strangelove]

The Commerce Dept is refusing to turn over to a Congress a long-secret report that supposedly details the "national security threat" of imported autos. My guess is the report is enormously unpersuasive and the Admin doesn't want Congress to know that.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade/defying-congress-us-commerce-department-wont-turn-over-auto-import-probe-report-idUSKBN1ZK2A1

[Dr. Strangelove]

MBS was personally involved in hacking Jeff Bezos' phone: Report

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/21/amazon-boss-jeff-bezoss-phone-hacked-by-saudi-crown-prince

[AlabamAlum]

The Saudis are bad actors. They are not our friends.

[Dr. Strangelove]

The Saudis are bad actors. They are not our friends.

Already seeing lots of jokes that the Trumps are all furiously scrolling through their old texts trying to remember if MBS ever sent them any weird video files

[Dr. Strangelove]

Trump's personal legal team is arguing a defense that's completely contradictory to what the DOJ is arguing in courts. This has previously been pointed but really driven home today

Sekulow complains that the House Democrats, in their rush to convict, declined to follow the proper course and pursue their disputes with the executive branch in the courts.

Meanwhile, in the actual court cases, the Trump DOJ has repeatedly argued that the courts have no power of judicial review in this arena and should STAY OUT of any disputes between the legislative and executive branches.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/21/trumps-impeachment-legal-team-doj-101720

[Dr. Strangelove]

If you guessed Jim Risch of Idaho to be the first Senator to fall asleep during the trial, you're apparently a winner

[iam416]

I did. And am.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Having already banned most cameras from the room, Cocaine Mitch will next have to ban the sketch artists

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[Dr. Strangelove]

WP now also running the story that MBS personally was involved in hacking Jeff Bezos and a UN report coming out tomorrow will verify this

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/saudi-crown-prince-implicated-in-hack-of-jeff-bezoss-phone-un-report-will-say/2020/01/21/62c3f73a-3ca2-11ea-b90d-5652806c3b3a_story.html

[Ghengis Jon]

I guess I'll never understand Trump supporters. These pics are from the Virginia gun rally last Monday.



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