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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Calling it a regrettable accident, Amazon apologized on Thursday for shipping ten thousand advance copies of James Comeys book, A Higher Loyalty, to the White House.
Cartons of the book arrived early Thursday morning and kept coming throughout the day, until stacks of the book clogged virtually every hallway and office in the building.
Reportedly, Donald J. Trump was so incensed by the book situation that he screamed at Mike Pence while the Vice-President was in the middle of praising him, one source said.
The White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, called any speculation that Trump had ordered Comeys book absurd, adding, The President does not order reading material.
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/amazon-apologizes-for-shipping-ten-thousand-copies-of-comeys-book-to-white-house
Hit the link to read the whole thing. It's worth it.
chillfactor
(7,576 posts)this was a regrettable accident ......the asshat's attacks on Amazon day after day.....a regrettable accident ..really?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)HuskyOffset
(889 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)The massive rally with be held of the South Lawn of the White House on Constitution Day, Sept 18. You a'll come hear.
smb
(3,471 posts)The Orange Overlord's tiny fingers would burn with fire if he dared touch the sacred text of E Pleb Nista....
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)marble falls
(57,093 posts)malaise
(269,004 posts)MLAA
(17,290 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)Lots of pictures, very few words.
That should give Trump nightmares for a week.
underpants
(182,805 posts)Chickensoup
(650 posts)Brilliant !!!!!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Or Borowitz even?
herding cats
(19,564 posts)Cha
(297,240 posts)Borowitz!
herding cats
(19,564 posts)To have to consider the possibility is what makes good satire good.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)(This goes back 20+)
After telling a minutes long piece on some topic, he would have a last second quirk, and ended with:
Now you know the rest......of the story.
Save the byline here until the last.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)I grew up at my grandparents and they were devote fans.
I still hear that line in my head all the time.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Good satire always has you thinking it's possible. This piece is clear proof of that.
RVN VET71
(2,690 posts)and sent it to the WH it would be the best prank of the day. (Unfortunately, the books would never get there unless dropped by helicopter. Security would have to screen them, and that wold be the end of it.)
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,863 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)erronis
(15,258 posts)Anyone who asks for a head-up before reading the material does not have a good funny-bone.
I won't go into the psychological/neurological discussions about certain people who don't "get humor" may also be RWNJ.
KelleyKramer
(8,961 posts)Ha ha, good one... I know what you mean
smb
(3,471 posts)Who can tell the difference any more?
stillcool
(32,626 posts)just a little. Doesn't take much.
Gothmog
(145,243 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Of course shipment would be diverted well away from the White House.
So, instead, hand out 10,000 copies in front of the White House and Trump Tower.
And 666 copies at Kushner's white elephant in Manhattan.
monmouth4
(9,705 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)smb
(3,471 posts)dhill926
(16,339 posts)Borowitz for the win....
forgotmylogin
(7,528 posts)They tipped their hand at the end. Press Secretary Sarah H. Sanders would never be so bluntly candid.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)a fly on the wall at Huck Thanksgiving dinner? Doesn't she and her dad realize she is just a pawn - and seriously mocked by the WORLD ? And, that she has ZERO future????
forgotmylogin
(7,528 posts)Nicest thing I can say: She's very good at a very bad job.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)She coul have gotten a job there without her tour of crazy
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)UTUSN
(70,695 posts)calimary
(81,267 posts)babylonsister
(171,066 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Do it !! Not too late !! I would ship to WH1 (not WH2-DC) (i.e. Mara Lago)
arthritisR_US
(7,288 posts)Beacool
(30,247 posts)Good one......
magicarpet
(14,150 posts)..... I pissed myself laughing.
TeamPooka
(24,226 posts)Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)True Blue American
(17,984 posts)My morning laugh.
I sent that one on.
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)for not sending the kids version with pictures and crayons.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)But Borowitz demands it.
Thanks, Zorro - much better than the usual "oh crap what has the freak in our White House done now?
riversedge
(70,222 posts)Ligyron
(7,632 posts)Now The New Yorker has a paywall. I need more $$.
StarzGuy
(254 posts)Really? I don't think he knows how to read. Otherwise, he'd rather watch the Nazi News Network (a.k.a. FOX) to get his marching orders for the day.
I suppose he could use all those copies for starting fires. But then, it might me a bridge too far.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Yes, their intentionally fake to be humorous...but they don't identify that. There is a "sarcasm" emoji for a purpose. It's getting to be irritating.
Zorro
(15,740 posts)PatrickforO
(14,574 posts)It would be hilarious if it actually happened. Imagine Cheetoh stomping down the hallway screaming, perhaps throwing things.
Funny stuff.
red dog 1
(27,804 posts)Thanks Zorro for posting this, and thanks Andy for writing it.