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Tanuki

(16,439 posts) Wed Mar 8, 2017, 03:35 PM Mar 2017

I shit you not...."Melania celebrates Womens Day...... [View all]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/mar/08/international-womens-day-2017-protests-activism-strike-live

"First Lady Melania Trump celebrated International Women’s Day with salsify and spinach gnocchi at a private luncheon at the White House.

Guests included Trump aide Kellyanne Conway, Ivanka Trump, Karen Pence, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Sen. Susan Collins, Small Business Administration chair-slash-former WWE executive Linda McMahon, and a 2015 Viognier from Sonoma County."

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I shit you not...."Melania celebrates Womens Day...... [View all] Tanuki Mar 2017 OP

What? No "Deplorable" wine? smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #1

WOW Zoonart Mar 2017 #2

LOL bravenak Mar 2017 #29

I heard that's her stripper name.. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #62

I guess not getting it runs in the family Angry Dragon Mar 2017 #3

Viognier must be made from grapes grown in a specific area. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #4

Huh? Viognier -- the real deal vitis vinifera -- is grown all over California. Auggie Mar 2017 #10

Dear lord.....Viognier...actual Viognier, is grown in France. Other regions have pale imitations. msanthrope Mar 2017 #31

No, you are wrong. Viognier is the varietal, not the AOC. BeeBee Mar 2017 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author BeeBee Mar 2017 #42

No, Viognier is the varietal. n/t BeeBee Mar 2017 #20

Viognier, like roquefort, is a specific type. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #35

Thank you for the condescending lecture but... BeeBee Mar 2017 #40

It was not meant to be condescending. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #44

You are correct BeeBee. guillaumeb has it all wrong. Auggie Mar 2017 #54

Could they be more clueless? madaboutharry Mar 2017 #5

Give them time.. coco22 Mar 2017 #12

You'd think she was a republican first lady or something! loyalsister Mar 2017 #32

Eh? What's that you say? lillypaddle Mar 2017 #6

What a hideous group! ploppy Mar 2017 #7

At the bottom of the smiles list... WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #14

I expected "eye of newt" to be on the menu... malchickiwick Mar 2017 #8

Hey wait! eyeofnewt Mar 2017 #18

to be fair, the original menu included unblock Mar 2017 #9

And uncultured buttermilk. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #63

Typical "Women's Club" social luncheon menu. haele Mar 2017 #11

What's strange about that is all the guests BainsBane Mar 2017 #13

I thought that was pretty weird too. TNLib Mar 2017 #24

They did. There were about 50 women in attendance in total, not mentioned in most coverage. n/t Lucinda Mar 2017 #58

Okay, then there is nothing unusual about this BainsBane Mar 2017 #59

Yep. My thoughts exactly. Especially when i'm seeing coverage on Dem sites that deliberately avoids Lucinda Mar 2017 #60

It's clear she doesn't quite get it. nt LAS14 Mar 2017 #15

the second course: Demonaut Mar 2017 #16

That's pathetic. She's not celebrating women. She was eating lunch w/ her family, friends, and Solly Mack Mar 2017 #17

couldn't pass a third grade spelling test with the entire group if you gave them a dictionary grantcart Mar 2017 #19

Wife of CEO invites a few women who can't say no n/t leftstreet Mar 2017 #21

Bingo. eom littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #64

Meanwhile Hillary gave a speech at Girls, Inc theglammistress Mar 2017 #22

Talk about a second Gilded Age! VOX Mar 2017 #23

Is this little intimate lunch with friends on our dime? lunatica Mar 2017 #25

It may be on our dime yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #36

It's Melania's idea of a White House sit-in for women's rights pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #26

With pedestrian chicken, shitty white wine, and caprese salad. nt msanthrope Mar 2017 #33

Vanilla ice cream! See? She can relate to regular people gratuitous Mar 2017 #27

Shows why you can't trust Susan Collins. star rises Mar 2017 #28

Did the taxpayers get to pay for Melanie's trip from NYC? sinkingfeeling Mar 2017 #30

May the rest of us have some cake, please? nancy1942 Mar 2017 #34

I see she celebrated with a "typical" cross-section of international women DFW Mar 2017 #37

I don't think I'd want to be in Melania's pumps right now jmowreader Mar 2017 #38

Not exactly mingling with the unwashed masses, is it? Vinca Mar 2017 #39

A deplorable prissy riot Generic Other Mar 2017 #43

Gag me with a crock of caviar Achilleaze Mar 2017 #45

Marie Antoinette pretends to be a shepherdess & holds a dainty tea party... Hekate Mar 2017 #46

Gross.. more like Female Liars for trump day. Cha Mar 2017 #47

Trump's list of insults against women is so long you can't fit them in the 4 screenshots Twitter Cha Mar 2017 #48

Try this, Cha pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #55

Mahalo, pinboy! Cha Mar 2017 #56

Her guest list? OxQQme Mar 2017 #49

Well, they can't order out for KFC *every* day. nt Buns_of_Fire Mar 2017 #50

Obviously she and her oligarchy brides of gold misunderstood what the day is really about liberal N proud Mar 2017 #51

What, no albatross? C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #52

BREAKING NEWS: Melania Spotted at The White House KeepItReal Mar 2017 #53

Can we all say "tone deaf"??? spiderpig Mar 2017 #57

Did Donnie grope the guests suegeo Mar 2017 #61

Pussy grabber enabler fake celebrates real pussy day. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #65