let me leave this right here... moves it across with a TEN FOOT POLE...

[yuiyoshida]

Link to tweet

[First Speaker]

1. God...that expression on Trump's face...

...like a six-year old trying to look like an "adult". He is simply incapable of a single moment's authenticity, in anything...

[yuiyoshida]

3. He doesn't look happy ... the grumpy old man yelling at clouds...

(The Simpsons? i think it was..)

[AmyStrange]

43. Ha ha ha ha

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Spot on, because that's EXACTLY what he looks like.
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[underpants]

11. I think that's still his official WH photo

I think they toned it down fro the first one.

[WinstonSmith4740]

44. Yep.

That's the one that's in the JROTC room at our school. He's such a horrible joke.

[GoCubsGo]

56. That IS his first one.

In the newer one, he's smiling. Malaria had a similarly ridiculous photo. It's like they were posing for publicity shots for some stupid TV drama.

[Leith]

22. That pose reminds me of

Lloyd Bridges in Airplane!

All the pics seem to be copyrighted. So here's a link to a google inquiry.

[Talitha]

29. I read somewhere that he thinks it makes him look forceful like Churchill.

But it just makes him look like he needs a laxative.

[Kali]

2. is that real?

those are the key speakers?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

15. Lol! My reaction too!

It's mostly Trump's immediate family!

A strong plurality, anyway.

[hlthe2b]

4. Oh brother...

[ancianita]

5. Hah. The GOP is a big tent -- a big white tent!

[AmyStrange]

32. So true...

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I love your sig quote from Chief Seattle by the way, and not to be picky, but it was originally spelled Seathl. The early settlers changed it to Seattle.

He was friends with Doc Maynard, who really started Seattle, but that's a whole 'nother story...
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[ancianita]

33. ...

Thanks!

For all the Indian lit I've taught, I never read that Seattle spelling anywhere.

Think I should change it? I do like the original better.

[AmyStrange]

35. Put in parenthesis next to it.

I've seen it spelled other ways:

Chief Seattle summary: A chief to the Duwamish people his native name is closer to Si’ahl

https://www.historynet.com/chief-seattle

but, Seathl is the most common one that I've seen:

Born sometime around 1790, Seattle (Seathl) was a chief of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes who lived around the Pacific Coast bay that is today called Puget Sound. He was the son of a Suquamish father and a Duwamish mother, a lineage that allowed him to gain influence in both tribes.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chief-seattle-dies-near-the-city-named-for-him

Anyway (in case you've read this far), Doc Maynard is the one who suggested that the city be named after the Chief, and he's also the one who really built up the city.

When he got to Seattle, the leader of the Denny Party was sick, and he helped get him healthy again.

In return, he gave him the rights to the swampy part of Seattle, but Maynard was smart and had the ships drop their ballast there for free, and that's where Pioneer Square stands today.

He was also a drunk, but a SMART drunk!
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[ancianita]

36. Cool. Will do.

Thank you for the history links. I was just reading up in Wikipedia.

[AmyStrange]

41. I also added a bunch of stuff about Doc Maynard

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if you care to read it. It's nothing important.

I just laugh when everyone makes so much noise about the Denny Party starting Seattle, when Doc Maynard's the one who really built it.

Anyway, you're welcome.
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[ancianita]

51. Before the Internet, students & I read Seathl's speech in a cultural intro unit on First Nations,

some tribal works, along with a couple of novels.

Six years ago I read An Indigenous People's History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, gave copies away, I learned so much.

I appreciate your knowledge of this.

[AmyStrange]

54. No problem...

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I actually did some research into the different Native American legends about Sasquatch.

It's fascinating stuff, and I even wrote an essay on it:

http://www.amystrange.org/UNX-sasquatch.html

It's pretty long, and there's no need for you to read it, but it does have original drawings by me, maps and charts. I did a really thorough job of it, but my roommate, at the time, was the one who wrote the final draft.
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[ancianita]

55. Awesome! I will read it.

A bit tipsy right now, but will check it out in the am. Thanks for sharing.

[babylonsister]

6. I bet a brazillion people were asked and declined.

How boring. I'll pass, which I intended to do anyway.

[dmr]

21. I wish they'd ask me to speak. Do it live!

Of course I'll need a team of body guards once I'm done.

[niyad]

7. Pulling on falconry gloves, carefully removing tiffsny from "benefit of the doubt" list.

[yonder]

28. +1.

[tblue37]

8. It's a Trump family reunion! nt

[soothsayer]

9. Half seem to have the same last name

[3Hotdogs]

48. So, they're dusting off Tiffany.

[soothsayer]

50. To be fair, he probably forgot she's a relative

[3Hotdogs]

53. If she wasn't his daughter, he'd be dating her.

"Ya know, when ya got money, you can gra....

Sorry. I forgot how the rest goes.

[The Genealogist]

10. Are they going to call it the 2020 Kovfefe Klatsch?

[underpants]

12. Hoodstock

4 Days of Hate and Nugent.....and Chachi

[Talitha]

30. "Hoodstock" - - hahahaha, perfect!

[underpants]

13. Hold it where's Jared?

Maybe he doesn’t want to be outshined by the intellect and charisma of Jr.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

16. They left out "the smiling Melania" too.

Don Jr's girlfriend, Kimberly-whatever.

[underpants]

17. They need time for Nugent and Chachi

That level of star power is a force of nature.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

19. Lol!

[onetexan]

14. Makes me wana puke. Seems Niki Haley is angling for another prime post on the Idiot's next term.

[JudyM]

18. Melania. I'm sure that will be as deeply meaningful as Jill Biden's DNC profile.

If only we could get those two on a stage together to debate; it’d be over. Melania can’t schmooze her vapidness away like doncon can.

[yuiyoshida]

20. Think she copied Jill Biden's speech or did she go for

Michelle Obama again??

[JudyM]

46. Fortunes may be made on betting on this. Will be fun to find out.

[underpants]

23. Oooh look. Multiple locations.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

24. I noticed that Trump will be with his girlfriend.

That's nice.

[underpants]

25. Melania gets to speak from her newly renovated Rose Garden

and then It’s check out time.

[yuiyoshida]

37. I hope she wears that jacket ...you know ...

the one that says I DON'T CARE, DO YOU?

[StarryNite]

47. What a freak show.

[blugbox]

57. Haha trump speaking with his first choice

Melanie or Melody or whoever can speak from her little garden

[tanyev]

26. Nearly 50% motivated primarily by fear of being disinherited.

[3Hotdogs]

49. Coming down to it,

there probably ain't much to inherit.

[soothsayer]

52. Yep

[meadowlander]

27. The Kool-Aid's looking pretty watered down at this point.

They couldn't even book Mitch McConnell or Devin Nunes? Mike Pompeo? Steven Mnuchin? Some of Trump's billionaire "friends" from his economic advisory panel?

That's just sad. And very, very telling.

[smirkymonkey]

31. How fucking pathetic!

They call this a line-up of key speakers?

It's more like, "Hey, we couldn't pay anyone enough to show up so we had to force our family and a few other people who we had some dirt on to speak at our upcoming shit-show." What a joke!

I noticed they threw a bone to Eric "Gums" Trump, so obviously they are really scraping. Hopefully he will read us a passage from his latest book.

[yuiyoshida]

38. wow!!!

I am surprised the book is SO THICK.

[smirkymonkey]

45. Yes! And half of it is probably pictures.

Hand drawn by Eric, of course!

[steve2470]

34. amazes me that Tim Scott would speak

I wonder how well he sleeps at night or how he feels when he looks in the mirror. The money must be worth it.

[Baked Potato]

39. Boooooring! I wanna see:

Roger Stone
My Pillow Pusher
Midnight Cowboy
Chachi
Chuck Wooly Pully
Rod B, of course
I’m Not a Witch woman
Jerry ‘The Zipper’ Fell-well
Maria Butina, via Sputnik
Meaty Loaves
Ted ‘Caca Pantalones’ Nugent

Just the tip, many more A listers unmentioned

[yuiyoshida]

40. TRUMP could bring out his FORMER PROSTITUTES and no one would blink an eye.

I can't wait to hear about all those Head shaking, eye rolling moments. MAYBE Vladimir Putin will show up on the BIG SCREEN, on the satellite feed.

[Baked Potato]

42. Oh jeez, yes! Lol

[tanyev]

58. Row 2: white, silicone, silicone, Beavis, Butthead, white