Finally I can start using references like "French postcard situation" and "Quiet, Engles!" and people will get it. Or a half a dozen cllllaaaaaammmssssss
The dinner theater at the Hilton was trite. Full of clichés. The script, recently run at other venues, leaves the audience disappointed. Also, the bacon wrapped scallops were rubbery and the drinks, while incuded, were watered down. Can not recommend.
Kash is supposedly a hockey fan, but if he had ever strapped on a pair of skates and headed out onto the ice he would have quickly become acquainted with the boards.
Not newsing today - all I have planned is an hour of Schitt's Creek later...
But during the Mango's presser from the White House, one reporter asked (paraphrasing) "Why do people keep trying to kill you?". And instead of actually getting it he answered in his narcissistic haze something about assassins always attacking only the BEST presidents. Just LOL, gag, same-old-same-old. Barf.
So how come Secret Service didn't let him raise a triumphant fist in the air this time and scream "fight, fight, fight!" Yeah, I'm now in on the Butler conspiracy, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
“I picked the title for this piece ('Inside Job') before last night’s events at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. (I name my articles after songs that come to mind when I am writing them; Pearl Jam got the gig this week).
I spoke with a close, lifelong friend who was inside the Hilton ballroom last night attending the evening’s festivities. An old school Washington reporter who wisely keeps himself out of the story and has many decades of experience covering the White House and federal agencies over several administrations, this friend I’ve known since my own days working as a bike messenger on Capitol Hill, beginning in late 1989 through the early nineties. A different DC, indeed.
It was good to get an inside take, to go along with what I observed on TV and am seeing online in the aftermath. The calm demeanor of the President sitting on the dais as shots rang out from outside the ballroom was juxtaposed to folks throwing chairs to block the aisles and ducking under tables for safety.
My friend ran to the kitchen and in the heat of the moment observed that in the chaos and confusion, with screaming law enforcement barking orders and looking for potential active shooters, one thing became certain - the show was not gonna go on. Despite Trump’s wishes to capitalize on the moment - he knows ratings gold when he sees it.
Instead, he used a smiling press conference at the White House for his self-aggrandizing take on his latest assassination attempt and as an opportunity to compare himself, yet again to Abraham Lincoln. And of course, to plug his ballroom (of which a U.S. District Judge had recently ordered a halt on above-ground construction). This will obviously help Trump to push back against that ruling.
It would have been a great opportunity to slip in an unexpected question about Jeffrey Epstein (especially with Melania in the briefing room, two weeks after her own bizarre ‘Epstein Files’ presser that received zero follow up in the mainstream media) or the recent revelations about an apparent Pentagon cover up (Hegseth was in briefing room as well) of extensive bombing of U.S. military bases in Iran by the White House press corps that was set to be feted that very evening.
But alas, they chose to ask POTUS about his bravery.
Trust me when I tell you again - the man doesn’t have a brave bone in his body and he should never be given the benefit of the doubt. Nobody has the seeming narrative-changing luck he regularly receives when his poll numbers dip, and often the events that happen around him strain credulity and conveniently occur outside the boundaries of standard protocol.
I hope this latest act of attempted violence, which I always abhor and admonish, receives greater scrutiny in the press than his last two; we need to be able to trust in our institutions again, and in a way, that trusts seems farther away than ever in the minds of the American public.” https://noelcasler.substack.com/p/inside-job?r=123zax&utm_medium=ios
Precisely. This dinner is put on by the White House Correspondents' Association and is not some kind of govt function. Not that I would expect Stinky to know that.
***But here’s the thing: Getting past that security was comically easy. All you had to do was show — not even a ticket to the dinner, or even any of the pre-parties — but just some sort of evidence that you had business inside the Hilton on Saturday night.
In my case, it was a photo of the invitation to the Fox News pre-party. There was no QR code or anything. It was an image that would’ve taken someone with even a passing knowledge of Photoshop about 10 minutes to cobble together. Both gatekeepers I encountered took one quick glance at the photo I produced and were satisfied. They let me pass without issue.***
Disagree with the headline on that. You can't expect them to shut down the entire fucking hotel because the president is in there. There was clearly another, tighter security checkpoint closer to the event, but not close enough for the attempted shooter to get into the event itself.
Especially since Trump didn't accept the invitation until the last minute. The previous arrangements for the event were pretty well settled months ago. Meanwhile, the rest of the hotel had no reason to stop functioning as if it was a normal Saturday.
"President Donald Trump and officials in his administration were the likely targets of a suspect who fired on a security agent guarding the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday."
You mean the same guy who "interviewed" Ghislaine Maxwell and moved her to a luxury prison, the one who is covering up the Trump- Epstein files, the one who used to be his personal attorney? That guy? Yeah, he's credible.
Finally I can start using references like "French postcard situation" and "Quiet, Engles!" and people will get it. Or a half a dozen cllllaaaaaammmssssss
Trump still gets a "me me me me" day, so that's a win . . .
For him and literally no one else 😭.
The dinner theater at the Hilton was trite. Full of clichés. The script, recently run at other venues, leaves the audience disappointed. Also, the bacon wrapped scallops were rubbery and the drinks, while incuded, were watered down. Can not recommend.
This is why I just stay home.
White House Correspondents’ Assassination Dinner!
Let's make it "trend"!
Maybe we should wait until the Federal Bureau of Inebriation closes the file.
Big question is, will the DoJ do anything about all the SS guys coming to work next week in Ferraris having scored on Polymarket ? . . .
LOLOLOLOL https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8Sm7!,w_1200,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff48005cd-2b0b-4020-acc4-cd53a7be80bb_814x831.jpeg
Kash is supposedly a hockey fan, but if he had ever strapped on a pair of skates and headed out onto the ice he would have quickly become acquainted with the boards.
Actually Patel volunteered as a youth and high school hockey coach in DC for a couple years.
The boards of piece.
This a presidency of Dude Bros.
Confederacy of Dunces works too. Sorry 'bout that JK Toole.
that novel is hilarious, these current events are not
Not newsing today - all I have planned is an hour of Schitt's Creek later...
But during the Mango's presser from the White House, one reporter asked (paraphrasing) "Why do people keep trying to kill you?". And instead of actually getting it he answered in his narcissistic haze something about assassins always attacking only the BEST presidents. Just LOL, gag, same-old-same-old. Barf.
I am very suspicious that this so-called mentalist didn't give anyone a heads up. Must have been busy bending spoons and such.
I believe this mentalist focuses on fraud mind-reading, not fraud future-telling.
It's all bread and circuses, without the bread.
Oh there's bread alright, but not for such as we. Bread, dough, cake, clams, lettuce, bacon, cabbage, cheddar...moola!
The clams are canned!
🤣🤪🩲🙌
In summation, the White House is better at holding an impromptu press conference moments after a crisis than they are at attending a dinner . . .
Boy, bye!
𝗢𝗿𝗯𝗮́𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9v1wll8qqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Magyar should have appointed him ambassador to Ukraine.
So how come Secret Service didn't let him raise a triumphant fist in the air this time and scream "fight, fight, fight!" Yeah, I'm now in on the Butler conspiracy, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Trump totally should have raised a chicken drumstick in defiance.
I'd buy THAT cologne !!! . . .
slander
Have I been saying this expression wrong the whole time? Good for the slander?
What’s good for the fleece is good for the slander.
I've finally broken my daughter from saying "It's a blessing in the skies."
You've got to nip that kind of thing in the butt before it gets taken for granite.
Due to the law of conservation of malapropisms, I've now started saying that.
With diamonds?
Good morning 😩 . . .
NoelCaslerComedy @caslernoel
“I picked the title for this piece ('Inside Job') before last night’s events at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. (I name my articles after songs that come to mind when I am writing them; Pearl Jam got the gig this week).
I spoke with a close, lifelong friend who was inside the Hilton ballroom last night attending the evening’s festivities. An old school Washington reporter who wisely keeps himself out of the story and has many decades of experience covering the White House and federal agencies over several administrations, this friend I’ve known since my own days working as a bike messenger on Capitol Hill, beginning in late 1989 through the early nineties. A different DC, indeed.
It was good to get an inside take, to go along with what I observed on TV and am seeing online in the aftermath. The calm demeanor of the President sitting on the dais as shots rang out from outside the ballroom was juxtaposed to folks throwing chairs to block the aisles and ducking under tables for safety.
My friend ran to the kitchen and in the heat of the moment observed that in the chaos and confusion, with screaming law enforcement barking orders and looking for potential active shooters, one thing became certain - the show was not gonna go on. Despite Trump’s wishes to capitalize on the moment - he knows ratings gold when he sees it.
Instead, he used a smiling press conference at the White House for his self-aggrandizing take on his latest assassination attempt and as an opportunity to compare himself, yet again to Abraham Lincoln. And of course, to plug his ballroom (of which a U.S. District Judge had recently ordered a halt on above-ground construction). This will obviously help Trump to push back against that ruling.
It would have been a great opportunity to slip in an unexpected question about Jeffrey Epstein (especially with Melania in the briefing room, two weeks after her own bizarre ‘Epstein Files’ presser that received zero follow up in the mainstream media) or the recent revelations about an apparent Pentagon cover up (Hegseth was in briefing room as well) of extensive bombing of U.S. military bases in Iran by the White House press corps that was set to be feted that very evening.
But alas, they chose to ask POTUS about his bravery.
Trust me when I tell you again - the man doesn’t have a brave bone in his body and he should never be given the benefit of the doubt. Nobody has the seeming narrative-changing luck he regularly receives when his poll numbers dip, and often the events that happen around him strain credulity and conveniently occur outside the boundaries of standard protocol.
I hope this latest act of attempted violence, which I always abhor and admonish, receives greater scrutiny in the press than his last two; we need to be able to trust in our institutions again, and in a way, that trusts seems farther away than ever in the minds of the American public.” https://noelcasler.substack.com/p/inside-job?r=123zax&utm_medium=ios
10:41 AM · Apr 26, 2026
https://xcancel.com/caslernoel/status/2048412131054244221
He won't even fire someone in person.
Just a reminder-this event was not a state dinner. There is no reason whatsoever to hold it at the White House, ballroom or no ballroom.
Precisely. This dinner is put on by the White House Correspondents' Association and is not some kind of govt function. Not that I would expect Stinky to know that.
Huh.
***But here’s the thing: Getting past that security was comically easy. All you had to do was show — not even a ticket to the dinner, or even any of the pre-parties — but just some sort of evidence that you had business inside the Hilton on Saturday night.
In my case, it was a photo of the invitation to the Fox News pre-party. There was no QR code or anything. It was an image that would’ve taken someone with even a passing knowledge of Photoshop about 10 minutes to cobble together. Both gatekeepers I encountered took one quick glance at the photo I produced and were satisfied. They let me pass without issue.***
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/i-was-inside-the-washington-hilton-tonight-the-security-was-downright-awful/
Disagree with the headline on that. You can't expect them to shut down the entire fucking hotel because the president is in there. There was clearly another, tighter security checkpoint closer to the event, but not close enough for the attempted shooter to get into the event itself.
Especially since Trump didn't accept the invitation until the last minute. The previous arrangements for the event were pretty well settled months ago. Meanwhile, the rest of the hotel had no reason to stop functioning as if it was a normal Saturday.
See Garrett Graff's discussion about the security. https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/a-quick-analysis-of-last-night-s-shooting
Clear and referenced. The hotel is a hotel, not a secure location.
Reuters is ON it.
"President Donald Trump and officials in his administration were the likely targets of a suspect who fired on a security agent guarding the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday."
You mean the same guy who "interviewed" Ghislaine Maxwell and moved her to a luxury prison, the one who is covering up the Trump- Epstein files, the one who used to be his personal attorney? That guy? Yeah, he's credible.
Librarian Bunday Bunny https://bsky.app/profile/dailybunnies.bsky.social/post/3mk36yhjovc2r
Where are all the travel books about Australia?
Is bunny marsupial-curious? ; )
Probably has several thousand relatives there.