We Doing This Shit Again? (Trump Admin Meltdown II)

[Johnnie]

From shitty O-4 to shitty O-5. I'm glad it's not Flynn.

[govmentchedda]

Get him the fuck outta my state.

[Ryan]

His boots do scream “secretary”

[DaveInSeattle]

I read that the the DeSantis appt is all predicated on him appointing Lara Trump to Marco Rubio's vacated Senate seat.

But do go on about how Biden's pardon of Hunter is completely beyond the pale.

Sorry...back to SPORTS!

[L-Jam3]

His boots do scream “secretary”

Either that or Emma Frost.

[P.D.X.]

I had this working theory a few months ago that djt would attempt to annex Canada because: 1) he wants to be putin 2) there's nothing to stop him once he pulls out of all the treaties 3) he'd love that as a legacy 4) lots of resources when that ice melts 5) makes a big country on a map

So just looked up the odds: 20/1, behind Israel, PR, and US Virgins

[DaveInSeattle]

I'm in a planning meeting for next year, and just had the realization that Trump Inauguration Day 2.0 falls on Martin Luther King day.

I'm sure that he and his MAGA goons will honor MLK in the most appropriate way possible.

[sancarlos]

The ONLY reason Trump picked Marco Rubio to be Secretary of State was so his daughter-in-law Lara Trump could be appointed to that Senate seat without being elected.
She will run the Senate, essentially.

[Johnnie]

Quid Bro Code

[sancarlos]

Kimberley Guilfoyle, come on down! You’re the next U.S. ambassador to Greece!

(No word yet on whether Trump junior will join her. Or, is it an exile away from him?)

[Jerloma]

Oh god, we're so embarrassing. Sorry Australia!

[DaveInSeattle]

Oh god, we're so embarrassing. Sorry Australia!

I'm afraid to ask...

[Jerloma]

Opps, Greece.

I'm sure Australians pity us too though!

[P.D.X.]

It's like a bizarro draft where you're sending your biggest turds to the other teams.

[Johnnie]

It's a big club. And you ain't in it.

[mister d]

[Johnnie]

A better Democratic party would've sank his house boat by now.

[mister d]

At the end of the day, he's still their good buddy Joe and nothing will change that, especially not a vote that most will forget about in a week.

[Johnnie]

At the end of the day, he's still their good buddy Joe and nothing will change that, especially not a vote that most will forget about in a week.

Civility and decorum.

Thoughts and prayers.

[P.D.X.]

a known cunt does a cunty thing as his walk-off moment and let's shoehorn this into what argument exactly?

[mister d]

I think it speaks to the looooooong standing debate over "the party needs to fucking check this guy" versus "everyone be super nice so sometimes he won't fuck things up and when that happens everyone celebrate him and thus make him one of the most singularly powerful senators".

[Johnnie]

Duffel Blog is ruthless and I fucking love it.

Hegseth announces new $HARP program to combat military sexual assault

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[Brontoburglar]

let's see how far the "eliminate time changes twice a year" thing gets

[mister d]

I'm 100% on board.

[sancarlos]

let's see how far the "eliminate time changes twice a year" thing gets

To year-round standard time? Or, to year-round daylight savings time?

(I would prefer the latter if we make a change.)

[L-Jam3]

I can't determine with a majority of certainty which one is Daylight Saving Time, either the winter or the summer. I just deal with the time change. If it's anything like the Infrastructure Weeks, I guess we'll be still changing our clocks at least until 2029.

[sancarlos]

I can't determine with a majority of certainty which one is Daylight Saving Time, either the winter or the summer. I just deal with the time change. If it's anything like the Infrastructure Weeks, I guess we'll be still changing our clocks at least until 2029.

DST is in the summer. Y’know, when it is daylight longer into the evening.

[L-Jam3]

Then what daylight are we saving? It's the same amount of daylight.

In all seriousness, though, I don't have any issue with it. If we stay on winter time, then the sun starts breaking through around 4 am in the summer, and is fully up before 5. If we stay on summer time, then the sun doesn't start coming up until after 8 am in the winter. Just fucking deal with it. If the whole idea is to get sunrise within an 60-75 minutes of 6 am either way then just keep it as it is.

[P.D.X.]

Would still like to see some “Republicans hate farmers” or “they’re trying to prolong the work day” memes

[mister d]

DST is in the summer. Y’know, when it is daylight longer into the evening.

Oh wait, then fuck that. Lighter later better.

[Rex]

I thought DST was the one that was more popular, and people wanted to get rid of the regular time.

[Johnnie]

I'm pretty sure we'd be permanently in the times we are in right now.

Personally, I'd love for Arizona to be in the same time zone as California (DST), but it would probably align with Utah/Colorado.

[Shirley]

I thought DST was the one that was more popular, and people wanted to get rid of the regular time.

It's more popular because it's the one we have in the summer when days are longer. People are dumb.

[Rex]

I know that we have already tried to do a single time all year, and everyone hated it, though I think that was DST. I find it hard to believe that people will like having the sun go down an hour earlier for 7 months out of the year, but hey, have at it.

[Rex]

I’m really surprised to see Trump wading into this because he, of all people, should appreciate Americans’ unlimited ability to complain about any change to their routine.

[Brontoburglar]

I know that we have already tried to do a single time all year, and everyone hated it, though I think that was DST. I find it hard to believe that people will like having the sun go down an hour earlier for 7 months out of the year, but hey, have at it.

things like evening golf leagues and other outdoor activities in the summer that can't rely on lights will totally have to be overhauled if we stuck with standard time all year. and evening league golfers are his base!

and then if we went on DST all year, people would be even more miserable in the mornings with the sun rising at basically 9 a.m. for some people in the northern part of the country

people hate the time changes, but there's also no good solution. the only real compromise is moving the clocks a half hour and calling it good, but even then, that doesn't totally fix anything. it sounds good in theory to say "let's get rid of moving the clocks back and forward" but then there's no clear choice of what time to pick

[L-Jam3]

Even better, people can quit bitching about it and focus their attention on shit that actually affects people.

[Brontoburglar]

tbf, I think the time changes do "affect people" because of how sleep habits are impacted around the time changes. and also further proof of how/why people will hand wave away things that are bad if they don't personally affect them.

[L-Jam3]

It’s only one hour. Go to sleep an hour earlier or an hour later the night before. Haven’t these people ever travelled a time zone over?

When you have to go to the East Coast for a race, does it fuck your up for days on end that you say to yourself “why isn’t everything on Kansas City time?” No. You deal with it.

[Shirley]

The entire country of India, the most populous country in the world, operates on a single time zone, offset by 30 min from most other time zones. They seem to handle it OK.