This Is Fine

Unionhawk

12:05 AM

scroll up roll my eyes

MBraedley

Almost half of new, young homeowners have down payments of less than 20%

No shit, Sherlock

Unionhawk

MAYBE IF MILLENNIALS WOULD JUST STOP SPENDING MONEY SMH

GodEmperorDune

@MBraedley yeah if i had to save up a 20% down i'd never get anything

MBraedley

I was lucky I had a 10% down payment

GodEmperorDune

maybe after home prices crash because we deregulate all the banks

@MBraedley 10% down would be $70k to $80k in my area because yay LA home prices

if only i could pay the down with my college loan debts instead

that'd get that 20%

Memor-X

12:09 AM

@Unionhawk yeh, like on Smashed Avocado like stupid hipster wannabees

user15026

Speaking of avocado toast..

user15026

(It's a tumblr post with about the MOST PRETENTIOUS recipe video ever, and tumblr is having NONE OF IT)

Unionhawk

I'm so glad it wasn't a hot take about how actually it's discretionary spending not rent is too high loans are too much and wages are too low is why millennials aren't homeowners

user15026

snorts no, it is not that

Yuuki

12:42 AM

@Ash You had to play on tiptoes if you preferred playing a paladin or monk during 3.5e.

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki depending on GM dickishness

but yeah, 3.5e paladins were boring af if played RAW

5e pallies are much more flavorful

Yuuki

@GodEmperorDune It's that Oathbreaker spice, man.

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki vengeance pally so OP

hippie pally also is interesting

Unionhawk

1:01 AM

I don't get angry very often, but this is actually motherfucking disgusting and I actively fucking renounce this

Tweeted by PrettyBadLefty on November 28, 2017 at 10:07 PM

ugh

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk yeah that is fuct

Unionhawk

welcome to the one way class mobility happens in this country

survive being in the army

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk a lot of govt regulations and agencies provide benefits to military veterans, so cutting those agencies and "anti-free market regulations" reduces those benefits

aka that way is also closing

like there is a rule that says banks can't foreclose on veterans if they are on deployment

goodbye enforcement of that rule

Unionhawk

good thing we elected a fucking real estate guy 8 years after a foreclosure crisis

and a foreclosure banker who foreclosed an elderly lady for a very small payment discrepancy in secretary of treasury

normal country moral country

GodEmperorDune

MURICA

Unionhawk

1:11 AM

socialism must win

single payer must win

Unionhawk

2:00 AM

Interesting: @timkaine just told me that POTUS will sign whatever deal they work out on Capitol Hill so there's no reason to negotiate with him.

Tweeted by chrislhayes on November 29, 2017 at 1:31 AM

lol it's funny because he's right

xd

GodEmperorDune

the best negotiator

Memor-X

@Unionhawk slip a new bill that kicks him out

GodEmperorDune

@Memor-X that would be illegal

Unionhawk

We keep growing and growing down here at the #OlympiaBlockade.. this autonomous zone continues to change daily to fit the needs of its occupants. #Olystand #OlympiaCommune

Tweeted by Olystand on November 28, 2017 at 1:52 AM

hell yes

Memor-X

@GodEmperorDune but would he even notice?

GodEmperorDune

2:05 AM

@Memor-X he might

but let me again reiterate that getting trump out of office before 2018 or 2020 does not solve most of the problems with the trump administration

if trump leaves, pence is in charge

Memor-X

@GodEmperorDune but would he be less erratic/unpredictable?

GodEmperorDune

he will try to push his religious agenda through everything

Unionhawk

Domestically he will be miles worse

The man caused a HIV crisis in Indiana

GodEmperorDune

including the ultra pious sexism, anti LGBT

he doesn't say as dumb things as trump does because no one can reach that level

but his policies will be more harmful, and he will smile the whole damn time

Memor-X

ahh i see

GodEmperorDune

2:09 AM

he will bring competence to go along with the malevolence

Unionhawk

from Tim's road tour:

> That people felt comfortable coming to me and telling me their stories; that they shared with me a vision of the better world; is an honor. But it was in Indianapolis that I cried.

> Indiana is home to Scott County, which you might know as one of the few places in the US with a new population-wide epidemic of HIV/AIDS.
We understand the causes:

One, pharma companies have recently pushed “tamper-resistant” pills to market, which can’t be crushed and snorted. This doesn’t do anything to curtail abuse and addiction but it does let a pharma company claim to take opioid addiction Very Seriously while renewing the patent for its cash-crop (similar to how Purdue created OxyContin and its marketing campaign when its patent on MSContin was set to expire). If you’re a person b…

> If you’re a person battling opioid addiction, you’ve gotta turn to needles, and now there aren’t any clean needles available, and there’s no place to get help. The results are infuriating in their grotesque predictability; more people get HIV/AIDS and hep C.

That’s not where the story ends. We work hard to dehumanize people battling addiction; to deny them the basic decency of personal agency and context. But they have families; they have communities. I spoke with a friendly young man who worked in the school system in Scott County. The county is now home to a necropolity—a bunch of peo…

GodEmperorDune

trump tossed pence a golden lifeline because it was highly likely that pence would've gotten his ass kicked if he ran for gov again

a lot of the trump admin that previously held public office was like that

Unionhawk

That he never made it to reelection to have his ass kicked is an injustice

GodEmperorDune

the guy at the EPA had a huge scandal brewing for being in the pocket of oil companies

like they would send him memos to publish and all he did was copy/paste, print them on office letterhead and sign

i think nikki haley was doing fine in south carolina, though she pissed off some of her base by taking the confederate flags down from the statehouse there

#BREAKING: Trump still questions if Obama's birth certificate is real: report http://hill.cm/y1LdN41

Tweeted by thehill on November 29, 2017 at 2:12 AM

he really doesn't want the news to focus on the tax mess

also the hill's photo pairing person is still on point

Unionhawk

3:09 AM

That newsletter had a link to his talk and I'm amped and you should watch it if you haven't

Tim Faust - International Single Payers Anthem (ft. Lousville DSA) - Louisville KY 10/21/17

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Tim Stone

3:51 AM

If you wrote someone an e-mail and instead of hitting send, you shipped your whole laptop for them to read—well, that would be funny.

Tweeted by TheUPSStore on November 28, 2017 at 7:00 PM

I have continuing questions about the UPS Store account

GodEmperorDune

4:54 AM

@TimStone yes

fredley

9:27 AM

@TimStone inb4 UPS gets horrifically pwned

fredley

11:33 AM

Tim Stone

12:12 PM

#BREAKING: #NBC just fired #MattLauer. Statement below. #khou11

Tweeted by BrandiKHOU on November 29, 2017 at 12:06 PM

Donald Trump spent his morning retweeting videos from the far-right group Britain First https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/donald-trump-retweets-vidoes-posted-by-far-right-group?s=webapp&utm_term=.uidAWkWY3#.kg56e1eJv

Tweeted by MiriamElder on November 29, 2017 at 12:05 PM

Arperum

@TimStone What else would a president do?

fredley

12:40 PM

Fuck all this shit

Unionhawk

tfw even InfoWars is horrified by Trump tweets

Tweeted by Anthony on November 29, 2017 at 12:29 PM

Tim Stone

Even Piers!

Unionhawk

1:53 PM

Major companies say they’ll turn over most gains from proposed corporate tax cuts to shareholders, undercutting Trump’s promise https://bloom.bg/2hZIueG

Tweeted by bpolitics on November 29, 2017 at 11:19 AM

MAKES U THINK

Tim Stone

I mean I don't know how it could have gotten any clearer than Chipotle literally cutting salaries to appease shareholders but here we are

Unionhawk

COMPANIES DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR WORKERS AND GIVEN MORE MONEY THEY'LL JUST GIVE IT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS

Tim Stone

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - #Croatia state TV says Slobodan Praljak has died after taking poison at war crimes court in #TheHague.

Tweeted by APDiploWriter on November 29, 2017 at 1:54 PM

MBraedley

@Unionhawk Because, you know, payroll tax is a thing that exists.

Unionhawk

FUCKING AS:LKJFA:SLKJS:LKFJ

$15 AND A UNION

Tim Stone

1:59 PM

Putin ally owns DC mansion next door to Kellyanne Conway. @PostRoz and Alice Crites with the story: https://twitter.com/PostRoz/status/935857228363517952

Tweeted by drewharwell on November 29, 2017 at 1:07 PM

lol, even if just Normal Rich People Things coincidence of course he does

Unionhawk

I'm sure they're both just horrifyingly bad looking too

Tim Stone

In which I got trolled by a parody account which I've now hidden behind this link as FAKE NEWS but Real Astley

THE TRAIN AIN'T STOPPIN' TODAY

MBraedley

@TimStone Jar Jar Binks is a Sith Lord theory confirmed

Unionhawk

I hope so that would rule

Tim Stone

Ah, well played parody account

Unionhawk

2:01 PM

God dammit @TimStone

MBraedley

although an 80 year old Jar Jar might be much more tolerable.

Unionhawk

YOU GET THE FAKE NEWS TROPHY

Tim Stone

I didn't click through because it was just so messed up and self-explanatory and everything else is stupid today my bad

MY. BAD.

Kevin van der Velden

@MBraedley you don't know how long their species lives, jar jar might have already been several hundred years old and fully mature for them

MBraedley

@KevinvanderVelden True, I was assuming that Jar Jar was in his 20s during Ep. 1

Unionhawk

2:05 PM

I have no powers here so therefore I can not speak in any official capacity however pls with the not jar jar discourse

Kevin van der Velden

@MBraedley my point was mostly that he could be in the next one completely unchanged

Exact same behaviour =p

MBraedley

@KevinvanderVelden I know, and I chose not to dwell on that possibility.

Kevin van der Velden

I bet @Unionhawk loves that idea

Tim Stone

So now tha Matt Lauer is gone when will the Fake News practitioners at NBC be terminating the contract of Phil Griffin? And will they terminate low ratings Joe Scarborough based on the “unsolved mystery” that took place in Florida years ago? Investigate!

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on November 29, 2017 at 1:58 PM

1. What?

2. Yes, good, good, anger everyone at NBC

Mad Scientist

I assume the "unsolved mystery" is some moronic conspiracy theory?

Unionhawk

2:10 PM

Libyan media is questioning authenticity of CNN's slavery report after tweet by President Trump calling CNN international "a major source of (Fake) news" https://www.218tv.net/%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a8-%d9%8a%d9%8f%d9%83%d8%b0%d9%91%d8%a8-cnn-%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b0%d8%a7-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a9/ @akhbar

Tweeted by jenanmoussa on November 28, 2017 at 1:55 PM

Tim Stone

@MadScientist I actually have no idea and am curious

Unionhawk

also that happened

is happening

Tim Stone

Egypt similarly

Unionhawk

this idiot is now accidentally and purposefully exacerbating international human rights crises

Mad Scientist

@TimStone It'll be something like Infowars claimed that Joe Scarborough turns frogs gay, or so. I've no idea what it means, but I'm pretty confident it'll be exceedingly stupid

Unionhawk

2:12 PM

fuck

Tim Stone

@MadScientist Oh. Uh. Wow

This is a thing that happened, apparently?

Unionhawk

RIP Gawker

the world is a worse place without you

if Gawker were still around we would have the pee tape 100%

Tim Stone

So yes, conspiracy theory in that suggesting Scarborough had anything to do with it is based on nothing as far as I can tell but also I did not know that happened

Unionhawk

2:24 PM

medical examiner at the time ruled it nonsuspicious, apparently she had an undiagnosed heart condition

but yeah sure investigate that always goes well at least NBC is probably more well equipped to handle some idiot investigating than Comet Ping Pong was

Tim Stone

It’s back up with a typo corrected.

Tweeted by jaketapper on November 29, 2017 at 2:24 PM in reply to jaketapper

HMMM

Now I'm not even positive it's Trump

It's Trump-crazy but he doesn't know how words work to care about a typo

The only solution is to banish Scavino Jr to the 5th Dimension

Unionhawk

FedEx is buying up to 100 new flying delivery trucks http://cnn.it/2Bu5on7

Tweeted by CNN on November 29, 2017 at 2:15 PM

PLANES

IS WHAT YOU MEAN

AIRPLANES

Tim Stone

US Special Counsel opening up case file over accusation that Conway broke the law http://hill.cm/WD1SJe6

Tweeted by thehill on November 29, 2017 at 2:31 PM

Unionhawk

3:43 PM

this won’t be a problem at all

Tweeted by maxwelltani on November 28, 2017 at 9:25 PM

"In order to defeat your enemy, you must park on the sidewalk" - sun tzu, probably

MBraedley

@Unionhawk This would have been funnier if I didn't have to load the tweet on my phone first.

Unionhawk

This is not my fault

MBraedley

but I'm still going to blame you

GodEmperorDune

4:16 PM

waking up on the west coast is buck-ass wild in the year 2017

Tweeted by andreagrimes on November 29, 2017 at 3:33 PM

Unionhawk

4:30 PM

Criminalizing Dissent: Trials Begin for Trump Inauguration J20 Protests https://www.unicornriot.ninja/2017/criminalizing-dissent-trials-begin-trump-inauguration-j20-protests/ - follow @ur_ninja on Twitter for continuing updates

Tweeted by UR_Ninja on November 29, 2017 at 4:29 PM

GodEmperorDune

4:41 PM

the "king in the mountain archetype" exists in many cultures; a long-past monarch who is not dead, only sleeping, and will return to redeem the country. Constantine XI for the Greeks, King Arthur for England, Barbarossa for Germans, affluent white suburban moderates for Democrats

Tweeted by Trillburne on November 29, 2017 at 2:58 PM

murgatroid99

5:00 PM

Is that trying to say that affluent white suburban moderates don't exist anymore?

GodEmperorDune

5:38 PM

@murgatroid99 they exist but they’re not going to vote dem

And dems chasing that demographic is not going to pan out

Meanwhile

APNEWSALERT: Garrison Keillor says he’s been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of inappropriate behavior.

Tweeted by TomNamako on November 29, 2017 at 5:21 PM

murgatroid99

My family is literally that: affluent white suburban moderate Democrats

MBraedley

Well, white suburbanites, affluent suburbanites, and moderate suburbanites all exist, but white affluent moderate suburbanites largely don't.

GodEmperorDune

Clearly the joke erases your family then

Unionhawk

the particular strategy seeks to steal moderate republicans by moving right which won't happen ever

Or at the very least hasn't happened yet but maybe if we keep trying it'll work this time

(to be fair though if the trend from VA holds true we could run 435 wet napkins in 18 and still take the house)

StrixVaria

@GodEmperorDune I only know who this is because I looked him up while playing Cards Against Humanity when literally no one at the table had heard of him.

GodEmperorDune

5:51 PM

@StrixVaria i guess i grew up listening to NPR then

i was wondering why no one reacted

murgatroid99

Yeah, I knew who he was, but I was reacting to the other thing

GodEmperorDune

dang

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah |:

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone yep

> Renaming is a slippery business

his show is being renamed

Tim Stone

.@JoelEmbiid says he just picked a random number when he said his conditioning level was at 69 percent. Nice. https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/11/29/16714882/jj-redick-podcast-joel-embiid

Tweeted by ringer on November 29, 2017 at 6:00 PM

Nice

GodEmperorDune

6:03 PM

@TimStone nice

Tim Stone

Trump Wanted a Bigger Tax Cut for the Rich but Lost to Ivanka https://nyti.ms/2Bx1dqz

Tweeted by deborah_solomon on November 29, 2017 at 5:36 PM

I don't really buy that?

But who knows

Like on the one hand him wanting a bigger cut for the rich is absolutely expected but Ivanka couldn't even get him to disavow an accused child molestor so like, what ??

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone yeah

she might've said "if you do this pass through thing you're going to get the same cut without having to claim it affects you"

Tim Stone

But then I also thought maybe he viewed Moore winning as him winning and money might be second to winning for him but then I also decided trying to understand these people is pointless

GodEmperorDune

oh it looks like all ivanka was pushing for was the child tax credit

that makes sense with her "pre motherhood" public stance

(pls to ignore the maternity leave policies at the companies she runs)

Unionhawk

6:23 PM

ivanka isn't a moderating force stop making her a resistance hero

Yuuki

7:04 PM

I wonder if I'll have any pedestals left after the end of the year?

@GodEmperorDune Oh and his statement was terrible.

Something about how all his broadcasting heroes were fired so he's wearing it like a badge of honor. Only that he wishes he was fired for something more heroic.

Like wtf?

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki yeah, it's like he's trying to be a radio provocateur or something

like a different generation's humor that doesn't quite make sense anymore

the washington post oped was similarly strange

Yuuki

I didn't think there was a way to further belittle someone you sexually harassed but as the Goldblum would say, "well... there it is".

GodEmperorDune

> The Triborough Bridge in New York City was renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, but if you were to ask directions to that bridge, you might wind up in Pennsylvania, a state named for the common pencil. This will happen with Lake Bde Maka Ska. The name will appear on signage, but when people look at that body of water, they will think “Calhoun.” The effect of this on the slave trade in Minneapolis will be slight.

i kinda get the hyperbole but if i asked directions to a bridge in new york who would provide directions to a bridge in another state?

maybe this is why i never found praerie home companion funny

Yuuki

Eh, they had funny bits.

The new host seems more intent on showcasing music though.

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune It took me a while to understand they just meant confusion with Kennedy Bridge and I don't know that Len Kennedy had anything to do with the Kennedy Kennedys

Q: Does Trump’s think Muslims are a threat to the US? "The president has addressed these issues with the travel order,” deputy press sec Raj Shah tells press on AF1.

Tweeted by JenniferJJacobs on November 29, 2017 at 7:02 PM

What a magical own-goal

Holy crap

Arperum

7:24 PM

@TimStone Definitely not a muslim ban though...

Tim Stone

Yup

GodEmperorDune

oh shit

BREAKING: The Disgusting Britain First woman that President Trump retweeted the FAKE & Racist videos of this morning, Jayda Fransen, has just released this video thanking the @realDonaldTrump and asking for him to intervene in keeping her out of Prison in the U.K. https://t.co/Ub4y7hJLJ7

Tweeted by EdKrassen on November 29, 2017 at 7:20 PM

lol if he tries to pardon a UK person

Unionhawk

7:43 PM

Unionhawk

7:53 PM

In fact all ~194 defendants are accused of breaking the same three windows, plus torching a limosine that was set on fire 5 hours after they were arrested. 🤷

Tweeted by SiobhanFTB on November 27, 2017 at 4:35 PM in reply to SiobhanFTB

This is a fucking travesty and any result other than the entire case being thrown out will be a loss for everyone.

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk This last year has really made me grateful I live in Canada

Tim Stone

Several GOP senators coming out of today's lunch talking about the idea of an auto spending cut trigger instead of a tax increase trigger if growth doesn't hit target

Tweeted by Phil_Mattingly on November 29, 2017 at 7:29 PM

lol

loooooooool

Unionhawk

WOW

IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE RUNNING THE "CUT TAXES THEN CUT SPENDING" PLAYBOOK

Tim Stone

"What should we do if we don't meet our growth targets?"
"What if, bear with me, we took stuff away from people?"
"OF COURSE!"

That classic growth motivator of having less

Kevin van der Velden

@Wipqozn same but the netherlands which are even further from america

Unionhawk

8:02 PM

CRIPPLE THE PUBLIC SECTOR->COMPLAIN THAT IT'S INEFFICIENT->PRIVATIZE EVERYTHING->ENRICH 3 WHITE DUDES

Medicare for all what about Medicare except run as a private insurance company

doesn't that sound great

Wipqozn

@KevinvanderVelden It must be so nice to not have craaaaaazy neighbors

Kevin van der Velden

I mean we have belgium which is where @Arperum lives

Wipqozn

Sometimes I feel like I live in a Sitcom where Canada is the main character and USA is the wacky neighbor people try to ignore

Unionhawk

meanwhile in the first procedurally generated strike

BREAKING: American Airlines says computer glitch allowed all pilots to take vacation over Christmas week. Now union says thousands of flights are in jeopardy of cancellation. Americans says they’re offering 1.5x pay for pilots to fill in and expect to resolve the issue.

Tweeted by SweeneyABC on November 29, 2017 at 6:44 PM

Tim Stone

@Unionhawk trolololol

Unionhawk

8:10 PM

Pilots should be paid 1.5 for this time anyway but I'm sure the union is too busy fighting for stuff like health plans

Tim Stone

KENNEDY revisits his remark yesterday opposing a tax trigger: "I did say that. I said if I voted for it, consider me drunk. And I may have to get drunk to vote for the bill."

Tweeted by sahilkapur on November 29, 2017 at 7:29 PM in reply to sahilkapur

Joking aside is that like, allowed?

Can you get plastered and vote on federal legislation?

That seems inadvisable

Unionhawk

probably

MBraedley

@Unionhawk I'm pretty sure their CBA would probably list time off in lieu of working a holiday.

Tim Stone

Trump economic adviser breaks with Trump: The GOP tax bill is "not a true tax reform bill" http://hill.cm/9LZjCfE

Tweeted by thehill on November 29, 2017 at 8:13 PM

looool

Freedom Caucus leader opposes ObamaCare funding that GOP senator demanded in exchange for backing tax bill http://hill.cm/6TPAyea

Tweeted by thehill on November 29, 2017 at 8:16 PM

Real swell project they got there

Unionhawk

Are we going to lose the freedom caucus on this one?

Holy shit

Please let that happen

I don't ask for much please holy shit

Tim Stone

8:18 PM

This morning: -The president retweets fascist videos -(and basically accuses Joe Scarborough of murder) -Matt Lauer fired -Garrison Keillor fired -that war criminal killed himself -ESPN layoffs -BuzzFeed layoffs -oh yeah, North Korea could land a nuclear missile on my apartment

Tweeted by mattdpearce on November 29, 2017 at 5:48 PM in reply to mattdpearce

Can you believe it's not even News O'Clock yet?

Unionhawk

The only thing that gives me joy anymore is watching the Republicans self own in the end and so far we're good

Tim Stone

@JaydaBF @realDonaldTrump .@realDonaldTrump Facts do matter. The perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the Netherlands. He received and completed his sentence under Dutch law.

Tweeted by NLintheUSA on November 29, 2017 at 7:26 PM in reply to JaydaBF

Good job Dutchies

I mean, except for the acts in the video >_>

I'm dead

"The video has nothing to do with anything"
"That's exactly what the President is trying to say"

Tim Stone

8:36 PM

Pres. Trump tells a cheering crowd: "I didn't win the election, you won the election."

Tweeted by evanmcmurry on November 29, 2017 at 8:34 PM

Okay I guess let them be President then how much worse could it get?

Unionhawk

@TimStone there's a tweet out there with the freeze frames from the video of this occuring and it's absolutely wild what

Unionhawk

8:59 PM

Lauer's office "was in a secluded space, and he had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from the inside without getting up." http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/matt-lauer-accused-sexual-harassment-multiple-women-1202625959/

Tweeted by lisatozzi on November 29, 2017 at 8:43 PM

Unionhawk

9:42 PM

dammit LA DSA

Wipqozn

10:32 PM

@TimStone that's honestly a really good line. If he wasn't a total monster it would be inspiring.

user15026

10:49 PM

@Unionhawk ??

Tim Stone

11:19 PM

> AT&T says it should be allowed to buy Time Warner because Comcast bought NBC

I mean, I'm not sure they're wrong, but that shouldn't have been allowed either

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