Thread for obviously newsworthy stuff

[Giancarlo]

Milo needs to get a real job. Not everyone can be a Paul Ryan. And now he is complaining about being heckled out in public? Well when you are a public a-hole that tends to happen.

[JohnT]

Poor, poor Milo Y:

[Giancarlo]

Future newspaper posting on Donny: He passed from excessive aspartame and KFC consumption.

[Uncle Sparky]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mccain-...tion-1.4800053

Vietnamese praise McCain.

Hopefully, when Trump's Pretorian guards turn on him, it will merit a one line mention on page 42... in the middle of an article on composting.

[-Jrabbit]

It's not hysteria. It's just a fact.

[Giancarlo]

Then Trump is a stupid coward with toilet bowl approval ratings.

Heel Spurs in Chief.

[Kidlicious]

If people don't like you then you probably aren't a hero

[Proteus_MST]

The "Trump doesn't like McCain" hysteria is particularly amusing.

Lets see:
1. WH had an official announcement prepared in which McCains Hero-Status and his decade long service for the fatherland were mentioned. Trump overrode this and published, instead (and as only official condolence of the Trump government), some unpersonal thoughts and prayers - tweet
2. Contrary to general use, the WH is full-flagged after just 48 hours ... instead of remaining half-flagged till the funeral (as it is usus and as other public governmental buildings do)

It is quite clear that Donnie doesn't even have enough manners in order to rest his resentments / oversized ego long enough, to give a deceased decades long servant of the state the honor that is usual in this situation

Even the political opponents of McCain honor him more than Donnie does (among them the last real president of the USA)

[Kidlicious]

The "Trump doesn't like McCain" hysteria is particularly amusing.

[Proteus_MST]

I guess that also wasn't unexpctd from such a small mind as Trump:
It is use to fly the flag at half-staff, after the demise of notable figures (like senators), until their funeral.

Capitol memorial and other public building have thirs on half-staff in honour of McCain.
The White Houses flag however already has returned to full-staff, just 48 hours after his death

http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...-mccains-death

[Sava]

huhe

[Proteus_MST]

Interesting, btw.:
The WH was preparing a statement regarding the death of McCain in which he was praised folr his heroism and his decaes of service.
But it wasn't released to the poublic because Trump was opposed to it and told them that he himself would tweet a condoilence:

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/26/p...eet/index.html

Well, we know what minimalist standard template condolence he tweeted.
Which, again, proves the small-minded and vengeful character of Trump, even extending his wish for revenge beyond the death of a person.
(had Trump become pope, I am sure that he wouldn't be above doing something like a version 2.0 of the cadaber-synod on the corpses of papal predecessors he had a quarrel with)

[Uncle Sparky]

Gee... banned from Babs Bush funeral, now not allowed at McCain's funeral... I wonder how FOXNews will explain this to the faithful?

[Broken_Erika]

He'd probably end up making the flag of Serbia....

[Giancarlo]

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/trumps-big...172517646.html

Alan Dershowitz, a respected Harvard Law professor, has stated the emerging criminal case/potential prosecution in Manhattan poses the most serious threat to Trump.