Legum's description of * the feral denizens of MAGA world * had me grinning. * Now, Joe Kasper seems nice ! No, really. I heard some rumors about Seal Team Six..that unsurprisingly relayed a lot of killing.
"Kaster even volunteered to be drug tested every day for 45 days if Drop Site would pay for the tests, which is a weird thing to say to a reporter." Why yes, yes it is. [reporter takes long shower, shuts off phone for a while]
What do these people who see and report on this every day and try to make it mean something for the bosses say to each other when they're together in their watering holes?
We sit at our screens, appalled. It's got to be a whole lot worse up close and personal in real life.
Yes! The examples of young male lawyers fighting for partnership, or male junior execs vying for favored status, or pathetic infighting among any crowd of poorly socialized men like they're 13 years old – they're right there, ready to use.
true. he apparently watched lots of commercials for "that greasy kid's stuff" when he was a kid himself and it was the exact look that Pete wanted, so he could be forever young.
When you compare him to the Apricot Asshole, Pete is quite photogenic. Compare him to a normal human being, however, and gross and greasy are only a few of the adjectives I would use.
The torture they can inflict in policy implementation activates the same brain chemicals in people like that as a "calm-high"-inducing pill like a diazepam or other benny
That and a slug of the $9000 bottle of Japanese scotch that Mike Pompeo stole in one of those smoky back rooms after hours
HE'S THE SAME GUY WHO GAVE THE TREASURY CODES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GREED AND EVIL.
People said the same thing about Bill Barr. Y'all are going to have to get MUCH better at recognizing evil when it shows up in the visage of a White man in a suit.
Remember when MAGA kept telling us that despite having a professional, competent military run by intelligent, competent people and having a president that didn't believe any of the lies that came from Russia and China and who stood up to them were all signs of weakness?
Who knew they wanted a chance to show us what real incompetence and weakness look like. I'm expecting the Cubans to parachute into Colorado any time now.
Legum's description of * the feral denizens of MAGA world * had me grinning. * Now, Joe Kasper seems nice ! No, really. I heard some rumors about Seal Team Six..that unsurprisingly relayed a lot of killing.
"Does that sound like a man who is even remotely in control of anything besides the heaviness of his pours?"
Citation needed. Shaky hands be shaky.
Big boys make poopy in the big boy peener toity and then report on it to teacher!
That is how you get a star on your poopy chart and all the warfighters have stars! Hicseth’s aides are big boys like generals!
Don't worry Don't worry Don't worry Don't worry Don't worry Don't worry
(Primal scream)
--Pete Hegseth's wife
Ta, Gary. Hogsbreath is a poseur as well as a POS (and I don't mean point of sale).
Your paragraph starting with, "To sum up..." should get some sort of internet award thingie.
Very concise, very summy, just the right level of vicious.
So the leopards ate three faces off in one 24-hour period? Is that what you're telling me..."
"Kaster even volunteered to be drug tested every day for 45 days if Drop Site would pay for the tests, which is a weird thing to say to a reporter." Why yes, yes it is. [reporter takes long shower, shuts off phone for a while]
What do these people who see and report on this every day and try to make it mean something for the bosses say to each other when they're together in their watering holes?
We sit at our screens, appalled. It's got to be a whole lot worse up close and personal in real life.
I wish you would refrain from denigrated high school girls when writing about Pentagon leadership.
Yes! The examples of young male lawyers fighting for partnership, or male junior execs vying for favored status, or pathetic infighting among any crowd of poorly socialized men like they're 13 years old – they're right there, ready to use.
If there's one thing Pete knows, it's the power of positive drinking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru0TrbQew-s
Ol' Uncle Lou could teach him a thing or three hundred: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WojCz7rV2T8
Never heard that one, thanks.
Please don't call him photogenic. He is gross and greasy.
true. he apparently watched lots of commercials for "that greasy kid's stuff" when he was a kid himself and it was the exact look that Pete wanted, so he could be forever young.
Was that a Wildroot ad? It was white greasy liquid in a bottle and it stunk.
I'm not sure at this stretch of time, but I think it was either Brylcreem or Vitalis.
Brylcreem was "a little dab"ll do ya". Coulda been Vitalist. My dad used the white greasy liquid whatever it was. 🤢
Oooo, you're right...geez amazing how those sales pitches and jingles come back and turn into ear worms.
When you compare him to the Apricot Asshole, Pete is quite photogenic. Compare him to a normal human being, however, and gross and greasy are only a few of the adjectives I would use.
To be fair, compare any random earthling to the Apricot Asshole, random earthling is quite photogenic.
Repeated from downthread for emphasis
"𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒕 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰’𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓. 𝑯𝒆’𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒊𝒃𝒆."
They call that "banality of evil"
The torture they can inflict in policy implementation activates the same brain chemicals in people like that as a "calm-high"-inducing pill like a diazepam or other benny
That and a slug of the $9000 bottle of Japanese scotch that Mike Pompeo stole in one of those smoky back rooms after hours
HE'S THE SAME GUY WHO GAVE THE TREASURY CODES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GREED AND EVIL.
People said the same thing about Bill Barr. Y'all are going to have to get MUCH better at recognizing evil when it shows up in the visage of a White man in a suit.
My dentist looked exactly like Bill Barr, and it was kind of disturbing. He grew a beard, and it all went away.
Hegseth wants to executive the minimum.
https://substack.com/profile/117400549-boaty-the-plural/note/c-113118914?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1xwaud
Remember when MAGA kept telling us that despite having a professional, competent military run by intelligent, competent people and having a president that didn't believe any of the lies that came from Russia and China and who stood up to them were all signs of weakness?
Who knew they wanted a chance to show us what real incompetence and weakness look like. I'm expecting the Cubans to parachute into Colorado any time now.
"𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨 𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔?"
Lesson #1 in this utter fracas of crap:
"MAGA lies like rugs, just like most fascists"
Literally no right-thinking person should believe a word that comes out of their collective mouths
I don't buy that Hegseth is a drunk. That's a cover for his spectacular stupidity.
#include <groucho_on_chicolini.h>
You didn't see the pictures of him with that dead-eyed stare at the parties
By which parties I mean the orgiastic baccanals at his jobs before this one where he let himself be photographed looking like that
Also you might have missed the one where he addressed the gathered body politic at the UN from the podium WITH A SCOTCH IN HIS HAND
It's not just for shock value or optics. The man's a straight up alcholic and I'm not sure I'd qualify that description with "functional".
"Does that sound like a man who is even remotely in control of anything besides the heaviness of his pours?"
He is NOT in control of the heaviness of his pours, he swigs straight from the handle!