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House Speaker John Boehner Is Resigning. Paul Ryan Elected.

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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
    chrisnl wrote: »
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    Sounds like the Zydroga Act passed. First responder medical stuff.

    Maybe the beard is humanizing him.

    If so this pleases me, though it should have happened a long, long time ago. Did it pass the House and the Senate both, or just one? I know there were issues with it coming up to vote (it had more than enough co-sponsors to pass just on their votes).

    I believe the Senate was the main stumbling block, so Mitch getting on board is more noteworthy, in this case.

    Also, I have several FB friends who link brietbart stories regularly and they do NOT like Speaker Ryan one bit. It's good to know that after several months of being a laughing stock for not being able to find a Speaker, absolutely nothing has changed.

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    CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited December 2015
    I posted this in the wrong thread.

    I was at the Capitol Building, right in front of Paul Ryan's office. This big black blur whizzed passed my group to go to the office. It was Paul Ryan and his bodyguards. No human can move that past so I think he and his guards might be Myrrdraal.

    On a side note, the Capitol Building is completely upside down with construction, inside and out. I wouldn't visit right now.

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    SurfpossumSurfpossum A nonentity trying to preserve the anonymity he so richly deserves.Registered User regular
    I wound up driving from Dallas to Houston this morning, and in my desperation to find something, anything, on the radio I came across Rush Limbaugh's show.

    If he's any indication then Ryan's career is going to be rather short-lived. Apparently Congress is exactly the same as if Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi were still in charge, and the recent omnibus bill has Democrats laughing and gloating over getting everything they want in exchange for nothing.

    And this is all Ryan's fault for refusing to stand up for the vast majority American people (because landslides in off-year elections show what America really wants) and shut the government down.

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    Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    'But for me, it was a Tuesday.'

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    DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    9 months on the budget deal seems like such an odd time frame, putting it right before the next election, but I suppose the GOP did manage to do a budget negotiation without shitting themselves publicly with brinksmanship so maybe.

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    monikermoniker Registered User regular
    9 months on the budget deal seems like such an odd time frame, putting it right before the next election, but I suppose the GOP did manage to do a budget negotiation without shitting themselves publicly with brinksmanship so maybe.

    That's when the Federal fiscal year always ends. Well, for decades, anyway. After they realized they could never get a budget ready before July.

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    AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular


    Well, that answers the question of who dresses Paul Ryan.

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    AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Oh, and because our politics isn't surreal enough:

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    V1mV1m Registered User regular
    That carpet puts me in mind of doing a couple of fat dabs of molly and cranking up the dark trance

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    Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
    "Most of you will be seeing us sooner than later."

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    Mild ConfusionMild Confusion Smash All Things Registered User regular
    Yeah, I was judging that post on that pictures on that carpet alone before I even got to the actual text.

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    OptyOpty Registered User regular
    That's hotel carpet, I presume they find the cheapest shittiest carpet they can find because they know they'll be replacing it relatively often from say, people dragging gravestones all over them or spilling fluids and whatnot.

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    AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Opty wrote: »
    That's hotel carpet, I presume they find the cheapest shittiest carpet they can find because they know they'll be replacing it relatively often from say, people dragging gravestones all over them or spilling fluids and whatnot.

    It's not so much "cheap" as "short, tight pile carpet that has a gaudy pattern that can hide spills of unknown origin".

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    monikermoniker Registered User regular
    Opty wrote: »
    That's hotel carpet, I presume they find the cheapest shittiest carpet they can find because they know they'll be replacing it relatively often from say, people dragging gravestones all over them or spilling fluids and whatnot.

    Busy patterns also help make stains less obvious. Though anymore the main draw are non-repetitive geometric patterns so you can just replace one or two squares without it being noticeable.

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    Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    For some weird reason my mind totally blanked out on what Paul Ryan looked like. Just a white pink ballon in a suit floating around in my head.

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    NijaNija Registered User regular
    moniker wrote: »
    Opty wrote: »
    That's hotel carpet, I presume they find the cheapest shittiest carpet they can find because they know they'll be replacing it relatively often from say, people dragging gravestones all over them or spilling fluids and whatnot.

    Busy patterns also help make stains less obvious. Though anymore the main draw are non-repetitive geometric patterns so you can just replace one or two squares without it being noticeable.

    Which is also why you see them all over casinos.

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    AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Nija wrote: »
    moniker wrote: »
    Opty wrote: »
    That's hotel carpet, I presume they find the cheapest shittiest carpet they can find because they know they'll be replacing it relatively often from say, people dragging gravestones all over them or spilling fluids and whatnot.

    Busy patterns also help make stains less obvious. Though anymore the main draw are non-repetitive geometric patterns so you can just replace one or two squares without it being noticeable.

    Which is also why you see them all over casinos.

    Another place where "spills of unknown origin" are common.

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    HefflingHeffling No Pic EverRegistered User regular
    Oh, and because our politics isn't surreal enough:


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    Kristmas KthulhuKristmas Kthulhu Currently Kultist Kthulhu Registered User regular
    Why all the awesomes? It's just a carpet with an ugly pattern.

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    Mild ConfusionMild Confusion Smash All Things Registered User regular
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    Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    Why all the awesomes? It's just a carpet with an ugly pattern.

    Because it's a good carpet with a gun defending itself from a bad carpet with a gun.

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    ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    If I remember right, didn't those guys get some kind of cease & desist from the company that owns the carpet design?

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    AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    So, Mr. Leg Day has been busy. First, there's his blatant lie to the Congressional Black Caucus over a proposed bill to fix the VRA, claiming he supports the bill, but doesn't want to step on Goodlatte's toes.

    Pull the other one, Paul - it has bells on it.

    And then there's his support for a Congressional fuck you to the President over the budget:
    President Obama sends Congress his eighth and last annual budget proposal on Tuesday, a lame-duck executive’s accounting of national priorities that Republican leaders have branded sight unseen: dead before arrival.

    But some new ideas that the administration previewed in recent weeks, including on cancer research, opioid abuse and military projects, could have more life than Republicans care to admit. A $10-a-barrel oil tax for infrastructure and clean transportation projects is certain to be too much for conservatives, but administration officials said some initiatives would prevail in some form.

    Congressional Republicans went to new lengths to extinguish any such expectations. Breaking with a 41-year-old tradition, the Republican chairmen of the House and Senate budget committees announced that they would not even give the president’s budget director, Shaun Donovan, the usual hearings in their panels this week.

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    IlpalaIlpala Just this guy, y'know TexasRegistered User regular
    edited February 2016
    So, Mr. Leg Day has been busy. First, there's his blatant lie to the Congressional Black Caucus over a proposed bill to fix the VRA, claiming he supports the bill, but doesn't want to step on Goodlatte's toes.

    Pull the other one, Paul - it has bells on it.

    And then there's his support for a Congressional fuck you to the President over the budget:
    President Obama sends Congress his eighth and last annual budget proposal on Tuesday, a lame-duck executive’s accounting of national priorities that Republican leaders have branded sight unseen: dead before arrival.

    But some new ideas that the administration previewed in recent weeks, including on cancer research, opioid abuse and military projects, could have more life than Republicans care to admit. A $10-a-barrel oil tax for infrastructure and clean transportation projects is certain to be too much for conservatives, but administration officials said some initiatives would prevail in some form.

    Congressional Republicans went to new lengths to extinguish any such expectations. Breaking with a 41-year-old tradition, the Republican chairmen of the House and Senate budget committees announced that they would not even give the president’s budget director, Shaun Donovan, the usual hearings in their panels this week.

    No it's the Democrats who are divisive, we swear.

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    AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
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    jmcdonaldjmcdonald I voted, did you? DC(ish)Registered User regular

    in all fairness...the grass is very nice.

    i wonder if he's drinking as much now. i bet he isn't.

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    AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    jmcdonald wrote: »

    in all fairness...the grass is very nice.

    i wonder if he's drinking as much now. i bet he isn't.

    As someone else pointed out, that is the look of a man deliriously happy that he no longer has to deal with the shitshow in the GOP.

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    PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    jmcdonald wrote: »

    in all fairness...the grass is very nice.

    i wonder if he's drinking as much now. i bet he isn't.

    As someone else pointed out, that is the look of a man deliriously happy that he no longer has to deal with the shitshow in the GOP.

    And who no longer has to think about finances. I'd be deliriously happy if I had the money/income to afford that house too.

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    SummaryJudgmentSummaryJudgment Grab the hottest iron you can find, stride in the Tower’s front door Registered User regular
    Polaritie wrote: »
    jmcdonald wrote: »

    in all fairness...the grass is very nice.

    i wonder if he's drinking as much now. i bet he isn't.

    As someone else pointed out, that is the look of a man deliriously happy that he no longer has to deal with the shitshow in the GOP.

    And who no longer has to think about finances. I'd be deliriously happy if I had the money/income to afford that house too.

    That house is probably around $400-500k in Ohio - definitely nice, but not crazy. He's mowing his own lawn with that old-ass Toro, too. Good for him.

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    jungleroomxjungleroomx It's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovels Registered User regular
    Polaritie wrote: »
    jmcdonald wrote: »

    in all fairness...the grass is very nice.

    i wonder if he's drinking as much now. i bet he isn't.

    As someone else pointed out, that is the look of a man deliriously happy that he no longer has to deal with the shitshow in the GOP.

    And who no longer has to think about finances. I'd be deliriously happy if I had the money/income to afford that house too.

    Houses like that aren't that expensive out here...

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    Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    Polaritie wrote: »
    jmcdonald wrote: »

    in all fairness...the grass is very nice.

    i wonder if he's drinking as much now. i bet he isn't.

    As someone else pointed out, that is the look of a man deliriously happy that he no longer has to deal with the shitshow in the GOP.

    And who no longer has to think about finances. I'd be deliriously happy if I had the money/income to afford that house too.

    Houses like that aren't that expensive out here...

    Expensive enough.

    I don't begrudge him, though. Whether he earned it or not, it's his money to spend.

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    PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Polaritie wrote: »
    jmcdonald wrote: »

    in all fairness...the grass is very nice.

    i wonder if he's drinking as much now. i bet he isn't.

    As someone else pointed out, that is the look of a man deliriously happy that he no longer has to deal with the shitshow in the GOP.

    And who no longer has to think about finances. I'd be deliriously happy if I had the money/income to afford that house too.

    That house is probably around $400-500k in Ohio - definitely nice, but not crazy. He's mowing his own lawn with that old-ass Toro, too. Good for him.

    From the camera angle, that looks rather large, and fancy.

    And nice only runs maybe 250-300k where I live (and doesn't look like a small mansion or something).

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    KrieghundKrieghund Registered User regular
    That house and yard is a million dollars+ where I live. You can get a place for $300k down here, but it'll be a zero lot line line place. You'd be better off getting a $300k condo. Those are nice.

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    ViskodViskod Registered User regular
    I'm glad he's happy to be out of it all and taking it easy, but he's still John Boehner and as such my gut reaction to that picture was

    "No fucking way you cut that grass yourself."

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    NyysjanNyysjan FinlandRegistered User regular

    As much as i may despise the man.
    The grass is nice.
    And i am almost as happy that he is out as he seems to be.

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    SpaffySpaffy Fuck the Zero Registered User regular
    Polaritie wrote: »
    jmcdonald wrote: »

    in all fairness...the grass is very nice.

    i wonder if he's drinking as much now. i bet he isn't.

    As someone else pointed out, that is the look of a man deliriously happy that he no longer has to deal with the shitshow in the GOP.

    And who no longer has to think about finances. I'd be deliriously happy if I had the money/income to afford that house too.

    That house is probably around $400-500k in Ohio - definitely nice, but not crazy. He's mowing his own lawn with that old-ass Toro, too. Good for him.

    Holy shit I couldn't even buy a shitty rundown 1 bed studio apartment within two hours of work for that much. I'm moving to Ohio.

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    DacDac Registered User regular
    I'm happy that he's happy doing something that isn't harming anyone.

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    ViskodViskod Registered User regular
    Dac wrote: »
    I'm happy that he's happy doing something that isn't harming anyone.

    Tell that to grass!

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    PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Spaffy wrote: »
    Polaritie wrote: »
    jmcdonald wrote: »

    in all fairness...the grass is very nice.

    i wonder if he's drinking as much now. i bet he isn't.

    As someone else pointed out, that is the look of a man deliriously happy that he no longer has to deal with the shitshow in the GOP.

    And who no longer has to think about finances. I'd be deliriously happy if I had the money/income to afford that house too.

    That house is probably around $400-500k in Ohio - definitely nice, but not crazy. He's mowing his own lawn with that old-ass Toro, too. Good for him.

    Holy shit I couldn't even buy a shitty rundown 1 bed studio apartment within two hours of work for that much. I'm moving to Ohio.

    $200-300k will get you a nice house in the twin cities suburbs.

    I'm going to guess you live either in San Francisco or New York based on that reaction.

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