Almost as amusing as the actual defenestrating on Tuesday night.
Speaking of which query how crazy that humiliation is going to make Donnie going forward. I think he's been somewhat more unhinged since then. On the other hand, with his pathology and decline it's hard to tell. Maybe if he pulls a J6 before the election it'll be clear. Maybe he'll pull something like he thinks Roberts gave him absolute immunity for something he pulls during the campaign. (Not to defend Roberts but immunity's actually a fungible term. It's a couple of variants but only one's absolute. So, you know, assuming one's absolute when it isn't, well, it wouldn't work out as well as one might assume. Just saying but I'm digressing. OTOH, now I'm worried...)
Like everyone who has ever won something like a debate, Trump is expending a lot of time and energy telling everyone "I won! By a lot!!!! I won! I really did!"
You can tell a real winner by the way that have to tell you constantly they won.
I'm going to weigh in with rfc on this one. Loomer would be wearing the $200 Banana Republic knock-off with one decent piece of jewelry she acquired years ago. Remember, Trump pays no one.
Sweater dresses had 15 minutes of popularity back in the early 70s. They flattered no one. I had one I got at a thrift store. I wore it as a nightgown because my apartment had crappy heating.
It's great. We're like a group reincarnation of the late Mr. Blackwell, the bitchy guy who critiqued fashion at the Oscars. Peoni wouldn't wear this, Loomer doesn't have the budget for that, etc. If an outsider who was unfamiliar with these sketches overheard, he'd drop a net over the lot of us, lol.
Hey now; I have it on good authority that Talbot’s is one of the few places you can buy work suits that you don’t want to own in the first place, but you have to for professional reasons. (I am actually being sincere here.)
well, damn, somebody's feeling good this morning! quite a few belly laughs out of this one, and, really, is there any better way to celebrate--and denigrate--the wonderful live-action disintegration of hair furor on Tuesday? 'nothing but 9s and 10s in here'. indeed! are we referencing IQs?
Here in Japan this Canadian was actually home sick and was able to watch pretty much the entire debate online (morning here). I was mainly interested in how Harris would deal with Trump's bullshit, and boy, was I impressed (seriously, no jokes here this evening). I thought Obama was OK and Biden was good. Kamala Harris might be really good.
I love how "She laughs too much" was an attack line against her before the debate, seems like an ability to laugh, openly, comfortably and readily, served her well Tuesday night.
The gf and I were discussing the latest wingnut revelation, that Kamala was getting help through one of her (fake) earrings. Then it occurred to me: What kind of help? This isn't Jeopardy (!), with short answers. She's answering essay questions, not fill-in-the-blanks. I don't know how to tell you all this, but Republicans aren't very smart.
Tubby himself said something about how she was "suspiciously well-prepared" for the questions. Yeah, who saw questions about the economy and the war in the Middle East coming? I studied up for the Migrants Eating Dogs debate, and they didn't even ask that one, I had to bring it up myself!
I'll never get over Herr Tubby playing his own spin dr post-debate* saying how unfair it was that debate moderators kept "correcting" him while not "correcting" VP Harris at all. If he truly did mean "contradict," then TFG's Freudian slip is pink & lacy, stained with the juice of sour grapes.
* Nothing says personal power & campaign competence like needing to repair your own shitty performance, rather than giving it to a campaign proxy. I choose to believe that this occurred less because TFG over-ruled his advisers & more that he didn't bring any other than Miller or Loomer or Lewandowski to Philly. Out of hubristic belief that he would dominate the debate stage. Instead he looked like a T-Rex that just learned to shake hands.
Thanks for the reminder that there is a post-debate "spin room" that he immediately gravitated to, in hopes of imposing his self-serving view of what happened at the debate. Meanwhile, MVP actually went back to serving the *country*.
I guess the Times thought it unseemly yesterday to follow up on Peter Baker’s delineation of Trump’s aging mental decline Monday to accurately describe the gibbering disaster of a former president decompensating in the presence of an articulate Black woman. If MAGAs had a glimmer of awareness of how demented their führer is, “Trump 2024” flags would be at halt mast today. The media’s ardent attempts to portray this as a campaign between two intact humans took a fatal hit in that debate and now only lying by the press will sustain the idea that Trump isn’t incompetent to eat with metal utensils, much less run for president.
In wretched Walmart yesterday, the human staffed checkout was full, so I used the self checkout, in time to hear the lady who oversaw it say "them Dennycrats will come take our Bibles if they get a chance."
I wanted to yell "no they won't! Who says that crap?"
There is much madness brewed here in the internet and media riddled boonies.
Religious tax exemption delinda est, (not actually Latin)
Hey, it’s not like they actually *read* their bibles anyway; they’re just tribal talismans, in the same way Jesus is just their team mascot, not anyone they actually listen to.
When I hear right wing conspiracy crap like bible, gold and gun seizures, a gulag for "patriots", etc., I've stopped thinking how objectively wrong and dumb they all are and now think "not a bad idea actually"
Clowns like her have been going on about the taking of their bibles, guns, ovens, cars, etc. for ages. Does the fact none of it has happened just escape them?
This. The thing about putting your thumb on the scale is that you're not supposed to let the customer see you're doing it.
Does anybody remember last week's stories about how MVP was "demanding" because you were supposed to have a reason why you did something? Tuesday was an example of *why* she does that. "You Betta Come Correct."
I saw the Times went with something like "Pundits thought Harris won, these undecided voters aren't sure." Like not being sure isn't the essential quality of being an undecided voter, the thing that draws Timesmen to you, that gets you entree into all the best focus groups, why throw that all away by suddenly announcing you're sure now? "Begone with you, formerly undecided voter! Back to the diner from whence you came!"
Also, I love how these undecided prima donnas complain that Harris "didn't give enough details of her economic policy". Democrats can bore you to tears with details on any policy you care to name, but it's never enough when you're up against Mr. Concepts of Plans.
What I'd like to see: the interviewer saying "She has a 50-page policy paper on such-and-such website" and the "undecided" person actually *reading* any such thing.
Yeah, she may have some so-called "details", but did she come to my house and EXPLAIN 'em to me? This is not the level of service to which I have become accustomed!
Dammit, I was maintaining a perfect state of ignorance of who or what that person is. What Roy wrote - combined with your comment - just pierced that bubble in the most horrifying way.
Wow! I got a beg email from Tucker Carlson today! Pisswhines about the MILLIONS of EEE-LEE-GULS DESTROYING AMERICA and asks me to send good big boodle to Heritage so they can pisswhine too. Nazi sympathizer say what?
Also, The Federalist is wanting ABC's broadcast license pulled and the moderators and execs arrested for "campaign finance fraud" because Donnie should have won because he should always win.
Isn't Harrison Bergeron these dopes' favorite Vonnegut story? Next time Harris has to debate him in chains, with a pair of headphones barking random words into her ears.
The Pederast, I mean Federalist, criticizing someone else's "campaign finance fraud" when they've never been transparent about where their rubles come from is rich.
I’ve been getting gotv beggar emails from the RNC for the last couple weeks, and also got a direct mail version with *two* envelopes (not postage prepaid unfortunately) so I could send money in August *and* September. Best bit was that I could give online at some RNC address ending with “TrumpTwoEnvelopes”. El oh ell tell me there’s *not* a Dem mole in the RNC! Anyhow, might just be that they figured out outsourcing the gotv effort was a bad idea.
He's the Mad King, everything depends on who gets into the throne room. We might declare war on the Habsburg Empire, velocipedes might be outlawed from the streets of the capitol, or every one of us might get a free sack of wheat from the royal storehouse!
He’s King Lear, if Lear was a total narcissistic sociopath incapable of personal growth, with the temperament of a toddler and the vocabulary of a parrot with a traumatic brain injury.
Speaking of toddlers, if you've been blessed with one and you leave coin batteries out loose where they can get to them, they will swallow them and you will end up in the emergency room and when you do nobody will blame the toddler.
A towering work of staggering genius Roy. And Pinsy and Dibbs are positively Shakesperian comedy relief. I never caught Tubby wearing a wife-beater before, is that new? I love it. It can't be easy staying a step ahead of reality at this point, but Bravo Mr. Edroso, you're killin it. And we still have like 7 weeks before the fireworks start. If you don't think they're planning a massive vote intimidation/disruption to justify all the lawsuits to throw the vote into the House and/or Supreme Court, just you wait. It's their only shot, given the way they are campaigning and having their GOTV run by Fagin and his gang of orphans.
Almost as amusing as the actual defenestrating on Tuesday night.
Speaking of which query how crazy that humiliation is going to make Donnie going forward. I think he's been somewhat more unhinged since then. On the other hand, with his pathology and decline it's hard to tell. Maybe if he pulls a J6 before the election it'll be clear. Maybe he'll pull something like he thinks Roberts gave him absolute immunity for something he pulls during the campaign. (Not to defend Roberts but immunity's actually a fungible term. It's a couple of variants but only one's absolute. So, you know, assuming one's absolute when it isn't, well, it wouldn't work out as well as one might assume. Just saying but I'm digressing. OTOH, now I'm worried...)
Hearted for you being you...
Ditto.
Clearly, you were never taught not to engage with the crazy people…
I think of it as an...interesting...personal challenge.
I like the Elmore Leonard style moments of completely unexpected violence. The closing line is pretty killer too!
Like everyone who has ever won something like a debate, Trump is expending a lot of time and energy telling everyone "I won! By a lot!!!! I won! I really did!"
You can tell a real winner by the way that have to tell you constantly they won.
Informed success.
It projects the type of confidence that’s so appealing to normies.
I dunno if Loomer could actually afford a $1900 dress —
Are you kidding? She's riding high! What she can't do is pick a *flattering* $1900 dress.
I'm going to weigh in with rfc on this one. Loomer would be wearing the $200 Banana Republic knock-off with one decent piece of jewelry she acquired years ago. Remember, Trump pays no one.
Yes but what does Vlad pay?
Rubles! INFLUENTIAL rubles.
Is high fashion! Straight from high-end shop in Yekatarinburg!
Evenink wear!
Vary nice!
Sweater dresses had 15 minutes of popularity back in the early 70s. They flattered no one. I had one I got at a thrift store. I wore it as a nightgown because my apartment had crappy heating.
Stylish! Between the sheets!
Tout le monde loves a knitted wool teddy.
Nah, that's more a North Dakota thing.
Lana Turner might have made them work
There are some people who could dress in a burlap sack and look great.
[minions, bowing obsequiously before Miss Lana as she twirls the cat-o-nine tails]
could be she went rummaging in Melanie's drawers...so to speak.
Same.
But putting MTG in a hot pink Lilly Pulitzer pant suit is spot-on.
Absolutely. From Talbot's or Chico's.
Even LP is too upscale for MTG. She'd buy the knock-off.
But she’s a Talbots Superfan
Disagree. These people have way more money to spend than taste, and spending it makes them feel classy.
I like that the most heated disputes on this forum involve sartorial selections for fictional scenarios.
Fictional-ish...
Democrat Closets in Disarray!
It's great. We're like a group reincarnation of the late Mr. Blackwell, the bitchy guy who critiqued fashion at the Oscars. Peoni wouldn't wear this, Loomer doesn't have the budget for that, etc. If an outsider who was unfamiliar with these sketches overheard, he'd drop a net over the lot of us, lol.
Literally, I sometimes can't tell the difference between here & r/rupaulsdragrace...
I saw the picture of Loomer on LGM. They should spend some of their money on mirrors.
Waiting for "Loomy Tooms" to take off, or is it too obscure?
If I had a choice I'd go for Chico's every time. Just sayin' (and not knowing anything about Chico's except diggin' the monicker)
At your age you might be more suited for The Man.
Thank you for your service
Dunno...whenever I hear somebody reference 'the adults in the room' I slither toward the exit...
Hey now; I have it on good authority that Talbot’s is one of the few places you can buy work suits that you don’t want to own in the first place, but you have to for professional reasons. (I am actually being sincere here.)
I remember 40 years ago when I was graduating from Engineering school, the ads they'd run in May for the "$99 Interview Suit."
well, damn, somebody's feeling good this morning! quite a few belly laughs out of this one, and, really, is there any better way to celebrate--and denigrate--the wonderful live-action disintegration of hair furor on Tuesday? 'nothing but 9s and 10s in here'. indeed! are we referencing IQs?
Hair Furor is brilliant
It's incredible people are still coming up with these, eight years in. He's an inexhaustible inspiration for mockery.
He serves up the raw material daily.
Hockery Mockery, Doc!
Dickery mockery, hoc
His judge (Cannon) runs out the clock
hair furor has been around for several years, IIRC
But Roy gets credit for Tubby. At least one other REBIDer - SnarkiNorski - coined a gem: braying orange circus peanut with cotton candy hair
Coming up with them, or catching up with any previously missed.
As always, REBID pushes my learning curve. Like every other time, I highlighted a word and clicked search. This is what I got:
Wie macht man ein gutes Fußbad?
I like a good game of Fußbad, or, as we call it in the States, "soaker."
Full auto squirtguns!
Well played.
If'n yer feet hirts, you ain't goin' NOWHURS...
Here in Japan this Canadian was actually home sick and was able to watch pretty much the entire debate online (morning here). I was mainly interested in how Harris would deal with Trump's bullshit, and boy, was I impressed (seriously, no jokes here this evening). I thought Obama was OK and Biden was good. Kamala Harris might be really good.
Who knew we’d need to recruit someone with big experience smacking down felons?
I love how "She laughs too much" was an attack line against her before the debate, seems like an ability to laugh, openly, comfortably and readily, served her well Tuesday night.
The gf and I were discussing the latest wingnut revelation, that Kamala was getting help through one of her (fake) earrings. Then it occurred to me: What kind of help? This isn't Jeopardy (!), with short answers. She's answering essay questions, not fill-in-the-blanks. I don't know how to tell you all this, but Republicans aren't very smart.
Tubby himself said something about how she was "suspiciously well-prepared" for the questions. Yeah, who saw questions about the economy and the war in the Middle East coming? I studied up for the Migrants Eating Dogs debate, and they didn't even ask that one, I had to bring it up myself!
I'll never get over Herr Tubby playing his own spin dr post-debate* saying how unfair it was that debate moderators kept "correcting" him while not "correcting" VP Harris at all. If he truly did mean "contradict," then TFG's Freudian slip is pink & lacy, stained with the juice of sour grapes.
* Nothing says personal power & campaign competence like needing to repair your own shitty performance, rather than giving it to a campaign proxy. I choose to believe that this occurred less because TFG over-ruled his advisers & more that he didn't bring any other than Miller or Loomer or Lewandowski to Philly. Out of hubristic belief that he would dominate the debate stage. Instead he looked like a T-Rex that just learned to shake hands.
Oof.
Thanks for the reminder that there is a post-debate "spin room" that he immediately gravitated to, in hopes of imposing his self-serving view of what happened at the debate. Meanwhile, MVP actually went back to serving the *country*.
I do like MVP and wish it virality.
The "laugh-boating" is another example of turning a strength into a weakness.
All the racist misogynists are already voting for Trump, though, so it's just weird.
I loved Jordan Klepper's response to one weirdo who tried this, "So, a woman feeling joy, not your experience?"
The non-verbal part of her performance on Tuesday was as effective as her words.
I guess the Times thought it unseemly yesterday to follow up on Peter Baker’s delineation of Trump’s aging mental decline Monday to accurately describe the gibbering disaster of a former president decompensating in the presence of an articulate Black woman. If MAGAs had a glimmer of awareness of how demented their führer is, “Trump 2024” flags would be at halt mast today. The media’s ardent attempts to portray this as a campaign between two intact humans took a fatal hit in that debate and now only lying by the press will sustain the idea that Trump isn’t incompetent to eat with metal utensils, much less run for president.
How many of them are as demented as he is? As always, the call is coming from inside the house.
In wretched Walmart yesterday, the human staffed checkout was full, so I used the self checkout, in time to hear the lady who oversaw it say "them Dennycrats will come take our Bibles if they get a chance."
I wanted to yell "no they won't! Who says that crap?"
There is much madness brewed here in the internet and media riddled boonies.
Religious tax exemption delinda est, (not actually Latin)
"They're gonna take our BY-BLES!!!"
Damn, lady, I thought you chumps were required to memorize the whole thing or some such, like a demented parody of Farenheit 451.
Well, judging by your attitudes about the poor and refugees, we just assumed you weren't using it any more.
Hey, it’s not like they actually *read* their bibles anyway; they’re just tribal talismans, in the same way Jesus is just their team mascot, not anyone they actually listen to.
Not something you'd actually use, like a handgun.
“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”
[sarcastic grumbling]
[BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!]
“Verily I say unto thee, there’s more where that came from. Dost thou get my drift?”
Damn, lady, I thought you chumps were required to memorize the whole thing
No, most evangelicals know less about the Bible than say Little Pig or non-theist me
When I hear right wing conspiracy crap like bible, gold and gun seizures, a gulag for "patriots", etc., I've stopped thinking how objectively wrong and dumb they all are and now think "not a bad idea actually"
Clowns like her have been going on about the taking of their bibles, guns, ovens, cars, etc. for ages. Does the fact none of it has happened just escape them?
Yeah: I first heard "the black helicopters were coming for your guns because They wanted to make you easy to control" during the Carter years
This. The thing about putting your thumb on the scale is that you're not supposed to let the customer see you're doing it.
Does anybody remember last week's stories about how MVP was "demanding" because you were supposed to have a reason why you did something? Tuesday was an example of *why* she does that. "You Betta Come Correct."
"minimum viable product"?
Oh. Never mind.
Reading between the lines, you gotta lotta 9/11 inferences there. Maybe 9/10 was Queensman's 9/11...?
(Note: maybe not).
It's 9/11 marked down for a quick sale!
I saw the Times went with something like "Pundits thought Harris won, these undecided voters aren't sure." Like not being sure isn't the essential quality of being an undecided voter, the thing that draws Timesmen to you, that gets you entree into all the best focus groups, why throw that all away by suddenly announcing you're sure now? "Begone with you, formerly undecided voter! Back to the diner from whence you came!"
Also, I love how these undecided prima donnas complain that Harris "didn't give enough details of her economic policy". Democrats can bore you to tears with details on any policy you care to name, but it's never enough when you're up against Mr. Concepts of Plans.
I think it's another projectionist example It's the pundits that aren't sure. Because they are dolts, paid to inject unsurety.
10 minutes after the debate ended, in the Times newsroom:
"Our anxiometer shows liberal anxiety dropping to dangerously low levels and scattered outbreaks of confidence! Quick, mobilize the undecideds!"
undecideds should be in quotes since they likely were Repubs who voted for Obama in 2008 and aren't completely sure about Trump
I like "confuseds"
What I'd like to see: the interviewer saying "She has a 50-page policy paper on such-and-such website" and the "undecided" person actually *reading* any such thing.
She could mail out a four page illustrated cartoon summary with words of two syllables or fewer of her policies and these dopes wouldn't bother.
Yeah, she may have some so-called "details", but did she come to my house and EXPLAIN 'em to me? This is not the level of service to which I have become accustomed!
Like "Life of Julia"? The wingnuts will go wild, again -- "creepy, eyeless, vision-of-horror from Brave New World” https://www.villagevoice.com/rightbloggers-prove-theyre-no-sissies-by-supporting-duck-dynasty-beating-up-pajama-boy/
Holy shit, I'd forgotten the discourse.
Undecided voter remains undecided
RUN THAT BABY! [Bloom County Picayune editor dot gif]
Trump rally attendee still likes Trump
They’re only looking for the one detail: “And it’s not gonna cost you anything.” Tubby gives them that with his cool new tariff-based economy.
Brilliant as always!
I haven't yet got past the Beyond Category neologism in the subhead.
Just take yer well-deserved 2 marks (and the rest of the day off)!
I think Roy publishes in the morning so he can take the rest of the day off.
He works at night, like a bouncer or a bat-boy. Their secret fraternity demarks triangles over Baltimore's boroughs.
Even a hawk tuah girl reference! Roy is really on top of things!
Dammit, I was maintaining a perfect state of ignorance of who or what that person is. What Roy wrote - combined with your comment - just pierced that bubble in the most horrifying way.
We are brutalists – you should know that by now.
Same until I ran across this excellent vid: https://youtu.be/AXXuDR7haxQ?si=tPgtApaZlKCeR3bG
Good channel
"Hawktuah Girl is already a US Senator in tiktok years"
is not bad...
NO! I DID NOT WATCH THE WHOLE THING! JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS!
As a teacher, I thought I was familiar with all possible spellings of Hayley and Kayley, but I was wrong.
It's my job.
Wow! I got a beg email from Tucker Carlson today! Pisswhines about the MILLIONS of EEE-LEE-GULS DESTROYING AMERICA and asks me to send good big boodle to Heritage so they can pisswhine too. Nazi sympathizer say what?
Also, The Federalist is wanting ABC's broadcast license pulled and the moderators and execs arrested for "campaign finance fraud" because Donnie should have won because he should always win.
Isn't Harrison Bergeron these dopes' favorite Vonnegut story? Next time Harris has to debate him in chains, with a pair of headphones barking random words into her ears.
But to be fair and balanced, you'd have to require the felon to speak in complete, logical sentences.
HB is a fine story but I think the Repubs misinterpret it because that's what they do
The Pederast, I mean Federalist, criticizing someone else's "campaign finance fraud" when they've never been transparent about where their rubles come from is rich.
The second I heard the news, I made assumptions about the Federalist's funding, because it would be irresponsible not to speculate.
I’ve been getting gotv beggar emails from the RNC for the last couple weeks, and also got a direct mail version with *two* envelopes (not postage prepaid unfortunately) so I could send money in August *and* September. Best bit was that I could give online at some RNC address ending with “TrumpTwoEnvelopes”. El oh ell tell me there’s *not* a Dem mole in the RNC! Anyhow, might just be that they figured out outsourcing the gotv effort was a bad idea.
Two Envelopes, One Creep.
At least Arthur had two sheds.
"Mr Trump, we do not care about the fash. All we want to talk about is your two envelopes."
deep cut!
Ha ha, now it's all Laura Loomer's fault, Tubby is NEVER RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/12/laura-loomer-trump-pet-eating-claim
He's the Mad King, everything depends on who gets into the throne room. We might declare war on the Habsburg Empire, velocipedes might be outlawed from the streets of the capitol, or every one of us might get a free sack of wheat from the royal storehouse!
He’s King Lear, if Lear was a total narcissistic sociopath incapable of personal growth, with the temperament of a toddler and the vocabulary of a parrot with a traumatic brain injury.
Speaking of toddlers, if you've been blessed with one and you leave coin batteries out loose where they can get to them, they will swallow them and you will end up in the emergency room and when you do nobody will blame the toddler.
Assault WITH battery!
I have to eat my batteries unsalted, because of my high blood pressure.
I see where you went there, but I decline to follow...
You spelled 'liar' incorrectly.
A towering work of staggering genius Roy. And Pinsy and Dibbs are positively Shakesperian comedy relief. I never caught Tubby wearing a wife-beater before, is that new? I love it. It can't be easy staying a step ahead of reality at this point, but Bravo Mr. Edroso, you're killin it. And we still have like 7 weeks before the fireworks start. If you don't think they're planning a massive vote intimidation/disruption to justify all the lawsuits to throw the vote into the House and/or Supreme Court, just you wait. It's their only shot, given the way they are campaigning and having their GOTV run by Fagin and his gang of orphans.
I saw a story that said Harris had 350 paid staff in Pa., Trump had 50.
OTOH the Trump campaign did have a program where, if you did volunteer voter outreach, you could win a hat.
'Trump had 50', none of whom will actually be paid.
When you buy a hat like that they give you a bowl of soup.
"And Pinsy and Dibbs are positively Shakesperian comedy relief."
Pinsycratz And Dibbsystern Are Dead
Holy Crap! I just sussed it!
Them cat ladies could use a queen – I can't think of anyone better suited to stand in for Eartha Kitt:
Kamala is the New Cat Woman!
Queensman's no longer the reaver
These days he's just the receiver
After Tuesday's big spill
He's everso ill
My guess he's got cat scratch fever
Okay, the ending here is going to live in my mind for a long while, alongside Don Jr’s “Chinese girls got sideways breezers.” 🤣🤣
Now hold on, that's from Israel Horowitz! https://www.saada.org/tides/article/the-indian-wants-the-bronx
“I learned it from YOU!”
I'm late to that one, but the review is CHERCE!