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iluvtennis

(19,756 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 05:20 PM Mar 2020

Nominating Steven Beschloss for tweet of the day...regarding "stimulus" checks

Steven Beschloss@StevenBeschloss·2h
I assume Trump wants to sign the coronavirus checks because he’s always thought writing a check is a way to shut someone up after he screws them.





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Nominating Steven Beschloss for tweet of the day...regarding "stimulus" checks (Original Post) iluvtennis Mar 2020 OP
BASKET AND THE FOUL!!! PCIntern Mar 2020 #1
that's a great analogy. nt iluvtennis Mar 2020 #4
Confess it customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #7
It's been replaced with Macabre March Madness. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #21
LOL malaise Mar 2020 #25
I really do miss March Madness. BComplex Mar 2020 #32
My 86 year old mother customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #33
Excellent! SheltieLover Mar 2020 #2
perfect! dhill926 Mar 2020 #3
IMHO he wants people to believe he personally is giving everyone some of his money bobbieinok Mar 2020 #5
He's making a dangerous assumption Aquaria Mar 2020 #8
I Thought The Same ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #26
Exactly. Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2020 #24
BWAHAHAHAHA Aquaria Mar 2020 #6
Americans are displaying a split personality when using Twitter lunatica Mar 2020 #9
When Jon Meacham starts calling Trump a "huge gaping asshole" on Twitter, sop Mar 2020 #29
Jon Meacham did that???? CTyankee Mar 2020 #34
No, Meacham never tweeted that, he's too much of a scholar and a gentleman. sop Mar 2020 #35
oh, thank god. I'm relieved. i was thinking "is nothing sacred?" in my head... CTyankee Mar 2020 #37
I'd rather see it printed in a future elementary school history book. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #38
Lmao Docreed2003 Mar 2020 #10
Ding! Ding! Ding! I think we have a winner! Brother Mythos Mar 2020 #11
K & R...for laughs...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #12
Thank goodness I do my taxes online and get direct deposit -I won't have to see his BS signature. nt iluvtennis Mar 2020 #13
YESSS! smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #30
😂 😂 😂 nt iluvtennis Mar 2020 #31
BOOM! sarge43 Mar 2020 #14
Quid-pro-quo: if trump* would sign the bill, he could sign the checks. nature-lover Mar 2020 #15
I've been telling my red-hatted co-workers this sounds a helluva lot like socialism Mr. Ected Mar 2020 #16
Will the Trumpinistas The Wizard Mar 2020 #17
Send it back to "Do Not Cash". CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #39
Proud to be the 100th Rec IronLionZion Mar 2020 #18
I'll take it... not_the_one Mar 2020 #19
I'm taking it too. That's our tax money. Better we the working ppl get it vs the greedy corps. iluvtennis Mar 2020 #20
A $1200 check that will be forgotten about by Election Day and people remember kimbutgar Mar 2020 #22
They will remember it when they file avebury Mar 2020 #36
Priceless Mr. Beschloss! Perfectly said. Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #23
Very Appropriate ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #27
Will there be an NDA attached? 5X Mar 2020 #28
If I was getting one of those checks and it had trumps signature on it I think I would give it back. Doreen Mar 2020 #40
BINGO!!!! spanone Mar 2020 #41
I'm $128,800 short AwakeAtLast Mar 2020 #42
BOOM! Happy Hoosier Mar 2020 #43

BComplex

(7,977 posts)
32. I really do miss March Madness.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:52 AM
Mar 2020

If I'm going to be stuck at home, I could at least do with a whole lotta college basketball!

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
33. My 86 year old mother
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:59 AM
Mar 2020

sheltered in place at home, is bemoaning the possibility of no college football season this year. Rooting for Notre Dame has been one of the things that's kept her alive.

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
5. IMHO he wants people to believe he personally is giving everyone some of his money
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 05:27 PM
Mar 2020

I.e, the money comes from benevolent , kindly T---NOT the fed govt

 

Aquaria

(1,076 posts)
8. He's making a dangerous assumption
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 05:37 PM
Mar 2020

That his MAGAts can read at all, never mind decipher his KKK hood signature. Or that 99% of people getting the checks ever look at who signs it. I know I was never bored enough to look. Most people will see "US Treasury" and the $$$$ amount, and say, "Good enough!"

Worse still for the idiot fatass, well over half of the recipients won't see any check at all. Only their own bank balance thanks to direct deposit.


ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
26. I Thought The Same
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 06:44 AM
Mar 2020

If it was signed "Spongebob" and it cashed, nobody would care about the signature.
But propagandists gotta propagand!

 

Aquaria

(1,076 posts)
6. BWAHAHAHAHA
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 05:28 PM
Mar 2020

That is all win.

Besides, I won't see that Klan hoods sig, because I've done direct deposit for years now.

Thank goodness.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
9. Americans are displaying a split personality when using Twitter
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 05:42 PM
Mar 2020

It’s interesting that well known people who go on tv as guests act one way but then on Twitter they let loose with how they really feel.

Trump started it and now he gets smacked back in kind. And many famous and well known people are doing it. It’s like watching social behaviors evolving before our very eyes.

sop

(9,943 posts)
29. When Jon Meacham starts calling Trump a "huge gaping asshole" on Twitter,
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 07:00 AM
Mar 2020

we'll know the evolution is complete.

CTyankee

(63,768 posts)
34. Jon Meacham did that????
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 12:01 PM
Mar 2020

I can't believe it...the same Jon Meacham who is a presidential historian?

sop

(9,943 posts)
35. No, Meacham never tweeted that, he's too much of a scholar and a gentleman.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 12:12 PM
Mar 2020

If Meacham ever did write such a thing, it would show that Twitter has completely evolved. It was a comment about the previous posting.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
38. I'd rather see it printed in a future elementary school history book.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 12:47 PM
Mar 2020

All the GOP presidents since Ike:

Nixon--crook
Ford--pardoned a crook
Reagan--fool/liar/election stealer/heartless/racist/mass murderer
Bush I--see above
Dubya--dumbass
Trump--unqualified/traitor/xenophobe/mass murderer/heartless/brainless/spineless/narcissist/adulterer/cult leader/totally f*cked up (both as a verb and adjective)

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
30. YESSS!
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 07:08 AM
Mar 2020

I honestly don't think I could bear to see that psychotic signature of his even if it was at the end of a check addressed to me. I hate everything about him, including his signature.

I'd rather see something like this...

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
16. I've been telling my red-hatted co-workers this sounds a helluva lot like socialism
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:04 PM
Mar 2020

They get that kaleidoscope look in their beady little eyes.

iluvtennis

(19,756 posts)
20. I'm taking it too. That's our tax money. Better we the working ppl get it vs the greedy corps.
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 07:26 PM
Mar 2020

This was more about trump's signature being on the checks. As I said, I won't have to see his shitty signature with direct deposit.

kimbutgar

(20,871 posts)
22. A $1200 check that will be forgotten about by Election Day and people remember
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 07:59 PM
Mar 2020

He did a terrible job reacting to this disaster.

avebury

(10,946 posts)
36. They will remember it when they file
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 12:13 PM
Mar 2020

their 2020 tax forms. It is a pre-payment of your tax refund. If you don't normally get a refund or if your refund is less than what you would get, you will owe money.

I will increase my Federal and State withholding to account for additional taxes that will be owed.

ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
27. Very Appropriate
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 06:47 AM
Mar 2020

My wife & I are getting $900. So, we're getting stiffed by the DOLTUS like hundreds of contractors.
(I know, I know. I reduced amount is because income is above the limit. So, we're not really being stiffed, just couldn't help making the connection.)

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
40. If I was getting one of those checks and it had trumps signature on it I think I would give it back.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 02:24 PM
Mar 2020
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