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Louisiana boy here. This reminds me a little too much of Hurricane Andrew. Feels bad man.

camarillobrillo  ·  2640 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus

Praise be!

camarillobrillo  ·  2716 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: This was broadcasted on BBC News today.

This is how it ends...

camarillobrillo  ·  2755 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The proles are getting restless

    It was only an 'opeless fancy.

    It passed like an Ipril dye,

    But a look an' a word an' the dreams they stirred!

    They 'ave stolen my 'eart awye!

camarillobrillo  ·  2756 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: So this is a thing that happened

These are the rantings of a demented paranoid who is clawing at the bars of his cell. He has zero foresight into the consequences of his actions nor does he care because up until January he has never been forced to take any kind of personal responsibility. He literally confessed to obstruction of justice LIVE on television last night and now he's adding threatening a witness to the long list of charges and there is fuck all you or I can possibly do about it but roll our eyes in disbelief.

Personally though, I thank God or whoever every day that Donny and his jackboots are so incredibly incompetent that it really is just a matter of time before the cards fall. The free press is doing an amazing job and it's clear they will NEVER let go until this international embarrassment is put down like the rabid dog he is.

The beauty of all this to me is it signals the death of what is now the Republican Party. Trump is blindly pulling the curtain on all their false promises and cronyism and revealing what they all truly are: Spineless elites who sell you and I out every day to the highest bidder.

There is no way Trump makes a full term at this pace. He is a toxic Pandora's Box to everyone around him regardless of party. If the latest atrocities don't bring him down and House and Senate still refuse to take action then he will keep crossing the line until finally we collectively snap and go full South Korea on his ass, or worse.

I hope saner minds prevail.

camarillobrillo  ·  2757 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: He Was a Crook

    There are no heroes anywhere in the dramatis personae. It's shitheels all the way down.

True, but I have hope. The levee's gonna break. This is Custer's Last Stand and the majority of us are Crazy Horses.

camarillobrillo  ·  2757 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: He Was a Crook

Oh shit, I forgot all about that sicario. Thank Christ he's not whispering into Donny's ear anymore.

camarillobrillo  ·  2757 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: He Was a Crook

Stone is pure distilled evil and what's worse? He's proud of it.

camarillobrillo  ·  2762 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Growlers - Dull Boy

My girl is all about TIMING by the way. That old Chestnut "Everything happens for a reason" but for her and me it's deeper than that. Descartes' "This is the best of all worlds" or some rubbish. I like to believe that.

camarillobrillo  ·  2762 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Growlers - Dull Boy

I'm good. Hope you're doing alright too. It's tough out there.

camarillobrillo  ·  2829 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: WE GOT MOVIE SIGN!

I'm so pleased with the MST3k love. They're the biggest influence on my childhood soul as Calvin & Hobbes.

camarillobrillo  ·  2829 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: WE GOT MOVIE SIGN!

Thankee-sai! I am well knowledged on the shared tapes of YouTube. They have always been there in desperate times. Looking forward to new classics.

camarillobrillo  ·  2863 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Depression and men

Men are inherently weak. Way weaker than I think women could possibly believe. That said, get your shit together Taco. Homelessness and hospital visits are far more serious than getting your feelings hurt. That sounds crude I guess but I've been there man. Turtle suit, waking up in ER, 72 hour holds and everything. Your life was very well saved by those assholes, assholes they may be. You don't necessarily have to "man up" but goddamn you can't go your whole life crying.

camarillobrillo  ·  2879 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Place your movie montage music video here.

Musician: Paul Engemann (produced by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte)

Song: Push It To The Limit

Film: Scarface

Year: 1983

Forgot one...

Musician: Eric Clapton

Song: Layla

Film: Goodfellas

Year: 1971

camarillobrillo  ·  2882 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I have absconded from rehab

There is a part of me that thinks you're making a huge mistake. The other part wishes you Godspeed.

You have chosen a difficult path. If I still lived in Metro ATL I'd come pick your sorry ass up. Please tell me you have brothers or sisters-in-arms to rely on? I hated rehab too but you won't get back on your feet alone. Be safe and keep us in the know.

camarillobrillo  ·  2884 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: House GOP reverses course on gutting ethics panel

At this point you can't help but believe the unbelievable.

camarillobrillo  ·  2884 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: House GOP reverses course on gutting ethics panel

What are the chances of this being a Republican softball to Trump to make him look better? Just my first tinfoil thought I had listening to news on the way home...

camarillobrillo  ·  2889 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Obama orders expulsion of Russian diplomats for interference in U.S. election

Good. Fuck Putin and all his schoolyard bullying.

Best part is this puts Trump and Co. in a delicate political spot they can't weasel their way out of.

camarillobrillo  ·  2890 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Dumbest User Interface of 2016

camarillobrillo  ·  2892 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Carrie Fisher, Star Wars actress, dies aged 60

Damn. Loved her little stand-up show where she went into what a crazy life she'd had. Hit a few keys with me. She's finally at peace.

camarillobrillo  ·  2895 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Not very Christmasy but... 'World War Three, by Mistake'

"I can no longer sit back and allow communist infiltration, communist indoctrination, communist subversion, and the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids."

camarillobrillo  ·  2903 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll

We are one and the same. Sure we'd have gotten along just fine back then.

    “I found with Trump, he says a lot of stuff,” she said. “I just think all politicians promise you everything and then we’ll see. It’s like when you get married — ‘Oh, honey, I won’t do this, oh, honey, I won’t do that.’”

"Just the tip honey."

Hmm. Snowpiercer and Cat's Cradle jump to mind.

camarillobrillo  ·  2907 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Patriot Game Theory

I liked the Russians better when President Harrison Ford kept them in check. Let's never forget his famous "GET OFF MY PLANE!!!" speech to terrorist Gary Oldman. Those were the days.

camarillobrillo  ·  2908 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 205th Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

BADBADNOTGOOD - Speaking Gently

camarillobrillo  ·  2911 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Bizarro World

I know it doesn't mean best person, but most influential. Trump is certainly that, just like Hitler and Stalin and even everyone according to 2006. I'm just reflecting (and drinking heavily) to the realization that we haven't really changed at all. Day of Infamy indeed. The more things change the more they stay the same.

camarillobrillo  ·  2913 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New house Labor Committee chair questions need for unions

It begins...