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Title: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ridingthegrange on August 24, 2020, 08:52:43 PM
There's something that I've been struggling to decipher for a long time with these hard right, white male, mostly younger (except Roger Stone) zealots that I've been watching for years.  What is up with that smirk they display while spewing their vitriol?

Is it "I know the secret handshake?", or what?  Just watching Matt Gaetz, for a minute, I was reminded of this again.  It's something I first noticed in the early 70's on the Young Republicans on campus.  The Omega House, Neidermeyer and Marmalard, had it.  The "Contract on America" poofs had it.  Joffrey Baratheon had it.  And yes, it could be seen in Charlottesville.  Anyone else notice this?
 
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on August 24, 2020, 11:14:23 PM
I always just assumed it was the condescending confidence that comes with believing one is innately superior in both form and function to those who have a different perspective.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: fucking on August 25, 2020, 02:03:22 AM
I just have to point out, again, that these people are not "right wing."
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: illiniray on August 27, 2020, 02:19:28 PM
I just have to point out, again, that these people are not "right wing."

Why do you say that?   

Some call them the 'alternative right.' They are from the nationalist populist wing of conservatism. Alternative because the globalist pluralist wing had been the mainstream of conservatism since, well,  the Great Depression? WWW II?  I see the Alt-right as the contemporary heirs of the Know Nothing American Party, the Second KKK, the America First Committee, the John Birch Society,  the Reform Party, and  the Tea Party.

George Will type conservatives still exist, but the mainstream Republican Party is now more or less the same as the JBS. Guys like Will have no place to go. 

I think the shit eating grin or smug smirk reflects a phony sense of superiority that comes from (sometimes covertly) aligning with xenophobic and white supremacist ideologies.   
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: fucking on August 27, 2020, 03:36:19 PM
Yes, but it's not "right-wing."
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: illiniray on August 27, 2020, 05:09:53 PM
Definition of right wing
1: the rightist division of a group or party
2: RIGHT sense 8

8a often capitalized : individuals professing support of the established order and favoring traditional attitudes and practices and conservative governmental policies
b often capitalized : a conservative position

Definition of alt-right
: a right-wing, primarily online political movement or grouping based in the U.S. whose members reject mainstream conservative politics and espouse extremist beliefs and policies typically centered on ideas of white nationalism
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on August 27, 2020, 11:02:20 PM
Last night my entire table eagerly overheard an animated argument unfolding at an adjacent outdoor patio table after golf league.

The retired State’s Attorney said Trump was the worst thing to happen to America since the Civil War, amongst other lesser but still serious “repealing the n-word’s legislature just for the sake of repealing the n-word’s legislature” charges regarding  the destruction of ACA. He also lauded Mitt Romney for standing up and calling Trump a cancer when no one else had the balls to do so.

He finished his rant by slamming his fist on the table and sending someone’s drink flying.

The doctor directly across the table leaned back in his charge and calmly said, “You’ve always been a hell of an attorney, ___, you can’t even answer my question.”

Wish I would have heard the question but entertaining nonetheless.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on August 28, 2020, 07:32:46 AM
Did he say a) "n-word" or THE actual n-word and b) "legislation" or "legislature"? Guessing maybe you had a few at golf league....
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on August 28, 2020, 09:06:43 AM
He said the actual n word paired with the word “legislation” (legislature was a typo on my part) implying that the sole reason ACA was a target for dismantling was because it was the crowning work of the n-word president that preceded Trump.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on August 28, 2020, 12:09:23 PM
He said the actual n word paired with the word “legislation” (legislature was a typo on my part) implying that the sole reason ACA was a target for dismantling was because it was the crowning work of the n-word president that preceded Trump.

Wow. Guessing not many Black people play or work at the club.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on August 28, 2020, 01:12:14 PM
Maybe I’m not communicating this well.

He wasn’t saying it in a derogatory sense...he was essentially speaking his version of Trump’s psyche aloud, using the n word to emphasize Trump’s racism.

If a black person were sitting there at the same table I don’t think they’d have been upset and would in fact have agreed with him.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: fucking on August 28, 2020, 01:22:07 PM
Maybe I’m not communicating this well.

It's arguably the worst communication in the short history of this awful forum. You also WW'd "changes."

EDIT: Or maybe you didn't. It's actually impossible to tell, given the incoherence of the post.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on August 28, 2020, 02:03:18 PM
Maybe I’m not communicating this well.

He wasn’t saying it in a derogatory sense...he was essentially speaking his version of Trump’s psyche aloud, using the n word to emphasize Trump’s racism.

If a black person were sitting there at the same table I don’t think they’d have been upset and would in fact have agreed with him.

I think I understand.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on August 28, 2020, 02:04:52 PM
Maybe I’m not communicating this well.

It's arguably the worst communication in the short history of this awful forum. You also WW'd "changes."

EDIT: Or maybe you didn't. It's actually impossible to tell, given the incoherence of the post.

Like I said, I thought maybe Custard had a couple of beverages at the 19th Hole after golf league.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: fucking on August 28, 2020, 02:42:37 PM
Like I said, I thought maybe Custard had a couple of beverages at the 19th Hole after golf league.

I have no problem with drunk. Hell, I'm drunk RIGHT NOW!

I have a problem with incoherence. Fucking (sic) read your own god damned message before you click the Post button. Jesus.

Also: If this board doesn't clean up its QUOTE action, it will die. You people are not merely the laziest and stupidest; you're also ... oh, fuck it.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on August 28, 2020, 02:51:52 PM
Like I said, I thought maybe Custard had a couple of beverages at the 19th Hole after golf league.

I have no problem with drunk. Hell, I'm drunk RIGHT NOW!

I have a problem with incoherence. Fucking (sic) read your own god damned message before you click the Post button. Jesus.

Also: If this board doesn't clean up its QUOTE action, it will die. You people are not merely the laziest and stupidest; you're also ... oh, fuck it.

Maybe he was driving while posting after having a few beverages? Kudos on day drinking!
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: illiniray on August 28, 2020, 04:40:53 PM
Also: If this board doesn't clean up its QUOTE action, it will die. You people are not merely the laziest and stupidest; you're also ... oh, fuck it.

Oh quotation master. Should I use the quote function when quoting sources, or only when  quoting other posters and commenters?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: illiniray on August 28, 2020, 05:15:52 PM
So this retired States Atty was suggesting that Trump was repealing or trying to repeal Obama era legislation just because of Obama's skin color? Gasp!

What as fucking mess that entire discussion was. Obama made a couple misstatements about keeping your coverage and keeping your doctor. Republican opponents repeatedly lied through their teeth and did everything they could to sabotage the ACA. There were never any death panels and nobody was going to pay an actual fine, much less go to prison for not having health insurance.

The Dems made mistakes too. "Individual shared responsibility payment?" Gag me. It was an income tax penalty, so call it one. The penalty was poorly executed too, if you can believe what people say. Also, those expensive online "marketplaces" with government designed plans and unqualified navigators were unnecessary. Too much micromanagement.

AFAIK; we did not need to set up a new bureaucracy to handle the advance EIC payments. Payroll departments handled that. Insurance companies were already designing compliant plans, just make those eligible for the refundable tax credit financing. Insurance agencies could have handled applications for advance tax credits. They could also have worked with tax preparers to advise people who might owe a penalty.   
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: illiniray on August 28, 2020, 05:18:16 PM
Yes, but it's not "right-wing."

Quote
I have no problem with drunk. Hell, I'm drunk RIGHT NOW!

I have a problem with incoherence. Fucking (sic) read your own god damned message before you click the Post button. Jesus.

Also: If this board doesn't clean up its QUOTE action, it will die. You people are not merely the laziest and stupidest; you're also ... oh, fuck it.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on August 29, 2020, 03:28:50 AM
Tl;dr WHITE S9X!
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: fucking on August 29, 2020, 03:42:46 AM
Should I use the quote function when quoting sources, or only when  quoting other posters and commenters?
I think the QUOTE function should be employed only to highlight the hunk of text to which the writer is responding.

When quoting from outside sources, italicize the entirety of the quoted text, then add a link to the source.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on August 29, 2020, 10:51:56 AM
Should I use the quote function when quoting sources, or only when  quoting other posters and commenters?
I think the QUOTE function should be employed only to highlight the hunk of text to which the writer is responding.

When quoting from outside sources, italicize the entirety of the quoted text, then add a link to the source.

Strunk & Fucking, The Elements of Online Style,  p.10.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on August 29, 2020, 01:52:03 PM
After a long period of abstinence I partook in some Headband strain in dry herb vape form the other night and completely overdid it.

The message WAS coherent when I reread it before posting.

But having gone back and read it today...😳
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on August 29, 2020, 02:07:39 PM
Also sorry about the free no ad site that I’ve spent a couple hundred bucks on and received a total of $20 in donation revenues from.

You’ve only had like 7 months to come up with something Mr Media Guy 🤣
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: fucking on August 29, 2020, 08:21:57 PM
Who gives a shit about ad free sites?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on August 29, 2020, 10:02:30 PM
Who gives a shit about ad free sites?

Given your post count of 257 on this awful ad free site, it appears you’re on board.

When our community was in limbo and I wanted to preserve the cesspool if possible, my singular hope was to create an awful, ad free site. Like the original, but without the ads.

This site exists because we are the outcast assholes. Persecuted and oppressed for speaking the truth about Illinois Athletics. We are the victims of Illini McCarthyism.

We all know opinions are like assholes. But of all the assholes on this board, your opinion is the only one that can make me feel truly validated.

Thank you, fucking.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: fucking on August 30, 2020, 01:57:20 AM
Is there anyone other than you who gives a shit about ads?

It's three banners. You choose where to align them.

I understand the autoscroll, drop down and pop-up problems. But three banner ads?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ILLove1997 on August 30, 2020, 12:44:47 PM
Is there anyone other than you who gives a shit about ads?

It's three banners. You choose where to align them.

I understand the autoscroll, drop down and pop-up problems. But three banner ads?

I can very much appreciate not giving into the beast

Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on August 30, 2020, 02:28:11 PM
I mean, the ads and the ad thread on OG HQ were like 1/3 of the entertainment value for me but idk how to get that ad program. I actually whitelisted HQ in my ad blocker just so I could get those insanely bad ads. Unfortunately lots more sites these days are cock blocking my ad blocking
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ridingthegrange on March 30, 2021, 09:02:28 PM
There's something that I've been struggling to decipher for a long time with these hard right, white male, mostly younger (except Roger Stone) zealots that I've been watching for years.  What is up with that smirk they display while spewing their vitriol?

Is it "I know the secret handshake?", or what?  Just watching Matt Gaetz, for a minute, I was reminded of this again.

Maybe we have an answer here?  What say you Mr. Gaetz?  More than a handshake?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ridingthegrange on March 30, 2021, 09:04:51 PM
the link, sorry:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-matt-gaetz-under-investigation-for-alleged-sexual-relationship-with-17-year-old-girl-report?ref=home
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on March 30, 2021, 09:08:07 PM
RTG has earned the right to put an AOTC statement in his sig.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ridingthegrange on March 30, 2021, 09:38:39 PM
Even if it took me 20 minutes to find the earlier post?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on March 30, 2021, 10:28:53 PM
It isn’t how long it took you to find the AOTC post. The AOTC post’s time stamp takes ultimate precedent.

I also find your post irredeemably racist. Underlying tones of sexism as well. Shape up or ship out, cadet.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ridingthegrange on March 30, 2021, 10:50:35 PM
It isn’t how long it took you to find the AOTC post. The AOTC post’s time stamp takes ultimate precedent.

I also find your post irredeemably racist. Underlying tones of sexism as well. Shape up or ship out, cadet.

Why thank you!  I didn't even delve into the forbidden p-phile profile.  Although, if the shoe fits.....
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on March 30, 2021, 10:55:43 PM
Sorry I thought you were tempo
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ridingthegrange on March 30, 2021, 11:08:08 PM
And I was thinking you weren't.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on March 30, 2021, 11:09:11 PM
Please accept my apologies
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on March 31, 2021, 07:28:14 AM
There's a reason behind the DOJ leak to the NYT. 
What's the reason ?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on March 31, 2021, 07:43:19 AM
There's a reason behind the DOJ leak to the NYT. 
What's the reason ?

He actually had his people do it as he is apparently about to be indicted?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on March 31, 2021, 08:34:19 AM
He actually had his people do it as he is apparently about to be indicted?
He had his own people interfere in a DOJ investigation about an indictment that is going to happen anyway ?
Hey, let's get my upcoming indictment out in the media before somebody else does ? 
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on March 31, 2021, 08:37:22 AM
own people

Come on guys this isn’t the antebellum south
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on March 31, 2021, 08:37:38 AM
He had his own people interfere in a DOJ investigation about an indictment that is going to happen anyway ?
Hey, let's get my upcoming indictment out in the media before somebody else does ?

It allowed him to go on Tucker Carlson and, besides making Tucker uncomfortable, get his blackmail story out before the indictment.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ridingthegrange on March 31, 2021, 08:50:11 AM
It allowed him to go on Tucker Carlson and, besides making Tucker uncomfortable, get his blackmail story out before the indictment.

I think you're on to something here.  Watch all the GOP support he doesn't get.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on March 31, 2021, 09:11:02 AM
 Interfering with a DOJ investigation regarding his own indictment isn't the 1st thing that comes to my mind.
'Geez. I'm going to get indicted. I'll fool them.'

'I'll do it on national tv too. They'll never know what hit them.'
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on March 31, 2021, 09:20:28 AM
Interfering with a DOJ investigation regarding his own indictment isn't the 1st thing that comes to my mind.
'Geez. I'm going to get indicted. I'll fool them.'

'I'll do it on national tv too. They'll never know what hit them.'

Just because G. Gordon Liddy died, it does not mean such "maneuverings" went with him.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ridingthegrange on March 31, 2021, 09:47:13 AM
Interfering with a DOJ investigation regarding his own indictment isn't the 1st thing that comes to my mind.
'Geez. I'm going to get indicted. I'll fool them.'

'I'll do it on national tv too. They'll never know what hit them.'

Politicians are rumored to distract occasionally. 
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: illiniray on March 31, 2021, 04:34:22 PM
Just because G. Gordon Liddy died, it does not mean such "maneuverings" went with him.

Someone once asked Liddy what was the lesson of Watergate. His frank reply went something like 'never work with people like John Dean.'
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: illiniray on March 31, 2021, 04:42:57 PM
Interfering with a DOJ investigation regarding his own indictment isn't the 1st thing that comes to my mind.
'Geez. I'm going to get indicted. I'll fool them.'

'I'll do it on national tv too. They'll never know what hit them.'

He's playing the victim card like any good Republicant.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on March 31, 2021, 05:39:39 PM
It's weird. I'm not sure I understand saying the potential charging body has exonerating evidence if there's no basis for that.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on March 31, 2021, 06:00:59 PM
It's weird. I'm not sure I understand saying the potential charging body has exonerating evidence if there's no basis for that.

How quaint!
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: illiniray on March 31, 2021, 06:05:39 PM
I wonder why defendants often say they are innocent / being framed if it Isn't true?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on March 31, 2021, 08:37:55 PM
They all do. Saying the DOJ has exonerating information before there are any charges isnt something you see every day.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: murphstahoe on March 31, 2021, 09:37:53 PM
It's weird. I'm not sure I understand saying the potential charging body has exonerating evidence if there's no basis for that.
He learned from Mike Lindell
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on March 31, 2021, 09:41:38 PM
They all do. Saying the DOJ has exonerating information before there are any charges isnt something you see every day.

Shouldn't "exonerating information" be in quotes?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on March 31, 2021, 09:47:22 PM
Shouldn't "exonerating information" be in quotes?
I can't "yes", or "no".
If I say Gaetz called it exonerating info, I would guess not. If I'm the one referring to the info, then I would say it probably should.
That's the best I can do.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on March 31, 2021, 09:48:43 PM
I can't "yes", or "no".
If I say Gaetz called it exonerating info, I would guess not. If I'm the one referring to the info, then I would say it probably should.
That's the best I can do.

Looking forward to hearing the tapes with the lawyer/alleged schemer.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on April 01, 2021, 08:18:41 AM
https://www.spytalk.co/p/gaetz-extortion-figures-levinson?r=2hta&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy

This purported scheme does nothing to exonerate Gaetz from the purported underlying charges.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on April 01, 2021, 11:13:28 AM
This purported scheme makes me wonder if this story might get quietly disappeared, in the interests of all.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: alum74 on April 01, 2021, 11:32:53 AM
When the feds are asking questions about where you put your wee-wee?

Yes you’re in real trouble.

Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on April 01, 2021, 11:50:08 AM
This purported scheme makes me wonder if this story might get quietly disappeared, in the interests of all.

The blackmail scheme actually has zero to do with the underlying investigation. The scheme does make it more and more likely Gaetz leaked the investigation to the press to steal the schemers' thunder.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on April 01, 2021, 12:17:46 PM
Time will tell if there are charges filed against Gaetz.

It's a weird story. What if Levinsons death would have been announced tomorrow, resurrection on Sunday, and rescue on Monday ?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ridingthegrange on April 01, 2021, 12:37:09 PM
Liz Cheney says buh-bye!
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on April 01, 2021, 10:11:14 PM
https://www.thedailybeast.com/women-say-rep-matt-gaetz-paid-them-for-sex-report-says

Oh boy
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: alum74 on April 01, 2021, 10:37:43 PM
drip...drip...drip
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on April 02, 2021, 08:01:19 AM
Which is worse, Jerry Springer paying a hooker via check, or Gaetz paying them via apps?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on April 02, 2021, 08:04:23 AM
Wonder if Gaetz has "eaten" at Comet Ping Pong....figures it is always the wack job Republicans who project this shit.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on April 02, 2021, 11:21:48 AM
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/01/politics/matt-gaetz-campaign-funds-investigation/index.html

According to one of the people familiar with the matter, an employee at the tax collector's office saw Greenberg and Gaetz on internal office surveillance video looking through driver licenses on a weekend evening.

In a text message exchange shared with CNN that the source said was between Greenberg and the employee, Greenberg confirmed he was in the office "showing congressman Gaetz what our operation looked like."

That witness shared the information with prosecutors from the local US attorney's office and US Secret Service agents investigating Greenberg's case in January 2020, the person familiar with the matter said.

The Secret Service regularly investigates federal financial crimes. There is no indication that the IDs seen being handled in the video were used for unlawful purposes.

***

Well guess it was good they were using the database to allegedly sell fake IDs and not troll underage chicks.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on April 02, 2021, 12:34:25 PM
Is this one of those 'sources familiar with the matter said', 'anonymous sources not authorized to discuss  ....', or 'also corroborated by other news sources' top secret thingamajobbers ?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on April 02, 2021, 12:45:27 PM
Is this one of those 'sources familiar with the matter said', 'anonymous sources not authorized to discuss  ....', or 'also corroborated by other news sources' top secret thingamajobbers ?

It is the one who allegedly reported it to the Feds.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on April 02, 2021, 02:03:29 PM
Is allegedly supposed to be in quotes. ?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on April 02, 2021, 06:41:03 PM
Is allegedly supposed to be in quotes. ?

No, but Moxie may be an 17 year old intern he allegedly bedded though!
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on September 03, 2021, 08:53:42 AM
An indictment in the smirker's case....
"A Florida developer and fraud convict was arrested Tuesday on a charge that he tried to extort $25 million from the father of Rep. Matt Gaetz in exchange for a presidential pardon that would shut down a high-profile, criminal sex-trafficking investigation into the Republican congressman.
Stephen Alford, 62, of Fort Walton Beach, was indicted on charges of wire fraud and destruction of property subject to a seizure warrant."
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/31/man-charged-extortion-gaetz-508122
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ridingthegrange on November 18, 2021, 10:23:04 AM
https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-gaetz-hire-kyle-rittenhouse-congressional-intern-2021-11

Uh-Oh, someone's feeling safe enough to peek out of his hole
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: murphstahoe on November 19, 2021, 12:49:21 PM
https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-gaetz-hire-kyle-rittenhouse-congressional-intern-2021-11

Uh-Oh, someone's feeling safe enough to peek out of his hole

Is Rittenhouse even a high school graduate?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Chickengeorge on December 09, 2021, 07:06:08 PM
oops

(https://www.newsmax.com/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=1945fbed-dabf-4a4c-a6c0-9f49027995df&SiteName=Newsmax&maxsidesize=600)
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ridingthegrange on June 24, 2022, 12:25:00 PM
Let's not forget about the smirker in all the uproar over Roe:

"It happened after the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol revealed that the lawmaker was one of at least five members of Congress who attempted to get pardons from then-President Donald Trump for their roles in helping Trump attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

But Gaetz wanted his pardon to be a lot broader than his role in Trump’s election fraud, according to Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

She told the committee that Gaetz had been pushing for a pardon since early December, according to Business Insider.

Former White House senior adviser Eric Herschmann told the committee that the “general tone” of the pardon request revolved around the idea that “We may get prosecuted because we were defensive of, you know, the president’s positions on these things.”

However, Herschmann noted that the pardon Gaetz was angling for may have been intended to also protect him from the sex trafficking investigation swirling around him.

“The pardon that he was discussing, requesting, was as broad as you could describe, from... the beginning of time up until today, for any and all things,” Herschmann told the committee."
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: IlliniGolf on July 21, 2022, 12:29:39 AM
Enes Kanter 😍
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ridingthegrange on November 13, 2024, 03:49:48 PM
Let's not forget about the smirker in all the uproar over Roe:

"It happened after the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol revealed that the lawmaker was one of at least five members of Congress who attempted to get pardons from then-President Donald Trump for their roles in helping Trump attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

But Gaetz wanted his pardon to be a lot broader than his role in Trump’s election fraud, according to Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

She told the committee that Gaetz had been pushing for a pardon since early December, according to Business Insider.

Former White House senior adviser Eric Herschmann told the committee that the “general tone” of the pardon request revolved around the idea that “We may get prosecuted because we were defensive of, you know, the president’s positions on these things.”

However, Herschmann noted that the pardon Gaetz was angling for may have been intended to also protect him from the sex trafficking investigation swirling around him.

“The pardon that he was discussing, requesting, was as broad as you could describe, from... the beginning of time up until today, for any and all things,” Herschmann told the committee."

So Trump wants pedophile Gaetz to be his AG?  It has nothing to do with trying to destroy DOJ documents on Trump, Gaetz and Epstein right?  All those concerned with the menstrual products in school bathrooms should be more worried about not having condoms and Plan B. 
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 03:57:25 PM
So Trump wants pedophile Gaetz to be his AG?  It has nothing to do with trying to destroy DOJ documents on Trump, Gaetz and Epstein right?  All those concerned with the menstrual products in school bathrooms should be more worried about not having condoms and Plan B.

Looking forward to Judge Judy’s response.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 04:06:59 PM
So Trump wants pedophile Gaetz to be his AG?  It has nothing to do with trying to destroy DOJ documents on Trump, Gaetz and Epstein right?  All those concerned with the menstrual products in school bathrooms should be more worried about not having condoms and Plan B.

The Trolling of the Progressives has only just commenced.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 04:21:47 PM
The Trolling of the Progressives has only just commenced.

Sounds like our resident moderate Democrat approves. What’s your thoughts on End of Times Huckabee being appointed as Ambassador to Israel?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: alum74 on November 13, 2024, 04:26:14 PM
So Trump wants pedophile Gaetz to be his AG?  It has nothing to do with trying to destroy DOJ documents on Trump, Gaetz and Epstein right?  All those concerned with the menstrual products in school bathrooms should be more worried about not having condoms and Plan B.

I guess this is one way to calm things down in the House.  But you're just spreading disorder elsewhere.  Clearly Trump is following Bannon adage of "flood the zone with shit."  This may even be a bridge too far for the next Senate.

Looking forward to Doris Keane Goodwin's new book: "Team of Retards."
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 04:42:34 PM
Sounds like our resident moderate Democrat approves. What’s your thoughts on End of Times Huckabee being appointed as Ambassador to Israel?

No. Gaetz sounds like he should be in jail along with Trump and Pritzker. But there is no point in losing my shit over it given there are over 4 years to go.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 04:43:23 PM
What’s your thoughts on End of Times Huckabee being appointed as Ambassador to Israel?

Who cares? Do ambassadors do anything but hang out?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 04:44:09 PM
I guess this is one way to calm things down in the House.  But you're just spreading disorder elsewhere.  Clearly Trump is following Bannon adage of "flood the zone with shit."  This may even be a bridge too far for the next Senate.

Looking forward to Doris Keane Goodwin's new book: "Team of Retards."

I do not think she would use the R-word despite her age.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 05:19:01 PM
Who cares? Do ambassadors do anything but hang out?

Now the guy who has an opinion EVERYTHING says “who cares?!”
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 05:39:51 PM
Now the guy who has an opinion EVERYTHING says “who cares?!”

That is still an opinion.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 05:44:25 PM
Pretty amazing you wouldn’t have an opinion on the Ambassador to Israel. How convenient.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ILLove1997 on November 13, 2024, 06:21:33 PM
Sounds like our resident moderate Democrat approves. What’s your thoughts on End of Times Huckabee being appointed as Ambassador to Israel?

https://www.politico.com/story/2011/02/huckabee-at-home-abroad-in-israel-049750

he's done his pledge of allegiance

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Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 06:22:58 PM
Pretty amazing you wouldn’t have an opinion on the Ambassador to Israel. How convenient.

I should have placed the word “radical” in front of Ambassador. My bad.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: murphstahoe on November 13, 2024, 07:28:06 PM
I guess this is one way to calm things down in the House.  But you're just spreading disorder elsewhere.  Clearly Trump is following Bannon adage of "flood the zone with shit."  This may even be a bridge too far for the next Senate.

Looking forward to Doris Keane Goodwin's new book: "Team of Retards."

It would be excellent to let him take the AG spot then fire his ass quickly. That hastens his path to a spot on Fox And Friends where he belongs.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: murphstahoe on November 13, 2024, 07:29:35 PM
Sounds like our resident moderate Democrat approves. What’s your thoughts on End of Times Huckabee being appointed as Ambassador to Israel?

I'm sure Huck is very excited to go to Israel and teach them that the best Testament is the New Testament
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 07:40:43 PM
I'm sure Huck is very excited to go to Israel and teach them that the best Testament is the New Testament

He wants us all to meet Jesus. ASAP.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 08:14:45 PM
Who the fuck cares about ambassadors? Plenty to care about instead of dumbassed shit like that.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 08:22:48 PM
Yeah, who cares about relations with Israel..they're gonna do what they want regardless. PAMan has shown an open disdain for right-wing Christians; even ranting time and time and again about Trump supporting Christian GOLFERS. Appoint an end of times right-wing Trumper to Ambassador of Israel and it's crickets. PAMan is always full of the most predictable surprises.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 08:25:07 PM
Yeah, who cares about relations with Israel..they're gonna do what they want regardless. PAMan has shown an open disdain for right-wing Christians; even ranting time and time and again about Trump supporting Christian GOLFERS. Appoint an end of times right-wing Trumper to Ambassador of Israel and it's crickets. PAMan is always full of the most predictable surprises.

If you think Ambassador Hucklbee will have anything to do with anything, you are not very smart. But we all knew that.

Please tell us all the very important things Rahm did as ambassador to Japan.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 08:29:11 PM
If you think Ambassador Hucklbee will have anything to do with anything, you are not very smart. But we all knew that.

Please tell us all the very important things Rahm did as ambassador to Japan.

He’s representative of the fact that Trump will let Israel do whatever they want, whenever they want. And Huckabee wants you to meet Jesus. Sooner rather than later.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 08:30:51 PM
Is Japan engaged in acts of war in a highly volatile part of the world?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 08:31:38 PM
If you think Ambassador Hucklbee will have anything to do with anything, you are not very smart. But we all knew that.

Please tell us all the very important things Rahm did as ambassador to Japan.

But please rant again about how Scottie Scheffler should be rotting in jail.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 08:32:57 PM
The point is, he loves it when Israel does whatever the fuck they want whenever they want. So of course you’re not going to criticize him.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 08:33:07 PM
He’s representative of the fact that Trump will let Israel do whatever they want, whenever they want. And Huckabee wants you to meet Jesus. Sooner rather than later.

You really didn't know that before he declared his choice for ambassador?

Again, please tell us about all the things Rahm did as Japanese ambassador.

I'll give you a hint. Nothing. It was a paid vacation and got Rahm out of the country where he could not meddle; i.e., remind Biden who the fuck elected him.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 08:33:53 PM
Even though he’s an extreme right-wing Christian Trumper.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 08:34:02 PM
But please rant again about how Scottie Scheffler should be rotting in jail.

He assaulted a cop and ignored police orders as they were scraping a dead guy off the ground.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 08:34:31 PM
You really didn't know that before he declared his choice for ambassador?

Again, please tell us about all the things Rahm did as Japanese ambassador.

I'll give you a hint. Nothing. It was a paid vacation and got Rahm out of the country where he could not meddle; i.e., remind Biden who the fuck elected him.

Of course I knew that. My point is you hate people like Huckabee, until you don’t.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 08:35:08 PM
Let’s hear you criticize him.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 08:35:34 PM
The point is, he loves it when Israel does whatever the fuck they want whenever they want. So of course you’re not going to criticize him.

He is completely irrelevant to every point you are raising.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 08:36:24 PM
Let’s hear you criticize him.

He's a hypocritical piece of shit. That he is ambassador is probably helpful since he will have zero influence.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 08:36:39 PM
He is completely irrelevant to every point you are raising.

That Trump loving Scottie Scheffler should be rotting in jail!
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 08:38:30 PM
Is Japan engaged in acts of war in a highly volatile part of the world?

They are very important economically, don't you think?

Who was Biden' Most Imortant Ambassador?
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 08:39:03 PM
That Trump loving Scottie Scheffler should be rotting in jail!

Yep. Criminal who was let off easy.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 08:39:59 PM
He's a hypocritical piece of shit. That he is ambassador is probably helpful since he will have zero influence.

Helpful as in obsequious. With Trump’s blessing, of course.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 08:43:52 PM
Helpful as in obsequious. With Trump’s blessing, of course.

Helpful as in being out of sight and out of mind.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: alum74 on November 13, 2024, 08:53:44 PM
He’s representative of the fact that Trump will let Israel do whatever they want, whenever they want. And Huckabee wants you to meet Jesus. Sooner rather than later.

Huck is a great choice.  Everyone should just Relaxium.   
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 13, 2024, 09:04:06 PM
Huck is a great choice.  Everyone should just Relaxium.

Good one, Alum!
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 13, 2024, 09:08:03 PM
Out of the people being nominated and selected for important positions he doesn’t really even flirt with the top of the most head scratching.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: murphstahoe on November 14, 2024, 11:19:29 AM
They are very important economically, don't you think?

Who was Biden' Most Imortant Ambassador?

Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: ThePAMan on November 14, 2024, 02:41:25 PM
Linda Thomas-Greenfield

That is sad if actually true.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Custard on November 14, 2024, 10:47:24 PM
The smirk is Kamala spending 10 million for Beyoncé to speak for a few minutes, ending up 20 million in the hole, and Trump offering to pay the difference with their leftover money.
Title: Re: WTF is That Smirk?
Post by: Reacher on November 15, 2024, 08:10:36 AM
The smirk is Kamala spending 10 million for Beyoncé to speak for a few minutes, ending up 20 million in the hole, and Trump offering to pay the difference with their leftover money.

Trump will pay them that money the same way he pays his contractors.