Ben Carson is super surprised about that $31k dining set he ordered

[Papasan]

What a relief it is to finally know where my tax dollars are going.

[kenny]

Once again the buck never stops with the boss. Trump and his ilk like Carson repeatedly throw their underlings under the bus and refuse to take any responsibility.

[Thermironic]

@RickMycroft

Hmm. If the Housing and Urban Development Secretary’s office includes a dining room that fancy, what other infrastructure goes with it? Is there an attached private kitchen with staff, or do they wheel it from elsewhere in the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building?

I’m pretty sure that they don’t send out for a bucket from the Colonel.

In 2009, then Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan noted that “the building itself is among the most reviled in all of Washington—and with good reason.”[42] Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp once described the building as “10 floors of basement.”

Heh.

Seems appropriate given the minimal productive output of the department. Why shouldn’t they work in surroundings evocative of “the best they can do” for the population they are tasked to “serve”?

[redesigned]

@MrCat63

What kind of craziness goes on there that they’ve rendered the furniture unsafe?

That is just their way of justifying it for safety.

totally bs subtext: “We would have been fine with the old stuff, but it just wasn’t safe. We didn’t want to spend the money, but we were FORCED to for the safety of our guests”

this person was so sick over being coerced and pressured into doing this, and they are claiming to not even really know about it. this is the classism version of metoo

@jandrese

You’re supposed to have a lobbyist buy the thing for you, then sell it to your office for the accepted price (plus a wink). How can you be so bad at corruption in this administration? This is a golden era for money under the table and you’re still a screwup.

That’s a little too spot on. you nailed it.

[petzl]

You know we’re deep inside the Upside Down when Trey Gowdy (the guy with the Stranger Hair) says he’s going to investigate a Republican.

[fuzzyfungus]

I believe it’s a horror film convention for the token black guy to die early. If anything, his endurance has been well above expectations(probably helped by the ample supply of people who fulfill “asshole victim”, “they knew the risks”, and “You have outlived your usefulness” simultaneously; which keeps competition pretty stiff.)

[LutherBlisset]

@SocialJusticeMonk

I’d rather have the Don Vito Corleone as POTUS than 45. Just as corrupt, but had lines he wouldn’t cross, and massively more competent.

I’m not sure, but keeping things in the family seems to be a principle the current head of admin seemed to follow? Also, I would not be surprised if severed heads of beloved pets would turn up in the beds of some leading media workers.

[Kimmo]

@Brainspore

Somebody is overdue for his nap!

With the fishes.

[Melizmatic]

@anon48584343

Blue velvet and

C’mon now; don’t halfstep:

[FGD135]

via Imgflip Meme Generator

[beep54orama]

Ben Carson would be surprised that he was alive if only he knew that. Hell, he seems mostly comatose anyways.

[Apache]

“super surprised”…Edward Murrow is doing a spin in his grave

[csilvest]

Came here to mention that. Best break away from a reporter evar!

[Medievalist]

@MrCat63

What kind of craziness goes on there that they’ve rendered the furniture unsafe?

Before a new Imperator is installed, it is customary for the Praetorian Guard to loot the Imperial Palace.

[Flossaluzitarin]

I can see having the chafing tables for each dipping sauce needing to be spread out over the term of office, given that Ben’s on the hook for it plus the oversight to make sure nobody’s dealing out of the chafing table.