Trump Being Trumpy

After months of Trump's Tweets Jack Shafer has dialed back his Outrage-ometer and thinks the rest of us should too:

Obviously, his tweets, if backed up with action, have the potential to cause people trouble. If for example, he wanted to make life miserable for NBC’s parent company, Comcast, he could. But he’s too cheap to spend that sort of political capital for short-term gain, and he’s too lazy to be the autocrat that his tweets make him out to be. The average Trump Twitter provocation exists, as during the campaign, to reset the news agenda somewhere near a place of his liking.

OK, but perhaps Mr. Shafer is missing the other element to this game - the media has been getting rich (OK, avoiding a complete financial meltdown) by treating every Trump tweet and utterance as Apocalypse Now. Why should they stop and embrace the cool reality that their business model is collapsing?

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[Appalled]

Hysteria begets ratings. It's almost a big a rush as being first!

[-peter]

Charles M. Schultz' family house has burned to the ground, word is that priceless Peanuts memorabilia destroyed

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Trump is LAZY?

That right there shows you how little Shafer knows what's going on.

We are now in the part of the Scott Adams arc where they begin to capitulate.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

peter,

That is just terrible!

[henry]

Unless Trump tweets about the Schultz house, Shafer will never hear of it. The lazy tyrants are the newsreaders.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

President Trump now speaking at the Value Voters Summit.

[Momto2]

I remember someone commented days ago that the Schultz house could be in danger. Why did they not remove the memorabilia? So sad :)

[Momto2]

Trump is the UN-lazy 70 year old I've ever seen!

[GUS]

I'm #8

[narciso]

In other nes

https://www.iceagenow.info/nasa-confirms-sea-levels-falling-across-planet/

[James D.]

From the last thread:

In the business world, the mere accusation of "sexual harassment" is enough to ruin a man. In college, young men's lives are ruined before they even get going, by the mere accusation of vaguely-defined "sexual assault," which in many cases is simply natural human behavior.

Pretty unfair and kind of frightening.

It absolutely is. But I'm perfectly happy to see it happen to HW (and hopefully lots of others in Hollywood).

They are only too happy to support laws and policies that, as you say, ruin the lives of ordinary Americans based only on an accusation. Why shouldn't they be subject to that kind of ruination as well?

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--But he’s too cheap to spend that sort of political capital for short-term gain, and he’s too lazy to be the autocrat that his tweets make him out to be.--

What a hack.
He can't just admit controlling the news cycle and field of battle is his intention to begin with. He has to lard it up with snide innuendo that a guy who lives like Midas is cheap and a guy who gets up at 4:00AM every day is lazy.
Cheap and lazy perfectly describes Shafer's methods.

[David, Internet Deplorable]

Well, I think that we should all be extremely grateful that President Obama was such a lazy asshole. Imagine the damage he would have done had he the work ethic of President Trump!

David

[GUS]

Right Ig. The former Bi-sexual in Chief wasn't lazy, the guy who built 7 SKYSCRAPERS is the lazy one.

You didn't build that.

[narciso]

Maybe the sheepdog is not asleep:

http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/12/exclusive-blackwater-founder-asks-for-ag-probe-on-obama-unmasking

[Buckeye]

You didn't build that.

That still pisses me off.

[Momto2]

In the business world, the mere accusation of "sexual harassment" is enough to ruin a man. In college, young men's lives are ruined before they even get going, by the mere accusation of vaguely-defined "sexual assault," which in many cases is simply natural human behavior.

Pretty unfair and kind of frightening.

I agree but I do not think it applies in this case:

In addition to the decades of whispers and nods and even comedy skits referring to HW - there is this:
"Farrow had NYPD audio of Weinstein admitting to sexually assaulting a 21-year-old Italian model. And he had video of actress Rose McGowan accusing Harvey of raping her.

[henry]

Yes Momto2. That is the key ingredient: your local PD. The rest is destruction via rumor.

[Extraneus]

It absolutely is. But I'm perfectly happy to see it happen to HW (and hopefully lots of others in Hollywood).

Yep. Alinsky #4. Let's get some politicians into the mix, too. That's another field where fat ugly oafs can get chicks.

[2 minute duda]

Yeah, Trump is great at manipulating the media narrative, but in doing so he's destroying vital political consensus that could help him pass meaningful legislation.

Guiding the news cycle is not the goal of a fucking Presidency.That's just stupid. What? the history books will remember that President Trump's crowning achievement was......being in the news for saying crazy shit?

What a waste of immense power.

[2 minute duda]

When Democrats take back the White house in 3 years we will teach you.......in painstaking detail and over a prolonged period of time......what immense power really is.

[narciso]

That's what the weasel ensign, he paid off the family to keep his secretary from being found out.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Excellent take, IMO, on the worldwide economic conundrum.

[Extraneus]

Yes, Mom2, the audio was him admitting to grabbing a woman's breast. I'm not sure what the statute of limitations on that is, and the cops decided they didn't have enough evidence to bring a case, but that's not exactly a very serious accusation. (Although if I'm not mistaken, Packwood's life was ruined for trying to kiss women, so I have little sympathy for Weinstein.)

As for McGowan, she didn't even go to the cops. Instead, she accepted $100K to keep quiet about whatever it was that happened, which may or may not have been "rape." I have no sympathy for her. She chose to get paid.

[Porchlight]

Why should they stop and embrace the cool reality that their business model is collapsing?

Why indeed? I hope they never figure it out.

[Porchlight]

in doing so he's destroying vital political consensus

What consensus? The only consensus is anti-Trump, all the time, no matter what.

That ought to and must be destroyed.

And we're starting to see the GOP soften their tone as we approach primary season (and they see that Bannon's primary cannons are primed and loaded).

[Buckeye]

As for McGowan, she didn't even go to the cops. Instead, she accepted $100K to keep quiet about whatever it was that happened, which may or may not have been "rape." I have no sympathy for her. She chose to get paid.

Just a slightly different kind of whore.

[henry]

Trump decertified Iran. Now up to Congress.

[Extraneus]

Just a slightly different kind of whore.

The kind who kisses and tells, decades after taking the money, in return for another 15 minutes of fame. Not very heroic, especially if other women were abused as a consequence of her silence.

I wonder if they could sue her for that. Seems unlikely, but it would really be fun.

[Sbw]

On iPhone so I see Duda. Wrong on as many counts as Shafer. TM must post him for us to laugh at.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Extraneus,

I think one has to look at the victim pool and understand that many of these young women are vulnerable emotionally and financially to begin with.

Secondly, how would we know if she made accusations? Weinstein had bought off the entire press and the entire entertainment community was joking about it at awards shows, with Weinstein laughing about it.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

The President gave a beautiful speech at the Values Voters Summit. He quoted the scripture "The light shines, and the darkness has not overcome it."

I think that could be the motto for his presidency.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Oh, spare me. Marie Harf, Super Genius, is going to comment on the President's Iranian speech.

Thankfully Newt is also on to tell her she's full of crap.

[David, Internet Deplorable]

Miss Marple,

I think that it is typical of you that you see the side of the young women involved in this mess. That is one of the things I have always liked about you.

David

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Steve Beverly‏ @MrTVClassics 41s42 seconds ago

Disney-ABC lays off 400 but gives Katy Perry $25 million for one season as an 'American Idol' judge. Makes you wonder.

============================

Herein lies Hollywood's new problem, as well as that of the talent. Who thinks Perry was worth that much as an American Idol judge?

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

But Seth McFarlane says he was really mad when he was joking about it.

[David, Internet Deplorable]

MM,

Please maintain the proper editorial standards in your comments on the JOM blog. The official JOM style guide states, "When using the term 'super-genius' while referring to Democratic spokes holes or drug-addled presidential candidates of the Libertarian Party, the entire word should be capitalized, and the 'u' in 'super' replaced with seven 'o's.

Example: Gary 'Baked Alaska' Johnson, Constitutional SOOOOOOOPER-GENIUS, stated that he felt that religious liberty was a 'legal black hole.'

This demonstrates the proper usage of this term."

David

[henry]

So FBI does have docs on the Lynch/Slick Tarmac meeting.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/fbi-finds-30-pages-clinton-lynch-tarmac-meeting-documents-wants-six-weeks-turn-docs/

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

David,

I was once a young woman working in a primarily man's profession (geology). I had to deal with a lot of non-geologists in my corporation, and I was well aware of certain managers and how they operated.

However, in a large corporation which had exposure to the federal government through MSHA, there was a degree of protection, plus I am sort of outspoken. I saw more timid souls, particularly secretaries, who had a harder time. I counseled a lot of them to go to HR and request transfers to different departments.

It's all well and good to castigate these women, and I am certain that some were opportunists just as now they were opportunists to claim victimhood, but imagine if your big dream is to get a role in a movie, you're supporting yourself in a very expensive city, and you have no family with you.

This was a ready-made pool of victims. The ones who didn't play along, or who complained? There were probably a lot, but we never heard about them. They probably gave up and went back to Nebraska or Georgia and became local TV or radio celebrities.

Which reminds me about Frances Farmer, who wound up here in Indianapolis hosting the afternoon movie on Channel 8. She had, at one time, been a big star. She was rumored to be an alcoholic, but now I wonder why she took to drink.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Ugh. Identification of victims in the California fires is being done by things like the serial number on a piece of metal which was a hip replacement piece.

They are using cadaver dogs to locate victims, of which not much is left but a few pieces of charred bone.

[henry]

OH, SMOD was just scouting on the last pass. https://www.cnet.com/news/asteroid-2012-tc4-earth-2079-2017/

[Appalled]

Miss Marple:

Ms. Farmer was never quite a big star. She briefly looked like she was on her way, but she ended up in some bad affairs, and was institutionalized for a while.

One of her better roles -- the last one she did before the institution -- is something called "Son of Fury", which 1/2 great Tyrone Power swashbuckler, 1/2 lousy Polynesian sarong garbage. The bits with Frances, Tyrone, and George Sanders are exceptional. If you like Poldark, you'd like this.

[Jim Eagle]

I posted about the Shulz Museum in Santa Rosa. The museum holds all the memorabilia not his house.

Was it his house or the museum that is lost due to the fire. I know the museum was closed due to lack of power because of the fires.

[James D.]

I followed a link at Insty for “how the NFL lost to Trump”

And it leads to a piece of complete crap by Rich Lowry:

https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2017/10/nfl-lost-trump/

The never trumpers aren’t ever goin to admit they’re wrong, are they? They’re going to keep doubling down on stupid until they’ve completely destroyed whatever shreds of credibility they might ever have had.

[exdemocrat]

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrT6Vlb7uBZiFoAOS4PxQt.?p=AN+OPEN+SECRET&fr=yhs-adk-adk_sbnt&fr2=piv-web&hspart=adk&hsimp=yhs-adk_sbnt&type=pa_appfocus1_cr#id=2&vid=8d34ac509f2b7acd97b1650c5ddb840a&action=view

[DrJ]

It was Schulz's house that burned. The museum, so far, is fine.

[anon ( AKA common man )]

Wait NASA says sea levels are FALLING? Across the globe? How could that be? Except for the fact that it was always nonsense and James Hansen propagandist in charge is no longer at NASA...

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

President Trump speaking now.

Outlined history of Iran's actions with teror since 1979.

Clls it a rogue terrorist nation.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

This is a good speech and one that non-political people can understand.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Just imagine all of those piles of cash hauled off by the Iranians waiting at the airport."

Then he pointedly says, I wonder where all that money went.

He knows. I would bet some people are getting nervous.

[Extraneus]

White House fact sheet on Iran strategy

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Off. (I hope.)

[jimmyk on iPhone]

off

[Extraneus]

off

[Extraneus]

The Iranian regime has taken advantage of regional conflicts and instability to aggressively expand its regional influence and threaten its neighbors with little domestic or international cost for its actions.

This occurred most recently following the emergence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from the vacuum created by the Obama administration’s ill-considered withdrawal from the region.

...

The previous Administration’s myopic focus on Iran’s nuclear program to the exclusion of the regime’s many other malign activities allowed Iran’s influence in the region to reach a high-water mark.

Over the last decade and a half, United States policy has also consistently prioritized the immediate threat of Sunni extremist organizations over the longer-term threat of Iranian-backed militancy.

In doing so, the United States has neglected Iran’s steady expansion of proxy forces and terrorist networks aimed at keeping its neighbors weak and unstable in hopes of dominating the greater Middle East. Recently, the Iranian regime has accelerated the seeding of these networks with increasingly destructive weapons as they try to establish a bridge from Iran to Lebanon and Syria.

The Trump Administration will not repeat these mistakes.

That's gonna leave a mark.

[jimmyk on iPhone]

How do they even measure changes in sea level? It's got to be relative to something, and most of those things (like shorelines) also change.

[anon ( AKA common man )]

If you want a funny, the failing NYT has put out social media guidelines

They actually think that the NYT has a reputation for fairness and neutrality.

newsroom employees should avoid posting anything on social media that damages our reputation for neutrality and fairness.

[Extraneus]

[London] Teen sexually assaulted three separate times in under an hour

Just the price of living in a big city, right Mayor Khan?

[Threadkiller]

Two men were arrested for possession of burglary tools near evacuated neighborhoods in Santa Rosa Thursday night, police said. Daly City police officers spotted the two suspects, 21-year-old Javier Nava-Castro and 18-year-old Angel Roberto Maria...

http://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Santa-Rosa-police-arrest-2-men-with-burglary-12274882.php

Doing a job an American wouldn't do.

[Texas Liberty Gal]

The owners seem to be determined to destroy the NFL

https://ca.reuters.com/article/canadaSportsNews/idCAKBN1CI24Y-OCASP

[Texas Liberty Gal]

This is from article I just linked. Is this now the new mission of the NFL? Unbelievable

"Lockhart said the discussions will focus on how to use the broad platforms of the NFL, players and clubs to try and make progress on issues of equality, social justice and criminal justice reform."

[anon ( AKA common man )]

Time for Goodell to mosey on down the road...

[James D.]

From TLG’s link:

Lockhart said the discussions will focus on how to use the broad platforms of the NFL, players and clubs to try and make progress on issues of equality, social justice and criminal justice reform.

What if they just, you know, stuck to doing their job, playing football, which is what the fans who pay their salaries actually want to see, and then do their protesting and awareness raising on their own time. You know, like the rest of us have to do?

[Sue]

But only important to them during football season. Off season they are busy spending their millions but not on SJW thingies.

[Threadkiller]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4976040/Roger-Goodell-s-wife-argued-fake-Twitter-account.html

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 1h1 hour ago

I have no greater privilege than to serve as your Commander-in-Chief. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the incredible men and women @USNavy!
#242NavyBday

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 28m28 minutes ago

In America, we don't worship government - we worship God.
#ValuesVotersSummit

[pagar, a bacon, ham and sausage supporter]

"Why did they not remove the memorabilia? "@10:39.

IMO, many of the fine people in California are working hard to fight those fires. But I really don't believe anyone who is dreaming up or supporting anyone who is creating fines for using the wrong pronoun can be expected to do much to help mankind.
Nor any of those who are working to spread AIDS.

[anon ( AKA common man )]

Pagar

Never knew you to stutter before...

[Threadkiller]

Feds apparently about to go live with a presser.

http://www.wdsu.com/article/las-vegas-update/12846244

[Momto2]

Lots of excitement here this morning - had F-16 viper buzzing the treetops over my house - so close I could almost tell the color of the pilot's eyes.

I was thinking Red Dawn or something. Fortunately, I found out there is a big Atlanta airshow this weekend and they were just practicing.

Whew! I thought they were going to take the roof off of our barn - I used to live near Dobbins AFB so I was used to low flying jets but this was unbelievable!

Of course, I cannot explain that to my dogs who are having the heebie jeebies over all of this!

It's the sound of freedom doggies!

[narciso]

Reset reines strikes again:

https://mobile.twitter.com/JamesHasson20/status/918845354694643712

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 17m17 minutes ago

"Consumer confidence soars to highest level since 2004"
📈http://45.wh.gov/ConsumerConfidence …

[narciso]

Lockhart was the one that looked like a skunk, they subsequently put him on the boars of oracle orcsimesuvh.

[Frau Quittenbrot.]

OT - Porch, Marian Burros plum torte a success. Our son has been visiting for over a week, and I finally baked the cake with the last of the prune plums I had. The Pflaumenmus, made in the oven, was a hit. Now I have to wrestle with my crop of quinces. Are they ever a bear to prepare for cooking. The factories must have a simpler method for dealing with cooking quince paste aka membrillo.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Momto2,

I once saw the Blue Angels fly at about 500 feet right down the highway where I was driving, near my old home. WHAT an impressive sight, loud, but great to see!

Really unusual sight here as we have no Air Foroe Base nearby and the Mt. comfort air show is way out in the county east of Indianapolis, so they were never seen down there. There were several calls to the sheriff about it, as some people were spooked. LOL!

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

John McCain‏Verified account @SenJohnMcCain 12m12 minutes ago

Glad to hear my friend @SenatorCollins will remain in the Senate. She's one of the finest senators I've ever known!
===============================

Nothing more need be said.

[maryrose]

Cotton and Corker are working on fixing Iran deal President Trump has turned over to Congress.
Every time I hear President Trump speak he gets better.
For years I could not listen to Obama.

[narciso]

I don't know how any of them, with the heads exploding all day.

[pagar, a bacon, ham and sausage supporter]

anon, Mrs. Myers my long long long ago English teacher thought that pronouns were important and I just know she is up there looking down and saying
"use the right pronoun" ; so I tried to temper my words.

[maryrose]

Frau:
It sounds delicious.
I got some wonderful Macintosh apples at Red Wagon farm that are tart and tasty.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Macintosh are the best pie apples, bar none!

They are hard to find at the grocery here. I usually have to go scouring the farmer's markets and orchards to find them.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 1m1 minute ago

Today, I announced our strategy to confront the Iranian regime’s hostile actions and to ensure that they never acquire a nuclear weapon.

President Donald J. Trump's Full Remarks: 45.wh.gov/91ZfaQ

[Frau Quittenbrot.]

maryrose - a flavorful apple! I hope you bought enough to enjoy later.

It's fun to watch all the "I knew it but didn't say anything" attention-seeking actresses speaking up now.
Looking at your puss, Jane F.
Pfui!

[Momto2]

That's on my list as soon as my neck brace comes off. I miss cooking - I plan to make apple pies, applesauce for the freezer and Alton Brown's aged EggNog to put up for Christmas.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-advisers-review-gene-therapy-to-treat-form-of-blindness/

[Dave (in MA)]

Miss Marple the Deplorable | October 13, 2017 at 02:05 PM,

Dang. I was hoping she was going to stop being a pain in the ass to everyone and just be Marlene's problem.

[Threadkiller]

Lombardo sounds like an unfunny Ray Romano.

[Buckeye]

Frau

If I was your son I would come to visit pretty frequently:)

[Threadkiller]

Feds on now. They have run down 2000 leads and have found nothing. I wonder what is the criteria to qualify as a lead.

He is now singing God Bless Las Vegas.

Lombardo gives him the hook.

Now Lombardo is praising the officers that rendered aid.

[Threadkiller]

Lombardo on verge of tears. Sounds like a eulogy.

[anon ( AKA common man )]

Viva Las Vegas, by Elvis I think...

[Extraneus]

When I lived near the beach on Staten Island, the Blue Angels used to practice in my back yard. Awesome doesn't describe it.

[Threadkiller]

Lombardo accidentally says that the maniac was definitely targeting police and police cars as he continues the praise.

Looks like he tripped over a motive there.

Took no questions. Walked off crying.

[anon ( AKA common man )]

Having Eglin AFB nearby, I hear AF jets, mainly F - 35s nearly everyday.

Sound of freedom as we proudly say around here.

[daddy]

Good Morning!

Miss M linked this 20 year old story last thread about some Prostitution ring in Paris that lied to and then forced young girls to act as prostitutes for big shots like Robert De Niro: The sex scandal that wouldn't lie down

The only names to emerge so far are De Niro, Fibak and the French film producer, Alain Sarde.

De Niro, despite a much publicised "arrest" in Paris while filming a movie earlier this year, was questioned only as a witness and occasional client of the network's prostitutes.

Well I hope De Niro gets caught in this Harvey Weinstein business. He's a creep who loves going on the View and telling those ugly wenches what a great guy he is because he wants to punch Trump in the face for being a bully.

It wasn’t like I was going to go find him and punch him in the face. But he’s got to hear it. He’s got to hear that, you know, that’s how he makes people feel. It’s not good to feel that way. It’s not good to start that stuff up, but at the same time sometimes when people are bullies like that, that’s what you have to do to shut them up. Bully them back.”

De Niro's a fraud. If he hates bully, why didn't he punch out his good buddy Harvey?

[daddy]

Amazon May Cancel £120m Robert De Niro Project Because Of Harvey Weinstein

Good.

[DebinGA]

Bingo! Yesterday, Scott Adams said we are entering the "capitulation" stage for anti-Trumpists, and expect to start hearing, "Trump does not play 3-D cheese." Enter Rick Lowry today: "Donald Trump doesn't play three-dimensional chess, as his supporters insist."

[maryrose]

Daddy:
The ripple effect of these disclosures will affect many and a lot of money will be lost.

[maryrose]

DebinGA:
They will never figure out the stategy behind President Trump's decisions
His town meetings.
He is miles ahead of them.
McConnell behind the scenes is getting over 60 conservative judges through, more than Obama's first year.
120 more openings- could change the courts for a generation.