Reflection Pool-Gate

[Jimmy Higgins]

I don't have sympathy for Pirro, but this seemingly non-serious issue of the pool is actually very serious. Personally, I think jailing innocent people as part of a coverup or delusion is impeachable. This madman has got to go.

I agree to the max that there is a sickness in Trump's DOJ (and elsewhere). The Comey indictment is just as crazy (and could entail a ten year prison sentence.) The federal government is rotten to the core with this man's delusions, grievances, and vindictiveness. His lawyers, prosecutors, cabinet nominees and proxies go on TV and repeat his insane lies. Everyone who can think knows these are lies. Just last month Pirro, Clayton, and Blanche did this. We have a country run by a party without an ounce of integrity, which is complacent when anyone who criticizes the ruler (or makes a convenient villain, as Hearn did) can be targeted and prosecuted. Pirro was quite happy to threaten Hearn with prison until she realized that the case would result, most probably, in her disbarment. What a scoundrel.
But the fact is, Trump's arterial health is the only factor that will end his term before 2029. Impeachment is a dead letter. SCOTUS handed him a virtual get out of jail free card. He can libel anyone, prosecute anyone, and he's untouchable. His first impeachment could not have happened if the immunity decision had been in place in 2019. His call to Ukraine would've been perfectly legal.
We're pretty much screwed.
Send Arby's gift certificates to Trump.

Impeachment is a political process.

Indeed, and if the Democrats took both Houses, it would be a fruitless political process. There are other things they can do that would actually have the opportunity to provide a little fruit.

 

[Elixir]

if the Democrats took both Houses, it would be a fruitless political process.

Hmmm. I’m not so sure. The big “L” on Trump’s forehead will be glowing bright neon red by then if he manages to lose both houses, and a number of ‘pugs will probably be happy to disassociate at that point.”We love him, he is the greatest president ever, but he is unfortunately unable to continue the job.”

There are other things they can do that would actually have the opportunity to provide a little fruit.

I agree; the current crop of Rumpsuckers running Congress, has left an embarrassment of riches, i.e. things that will need to be rectified.
Even if impeachment succeeded and Vice President Couchfucker was elevated to that position, it would likely serve to help the fascists in 2028.

 

[laughing dog]

I don't have sympathy for Pirro, but this seemingly non-serious issue of the pool is actually very serious. Personally, I think jailing innocent people as part of a coverup or delusion is impeachable. This madman has got to go.

I agree to the max that there is a sickness in Trump's DOJ (and elsewhere). The Comey indictment is just as crazy (and could entail a ten year prison sentence.) The federal government is rotten to the core with this man's delusions, grievances, and vindictiveness. His lawyers, prosecutors, cabinet nominees and proxies go on TV and repeat his insane lies. Everyone who can think knows these are lies. Just last month Pirro, Clayton, and Blanche did this. We have a country run by a party without an ounce of integrity, which is complacent when anyone who criticizes the ruler (or makes a convenient villain, as Hearn did) can be targeted and prosecuted. Pirro was quite happy to threaten Hearn with prison until she realized that the case would result, most probably, in her disbarment. What a scoundrel.
But the fact is, Trump's arterial health is the only factor that will end his term before 2029. Impeachment is a dead letter. SCOTUS handed him a virtual get out of jail free card. He can libel anyone, prosecute anyone, and he's untouchable. His first impeachment could not have happened if the immunity decision had been in place in 2019. His call to Ukraine would've been perfectly legal.
We're pretty much screwed.
Send Arby's gift certificates to Trump.

Impeachment is a political process.

Indeed, and if the Democrats took both Houses, it would be a fruitless political process. There are other things they can do that would actually have the opportunity to provide a little fruit.

If the Democrats took both Houses in sufficient numbers, they'd have plenty of opportunity and time to provide more than just a little fruit including an impeachment. I think it would take a miracle for them to reach the requisite numbers in the Senate. But if they did, I think they could start to clean house if they had the will and the gumption. Which would be another miracle.

 

[ZiprHead]

I don't have sympathy for Pirro, but this seemingly non-serious issue of the pool is actually very serious. Personally, I think jailing innocent people as part of a coverup or delusion is impeachable. This madman has got to go.

I agree to the max that there is a sickness in Trump's DOJ (and elsewhere). The Comey indictment is just as crazy (and could entail a ten year prison sentence.) The federal government is rotten to the core with this man's delusions, grievances, and vindictiveness. His lawyers, prosecutors, cabinet nominees and proxies go on TV and repeat his insane lies. Everyone who can think knows these are lies. Just last month Pirro, Clayton, and Blanche did this. We have a country run by a party without an ounce of integrity, which is complacent when anyone who criticizes the ruler (or makes a convenient villain, as Hearn did) can be targeted and prosecuted. Pirro was quite happy to threaten Hearn with prison until she realized that the case would result, most probably, in her disbarment. What a scoundrel.
But the fact is, Trump's arterial health is the only factor that will end his term before 2029. Impeachment is a dead letter. SCOTUS handed him a virtual get out of jail free card. He can libel anyone, prosecute anyone, and he's untouchable. His first impeachment could not have happened if the immunity decision had been in place in 2019. His call to Ukraine would've been perfectly legal.
We're pretty much screwed.
Send Arby's gift certificates to Trump.

Impeachment is a political process.

Indeed, and if the Democrats took both Houses, it would be a fruitless political process. There are other things they can do that would actually have the opportunity to provide a little fruit.

If the Democrats took both Houses in sufficient numbers, they'd have plenty of opportunity and time to provide more than just a little fruit including an impeachment. I think it would take a miracle for them to reach the requisite numbers in the Senate. But if they did, I think they could start to clean house if they had the will and the gumption. Which would be another miracle.

I think it will depend on how much of a drubbing the Republicans receive. Maybe some Republicans will put their party over Trump cuz he's sure making them toxic.

 

[laughing dog]

I don't have sympathy for Pirro, but this seemingly non-serious issue of the pool is actually very serious. Personally, I think jailing innocent people as part of a coverup or delusion is impeachable. This madman has got to go.

I agree to the max that there is a sickness in Trump's DOJ (and elsewhere). The Comey indictment is just as crazy (and could entail a ten year prison sentence.) The federal government is rotten to the core with this man's delusions, grievances, and vindictiveness. His lawyers, prosecutors, cabinet nominees and proxies go on TV and repeat his insane lies. Everyone who can think knows these are lies. Just last month Pirro, Clayton, and Blanche did this. We have a country run by a party without an ounce of integrity, which is complacent when anyone who criticizes the ruler (or makes a convenient villain, as Hearn did) can be targeted and prosecuted. Pirro was quite happy to threaten Hearn with prison until she realized that the case would result, most probably, in her disbarment. What a scoundrel.
But the fact is, Trump's arterial health is the only factor that will end his term before 2029. Impeachment is a dead letter. SCOTUS handed him a virtual get out of jail free card. He can libel anyone, prosecute anyone, and he's untouchable. His first impeachment could not have happened if the immunity decision had been in place in 2019. His call to Ukraine would've been perfectly legal.
We're pretty much screwed.
Send Arby's gift certificates to Trump.

Impeachment is a political process.

Indeed, and if the Democrats took both Houses, it would be a fruitless political process. There are other things they can do that would actually have the opportunity to provide a little fruit.

If the Democrats took both Houses in sufficient numbers, they'd have plenty of opportunity and time to provide more than just a little fruit including an impeachment. I think it would take a miracle for them to reach the requisite numbers in the Senate. But if they did, I think they could start to clean house if they had the will and the gumption. Which would be another miracle.

I think it will depend on how much of a drubbing the Republicans receive. Maybe some Republicans will put their party over Trump cuz he's sure making them toxic.

Maybe, but the incumbent Republicans seem to be pretty much gutless at this point.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Indeed, and if the Democrats took both Houses, it would be a fruitless political process. There are other things they can do that would actually have the opportunity to provide a little fruit.

If the Democrats took both Houses in sufficient numbers, they'd have plenty of opportunity and time to provide more than just a little fruit including an impeachment. I think it would take a miracle for them to reach the requisite numbers in the Senate. But if they did, I think they could start to clean house if they had the will and the gumption. Which would be another miracle.

I think it will depend on how much of a drubbing the Republicans receive. Maybe some Republicans will put their party over Trump cuz he's sure making them toxic.

Maybe, but the incumbent Republicans seem to be pretty much gutless at this point.

Gutless, no spine. How do they function or even stand?

 

[BH]

It actually goes back to the Grover Cleveland presidency. One night Nellie Bly was invited to the White House. Cleveland met her at the gate, accompanied only by his secretary, Ambrose Pettigrew. According to Bly's later account, the President said, "Off with you, Pettigrew, I'm going to toss one off." Bly was now alone with the President, who leaned idly against the gate and seemed to fumble with his clothing. The scene was lit only by a gaslight some twenty feet away. The President said, according to Bly, "Is it all right, Miss, if I toss one off? You, being a woman of the world?"
Bly could see that he was holding something, she was not sure what. She said, "What have you got there, Mr. President?"
Cleveland replied, "Why, it is only a man-dagger. Mrs. Cleveland calls it The Woman Tamer. Step a bit closer, or better still, I shall approach you, and let it catch the light."
Bly fled. Within a few weeks she had embarked on her famous around the world trip, but she would write, "Even the succession of exotic foreign destinations could not erase the sight of that gnarled cord of flesh." Years later, after the Stanford White murder scandal, Bly told the story in full, and attempted to enlist other female correspondents in a "Myself, As Well" movement. But the times were not right.
Today, when this little-known event is recalled, it is called Daggergate.

This has been a History Minute from the White House historian's office, for the 250th birthday of the Republic. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I have read that Cleveland had a child born out of wedlock which was a scandal of itself back then. Butc a little known fact is that the mother was put away to keep her from talking about it wasnt consentual. Cleveland raped her

 

[Patooka]

Maybe some Republicans will put their party over Trump cuz he's sure making them toxic.

The time for that was the 7th of January, 2021. That was over half a decade ago.

 

[ZiprHead]

How Trump’s ‘pool guy’ rush job to fix the Reflecting Pool was doomed from the start

A damning report about the president’s relentless pursuit to overhaul the Washington, DC, landmark contains excruciating new details about the botched renovation project

www.independent.co.uk

 

[ZiprHead]

 

[crazyfingers]

So the contractor who worked on the Reflecting Pool has said that it was their fault.

The contractor that renovated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has told the Trump administration that errors in its own work and flaws in the repair plan, not vandalism, caused the pool’s new blue liner to peel and break loose, according to government documents reviewed by The New York Times.

Because of “human oversight,” workers in some areas did not spray enough of the primer that made the layers of the liner stick together, Atlantic said in the documents. But the bigger problem, the company said, was that the repair plan laid out in the contract called for the layers of liner to include two chemicals that turned out to be incompatible.

The chemical on top reached a temperature hotter than what the compound underneath could withstand, and the heat caused the bottom layer to blister and come loose, the documents show. The contractor said it had not expected that outcome because it was very uncommon to mix the two products in that way.

Good of them to fess up I suppose but....

The failure illustrates the consequences of the Trump administration’s rushed effort to renovate the pool this spring. In a hurry to finish the work before the nation’s 250th birthday on July 4, the government bypassed competition and gave Atlantic a no-bid contract to carry out an untested approach designed in part by the general manager of one of Mr. Trump’s golf clubs.

Typical Trump. He fucks up everything. The Reflecting Pool fucking is the Trump Administration overall. A total Fuckup.

And...

Katie Martin, a spokeswoman for the Interior Department, did not directly address questions about the contractor’s findings but issued a statement that appeared to continue blaming vandals for the damage, saying that they had “repeatedly reached into the pool and ripped at the coating.”

It's very important to continue to lie until the issue is dead.

Reflecting Pool Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Damage

The contractor said the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Elixir]

The Reflecting Pool fucking is the Trump Administration overall

Totally so, and totally poetic.
Trump’s undying love of his own reflection has turned his reflection into a hideous mess of rotten peeling skin, not fit to be seen by the masses and necessitating the appointment of usual suspects to blame for it.
Looking to the future … who will be the hero to take down the 250’ tall Arch de Stoopid that the felon is building in his own honor?

 

[Bronzeage]

So the contractor who worked on the Reflecting Pool has said that it was their fault.

The contractor that renovated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has told the Trump administration that errors in its own work and flaws in the repair plan, not vandalism, caused the pool’s new blue liner to peel and break loose, according to government documents reviewed by The New York Times.

Because of “human oversight,” workers in some areas did not spray enough of the primer that made the layers of the liner stick together, Atlantic said in the documents. But the bigger problem, the company said, was that the repair plan laid out in the contract called for the layers of liner to include two chemicals that turned out to be incompatible.

The chemical on top reached a temperature hotter than what the compound underneath could withstand, and the heat caused the bottom layer to blister and come loose, the documents show. The contractor said it had not expected that outcome because it was very uncommon to mix the two products in that way.

Good of them to fess up I suppose but....

The failure illustrates the consequences of the Trump administration’s rushed effort to renovate the pool this spring. In a hurry to finish the work before the nation’s 250th birthday on July 4, the government bypassed competition and gave Atlantic a no-bid contract to carry out an untested approach designed in part by the general manager of one of Mr. Trump’s golf clubs.

Typical Trump. He fucks up everything. The Reflecting Pool fucking is the Trump Administration overall. A total Fuckup.

And...

Katie Martin, a spokeswoman for the Interior Department, did not directly address questions about the contractor’s findings but issued a statement that appeared to continue blaming vandals for the damage, saying that they had “repeatedly reached into the pool and ripped at the coating.”

It's very important to continue to lie until the issue is dead.

Reflecting Pool Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Damage

The contractor said the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.

www.nytimes.com

A lot has been said about the guy who owns the liner company, but one thing is certain. He has a very good lawyer. I'm sure he had a meeting with his attorney the same day that David Hearn was arrested. The lawyer's advice went something like this:

It's nearly impossible to sue a government official for defamation, or anything else. They have too many immunities and they'll be defended by the DOJ. You aren't a government official. If you go along with Trump's vandalism scenario, this guy can come after you and your company. His lawyers will file for discovery and depositions that show you knew everything Trump has said is false. If you go on the record and give the slightest hint that Trump is right, you are going to have to settle with Hearn for a number you can't imagine. Get out in front of this. Do whatever it takes to kill any chance of a defamation suit. Whatever that costs, it will be less than if you back up any of Trump's claims.