# The Alina Habba Pit thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 11, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965 "2024-01-11T17:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/21 "2024-01-11T22:24:04Z")
If we trick Habba into saying “Abba Hanila,” will it send her into the fifth dimension? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/22 "2024-01-11T22:35:02Z")
I wish she could have a name like Bob Loblaw from _Arrested Development_. See [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22tLFUA-dcE) to hear the magic of Bob’s name! ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/23 "2024-01-11T22:35:11Z")
When will I love you? Good Lord, I don’t know, Maybe never, maybe tomorrow… But not today, that’s for sure! From [**HabbaNera**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habanera_(aria)). ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/24 "2024-01-11T22:53:54Z")
I’d rather just read Bob Loblaw’s law blog thanks. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/25 "2024-01-11T22:56:02Z")
On the show was Loblaw Canadian? Because I don’t think it’s legal to have the name “Loblaw” unless you’re Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/26 "2024-01-11T23:01:54Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > On the show was Loblaw Canadian? I don’t know but he clearly wasn’t Mexican because his TV commercial had the disclaimer “No Habla Espanol”. I also recall when Bob Loblaw lobbed a law bomb. Damn that was a good show. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/27 "2024-01-11T23:32:09Z")
Do you remember when he couldn’t find his little electronic key to get into his building? I’ll never forget the shenanigans around Bob Loblaw’s lost fob. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/28 "2024-01-12T05:01:37Z")
“Habba Jabba EW!” – how’s that? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/29 "2024-01-12T05:26:24Z")
It seems Habba is, at best, a D-tier attorney. Is Trump unable to hire better attorneys or does he just value looks (pretty woman) and a willingness to do anything (as regards the law) more than competence? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/30 "2024-01-12T05:34:59Z")
I’m pretty sure Trump’s reputation and behavior makes it difficult for him to get top tier lawyers. Trump loves surrounding himself with sycophants and I suspect the primary requirement he has for lawyers is that they’ll do whatever he wants. If the allegations regarding Habba’s unethical treatment of that poor woman suing Trump’s organization for sexual harassment is true, she’s the type of snake-in-the-grass that Trump wants on his side. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/31 "2024-01-12T07:40:33Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Is Trump unable to hire better attorneys Better attorneys expect to be paid. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/32 "2024-01-12T08:52:30Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > It seems Habba is, at best, a D-tier attorney. Is Trump unable to hire better attorneys or does he just value looks (pretty woman) and a willingness to do anything (as regards the law) more than competence? LegalEagle did a tier list of Trump’s lawyers a few months ago and put Habba in the F tier: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Lhy5Y8xVHS0/maxresdefault.jpg "Ranking Trump's Terrible Lawyers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhy5Y8xVHS0&t=680) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/33 "2024-01-12T08:56:30Z")
Habba the Butt. The butt of our jokes, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/34 "2024-01-12T11:55:44Z")
> [@What is Alina Habba's deep game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-alina-habbas-deep-game/995829/25): > > So I sometimes call her Garage Barbie. \< Must not ask if you missed a ‘b’ in that spelling \> > [@Atamasama](#): > > I have thought of “Habba Baba”. Q: Would that make that awful vaseline-blonde hairstyle a “Habba Baba Doo”? > [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Imagine being so stupid that you go on TV and confirm that you have to fake being smart. Wait… so how did she last so long around Rump? \< facepalm \> Never mind… > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Backwards, that’s **‘Rabaarabrab’.** I Swear an old VCR said that before eating and vapor-locking on a tape… > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > If we trick Habba into saying “Abba Hanila,” will it send her into the fifth dimension? “One less [Belle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy2YOL8wdBA) to answer… One less, Bad Egg to Fry…” ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/35 "2024-01-12T12:06:51Z")
If you’re a youngish attractive woman with impeccable bullshit skills, no soul, and presumably a limited sense of smell, you can go a long way in Trump World. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/36 "2024-01-12T12:28:00Z")
Some small mushrooms can make it seem like a long way, I’m sure… ( Sorry. Either this is Really good coffee or Robin Williams ghost is whispering in my ear. Still, it’s much more fun to be a Democrat today than a Republican. If I was a Republican, all I’d be able to do is march lock-step with a zombie expression on my face chanting over and over: Alina. Habba. Woo…! Alina. Habba. Woo…! Alina. Habba. Woo…! ) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/37 "2024-01-12T13:34:17Z")
Seriously, how lucky are we that Trump is a skinflint? If he were a normal person who paid his lawyers and followed their advice he might skate from much of the reckoning that he is facing. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/38 "2024-01-12T14:13:56Z")
Habba Habba Hey! ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/39 "2024-01-12T14:23:44Z")
How about: she and trump made a deal where she agrees to appear totally incompetent, so that he can appeal on that basis? trump wouldn’t be that cagey, but would she? Did she get her money up front? That will be the factor that tells us whether she is truly incompetent. Posters have been pointing out that she is “nominally attractive”, but black of soul, so for a nickname, how about “Skin Deep”? Dan ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/40 "2024-01-12T14:51:08Z")
It occurs to me that one attraction for this particular lawyer is that she likely didn’t demand fees upfront, which I’m guessing almost all major law firms will be doing with him. As for her, lots of people in the Trump orbit have spun off into remunerative side jobs based on their time with him. She certainly must be hoping for some of that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965.md?page=3)