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12:25 AM
JUST IN: President Trump, fearing the North Koreans might beat him to the punch, wanted to be the one to cancel first, multiple officials told NBC News. https://nbcnews.to/2IN5iOQ
Oh he "you can't fire me I quit!" It, of course
Very sane and rational decision making there
 
South Korea’s Blue House just released this photo from last night’s emergency meeting. Look at President Moon’s face.
 
kek
 
@TimStone that's just worse, what's next? North Korea might fire a nuke at the US so he should do it first?
 
lol yes we're moments away from death at any moment due to an unhinged man assuming the Presidency it's swell
"You don't deserve to eat here": Man arrested after anti-Muslim attack on McDonald's customers http://hill.cm/wGO6j9c
Okay obviously this is highly bigotted to start with but this dude is going to bat for the supposed sanctity of McDonald's, which is it's own level of sadness
 
12:39 AM
/r/hailcorporate
 
Wikipedia says there's a McDonald's in 122 different countries and territories
 
@TimStone at first i thought the quoted line was McDonald's saying it to the douchebag
 
Unfortunately no, he came up and assaulted some folk eating in the parking lot with a taser
In an interview with @FresnoBee, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, was asked if he planned to host any local forums or town hall meetings. "Your paper is a joke to even bring these issues up or raise these issues," Nunes responded. http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article201659539.html
Seriously, someone just needs to kick Nunes right in the shins. A joke for expecting him to listen to constituents every now and then? C'mon
 
@TimStone yeh i read it. and his excuse is pathetic
 
1:06 AM
Ah fantastic, everyone's favourite foreign agent Dana Rohrabacher has taken a break from his busy schedule of subverting US interests to be a bigotted ass:
GOP lawmaker: Homeowners have a right to refuse to sell to LGBTQ people http://hill.cm/qagJwqB
 
sigh
sick of the whole "right to be a bigot" thing
 
1:37 AM
BREAKING: Sky 4 video shows a sinking barge spilling coal into the Monongahela River. http://bit.ly/2kmRAmX https://t.co/OVFb53AT37
lol get rekt Clean Water Act #yolo #coal4lyfe or whatever
 
activated carbon cleans water
 
Yeah but what do you do when it's raining guns?
 
holy shit that gif in the replies ahahahaha
 
Oh my god
 
you see the one i mean right
 
1:41 AM
Yes, I hadn't, but now I have, and I don't even
 
made me think of Reno 911
 
2:06 AM
jfc
 
2:19 AM
North Korea says it's still willing to hold talks with US after Trump cancels summit http://hill.cm/pqW9tH4
yep, i can so see where that fear came from
 
Rachel Dolezal charged with welfare fraud http://q13fox.com/2018/05/24/ex-spokane-naacp-head-rachel-dolezal-charged-with-welfare-fraud/
Heh
A few days into the Waze countermeasures, and Echo Park’s steep Baxter Street is looking pretty emphatically one-way.
 
 
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3:33 AM
Social media mocks Trump's Nobel prize after he cancels North Korea summit: "Give him the Nobel Participation Prize" http://hill.cm/oQXYvhv
NOW i know what my uncle was talking about coins for
well, Trump can melt them and turn it into a Nobel Prize and enshrine it next to that Times Magazine featuring himself on the cover
 
@Memor-X the current counter-take on this seems to be to just keep insisting he should get the peace prize anyways
where logos fails, just keep repeating yourself and you're good
House passes bill banning government from doing business with ZTE http://hill.cm/KRzW7Jy
LOL
 
@quartata if i was on the committee i would say "i would have considered it, if you then didn't went and tote you nuclear capabilities with a vague threat to use them"
 
@quartata ur also late ;)
 
oh come on, Tuesday?
The Hill keeps reposting things and it throws me off
 
@quartata gets me too
 
3:45 AM
Never mind, I was wrong, I posted that it passed in the Senate committee but not the House so you're good
I was just trying to redeem @fredley but alas
 
oh ok
I just did a quick transcript search and saw the Senate thing and reacted to that
 
I clearly need more coffee
 
without reading it
 
Or sleep, but 🤔
 
3:50 AM
Works for me
 
Ave
@Memor-X I should sleep but I'm hungry. And I don't have anything to cook with that's healthy (I could make some fries I guess but I already had a ton and spiro and stuffs). And there's no open stores around me. oof.
 
4:32 AM
@KeeganNYC AZ ICE reports today they have "lost" 1424 immigrant kids after removing them from their parents. They have no Idea where kids ended up.
 
5:14 AM
Woman says her Alexa recorded private conversation, sent it to one of her contacts http://hill.cm/reRJf2K
Alexa is talking behind your back
 
 
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7:39 AM
i have returned after a news hiatus
lol trump botched the NK summit, there goes the nobel
i will give also a general "that's fuct" to the rest of the stories in here because i am too lazy to do transcripts
 
 
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9:08 AM
@Unionhawk That is beyond fucked up.
Oh, yea, we'll just abduct your kids and then just let them disappear.
 
9:25 AM
What do we define as news? Like, is a Stephen Colbert or similar segment about politics news?
 
 
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12:08 PM
One fight between Kirstjen Nielsen and Stephen Miller: He sought to put language in a government report saying children of foreign-born nationals are more likely to commit terrorism. She said that was not based in fact. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/were-closed-trump-directs-his-anger-over-immigration-at-homeland-security-secretary/2018/05/24/4bd686ec-5abc-11e8-8b92-45fdd7aaef3c_story.html?utm_term=.2e8b0865f49c
 
12:23 PM
GOP House candidate in Illinois is a 9/11 truther, said Beyonce had ties to the Illuminati @CNNPolitics https://cnn.it/2GQbP5j
Incredible. Illionois GOP managed to get a literal Nazi and this guy as candidates
 
12:52 PM
Noted almost in passing: "Defense Secretary James Mattis wasn't involved in the discussions Wednesday, though Trump said that he called Mattis about it Thursday morning."
Ah
Well, glad we didn't need to be prepared for uhhh nuclear war
#Canada: Police seek two suspects after bomb explosion at Mississauga restaurant injures 15 people https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-police-seek-two-suspects-after-bomb-explosion-at-mississauga/
 
1:11 PM
@GodEmperorDune It's funny because I was legitimately just wondering where you'd been :P
 
 
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2:56 PM
@GodEmperorDune I would give up on the entire world if Trump got a Nobel prize
I mean, I'm sure he's lobbying all his contacts to get him one
Obama got one, how dare he not get one
 
I mean,
kissinger got one too
 
So you're saying the standards are high
You have to really really not deserve one to get one
 
in conclusion the nobel peace prize is a land of contrasts
 
@puzzlepiece87 I'd say almost singlehandedly canceling a peace summit between two nations that have been at war for 50-odd years qualifies as "really really not deserving".
Sure, Pence chimed in but apparently the job listing for Republicans includes "licking Trump's boots" in their current requirements.
 
@Yuuki I agree with you but that's kind of borderline compared with Kissinger. If Trump is able to start a war with Iran or prop up a ruthless dictator somewhere that would really bolster his case.
Mar 4 at 0:21, by Tim Stone
CNN obtained a tape of Trump at a closed-door fundraiser. He said this about China's president: "He's now president for life. President for life. And he's great. And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot some day." https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/politics/trump-maralago-remarks/index.html
@puzzlepiece87 Maybe already covered
 
3:25 PM
Local school shooting here about 30 min ago. One student and adult injured. Doesn’t seem to be in national news
Wtf is with kids these days
At a middle school, no less
 
News cycle is still on Sante Fe and no deaths probably means it's not going to capture national attention.
As cynical as that sounds, that's probably why it's not on national news.
 
yeah I've only seen it on facebook so far, shared from a local outlet (don't remember if local as in here or local as in there)
 
Two victims have been transported to a local hospital following an active shooter incident at a middle school in Noblesville, Indiana, according to a police spokesman https://cnn.it/2ILNm6S
 
It’s about 20 min from my house. :(
 
(I see we're talking about it, there's an article)
 
3:34 PM
I’d be perfectly happy with about a dozen armed cops in whatever school my kids go to for the rest of their school careers
 
@Sterno Sometimes that sort of solution can... be correlated with... more problems than it solves, you know?
 
I'm not sure if they've determined conclusively that some of the students weren't shot in crossfire with the shooter the other week, unfortunately :/
Our reporting shows members of President Trump’s inner circle, including Giuliani and Bolton, have deep ties to an Iranian group that was once classified as a terrorist organization. Tune in 9pm EST @MSNBC @OARichardEngel
I uh
🤔
First off that's far too long to make me wait to understand what the hell it's about
 
https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/27/us/south-carolina-school-arrest-video/index.html
http://time.com/4245218/baltimore-school-police-officer-video/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-school-cop-who-body-slammed-12-year-old-girl-n554286
 
@puzzlepiece87 Okay, I'll settle for a secret service team specifically following my kids, protect-the-president style
 
@Sterno Deal :P
 
3:40 PM
Giuliani and Bolton are regular speakers at events organized by the MEK/MKO, which was removed from the list of foreign terrorist organizations in 2012. https://twitter.com/RichardEngel/status/1000035409735372800
Ah, okay
Does not seem like a particularly favourable regime to the current one, but uh you do you Bolton
Defense Secretary James Mattis: “we have got some, possibly some good news on the Korea summit, where it may, if our diplomats can pull it off, may have it back on, even.”
Awww yeah let's ride this emotional rollercoaster
 
3:58 PM
@Sterno Shit, that's awful
:(
 
@TimStone yah know, the korea summit would have been a lot easier to pull off IF TRUMP HADN'T CANCELED IT FOR NO REASON
 
@KevinvanderVelden Hey look, big mean Mr. Kim made fun Trump's best bootlicker buddy Mike Pence.
 
5:07 PM
Click on this ad and wait for the moment that comes at 0:13. Trust me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itF8uDP0cIQ&feature=youtu.be
lol, my dude Action Newsed his way in
(it's a Feinstein universal healthcare ad)
 
oh god
I forget where is she at exactly
"access to quality affordable health insurance" iirc?
 
Public option to compete and medicare for everyone over 55 per the ad
 
So, approximately
Perhaps like a half step better
 
Former aides say GOP lawmaker made them pick up his groceries and dog poop http://hill.cm/8gxTTfv
lol, this Garrett news just keeps coming
 
In Brazil, the military are being sent out to try and disperse strikes currently happening, including blocking off roads. Safety and solidarity to those currently on strike. https://twitter.com/g1/status/1000050863396868097
 
5:21 PM
flashback to that "Oh that pesky Posse Comitatus Act" take yesterday
 
I assume you saw the garland take too
That was a thing
 
Which one
 
I dunno he blocked me so I've only seen the one
 
About the Jack Johnson pardon?
Invitations offer wealthy Chinese access to President Trump at fundraiser https://wapo.st/2GOAfMF?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.6bad83507fce via @myhlee @anu_narayan @emilyrauhala @simondenyer
 
@TimStone yep
 
5:30 PM
I'm trying to actively forget it, but yes
 
@TimStone What about the Jack Johnson pardon?
 
Let me reassure you that you're 100% better off not knowing what Eric Garland's take was
 
yes
 
Like this is just generally applicable advice but somehow extremely more so in this instance
 
@TimStone I think I might remember something about it mentioned yesterday.
But I got caught up in "oh wait, I keep confusing that name with 'Eric Garner'".
 
5:35 PM
nah that was different
 
New day new take
 
another day another dollar
 
5:53 PM
Mussels off the coast of Seattle test positive for opioids https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mussels-test-positive-for-opioids-seattle-puget-sound/
🤷
The U.S. is now defending minority Muslims, the Uighurs, at the U.N. from Chinese accusations of supporting terrorism. But in the past, we sent them to Gitmo. From @columlynch: http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/25/u-s-once-jailed-uighurs-now-defends-them-at-u-n/
 
It's confusing that their Twitter pics both have long hair and roughly the same shade of red long-sleeved... sweater?
 
/cc @GnomeSlice, who asked about why this wasn't being talked about more before
@Yuuki lol yes I thought the same thing
This is the Starbucks at PSU campus where a man driving an SUV drove up onto the sidewalk and sped down it hitting at least 3 young women sending them to hospital
 
@Unionhawk saw you retweeted that thing about the signs about panhandling in SD
I've seen things like that up in downtown around the Horton Plaza area for about a year, it's disgusting
amusingly most of them seem to be corporate sponsored
 
yep
 
for varying definitions of "amusing"
 
6:02 PM
We're going to start doing some anti hostile design work at the next library board meeting
Theirs isn't awful, but it's still "don't sit on these steps" and "this outdoor space is closed when the library closes"
 
@quartata Love too erect a $100 sign to complain about people asking for a dollar
 
@TimStone I know, and they even put their branding at the bottom
like I think it was Cox or some shit?
they set up little like fake meters for people to put money in to donate to a charity
 
:|
 
Which I mean in theory that was probably a good idea to their chimp brains but are you serious about putting your money in there in front of homeless people lol
wtf
 
A 100% surreal, this-is-America moment from the Las Vegas massacre, told by one of the police officers at the scene. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-police-shooting-2018-story.html
I just, what the hell
 
6:10 PM
@TimStone I don't see how being a veterinarian makes you any good at marksmanship. Even if you've worked on marsupials.
Wait, that's "wombat vet".
 
@TimStone is this an incel related thing?
 
:/
@TimStone for a minute i thought this was about the childish gambino song and/or video
 
President Trump pointed to a window in the White House. "She’s doing great. She’s looking at us right there." Reporters turned to look. There was no sign of the first lady. https://wapo.st/2KVJygd
…is…is she a ghost now???
 
Only inside
 
6:15 PM
wut
why
i don't
 
I DON'T KNOW I AM SO CONFUSED
 
@TimStone X-Files Theme
 
My mouth is legitimately agape because ????
 
maybe he is referring to the white house itself as a lady?
he has forgotten what its called before
 
6:38 PM
> Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism.
LAtimes told Europe to GTFO
 
Oh yeah I forgot about that, lol
 
@TimStone Nah, she escaped from the white house, and so he pointed to the outside world, where she lives happily trump-free.
 
7:06 PM
@Arperum what data does the LA Times even gather
 
they gather whether or not users support LA Times Guild
and if the answer is no union thugs are dispatched to change your mind
it's a tough system but tbh it's understandable
 
@Unionhawk lol
 
@Unionhawk ahahahaha
 
7:26 PM
@quartata stuff for ads probably?
 
7:59 PM
Oh fuck, Jordan Peterson is doing an AMA
make it stop
 
:lobster:
 
working on a new book that proves there are only 0 genders using earthworm mating technology. please insert $500 into patreon for early access
lol the questions are taking enforced monogamy seriously
why is this on the front page
make it go away
 
8:20 PM
Lobsters only have two genders, therefore andropause and menopause don't exist because humans get more fertile with age.
 
to be fair you have to have a really high IQ to understand dr. peterson
 
He's actually dumb
 
yes
 
I'm going to leave aside the fact that he can't put together a sentence to save his life
 
@quartata I think this qualifies him to be President of the United States.
 
8:22 PM
iirc it's mostly a case of saying a lot of words to make yourself sound smarter
 
He seems to have a fetish for using only the most literal definitions of things so that his followers can look them up on Wikipedia and see same words and think wow he must have 2 trillion IQ
 
as is the case with a lot of people who get praised for good writing but bad ideas
His MO is using a lot of words to say a kind of true thing that sounds really profound but is just an inane aphorism when you analyze it past a surface level
 
It's like that one argument in Obergefell v. Hodges that gay marriage doesn't exist because the dictionary defines marriage as "between a man and a woman". Uhh... that's exactly what this is about, changing the definition of "marriage".
 
this guy was a clinical psychologist lol
 
Its not even that. No Marxist school of thought created after the 1960s is unironically going to call itself """postmodernist</div> while promoting the essentialism of the state
It's just a mashup of him being dumb and using dictionary definitions with him also using "neo Marxism" as a dog whistle for da SJWs hurr
@Unionhawk explains a lot actually
he has no qualifications for any of this
 
8:28 PM
(note I merely say was because he is a psych professor who had a private practice, iirc he is no longer practicing)
 
except for the people in this AMA begging him to cure their alcoholism by whispering sweet nothings about white guilt into their ears
It's actually genius in that he's found a way to get people to pay him millions to be an armchair psychologist
 
yep
 
He can read off a script for this
Lowkey someone needs to automate his job
 
Though his patreon skype service is apparently discontinued
 
rip
 
8:32 PM
per the nyt piece last week
 
9:10 PM
> Texas Republican Who Pushed To Impeach Obama Just Got Jailed After Being Convicted Of 23 Felonies
... 23 felonies?
Maybe Republicans only want small government because they figure that everyone else in government is like them.
 
Ireland did the thing, good job Ireland
(pending official tally but the exit polling shows a landslide win for repealing the 8th Amendment)
Publix says it suspended corporate-funding political contributions as it reevaluates the giving process. This after @davidhogg111 called for die-ins at the grocery store chain in response to its support for FL Gov candidate Adam Putnam (major NRA supporter) Full Press Release:
lol
(on a non-topical note that is indeed a third person wearing a red shirt)
 
Yeah, I just noped out of that one because it's so, so dumb
COREY LEWANDOWSKI has insisted (implausibly) that he has nothing to do with the lobbying firm based in THE HOUSE WHERE HE LIVES. But somehow the firm's clients keep getting the impression that they're paying for his advice. https://www.wsj.com/articles/t-mobile-says-it-hired-lobbying-firm-tied-to-former-trump-aide-corey-lewandowski-1527273066
This is an impressive competition of stupidity between Cohen and Lewandowski
 
@TimStone So this is why rich people have big houses. So they can unknowingly run lobbying firms out of them.
 
That's why they have so many more bathrooms than anyone could possibly use, so they can make you believe it's entirely possible they just had no clue
 
9:23 PM
Y'know how everyone thinks the Alien movies make no sense because Weyland-Yutani must be the dumbest tech corp ever to keep trying to experiment with xenomorphs? Yeah, I'm not so sure "dumb tech company" is a plot hole now.
 
Trump signs executive orders cracking down on employee unions https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-25/trump-signs-executive-orders-cracking-down-on-employee-unions via @bpolitics
 
defund, disband, prosecute
 
This might be better news:
Irish Times #Referendum2018 exit poll: Yes (#repealthe8th): 68% No (#savethe8th): 32% via https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/irish-times-exit-poll-projects-ireland-has-voted-by-landslide-to-repeal-eighth-amendment-1.3508861
 

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