The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

[JohnT]

Looks like we’re at war with Syria. Have we always been at war with Syria?

[eschereal]

@raventhief

Post-truth, post-sanity, and now post-calendars and next, post-toilets! MAGA!

You forgot post-turtles.

[Kolak_of_Twilo]

@JohnT

Looks like we’re at war with Syria. Have we always been at war with Syria?

Nope. It’s now a proxy war with Russia.

[ThelmaLou]

@enipla

Yep, but was referring to “There’s a sucker born every minute”

I know you were.

[raventhief]

@eschereal

You forgot post-turtles.

No, I think it’s still turtles all the way down.

[Defensive_Indifference]

@Kamino_Neko

Not even Twitter does. I’m not even convinced the DHS and CBP do.

Unless something has changed in the last couple hours, the government has not revealed why, a point which Twitter brought up in their complaint.

NPR has an article about this story that says:

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Furthermore, [Twitter’s lawyers] say the tool DHS used to demand the information — a Customs and Border Patrol administrative summons — is only meant to allow CBP to demand information about imported merchandise. “It is apparent that whatever investigation Defendants are conducting here does not pertain to imported merchandise,” the complaint says.

As a side note, they point out that the summons was delivered on March 14, with a deadline of March 13 — that is, already in the past.
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The malice is, at least, tempered by incompetence. I guess I’m grateful for that.

Twitter Sues Homeland Security To Protect Anonymity Of 'Alt Immigration' Account

[Precambrianmollusc]

@Bayard

The malice is, at least, tempered by incompetence. I guess I’m grateful for that.

“Malice tempered by incompetence”

If someone can turn that into Latin I think it would make an excellent motto for this administration.

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[Sunny_Daze]

@amarinth

“Successful” isn’t the problem. Everyone’s going to gloss over their their problems and highlight their (arguable) successes.
The problem is the inability to correctly count to 13.

There are really so many things that could come after “inability”.

@eschereal

The Guardian (fwiw) is reporting a US attack on Homs, Syria. They are saying a ship fired 60 tomahawk cruise missiles on the city.

What the ever loving fuck? Why attack Homs? The town that Hafez all but razed a few decades back.

I’m afraid to ask about civilians. Sweet Og. I just went to dinner and this shit happens. Guess I’ll go look at the BBC.

[Monty]

@Precambrianmollusc

“Malice tempered by incompetence”

If someone can turn that into Latin I think it would make an excellent motto for this administration.

According to my handy-dandy Google Translate, it’s:

Nam malitia temperari incompetentem declaret.

Personally, I think the following is what the real motto is:

Nescio Damnare est, bigot ego sum, et ego non curo quid non verum etiam et ipsa hominum.

Simplified to:

Pedicabo ego vos. Ego sum Praeses. Quae omnia refert.

Yeah, I took a few liberties, there; however, nothing untoward, unlike Trump. Now, wouldn’t it be nice if Trump would stop doing untoward acts?

[Robot_Arm]

@JohnT

Looks like we’re at war with Syria. Have we always been at war with Syria?

No, but we’ve always wanted to intervene there. Always, believe me.

[Snowboarder_Bo]

@Euphonious_Polemic

I expect that the next thing he’ll do is take a massive dump at a press conference, and exclaim that it’s the best turd that anyone has ever produced in history. His supporters would likely agree with him.

@eschereal

OK, I had just almost succeeded in unseeing “Caviar Enema” from an earlier post and you come along and plop that appetizing image down.

I own 2 of these Trump caganers. One is on display; the other is bagged and in a box.

[Sunny_Daze]

@Snowboarder_Bo

I own 2 of these Trump caganers. One is on display; the other is bagged and in a box.

Why or how is caganer a thing?

[elucidator]

@Euphonious_Polemic

…and exclaim that it’s the best turd that anyone has ever produced in history. His supporters would likely agree with him.

Can you prove it isn’t? No? Well, then…

[eschereal]

@Sunny_Daze

Why or how is caganer a thing?

For the same reason that being urinated upon by a Russian prostitute is a thing.

[Snowboarder_Bo]

@Sunny_Daze

Why or how is caganer a thing?

@eschereal

For the same reason that being urinated upon by a Russian prostitute is a thing.

Errr… not quite.

A caganer is a Catalan nativity figurine that depicts a person taking a poop. “El Caganer” actually means “the pooper” (or “the one who defecates” or “the shitter” or whatever other phrase you choose). They date to the 18th century as a tradition.

[SaneBill]

@Procrustus

I wish they wrote it this way:

“We’ve had one of the most successful [sic] 13 weeks [sic] in the history of the Presidency.”

Give him a break, he has only ten fingers, after that we are all guessing, right? Also it’s very hard to keep track with so tiny fingers.

[Leaper]

Wow, if this is a Trump supporter having a major disagreement with him (the “my take” section in particular), I really wouldn’t be surprised if they’d somehow justify him betraying every single thing they voted him in for.

[Knowed_Out]

@eschereal

OK, I had just almost succeeded in unseeing “Caviar Enema” from an earlier post and you come along and plop that appetizing image down.

And now we have to unsee Caviar Enema.

[ThelmaLou]

@Knowed_Out

And now we have to unsee Caviar Enema.

Caviar enema is related to “caveat emptor,” right? I’m trying keep up.

[SingleMalt]

@ThelmaLou

Caviar enema is related to “caveat emptor,” right? I’m trying keep up.

I remember seeing it as a descriptor for one of the two factions competing for Trump’s attention in the White House: Bannon’s “Burn-it-to-the-ground” faction and Jared’s “Caviar-enema” faction.