ny times via msn: Band of the Insulted: The Nicknames of Trumpâs Adversaries
The inspiration returned just before 11 p.m. on Thursday as the presidential Twitter feed crackled to life.
Snappy, alliterative, essentially true â President Trump had coined another one. For the first time, the target of his executive nicknaming was one of his own: âSloppy Steveâ Bannon, his ousted strategist. A roster of vanquished campaign rivals, congressional enemies and other assorted villains had company.
If history is instructive, what comes next for Mr. Bannon is a relentless blend of mass repetition, capital lettering and brazen punctuation. He should also expect, given his former bossâs track record, that the label will stick.
[….samples here of twit enemy nicknames….]
âSloppy Steve Bannonâ
Less than 12 hours after introducing the nickname, Mr. Trump made clear on Friday morning that he would not let up. âThe Mercer Family recently dumped the leaker known as Sloppy Steve Bannon,â he wrote, name-checking Mr. Bannonâs longtime benefactors. âSmart!â
The hallmarks are all there: Repeating the label for emphasis, adding a âleakerâ charge, slipping in a âknown asâ to imply the name has already caught on widely and capping it off with a single-syllable exclamation. Trump!
the book will certainly ramp up the psycho pop theories on the state-lessness of twit’s mind. but long before that, dr justin frank had already started a sequel to his “bush on the couch” and “Obama on the couch” books prior to the inauguration (see linked transcript)…. not to say the venerable doc is a purveyor of psycho pop. however, yesterday he did come up with an interesting slant while talking about projection as a defense mechanism that some may look askance at: Mueller has become in the twit’s mind the father that kicked him out of the house at 13, threatening a kick out of the white house.
speaking of the thread topic, trevor noah came up with the best alternate title: the book of moron
huffpo:Donald Trump Just Called Himself âA Very Stable Geniusâ
President Donald Trump hit back at critics who have questioned his mental stability by branding himself a âvery stable geniusâ on Saturday morning.
In a series of tweets, Trump said that throughout his life his âtwo greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.â
Trump also bragged about going from âVERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star… to President of the United States (on my first try).â
The president also labelled allegations that his campaign team colluded with Russia during the 2016 election as âa total hoax.â
Great post.  I am drunk on caffeine this morning reading and reviewing all of the trump, WH and repug push back on ‘fire and fury’ and the russian investigation into the election heist.  trump bragged about raining ‘fire and fury’ on the norks, but it looks like it backfired, literally.
Meanwhile the sinister glow over camp david continues as repugs devise their exit strategy sans sessions.  I understand the repug retreat has ordered popcorn and The Post.  Expect them to slash the carotid artery of the middle class before fleeing.
From the above link, the Graham family hosted a screening party of the The Post this past week.
Amy Pascal, who produced the film with Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, said The Post is crossing party lines, and that a number of top Republicans attended a special Washington, D.C. screening and party hosted by the Graham family, including Kellyanne Conway, special counselor to President Trump. The soiree was held the night following the official D.C. premiere.
“They completely loved the movie, because the movie is about America and the movie is about the truth. This movie is for everyone. Kellyanne loved it, too, and danced all night with [Post co-writer] Josh Singer,” Pascal told THR earlier this week.
looks like some disagree with you, Donald, about that stability stuff…. to say nothing about being a genius unless it’s your mendacity measurement.
David and other movie fans. All of the major films of 2017 in one eight minute, well done mashup.
Patd…Alzheimers, before Alios was creditied with the discovery and defining the disease, it was called the ‘repeating disease’ or a ‘second childhood.’  Events tend to bring-on the onset of Alzheimers in aging human. Stress and loss are triggers.
Meanwhile, Mueller has called back a witness in the trump ruskie tower meeting. From the LA Times...the identity is protected by an agreement with the reporter of the LA Times.
Corallo, one of many rats leaving a sinking ship?  The departure list may contains many criminals from congress to the WH.
From the book and LA Times article — No comment from Corallo.
The book also says that Mark Corallo, then-spokesman for the president’s private legal team, quit because he believed the drafting of Trump’s statement may have obstructed justice.
“The persistent Trump idea that it is not a crime to lie to the media was regarded by the legal team as at best reckless and, in itself, potentially actionable: an explicit attempt to throw sand into the investigation’s gears,” Wolff wrote.
“Later that week, Corallo, seeing no good outcome â and privately confiding that that he believed the meeting on Air Force One represented a likely obstruction of justice â quit.”
Corallo, who was the Justice Department spokesman from 2002 to 2005 and now runs a public relations firm, did not respond to requests for comment Friday.
On a personal note, I did get the gold mega ball winning number on my Mega Millions ticket from last night’s drawing. That was it, the only winning number of the ticket. Now I can play Powerball with my winnings.
Congrats to Florida’s new winner.
Holy high road…Obama to be first guest on letterman’s new netflix series.  Was dave a sexual predator? From 2009. I always felt letterman got a pass on his behavior and with kirsten rife with presidential ambition? Will she boycott the show or willing sit in the leg chair next to him?
Sure glad the news is so entertaining. I haven’t been outside for days, think I’ve finally got this chest cold on the run.
Environmental news of the worst kind. In addition to wanting to open up previously protected area of ocean that may or may not happen if a whole lot of governors manage to stop it, the GOP did give oil companies a little belated Xmas present.
Previously there was a nine cent per barrel tax to fund any cleanups necessary from oil spills. Congress has eliminated that tax. So it is drill baby drill and the tax payers can foot the bill for the destruction of their way of life, occupations, and the life forms of the oceans.
Wasn’t going to order Fire and Fury…. Â I’ve enough in my “to read” pile already. Â Woke up this morning feeling feisty and thought what the hell. Â So I ordered it on Amazon Prime… Â it’ll take a couple of weeks as it’s back ordered. Â I bet it’s worth the wait!
BW… oh crap… Â another lottery ticket I forgot to buy… Â đ
I think if there is an infrastructure plan it should target the long term unemployed over the age of 50
Trump says, “I’m a very stable genius.” Yeah right, and Nixon said, “I am not a crook.”
Hi from life on a smart phone. Another day w/o Verizon fixing the dead cable. The wind is playing havoc with the television signals so it sometimes looks like the pixilated version of SFB mind.
I am enjoying the meltdown happening at the WH and Camp David. Something to watch on this cold and nasty day. I will be picking up a copy of Kiss And Tell or How Furious Are You Today? I want something to smile over for a few days.
âIâm a very stable genius.â
maybe he means he’s good with horses….. he’s certainly a genius at producing their end product, lots and lotsa horse sh*t
GOP leaders genuflecting Trump at Camp David: Midterm suicide.
kissing his ring? most likely another circular object of his.
thanks for that comment. remembered I too had a winning # (the powerball # itself which pays off at $4) from december, cashed it in and purchased two powerball tickets with the winnings. if I win I owe you. how bout a bottle of your favorite as a finders fee?
Trump continued to fire into Bannon on Friday night, writing in a tweet that he “cried when he got fired and begged for his job.”
“Michael Wolff is a total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really boring and untruthful book,” Trump wrote. “He used Sloppy Steve Bannon, who cried when he got fired and begged for his job. Now Sloppy Steve has been dumped like a dog by almost everyone. Too bad!”
playing the projection-as-a-defense game, I would interpret twit’s tweet as HE was the one that was crying and begging him to stay when the bannonazi walked. broke his widdle nonexistent heart probably. above quote by cnn in their story “Bannon was going to defend Trump until Trump attacked him”Â
Republicans at Camp David today…
It will take a lot of gerrymandering & voter suppression to stop the sinking. Massive Democratic turnout required.
Watched Rachel Maddow talking to herself for an hour. Huh? Same with O’Donnell. Going back to ignoring MSNBC. Even their guests are the cheapest nobodies on television. CNN hires real people. FOX full of frauds.
Well at least he was elderly and seems to have had a good life:
I mistakenly stated that the quisling* is a methamphetamine addict. I should have written Valium addict, and methamphetamine user when riled.
It’s great to see that quislings grassley and graham have bravely sent info on Steele to the DoJ w/recommendation. The ‘corrupt’ and ‘Clinton-loving’ FBI and CIA will be able to rendition Steele to D.C. as easily as trump was able to take away Obamromnacare from poor people.
*With quisling’s help the Germans were able to conquer Norway by telephone. With trump’s help, putin was able to conquer America by facebook.
I hope everyone is staying warm on the trail…I wanted to link this earlier, but had to run to help a family member.  From Wired, dashboard tracks pro-russian twitter trolls.
THE DENSE NETWORK of pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts tracked by the group Alliance for Securing Democracy has spent the last year spreading chaos and discord about topics as diverse as NFL players refusing to stand during the national anthem and Al Franken’s alleged sexual misconduct. It was only a matter of time, then, before the troll army set its sights on special counsel Robert Mueller.
On the website Hamilton68, the Alliance tracks some 600 Twitter accounts it says are associated with a Russia-linked influence network. According to newly released figures, in the month of December, by far the most popular articles shared by the trolls aimed to undermine Mueller and the Department of Justice’s investigation into Russian interference.
Tomorrow should be our last sub freezing day for the next week. The temps soared to 12 F today. Iâm looking forward to having it warm enough to wash the thick coating of salt off my car. Black car looks almos white.
Im sure Bannon cried for his job. BS. He went back to the Breitbart money machine. I am sorta glad Mercer isnât funding his political crap though. Just hope it doesnât let the more traditional RW idiots get their footing.
Got my Powerball ticket. Not planning retirement tomorrow though.
bannon, crying all the way to the bank.
Rollout the pork barrel.
Fox has learned that House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, under the direction of House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., plans to conduct hearings evaluating the merits and demerits of restoring some forms of earmarks.
Republicans nearly reinstated earmarks in the fall of 2016 before Ryan singlehandedly spiked the effort.
In 1973 Federal district judge Gerhard Gesell ruled Nixon firing Special Counsel was illegal. It’s called precedence, stupid.
Re: Maddow, O’Donnell & every other Company Guy & Gal at msnbc: PREACH! Mr Crawford. You & Mr Olbermann were gold; you spoiled us with interesting talk, smart repartee that kept our ears pricked. You presented entertaining intelligence. The current lesser lights at that network can’t understand that concept because it is a skill they do not possess. Countdown was a bright beacon, the Lesson 101 of what cable news can be, should be, & you helped make that happen. Thank You for respecting your audience enough to never talk down or talk above them. Even after all these years the impact of that show is indelible on viewers & sorely missed – because what has followed is so pedestrian & one note.
Watching @TheCrownNetflix Episode 8, so remarkable that no one who portrays Jackie Kennedy is nearly as beautiful as she was herself?
Thanks SJ, I very much enjoyed Keith. He was one of the few anchors I dealt with who could take a curve ball and toss it right back. We never dumbed it down.
But above all was the ever golden “One more cow”.
does everyone who does some good somehow, somewhere, have to be an entirely savory character? Â I see that Wolfe appears a bit wobbly himself and others preface their remarks on his book by noting that……but…..
ny times via msn: Band of the Insulted: The Nicknames of Trumpâs Adversaries
The inspiration returned just before 11 p.m. on Thursday as the presidential Twitter feed crackled to life.
Snappy, alliterative, essentially true â President Trump had coined another one. For the first time, the target of his executive nicknaming was one of his own: âSloppy Steveâ Bannon, his ousted strategist. A roster of vanquished campaign rivals, congressional enemies and other assorted villains had company.
If history is instructive, what comes next for Mr. Bannon is a relentless blend of mass repetition, capital lettering and brazen punctuation. He should also expect, given his former bossâs track record, that the label will stick.
[….samples here of twit enemy nicknames….]
âSloppy Steve Bannonâ
Less than 12 hours after introducing the nickname, Mr. Trump made clear on Friday morning that he would not let up. âThe Mercer Family recently dumped the leaker known as Sloppy Steve Bannon,â he wrote, name-checking Mr. Bannonâs longtime benefactors. âSmart!â
The hallmarks are all there: Repeating the label for emphasis, adding a âleakerâ charge, slipping in a âknown asâ to imply the name has already caught on widely and capping it off with a single-syllable exclamation. Trump!
the book will certainly ramp up the psycho pop theories on the state-lessness of twit’s mind. but long before that, dr justin frank had already started a sequel to his “bush on the couch” and “Obama on the couch” books prior to the inauguration (see linked transcript)…. not to say the venerable doc is a purveyor of psycho pop. however, yesterday he did come up with an interesting slant while talking about projection as a defense mechanism that some may look askance at: Mueller has become in the twit’s mind the father that kicked him out of the house at 13, threatening a kick out of the white house.
speaking of the thread topic, trevor noah came up with the best alternate title: the book of moron
huffpo: Donald Trump Just Called Himself âA Very Stable Geniusâ
President Donald Trump hit back at critics who have questioned his mental stability by branding himself a âvery stable geniusâ on Saturday morning.
In a series of tweets, Trump said that throughout his life his âtwo greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.â
Trump also bragged about going from âVERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star… to President of the United States (on my first try).â
[….shows here this morning’s twit twitters…]
With his âstableâ comment, Trump appeared to be referencing reportersâ recent questioning of his âmental fitnessâ during a White House press briefing.
The president also labelled allegations that his campaign team colluded with Russia during the 2016 election as âa total hoax.â
Great post.  I am drunk on caffeine this morning reading and reviewing all of the trump, WH and repug push back on ‘fire and fury’ and the russian investigation into the election heist.  trump bragged about raining ‘fire and fury’ on the norks, but it looks like it backfired, literally.
Meanwhile the sinister glow over camp david continues as repugs devise their exit strategy sans sessions.  I understand the repug retreat has ordered popcorn and The Post.  Expect them to slash the carotid artery of the middle class before fleeing.
From the above link, the Graham family hosted a screening party of the The Post this past week.
Amy Pascal, who produced the film with Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, said The Post is crossing party lines, and that a number of top Republicans attended a special Washington, D.C. screening and party hosted by the Graham family, including Kellyanne Conway, special counselor to President Trump. The soiree was held the night following the official D.C. premiere.
“They completely loved the movie, because the movie is about America and the movie is about the truth. This movie is for everyone. Kellyanne loved it, too, and danced all night with [Post co-writer] Josh Singer,” Pascal told THR earlier this week.
looks like some disagree with you, Donald, about that stability stuff…. to say nothing about being a genius unless it’s your mendacity measurement.
David and other movie fans. All of the major films of 2017 in one eight minute, well done mashup.
Patd…Alzheimers, before Alios was creditied with the discovery and defining the disease, it was called the ‘repeating disease’ or a ‘second childhood.’  Events tend to bring-on the onset of Alzheimers in aging human. Stress and loss are triggers.
Meanwhile, Mueller has called back a witness in the trump ruskie tower meeting. From the LA Times...the identity is protected by an agreement with the reporter of the LA Times.
Corallo, one of many rats leaving a sinking ship?  The departure list may contains many criminals from congress to the WH.
From the book and LA Times article — No comment from Corallo.
The book also says that Mark Corallo, then-spokesman for the president’s private legal team, quit because he believed the drafting of Trump’s statement may have obstructed justice.
“The persistent Trump idea that it is not a crime to lie to the media was regarded by the legal team as at best reckless and, in itself, potentially actionable: an explicit attempt to throw sand into the investigation’s gears,” Wolff wrote.
“Later that week, Corallo, seeing no good outcome â and privately confiding that that he believed the meeting on Air Force One represented a likely obstruction of justice â quit.”
Corallo, who was the Justice Department spokesman from 2002 to 2005 and now runs a public relations firm, did not respond to requests for comment Friday.
On a personal note, I did get the gold mega ball winning number on my Mega Millions ticket from last night’s drawing. That was it, the only winning number of the ticket. Now I can play Powerball with my winnings.
Congrats to Florida’s new winner.
Holy high road…Obama to be first guest on letterman’s new netflix series.  Was dave a sexual predator? From 2009. I always felt letterman got a pass on his behavior and with kirsten rife with presidential ambition? Will she boycott the show or willing sit in the leg chair next to him?
Sure glad the news is so entertaining. I haven’t been outside for days, think I’ve finally got this chest cold on the run.
Environmental news of the worst kind. In addition to wanting to open up previously protected area of ocean that may or may not happen if a whole lot of governors manage to stop it, the GOP did give oil companies a little belated Xmas present.
Previously there was a nine cent per barrel tax to fund any cleanups necessary from oil spills. Congress has eliminated that tax. So it is drill baby drill and the tax payers can foot the bill for the destruction of their way of life, occupations, and the life forms of the oceans.
Wasn’t going to order Fire and Fury…. Â I’ve enough in my “to read” pile already. Â Woke up this morning feeling feisty and thought what the hell. Â So I ordered it on Amazon Prime… Â it’ll take a couple of weeks as it’s back ordered. Â I bet it’s worth the wait!
BW… oh crap… Â another lottery ticket I forgot to buy… Â đ
I think if there is an infrastructure plan it should target the long term unemployed over the age of 50
Trump says, “I’m a very stable genius.” Yeah right, and Nixon said, “I am not a crook.”
Hi from life on a smart phone. Another day w/o Verizon fixing the dead cable. The wind is playing havoc with the television signals so it sometimes looks like the pixilated version of SFB mind.
I am enjoying the meltdown happening at the WH and Camp David. Something to watch on this cold and nasty day. I will be picking up a copy of Kiss And Tell or How Furious Are You Today? I want something to smile over for a few days.
âIâm a very stable genius.â
maybe he means he’s good with horses….. he’s certainly a genius at producing their end product, lots and lotsa horse sh*t
GOP leaders genuflecting Trump at Camp David: Midterm suicide.
kissing his ring? most likely another circular object of his.
bw,
thanks for that comment. remembered I too had a winning # (the powerball # itself which pays off at $4) from december, cashed it in and purchased two powerball tickets with the winnings. if I win I owe you. how bout a bottle of your favorite as a finders fee?
Trump continued to fire into Bannon on Friday night, writing in a tweet that he “cried when he got fired and begged for his job.”
“Michael Wolff is a total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really boring and untruthful book,” Trump wrote. “He used Sloppy Steve Bannon, who cried when he got fired and begged for his job. Now Sloppy Steve has been dumped like a dog by almost everyone. Too bad!”
playing the projection-as-a-defense game, I would interpret twit’s tweet as HE was the one that was crying and begging him to stay when the bannonazi walked. broke his widdle nonexistent heart probably. above quote by cnn in their story “Bannon was going to defend Trump until Trump attacked him”Â
Republicans at Camp David today…
It will take a lot of gerrymandering & voter suppression to stop the sinking. Massive Democratic turnout required.
Watched Rachel Maddow talking to herself for an hour. Huh? Same with O’Donnell. Going back to ignoring MSNBC. Even their guests are the cheapest nobodies on television. CNN hires real people. FOX full of frauds.
Well at least he was elderly and seems to have had a good life:
Jerry Van Dyke deceased at 86Â
I mistakenly stated that the quisling* is a methamphetamine addict. I should have written Valium addict, and methamphetamine user when riled.
It’s great to see that quislings grassley and graham have bravely sent info on Steele to the DoJ w/recommendation. The ‘corrupt’ and ‘Clinton-loving’ FBI and CIA will be able to rendition Steele to D.C. as easily as trump was able to take away Obamromnacare from poor people.
*With quisling’s help the Germans were able to conquer Norway by telephone. With trump’s help, putin was able to conquer America by facebook.
I hope everyone is staying warm on the trail…I wanted to link this earlier, but had to run to help a family member.  From Wired, dashboard tracks pro-russian twitter trolls.
THE DENSE NETWORK of pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts tracked by the group Alliance for Securing Democracy has spent the last year spreading chaos and discord about topics as diverse as NFL players refusing to stand during the national anthem and Al Franken’s alleged sexual misconduct. It was only a matter of time, then, before the troll army set its sights on special counsel Robert Mueller.
On the website Hamilton68, the Alliance tracks some 600 Twitter accounts it says are associated with a Russia-linked influence network. According to newly released figures, in the month of December, by far the most popular articles shared by the trolls aimed to undermine Mueller and the Department of Justice’s investigation into Russian interference.
Tomorrow should be our last sub freezing day for the next week. The temps soared to 12 F today. Iâm looking forward to having it warm enough to wash the thick coating of salt off my car. Black car looks almos white.
Im sure Bannon cried for his job. BS. He went back to the Breitbart money machine. I am sorta glad Mercer isnât funding his political crap though. Just hope it doesnât let the more traditional RW idiots get their footing.
Got my Powerball ticket. Not planning retirement tomorrow though.
bannon, crying all the way to the bank.
Rollout the pork barrel.
Fox has learned that House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, under the direction of House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., plans to conduct hearings evaluating the merits and demerits of restoring some forms of earmarks.
Republicans nearly reinstated earmarks in the fall of 2016 before Ryan singlehandedly spiked the effort.
In 1973 Federal district judge Gerhard Gesell ruled Nixon firing Special Counsel was illegal. It’s called precedence, stupid.
Re: Maddow, O’Donnell & every other Company Guy & Gal at msnbc: PREACH! Mr Crawford. You & Mr Olbermann were gold; you spoiled us with interesting talk, smart repartee that kept our ears pricked. You presented entertaining intelligence. The current lesser lights at that network can’t understand that concept because it is a skill they do not possess. Countdown was a bright beacon, the Lesson 101 of what cable news can be, should be, & you helped make that happen. Thank You for respecting your audience enough to never talk down or talk above them. Even after all these years the impact of that show is indelible on viewers & sorely missed – because what has followed is so pedestrian & one note.
Watching @TheCrownNetflix Episode 8, so remarkable that no one who portrays Jackie Kennedy is nearly as beautiful as she was herself?
Thanks SJ, I very much enjoyed Keith. He was one of the few anchors I dealt with who could take a curve ball and toss it right back. We never dumbed it down.
But above all was the ever golden “One more cow”.
does everyone who does some good somehow, somewhere, have to be an entirely savory character? Â I see that Wolfe appears a bit wobbly himself and others preface their remarks on his book by noting that……but…..
It’s the song, not the singer.