william.scherk Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 This quote below is the top left quadrant at Memeorandum right now. Below the fold is way too much news hoopla over the stupid plagiarism fumble by the Trump campaign (which is funny in itself, depending on your point of view). The page after gush of internet media hoopla now attached to the fresh meme in this Robert Draper New York Times story -- is it funny ha ha and funny peculiar, funny eerie or funny-bone painful? At the very least, this new gush of hoopla carries the appeal of the Bizarre. I mean, it cannot be true that The Candidate essentially offered the Oval Office splitsies to a proto-Veep! Somebody must be making this shit up, and that is funny sad if it takes hold in the hoopla tomorrow. The preceding intense stupid media hoopla (over two days pointless own-goal kerfuffle and shuffle and finger-pointing from the GOP-Trump campaign) overshadows the convention, wasted media days -- and now another half-day will be devoted to the spun-dung on powers Trump offered to Veep. Maybe screamingly funny? Pivot from weirdly awful speechify-vetting oopsie plagiarism fumble -- to alleged funny offer to Kasich? Quote Robert Draper / New York Times: How Donald Trump Picked His Running Mate — One day this past May, Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., reached out to a senior adviser to Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, who left the presidential race just a few weeks before. As a candidate, Kasich declared in March that Trump was … – Discussion: Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo: Trump Says He Didn't Personally Ask Kasich To Be His Running Mate James Fallows / The Atlantic: Trump Time Capsule #47: Clown Car Benjamin Oreskes / Politico: Trump denies offering Kasich VP job Inae Oh / Mother Jones: Donald Trump Reportedly Plans to Delegate All Domestic and Foreign Power to his VP Timothy B. Lee / Vox: The case for making Donald Trump America's first king Chris Cillizza / Washington Post: This is exactly how Donald Trump would act as president Ron Chusid / Liberal Values: Republican Convention Day 2: Republican Party And Their Chief PR Outlet (Fox) Both Self-Destructing Hank Berrien / Daily Wire: Ha Ha, Suckers: Trump Offered Kasich VP Slot, Control Of Policy Jason Easley / Politicus USA: Here Is The Proof That Even Trump Knows That He Is Losing To Hillary Clinton Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review: Does Trump Really Care? Digby / Hullabaloo: He'll be too busy making America great again Eric Levitz / New York Magazine: Report: Trump Plans to License His Name to His Administration, Not to Run It Josh Voorhees / Slate: Trump Reportedly Tried to Convince Kasich to Be His VP by Offering Him the President's Job Caroline Simon / Business Insider: Report: The Trump campaign asked John Kasich to be the ‘most powerful vice president in history’ WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV: Report: Trump offered Kasich to be in charge of ‘domestic and foreign policy’ as VP Tom Levenson / Balloon Juice: Time To Take Acting President Mike Pence Seriously Laura Clawson / Daily Kos: Donald Trump really doesn't want to do this president job Alex Griswold / Mediaite: Report: Trump Campaign Told Kasich He'd Be in Charge of All Policy if He Accepted VP Slot Allahpundit / Hot Air: NYT: Trump's son told Kasich he'd be all but running the administration if he agreed to be Trump's VP Brad Reed / Raw Story: Trump plans to let VP do all the real work while he ‘makes America great again’: report J. Bradford DeLong / bradford-delong.com: How Donald Trump Picked His Running Mate - The New York Times Anthony Shoemaker / Ohio Politics: UPDATED: Donald Trump camp made John Kasich offer for VP; Trump camp denies offer Jeva Lange / The Week: Donald Trump's vice president would reportedly be the most powerful in history Matthew Yglesias / CNBC: Melania Trump's plagiarism matters because it exposes Donald Trump's profound laziness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william.scherk Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) Now that the convention hoopla begins to merge into the general hoopla, the GOP candidate can now pivot to the items that need to be addressed going forward. Hillary? Not quite yet ... This is sad/funny, with a top-note of peculiar. And here is the money: Trump, a day after accepting GOP nomination, peddling Rafael Cruz/JFK conspiracy theories: pic.twitter.com/Wef7eXWVUr — Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) July 22, 2016 Edited July 22, 2016 by william.scherk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KorbenDallas Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Jimmy Fallon with his latest Trump impersonation: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KorbenDallas Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 1-up this, from another thread.... On 7/21/2016 at 2:30 AM, KorbenDallas said: But, if Ruth just won't kick the bucket before the end of his term, we can always send a Keating type to try to stress her into a stroke--nobody would know a thing, and it'd appear natural Still kickin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Diamond and Silk with Milo at the Republican National Convention. I'm putting this in Trump Humor because of a quip they came up with (I can't remember if it was Diamond or Silk who first said it). They were discussing the paid Trump protesters and one of them said that Trump wasn't even elected yet and he's already creating jobs. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Heh. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william.scherk Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Donald Trump says the EU was created "to beat the United States" pic.twitter.com/tYmwJV9iBe — Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) July 24, 2016 For those who just have to laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Pre-President Trump is less ignorant than pre-President (57 states, Austrians speak Austrian) Obama. --Brant ho, ho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Bad Lip Reading does Ted Cruz's speech at the GOP convention and, boy, does he have something to say about Trump. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Trump weighs in: Pocahontas bombed last night! Sad to watch.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2016 Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william.scherk Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 This exchange between Hannity and Trump on air conditioners and John Kerry: pic.twitter.com/qbUCSeyWY4— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) July 26, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 For the anti-Trumpers: Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michael Stuart Kelly Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Heh. I picked this up floating around on the Internet. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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turkeyfoot Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Liz Mair on whether Cruz had anything to do with the photo. I — absolutely not. Of course he didn’t. I mean next thing Donald Trump is going to be out there claiming that it was like the Illuminati or something and that will be just as equally plausible as what he’s claiming here. No, it’s totally bogus. People can blame me if they don’t like the ad. The fact is, the ad worked. The ad did exactly what we intended it to do and it’s done far more than that. The reality is that part of the reason that Donald Trump is tanking right now is because he’s bothered spending a week and a half getting pissed off and acting like a toddler having a major meltdown over this ad. Easily unhinged but fit to govern? Would he be DICKtatorial? The New York Post, who supports Donald, published this Sunday. Who could be against her? (Note from MSK, image deleted. See the original here.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkeyfoot Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Beauty no brains. "The relevant passage in McIver’s mea culpa is as follows: “In working with Melania Trump on her recent First Lady speech, we discussed many people who inspired her and messages she wanted to share with the American people. A person she has always liked is Michelle Obama. Over the phone, she read me some passages from Mrs. Obama’s speech as examples. I wrote them down and later included some of the phrasing in the draft that ultimately became the final speech. I did not check Mrs. Obama’s speeches. This was my mistake, and I feel terrible for the chaos that I have caused Melania and the Trumps, as well as to Mrs. Obama.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 I'm not going to mess with it, but this is a thread called "Trump Humor." I don't see the joke. Why is a non-comedic attack on Melania by a never-Trump pro-Ted Cruz person funny? Maybe I'm getting old... I don't get it... Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 What a work of art. She is proud of those breasts. That bod. That face. It is odd how some people need people . . . to admire them . . . and others are happy to admire. I would appreciate it if she bent over at the food mart to get a can of string beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 15 minutes ago, Peter said: What a work of art. She is proud of those breasts. That bod. That face. It is odd how some people need people . . . to admire them . . . and others are happy to admire. I would appreciate it if she bent over at the food mart to get a can of string beans. Definitely a first rate Trophy Wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Here is a philosophical issue. if it seems funny to you, does it count as humor? Ba’al wrote about Melania, “Definitely a first rate Trophy Wife.” I know. Just imagine being with her . . . Who said, “My support for Donald Trump is not a ‘blank check’.”? Not his beautiful wife. I think it she is much more than a trophy. So who said it? Was it Paul Ryan, John McCain, Scott Walker, Reince Priebus, or 30 percent of Republicans? Or all of the above? Paul Ryan! Is this a pattern or revenge? Shooting yourself in the foot? Or all of the above? Take that crying baby out of the rally. In other news the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics is just one day away and the water is loaded with crap, bacteria, and viruses. Giant Zika mosquitoes are attacking in hordes. The athletes are advised to not have sex with each other or anyone else until June of 2017. Not to worry, said The Donald. I am finished campaigning anywhere south of North Carolina. Though we will have box seats at the Olympics, my whole family will be wearing NASA and CDC approved, full body armor. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 37 minutes ago, BaalChatzaf said: Definitely a first rate Trophy Wife. Except she's a wicked smart businesswoman (Melania Timepieces and Jewelry). Imagine being young and making it as a capitalist in a communist country (called Yugoslavia at the time), especially in a capitalistic career like fashion. That takes brains because bodies come a dime a dozen. She speaks five languages (Slovenian, English, French, Serbian and German), etc. Next to all that, considering her age, The Donald might be her first rate trophy husband. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Michael wrote: Next to all that, considering her age, The Donald might be her first rate trophy husband. Yah! What’s good for the goose. It will be weird having her as a first lady, but I could live with that. Wait for the criticism and scorn from the disgruntled left wing. Now if we were in England, we would be getting Princess Middleton after Prince Charley’s mistress. Speaking of babes, there is an episode of Star Trek TNG circa 1988 that has an uncredited Terri Hatcher in it. It is called, “The Outrageous Okana.” She is and was truly beautiful. I am watching it on The BBC. GEE. Joe Piscopo is in it too. He plays a hologram comedian. Here is another odd or funny idea. Trump is against crony capitalism and bribes from Wall Street. He COULD get some of those Bernie voters who want an un-bribable, honest government “No, seriously,” as Groucho joked. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william.scherk Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 (edited) 5 hours ago, Michael Stuart Kelly said: Imagine being young and making it as a capitalist in a communist country (called Yugoslavia at the time) Melania was a capitalist since birth, I figure. back in 1970. Marshall Tito was then in his 26th year in power though not yet named President-for-Life. I remember being fascinated by Yugoslavia for its renegade post-WWII 'market socialism' and its later Deng-like 'self-management' "mixed" system. Tito stood outside the Cominform and resisted Soviet tutelage until his death in 1980, and this provided for a certain margin or abundance of private economic freedom. Yugoslavia broke apart beginning in 1991 (in Slovenia, by referendum). Of course, the apparent success of the Yugoslavian dictator's economy was illusion, built on debt, which became apparent later. Melania did the rational thing with her beauty and the pickings in Ljubljana post-crackup. The new nation was traditionally the most Western-looking, and took advantage of freedom to travel under Tito's looser-than-Stalin rules. So, she set her sights on modelling agents in Milan and Paris, and got booked as her early career blossomed in catalogue/ads work. Starting in 1995, she was first booked (by her French agency) for work in New York, which gave us the nudes and ladies-liking-ladies pics this week. That is how old those photos are. And why her boobs are different now. Quote That takes brains because bodies come a dime a dozen. She speaks five languages (Slovenian, English, French, Serbian and German), etc. Slovenians were often accomplished linguists. Austria Germany and Italy were neighbouring markets, Serbia was Uncle and the federal language was Serbo-Croatian. An educated Yugoslav would be at least bilingual . Knowing French obviously helped her career in Paris, and English in New York. I wonder how she finds the time to maintain her competence in French and German. I would disagree that Melanias are a dime a dozen, in the sense of body-beauty gestalt. As her career took off in New York, as she rose on up to cover girl from nudies, her unique look was established, the perfecting mix of enhancement, fashion and presentation. I imagine that at the party where she met Donald Trump, there was a full house of outstandingly beautiful women. She was outstanding from the rest. She has since developed into a great beauty. More generally, in a perfect world Melania should not have to put up with any of this kind of shit this cycle. I see the Demons of Fraud and Misinformation are fizzing about a ''dodgy" immigration history today. Hooooopla. In a way, the nudies make me much more sympathetic to Melania, but I am already on her side. As for the 'prize' of Donald Trump, no, not the 70-year-old fattish man body climbing on me. Not a prize. I figure smart Melania made an intelligent capital calculation back in the day. If she could put up with that body on hers, she could be rich beyond her dreams. I think she made a good if not great deal, all things considered. She could have ended up with a far more ugly elderly thing or turnip-head climbing into her bed. If she makes it to the White House, I think we would be surprised at her grace and representation of the best in America. She might be a trifle old-fashioned, reserved, decorous, quiet and observant -- like a Canadian Chatelaine of the fifties, but I am sure she knows to prepare for a job like First Lady. Photo by Glenn Francis of www.PacificProDigital.com Edited August 5, 2016 by william.scherk Tito ran a police state; wracked by debt, the economic growth post-1960 was an illusion. Added pic. Am now hunting for a Trump cartoon, to perfect this comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KorbenDallas Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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