What makes me think there’s going to be some sort of typical Trump fuck up and we’re going to be looking at scaffolding on the White House and a big dirt pit right next to it for the next decade?
Surrounded by a chain link fence.
Isn’t it “When it’s POTUS who stiffs the contractors, that means the contractors are not stiffed.”?
Whoa! Turns out the diahrreic orang stool can surprise me. And how is it he gets to do all of this demolition and so-called construction to (yes, to; he’s inflicting it) the White House? That particular edifice should be on some kind register of historic buildings.
It is apparently a National Historic Landmark, a program which is administered by the National Park Service. All National Historic Landmarks are also on the National Register of Historic Places, with three exceptions: the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and the U.S. Supreme Court Building.
It also appears that the lack of changes to the White House’s exterior over the last decades is more out of respect for tradition and the building’s history, rather than due to any specific rules prohibiting it. But even if there were such rules, as always with Trump, he’s getting away with doing stuff which he likely shouldn’t be able to do, because the regulations and rules which govern such stuff aren’t self-executing, and his administration won’t enforce them.
I’m guessing that his education on the layers of hell extends only to a certain South Park episode.
Mr. Garrison: Now, some of you know what it’s like to be the new kid in town, so I want you all to take special care to make him feel welcome. I want you all to meet our new classmate… [leans down to the new kid] uh-uh, what’s your name again?
New kid: Damien! [dark music plays: Rectus…dominus… His eyes show flaming, crackling pupils]
Mr. Garrison: Say ‘hi’ to Damien! [silence] And where are you from, Damien?
Damien: The seventh layer of hell!
Mr. Garrison: Ooooh, that’s exciting, my mother was from Alabama.
I don’t know about you, but I feel safer already.
First off, what’s with the political comment from the government agency?
Next, of course I fee safe. I’m not living in the United States at the moment.
Finally, let’s not forget exactly why it is the Republicans, not the Democrats, are keeping this shutdown going. And that’s specifically two Republicans.
The New New New math, felon’s edition is here.
And what a roller coaster he’s riding! (The bolding is mine.)
Let’s roll the tape!
Yep. I see Harry S. Truman settled World War II.
Oh, he’s such an eager beaver, too.
That’s enough for now.
Ooooh, that is why the “being on cloud nine” the English speak about is translated into German as “auf Wolke sieben schweben”! That had intrigued me for a long time. Do you happen to know where on the New Testament this seventh heaven is mentioned?
PS: Of course I meant piqued, my dyslexia is becoming more selectively anti-English, particularly with words that look a bit French.
The German Handelsblatt quotes the WSJ claiming:
However, the Trump administration apparently does not like the fact that photos of the demolition work are circulating. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the US Treasury Department has banned its officials from taking pictures of the construction work. The department is located directly next to the White House grounds, and the offices offer a direct view of the demolition work.
So they took their pictures from street level. Looks awful, like construction sites mostly do. The deluded dopey dotard Don does not know how to prevent or forbid that, so that is how it looks:
I was mistaken with the number. It’s actually the third heaven and is mentioned in 2 Corinthian 2:12 (KJV)
Which is 2 Korinther 12:2 (Luther Bibel)
Evidently “Seventh Heaven” orginally comes from Mesopotamia, according to Wikipedia.
@Monty, could you translate that? From 2 Corinthians (that much, I got). Thanks in advance.
The German is the same as the English text immediately preceding. (Dritten Himmel = third Heaven, etc.)
Darn! So it may just as well be a simple translation mistake, like the nine lifes of a cat turn into the seven lifes of a cat in Germany and Spain and nobody seems to know why. Ach!
But thanks for the effort!
Thank you, @Cervaise .
I see there’s a fake social media post circulating that has Trump ranting about the “UN-AMERICAN” Toronto Blue Jays advancing to the World Series. Problem is, it’s way too believable to make for good parody.
I wonder what he really thinks of this. Imagine if they actually beat the Dodgers; his head will probably explode.
So… GO JAYS!!!
That’s not just the “facade” being demolished, Whether intentional or accidental they’re doing real structural damage to the East Wing.
Intaccidental? We need a new word for these people. They don’t know what they’re doing, so the damage isn’t exactly “intentional”, but they do know that they don’t care about any damage they do, so it’s not really “accidental” either.
Maliciously negligent?
“Who gives a shit. Fuck you for caring.”
Do people still say “accidentally on purpose”?
I’m no type of expert, but I don’t see any way to add a large, ugly, completely unnecessary addition to a building without tearing out the outside wall of the existing structure where the large, ugly, completely unnecessary addition will be attached.
I wonder what Donnie has planned for the Truman balcony to turn it into the Trump Balcony? 
One truly shudders to imagine…