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Ocelot II

(115,735 posts)
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 01:50 PM Jul 2022

Sydney Powell is certainly an arrogant, obnoxious person.

The description of this "meeting" at the WH is certainly startling - Gotta wish Nixon's taping system was still operating, I'd love to have heard a recording of this, with all the craziness and yelling.

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Sydney Powell is certainly an arrogant, obnoxious person. (Original Post) Ocelot II Jul 2022 OP
She's a pepper... 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2022 #1
lol blogslug Jul 2022 #2
:) 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2022 #4
I'm glad I don't drink Diet Dr. Pepper. rzemanfl Jul 2022 #3
Seriously bad product placement! Lars39 Jul 2022 #6
I hope Dr. Pepper sues her, too. Dorian Gray Jul 2022 #8
Lol Lars39 Jul 2022 #9
LOL. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2022 #11
Do they still make Mr. Pibb? SergeStorms Jul 2022 #19
In some self serve fountain vending at eateries Captain Zero Jul 2022 #25
Good to know. SergeStorms Jul 2022 #27
I have no idea Dorian Gray Jul 2022 #47
rzemanfl ............. Upthevibe Jul 2022 #32
Thank you. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2022 #45
Adding a descriptive of her: Ignorant. UTUSN Jul 2022 #5
That smirk Cadfael Jul 2022 #7
She's untethered from reality. Solly Mack Jul 2022 #10
That's pretty much my assessment. nolabear Jul 2022 #12
Have you ever seen the movie Sleeping With the Enemy? rsdsharp Jul 2022 #13
Having been a psychotherapist I know that all too well. nolabear Jul 2022 #14
rsdsharp.......... Upthevibe Jul 2022 #35
It's actually pretty sad if you read her bio Warpy Jul 2022 #16
I suspect you're right. Something is off. nolabear Jul 2022 #20
True. Solly Mack Jul 2022 #33
seriously... like Mike Lindell and so many of POS POTUS' fans LymphocyteLover Jul 2022 #15
Also true. Solly Mack Jul 2022 #34
One of many riding fascism for fame and profit. paleotn Jul 2022 #17
She is, like so many of the others in Trump's orbit, a total nut job. skylucy Jul 2022 #18
She is mentally ill. Period ashredux Jul 2022 #21
Trump is mentally ill as well LiberalLovinLug Jul 2022 #44
Is this the woman who was supposed to "release the Kraken"? sop Jul 2022 #22
My Dr Pepper story: Gag Alert CaptainTruth Jul 2022 #23
Might be good - you don't know... dchill Jul 2022 #37
Well... Ok... CaptainTruth Jul 2022 #42
Some things are just not a good bet. dchill Jul 2022 #43
She is Traildogbob Jul 2022 #24
She looks and acts and talks just like my next door neighbor, who is also a nutcase. BlueBloodedAmerican Jul 2022 #26
Her arrogantly opining that she would've "fired all of them then have security escort catbyte Jul 2022 #28
She's so batshit she deserves the Dominion lawsuit. She deserves to be disbarred by Texas. ancianita Jul 2022 #29
Deep-fried Kraken is delicious with a lemon wedge OMGWTF Jul 2022 #30
Sydney loves "leopard" skin prints NJCher Jul 2022 #31
Ocelot II ................. Upthevibe Jul 2022 #36
Miss smarmy ass thought all she had to do was tell the committee SouthernDem4ever Jul 2022 #38
Don't be sure there aren't recordings. I'd expect many participants had their phones on erronis Jul 2022 #39
Holy shit! Notek Jul 2022 #40
She reminds me of Alice the Goon for some reason. fightforfreedom Jul 2022 #41
Did you forget "ignorant?" nt Samrob Jul 2022 #46

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)
3. I'm glad I don't drink Diet Dr. Pepper.
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 01:53 PM
Jul 2022

The official beverage of insane female lawyers with no fashion sense.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
19. Do they still make Mr. Pibb?
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:41 PM
Jul 2022

I haven't seen it on store shelves in my area, seemingly for decades now.

Captain Zero

(6,811 posts)
25. In some self serve fountain vending at eateries
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 04:11 PM
Jul 2022

Also at the movie theater here as a choice at the fountain.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
27. Good to know.
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 04:21 PM
Jul 2022

Of course I'd need sugar-free Mr. Pibb and my chances of finding that anywhere are probably slim, and none.

Thanks for the reply.

Upthevibe

(8,053 posts)
32. rzemanfl .............
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 04:36 PM
Jul 2022

I love your statement: "The official beverage of insane female lawyers with no fashion sense........."

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
12. That's pretty much my assessment.
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 02:28 PM
Jul 2022

Just because you’ve got a degree doesn’t mean you’re sane. Trust me.

rsdsharp

(9,186 posts)
13. Have you ever seen the movie Sleeping With the Enemy?
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 02:54 PM
Jul 2022

That’s based on a novel of the same name written by a woman named Nancy Price. I took Historians and the Philosophy of History from her ex-husband, upon whom the antagonist in the book was based. It was the last required class for my history major, and he was the only one who taught it.

Frankly, he was an asshole. There was a guy in the class who was an odd duck, who asked me what I thought of the class. I told him I was only there because I had to be. “Well,” he said, “you have to admit he’s a genius!”

“I do?” I replied.

“Yes. He has a PhD!”

“And?”

“From Harvard!”

“So? He’s not the first idiot to go to Harvard.”

He wasn’t the last either.

Always remember that half of the lawyers finished in the lower half of their class.

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
14. Having been a psychotherapist I know that all too well.
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:06 PM
Jul 2022

Having a degree in psychology does nothing to prove you’re sane. We have a whole lot of checks and balances but they can’t guarantee anything.

Warpy

(111,277 posts)
16. It's actually pretty sad if you read her bio
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:35 PM
Jul 2022

She was a law school wunderkind, one of the youngest federal prosecutors, prosecuted Enron execs.

With some people, you can point to what sent them down the rabbit hole, not so much with Powell.

I'd love to be able to scruff her and drag her in for a thorough psych evaluation. I really think there is something else going on there besides populist personality cult support.

That gal just aint right.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,174 posts)
44. Trump is mentally ill as well
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 05:10 PM
Jul 2022

Something no one wants to talk about. He has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. It fits him perfectly:

Narcissistic personality disorder — one of several types of personality disorders — is a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others. But behind this mask of extreme confidence lies a fragile self-esteem that's vulnerable to the slightest criticism


I know why Republicans do not talk about it, but Democrats perhaps don't want to A. avoid the backlash on RW media, and B. Don't want to give Trump any excuses for his behaviour.

But its clearer to me now than ever, that McConnell, Graham, and others in leadership KNOW Trump is mentally ill and psychopathic. But that means they have a stooge they can hide behind, or in his shadow. And he can be the front man who doesn't mind being called a serial liar, racist, sexist, etc...because he doesn't have any sense of morality or empathy. And deep down, they know they may not have the strength to swallow that much of what is left of their personal morals to be that person themselves. So they use someone mentally deranged to do what they can only dare to dream about.

CaptainTruth

(6,594 posts)
23. My Dr Pepper story: Gag Alert
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:49 PM
Jul 2022

I once knew a person who liked to drink leftover coffee, from the day before, mixed 50/50 with Dr Pepper.

Seriously. I'm not kidding. No, I never tried it.

Just the thought makes me want to

Traildogbob

(8,758 posts)
24. She is
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:58 PM
Jul 2022

Birth Control. Watch and listen to that voice, and a dozen Viagra would be useless. And if you are not ready to bring a child into this world and face SC abortion laws, keep a video of her when you get an urge to have sex. Seeing and hearing her is more painful than a vasectomy, without pain meds.

26. She looks and acts and talks just like my next door neighbor, who is also a nutcase.
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 04:17 PM
Jul 2022

I refer to my neighbor as “Sidney” because I refuse to use her given name.

catbyte

(34,403 posts)
28. Her arrogantly opining that she would've "fired all of them then have security escort
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 04:24 PM
Jul 2022

them out of the White House if she were trump" referring to Patsy Baloney and crew was just peak Eva Braun delusions of grandeur.

ancianita

(36,095 posts)
29. She's so batshit she deserves the Dominion lawsuit. She deserves to be disbarred by Texas.
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 04:26 PM
Jul 2022

On January 8, 2021, Dominion sued Powell for defamation and asked for over $1.3 billion in damages.

A Michigan federal judge ordered her and 7 others of team batshit to pay Michigan and Detroit for their expenses in defending against their lawsuit to overturn the election. The court also referred Powell and the other lawyers to state disciplinary authorities for possible disbarment for ethics violations.

The State Bar of Texas seeks sanctions against her including possible disbarment.

NJCher

(35,688 posts)
31. Sydney loves "leopard" skin prints
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 04:33 PM
Jul 2022

She wears them almost all the time, and sometimes she even wears combination "leopard" skin prints.

A fashion analysis of who wears this kind of stuff observes that there's an upper end and a lower end.

snip

But leopard print is also a signal of poor taste and of “trashiness,” which really means that it represents the sexually available lower-class woman. Picture Peg Bundy in leopard-print spandex on Married... with Children, or Fran Drescher in a tiny leopard-print mini skirt on The Nanny, or Lil’ Kim squatting with her legs spread in that infamous 1996 promotional photo, her crotch barely covered by a leopard-print thong. Peg Bundy is a low-class sybarite, but Fran Drescher and Lil’ Kim are cut from a different (sorry) cloth. They are not content to stay in Queens and Brooklyn, respectively. They are women on the move, using their wits and sexuality to slink into lives of luxury.

While talking about leopard print, I would be remiss to ignore the pattern’s true progenitors: actual leopards.

“If you’re being a nerd, leopards don’t really have spots,” Craig Saffoe, the curator of Great Cats at the National Zoo in Washington says. “They have what we call a rosette. Leopards have a rosette, cheetahs have spots all over, and jaguars have a rosette with a spot inside.”


https://www.racked.com/2018/3/7/17053964/leopard-print-history

snip

I'm being a nerd: So she can't even get that right. Figures.

SouthernDem4ever

(6,617 posts)
38. Miss smarmy ass thought all she had to do was tell the committee
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 04:44 PM
Jul 2022

how they weren't nice to trump and that would justify all the criminality. What a maroon.

erronis

(15,303 posts)
39. Don't be sure there aren't recordings. I'd expect many participants had their phones on
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 04:49 PM
Jul 2022

and in voice record mode.

I also expect that the WH is well wired - both by "friendlies" and others.

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