Doug Jones Victory Dog Dance Party! Open Thread for laughing at Roy Moore

I don’t know if this is appropriate for here but I made a shirt in regards to the CDC 7 Words. I mostly made it for myself and already ordered one, but then I thought what the heck, might as well share so…

https://www.zazzle.com/cdc_7_words_basic_dark_t_shirt-235730698396608917

If this is inappropriate, please feel free to delete this post. Thanks for your patience.

Heh. Gonna go out now, for a stomp in the snow, before it’s too dark. I’ll take my chances with the hunters, and wear my blaze orange hat.

The words are banned in the budget documents, not the CDC research itself. It’s still terrible because I guess it must be a sneaky way to make it difficult to fund anything that the far right hates. But I’m pretty sure that the ban only applies there. The cynical part of me is glad everyone thinks it’s a blanket ban though. It’s making the pushback stronger

@WWTH Dunno, seem to remember that the article said that the CDC stopped asking about peoples gender/sexual orientations in surveys as well. I’ll reread it later. 🙂

Yeah, well. My Twitter reaction:

“I don’t *ever* want to read overreactive bozos complaining about college campuses “essssjaydubyaaaaas” trying to “censor” words after having this admin telling the CDflippingC what words they can and cannot use.”

@kupo

My bad – I forgot the /sarc tag.

It was a not-pology, far as I can see: “Sorry I got caught” is what it boils down to.

(I keep wanting to make a crack about fluorescent crocs or a cooking pun or six – but it’s not a topic for jokes.)

It’s cool. 🙂

Seen what you described often enough – I should have been clearer.

Poop is exploding out of a water fountain at Trump’s EPA! A sign from Katie? We report. You decide.

‘There’s sewage covering the floors’ at headquarters

Robin Bravender and Kevin Bogardus, E&E News reporters
Published: Thursday, December 14, 2017

There’s a leak at U.S. EPA headquarters.

A plumbing problem put sewage on the floors at the agency’s Washington headquarters earlier today. . . .

Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, said he was told “a sewer problem at EPA HQ has resulted in poop exploding out of water fountains” outside the policy office.

https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2017/12/14/stories/1060069063

Over at the Jezebel website (“You Can’t Make This Shit Up”), SHough says this:

God has abandoned all forms of subtlety.

https://theslot.jezebel.com/you-cant-make-this-shit-up-1821333165

@Kat

I’ll see you the EPA building appropriately commenting on the staff and raise you …

Scoop: Mueller obtains “tens of thousands” of Trump transition emails

Mueller got, well … everything. Seems Trump’s lot forgot that they didn’t self host the email accounts of the transition team – the General Services Administration did. And, as a government entity – it keeps all records.

Oops.

These states are suing the FCC over net neutrality:
-California
-Oregon
-Vermont
-Washington
-Delaware
-Hawaii
-Iowa
-Illinois
-Massachusetts
-Kentucky
-Maine
-Maryland
-North Carolina
-Mississippi
-Pennsylvania
-Virginia

It’s so nice to see my state on a list for a good reason finally.

@PeeVee

Both stories (one from Jezebel, one from E&E) follow:

Under Scott Pruitt’s sweaty reign, the Environmental Protection Agency has become an oozing, sludge-spewing tool of the petrochemical barons who run this godforsaken country, which is why it’s very, very funny that there’s reportedly “poop exploding out of the water fountains” at the actual EPA headquarters right now. Yes, that’s correct—the EPA appears to be shitting itself, and we’re all trapped inside a dark comedy that went straight to DVD.

From E&E News:

The employee, speaking with colleagues, heard there had been black sludge coming out of the water fountains, whose odor wafted into adjacent offices.

Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, said he was told “a sewer problem at EPA HQ has resulted in poop exploding out of water fountains” outside the policy office.

Plumbing problems at headquarters are not new.

“Sometimes there were some very odd smells coming out of those drinking fountains,” said a former agency official who worked on the third floor. That person said there were water stains on the marble floors and an occasional drinking water backup.

“I can’t imagine that anyone would actually drink out of those drinking water fountains,” the official said. “I think I used it to pour my coffee down.”

I regret to inform you that the wastewater doesn’t appear to have reached Scott Pruitt’s $25,000 “secure phone booth.”

https://theslot.jezebel.com/you-cant-make-this-shit-up-1821333165

There’s a leak at U.S. EPA headquarters.

A plumbing problem put sewage on the floors at the agency’s Washington headquarters earlier today.

Wastewater was spilling onto the third floor of the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building, according to sources inside and outside the agency. The Depression-era building is known to have plumbing problems.
Wastewater. Photo credit: Special to E&E News

Wastewater poured from a drinking fountain at EPA headquarters. Special to E&E News

“There’s sewage covering the floors in the north building of headquarters,” an EPA employee said. There have been reports of overflows outside EPA’s policy shop, which is on the same floor but down a long hallway from Administrator Scott Pruitt’s office.

Headquarters staff received an email just before 9 a.m. with “Facilities update” in the subject line warning of plumbing problems and assuring employees the General Services Administration was on the case.

“There is a water line back up in the William Jefferson Clinton North Building that is causing the hallway water fountains to leak throughout the building in the 400 and 500 Corridors,” the email said. “GSA is working this issue right now. There is no estimated time for resolution.”

This afternoon, another EPA employee said, “They have cleaned it all up.” That person noticed yellow “wet floor” signs in the hallways.

The employee, speaking with colleagues, heard there had been black sludge coming out of the water fountains, whose odor wafted into adjacent offices.

Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, said he was told “a sewer problem at EPA HQ has resulted in poop exploding out of water fountains” outside the policy office.

Plumbing problems at headquarters are not new.

“Sometimes there were some very odd smells coming out of those drinking fountains,” said a former agency official who worked on the third floor. That person said there were water stains on the marble floors and an occasional drinking water backup.

“I can’t imagine that anyone would actually drink out of those drinking water fountains,” the official said. “I think I used it to pour my coffee down.”

Other EPA offices have had sewage problems. For weeks beginning in December 2013, clogged toilets and other bathroom misbehavior was reported in the agency’s Region 8 office in Denver, although a disgruntled employee was suspected to be the cause rather than bad plumbing (Greenwire, Aug. 21, 2014).

EPA press officials didn’t respond to questions about the leak.

Reporter Camille von Kaenel contributed.

https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2017/12/14/stories/1060069063

If the emails are the KEY piece of evidence that brings these fuckers down… *kisses fingers*

@Tovius
Technically, he can’t fire Mueller. He can fire a buncha people at DoJ til someone winds up with the authority and inclination. That means it’ll take some time tho. And looks rather bad. And gives the rest of us some warning. We likely won’t wake up to a Mueller firing outta nowhere. Not a lotta comfort, I know. Still, it’s something 🙂