Spin Forum Dumping Bin

[Tank]

5 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

They all drink 1%

[gotbeer]

About freakin time.

Transportation Department proposes limiting service animals on flights to dogs

[UndertheHalo]

[Taylor]

I don't believe that's true, simply because I've never heard Dubya speak that articulately.

[St1ck]

3 min ago

Some senators have fidget spinners at their desks

From CNN's Alex Rogers

The senators were a little late today. At 1 p.m. ET, there were dozens of empty seats in the chamber.

Georgia Sen. David Perdue joked to Utah Sen. Mitt Romney that he thought 1 p.m. meant 1 p.m. Around 1:10 p.m., Sen. Lindsey Graham was the last one to get to his desk.

Within the first 20 minutes of Rep. Jerry Nadler’s remarks, Sen. Richard Burr removed his papers from his desk and spun a blue fidget spinner.

Sen. Tom Cotton has a purple one on his desk and Sen. Pat Toomey has a white one.

[Taylor]

Republicans need babysitters and toys to help them focus.

[Jason]

20 hours ago, st1ckboy said:

2 min ago

Why senators are drinking milk on the Senate floor

From CNN's Ted Barrett and Dana Bash

 

Shutterstock

 

Sen.  Tom Cotton was spotted earlier today drinking two glasses of milk with some chocolate he was sneaking from under his desk.

Surprisingly, milk and water are the only beverages allowed on the Senate floor during the impeachment trial.

So why is milk, and not coffee? The reason is simple: It was designed to help senators with ulcers.

According to Alan Frumin, the former Senate Parliamentarian and CNN contributor, a precedent from Jan. 24, 1966, stated, “Senate rules do not prohibit a Senator from sipping milk during his speech.”

Frumin says this is a “precedent” and not a formal “rule” of the Senate.

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who is a physician, said the practice was started to aid senators suffering from peptic ulcer disease because “way back when, in the ‘50’s” there was no treatment for the condition other than drinking milk.

“There was no medicine for pectic ulcer disease so people would drink milk and so the senators were allowed to drink milk because they had ulcers,” he said. 

Cassidy said all senators know they can’t bring outside drinks on the floor. But once there, sparkling water is also served in addition to water and milk. 

He said snacks and coffee are available in the cloakroom but the coffee is “as a rule awful.” 

“It’s miserable coffee. You would wish it on a Democrat but no one else,” he said. “Just joking.”

How are they keeping it cold? If they are drinking room temperature stuff then that is grounds for immediate removal from office 

[Jason]

16 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Republicans need babysitters and toys to help them focus.

I heard Bernie was sucking on mints and then reading the tin they came in. He also fell asleep. Many of these dudes are just old and that shit has to be very boring 

[mtangelsfan]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Republicans need babysitters and toys to help them focus.

I would do anything to not have to listen to Nadler

[Jason]

1 hour ago, mtangelsfan said:

I would do anything to not have to listen to Nadler

I'm thankful we have the luxury of not turning on the TV

[St1ck]

2 min ago

Senate Democrats are eating barbecue for dinner

From CNN's Alex Rogers

It's dinnertime at the impeachment trial, and the Senate Democrats are eating barbecue.

The dinner break is 30 minutes.

Here's the Democrats' barbecue arriving at the Capitol:

 

[Adam]

RIP Freddy's BBQ Joint

[gotbeer]

5 hours ago, Jason said:

that shit has to be very boring 

I listened to about 20 minutes of it during lunch.  Boring is an understatement.  Actually hearing the Dem speak, it sounded more like they were trying to prop up Hillary and were preparing her for her 2020 run.  

[St1ck]

6 hours ago, mtangelsfan said:

I would do anything to not have to listen to Nadler

You aren't one of Nad's lads?

[mtangelsfan]

5 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

You aren't one of Nad's lads?

Gross

[St1ck]

2 hours ago, Adam said:

RIP Freddy's BBQ Joint

Apparently also the Dems have moved their child sex trafficking ring from a pizza place, to a BBQ joint.

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, st1ckboy said:

You aren't one of Nad's lads?

I believe they're called Nadswingers.

[St1ck]

1 minute ago, Taylor said:

I believe they're called Nadswingers.

[mtangelsfan]

10 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I believe they're called Nadswingers.

More gross

[St1ck]

Mike Pompeo is a fucking asshole.

Mike Pompeo accuses veteran NPR reporter of 'lying, being 'unhinged' - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-pompeo-accuses-veteran-npr-reporter-lying-and-being-unhinged-2020-1

[tdawg87]

NPR is one of the most respectable news sources in the country. It's not at all surprising he would have an issue with one of their reporters.

[St1ck]

The full interview is here.

Mike Pompeo Won't Say If He Owes Apology To Ex-Ambassador To Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/24/799244678/pompeo-wont-say-whether-he-owes-yovanovitch-an-apology-i-ve-done-what-s-right?live=1

 

Maybe I'm biased, but I never got the impression from the interview she was "unhinged."

[mtangelsfan]

You know what, screw politics.  Family is what matters.  

[tdawg87]

2 hours ago, mtangelsfan said:

You know what, screw politics.  Family is what matters.  

But only if your family agrees on your politics

[tdawg87]

Give me a cat emoji idgaf