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#23502
1 hour ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Doesn't really clarify anything, but I think he says "tractors."

Maybe it was “sell to crackers..”

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…as in, “to grift”

 

#23505
15 hours ago, Texas Jeff said:

GWB:  "I can hear you! I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."

When Barack Obama and Joe Biden are in the White House. 

#23506
11 minutes ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

What does 47 order at Whataburger?

I believe the chicken taco is still on the menu

#23508
17 hours ago, The Dog said:

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I am so glad Jason Kander is taking care of this mental health, but there is a real part of me that wonders “What if?”

#23509
3 hours ago, yoladu said:

Look, either PPE is required or it's just show. this was just show.

i am not sure what the exact scope is and I assume the Fed Reserve building is old and probably has a lot of problems, but a construction cost of 2.7 billion dollars for a renovation project is pretty gonzo.

but good on Powell for calling out Trump on the 400 million dollar error.

The building’s foundations are sinking into a subterranean creek under the building and it’s basically all asbestos and lead.  There is no parking, so they had to put it underground, which is standard in dc since we have building height limits. Covid and inflation has made it super expensive. 
 

All the other gov buildings were built in the 60s-70s and are nearish to code, or got overhauled in the 80s-90s. The fed is over 100 years old and has never been overhauled/brought to standard.  If it were anything else, it would be a tear down.

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#23511
31 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

Look, either PPE is required or it's just show. this was just show.

Not replying to you Bates.

They're not wearing PPE.  They're wearing a hard hat for show.  PPE is hardhat (now pretty much unversially required with chin straps), safey vest, safety glasses, gloves and hard toed boots.

#23512
28 minutes ago, bluto said:

I hear ya on all that,… How the fuckkkkk can the project cost 50% more than jerryworld even adjusted for inflation 

I don’t disagree it’s spiraled out of control. They are basically building an entirely new building, inside the shell of two existing buildings. It probably should have been torn down and started from scratch. But then everyone would complain about design and historic character. 
 

FWIW, the overhaul of one of the House  congressional buildings is probably going to be close to a billion once all said and done. And it didn’t require a full foundation overhaul and addition of a multi story below ground garage:

Tl;dr: it’s over budget and doing historic renovations in  swamp in DC is expensive as fuck.

 

#23513

TACO!

Breaking News: The White House said it would release $5.5 billion in frozen education funds to states, reversing a decision that had sent school districts scrambling. The money will help train and recruit teachers, give extra support for children learning English and fund arts and music education. https://trib.al/sHLO4qj

 

#23514
Trump and Howard Lutnick claimed Japan agreed to fund U.S. projects and give America 90% of the profits.Japanese officials just said there is no written or binding agreement, and profits will be split based on risk and contribution.So yeah, they made it up.

 

 

#23515
50 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

They are basically building an entirely new building, inside the shell of two existing buildings. It probably should have been torn down and started from scratch. But then everyone would complain about design and historic character.

It's more than that.  The way our government works is that if they build from scratch funds are more limited.  If they are rehabbing a building they can keep going back to the well for more funds.

I was involved in the Homeland Security headquarters project way back when after 9/11 when they took the old St. Elizabeth's Hospital (mental institution) and rehabbed it.  Cost overruns everywhere but the government paid.

#23516

 

🚨Update: President Trump is signing an executive order that pushes cities and local governments to remove and relocate HOMELESS PEOPLE from the streets to treatment centers and shelters!!

Where exactly are all these treatment centers?  Alligator Asylum? 

#23518
Trump: I say two things to Europe. Stop the windmills. I really mean it. It's so sad. You fly over and you see these windmills all over the place, ruining your beautiful fields and valleys and killing your birds, and if they're stuck in the ocean ruining your oceans

 

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#23519
4 minutes ago, Pancho said:
Trump: I say two things to Europe. Stop the windmills. I really mean it. It's so sad. You fly over and you see these windmills all over the place, ruining your beautiful fields and valleys and killing your birds, and if they're stuck in the ocean ruining your oceans

 

Black Boy Wow GIF by Neesin

No doubt he'll be swinging over to Holland next for an encore.

#23523
2 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

I'd call our president a dumb dildo, but dildos are useful. he's just so goddamn dumb

Anything's a dildo if you're brave enough[/Abraham Lincoln]

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#23525
1 hour ago, The Dog said:

TACO!

Breaking News: The White House said it would release $5.5 billion in frozen education funds to states, reversing a decision that had sent school districts scrambling. The money will help train and recruit teachers, give extra support for children learning English and fund arts and music education. https://trib.al/sHLO4qj

 

Just to review: Impoundment is illegal and unconstitutional- they are simply paying out funds that were already appropriated by Congress and signed into law. 
 

More accurate headline: Trump admin reverses course on illegal and unconstitutional withholding of education funds. 
 

NYT continues to be an embarrassing disappointment- they are actively normalizing our descent into autocracy 

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#23526
44 minutes ago, Pancho said:
Trump: I say two things to Europe. Stop the windmills. I really mean it. It's so sad. You fly over and you see these windmills all over the place, ruining your beautiful fields and valleys and killing your birds, and if they're stuck in the ocean ruining your oceans

 

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#23527

I triple checked, this is actually Liz Truss' account

 

Stop the invasion and stop the windmills.President Trump saying what needs to be said to Europe.

 

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#23528
5 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

I triple checked, this is actually Liz Truss' account

 

Stop the invasion and stop the windmills.President Trump saying what needs to be said to Europe.

Never forget:

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#23530
10 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

We're well into Marvel Phase 6. I have no idea who Liz Truss is anymore.

none of us should have ever known who Liz Truss is/was.

#23532
7 hours ago, yoladu said:

Look, either PPE is required or it's just show. this was just show.

i am not sure what the exact scope is and I assume the Fed Reserve building is old and probably has a lot of problems, but a construction cost of 2.7 billion dollars for a renovation project is pretty gonzo.

but good on Powell for calling out Trump on the 400 million dollar error.

https://fortune.com/2025/07/23/federal-reserve-renovation-cost-explained/

Commenced planning during the Trump administration, and Trump appointees insisted on using marble instead of the proposed glass.  And, of course, Trump is lying his ass off about it.

#23538
2 hours ago, aggie08 said:

We're well into Marvel Phase 6. I have no idea who Liz Truss is anymore.

You need to know because if you are ever on Jeopardy and the final clue is "She was the Prime Minister when Queen Elizabeth II died", you can't write, "Who is a woman who has never been in my kitchen?" You also could not write, "Who is a woman that I have never had sexual relations with?", because the ghost of Alex Trebek would say, "I noticed you didn't say 'human woman', which would preclude the sheep that you Aggies are famous for copulating with."

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#23539
9 hours ago, Pancho said:
Reporter: Why has dollar fallen so much?Trump: A weak dollar makes you a hell of a lot more money. When we have strong dollar… you don’t do any tourism, you can’t sell crackers.

Dave Chapelle GIF by MOODMAN

 

#23540

Trump’s war on windmills started in Scotland. Now he’s taking it global  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/trump-clean-energy-war-global

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Trump will visit his Turnberry and Aberdeenshire golf courses during the Scottish trip, the latter venue being the stage of a lengthy battle by the president to halt 11 nearby offshore wind turbines. From 2011, Trump, then a reality TV star and property mogul, argued the “ugly” turbines visible from the Menie golf course were “monstrosities” that would help sink Scotland’s tourism industry.

 

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#23544

Can we just reiterate, as often as needed, this windmill bullshit and this weak dollar bullshit is merely deflection from the Epstein files?  Can we all just agree to keep saying that out loud?

#23545
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans reut.rs/3H6mYnH https://reut.rs/3H6mYnH

 

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#23547
5 hours ago, VABuckeye said:

But the fucker is a genius at deflection.

Not really. His only arguably genius move was deciding to appeal to the absolutely lowest common denominator. Nobody could've known just how common it was. 

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