U.S. Electile Dysfunction 2016

[chappy]

The Borowitz report is satire. Though, sometimes satire doesn't work these days, thanks to the subjects.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by chappy

The Borowitz report is satire. Though, sometimes satire doesn't work these days, thanks to the subjects.

Indeed. It is the same phenomenon as Onion stories being picked up as real.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borow...l-scott-walker

Cutting Losses, Kochs to Sell Scott Walker
WICHITA (The Borowitz Report)—Saying that “things just didn’t work out,” the billionaire Koch brothers have decided to put Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker up for sale.

The Kochs, who earlier had purchased Gov. Walker with great fanfare, announced their plan to sell the politician in a terse statement from Koch Industries headquarters in Wichita.

“Scott Walker is a fine individual, and we wish him well,” the Kochs’ statement read. “We are confident that he will be a good fit for some other billionaire industrialists.”

[Xyzzy]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/06/politi...ary/index.html

"I think a lot about the Department of Energy, because energy is my baby: oil and gas and minerals, those things that God has dumped on this part of the Earth for mankind's use instead of us relying on unfriendly foreign nations."

"I'd get rid of (the Energy Department). And I'd let the states start having more control over the lands that are within their boundaries and the people who are affected by the developments within their states. If I were in charge of that, it would be a short-term job, but it would be ... really great to have someone who knows energy and is pro-responsible development to be in charge."

[only_human]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/06/politi...ary/index.html

The feel-good answers, honed as a beauty contestant, continue to support her challenges.
Sarah Palin Beauty Queen

[Xyzzy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...h-sex-scandal/

[schickel]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...h-sex-scandal/

Wow, now that is one bizarre story.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...h-sex-scandal/

Behind a paywall. Anyone prepared to summarize or to give an alternative link?

[kladner]

Originally Posted by xilman

Behind a paywall. Anyone prepared to summarize or to give an alternative link?

Summary:

1. Lord, what fools these mortals be.
2. Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.

Two very religious (by their own accounts) Tea Party legislators, each married to someone else, have an affair. Fearing disclosure, they concoct a scheme to make it appear that someone is trying to smear the guy with allegations of shenanigans with a gay prostitute. They hope that this will be far more salacious, and thereby divert attentions from what is really going on.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by kladner

Summary:

1. Lord, what fools these mortals be.
2. Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.

Two very religious (by their own accounts) Tea Party legislators, each married to someone else, have an affair. Fearing disclosure, they concoct a scheme to make it appear that someone is trying to smear the guy with allegations of shenanigans with a gay prostitute. They hope that this will be far more salacious, and thereby divert attentions from what is really going on.

Thanks!

I still find it mildly ridiculous that anyone should be in any way interested in the sexual activities of anyone else, but that's life. I never claimed to understand it very well.

Is anyone really interested in the details of how and with whom I interact for personal bodily services? Is anyone that interested in how often and with whom I have dental treatment or head-pruning?

[kladner]

Originally Posted by xilman

Thanks!

.....

You are very welcome! I had fun cooking up the response.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by kladner

You are very welcome! I had fun cooking up the response.

Good!

IMAO, people should (a) have fun and (b) put some effort into their responses.