Trump's Intelligence Picks - Doozies and Russian Assets
Added 2024-12-04 21:35:51 +0000 UTCOA1095 - Trump's Staff Infection, part 4 plus T3BE50!
Lydia Smith joins us once again to take us through another volume of Trump's Staff Infection. This time, we focus on the Intelligence Agencies.
Then, it's T3BE50! Submit your answer below!
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T3BE: I have to go with A. I have to think of this as analogous to the farmer's market: If you walk away from the booth, the deal is off the table.
Unnamed Muppet
2024-12-12 02:25:16 +0000 UTCThomas and Lydia inspired me. 😂
Aminah
2024-12-11 20:50:34 +0000 UTCFantastic answer Aminah 😆
Rachel gets a little hungry sometimes
2024-12-11 20:48:48 +0000 UTCYou do in my book! I also noticed Thomas used the Maui sound clip as the intro to the patron names segment after not using that one for a while 👀
can I get a CHEE-HOOOOO
2024-12-06 17:46:13 +0000 UTCYayyyyyyy! I think this means I win T3BE this week lol.
Lydia Smith
2024-12-06 17:16:55 +0000 UTCLove Double Doozy Wednesdays
Vehicular Man's Laughter ... Oh I just realized it's 'car' from WTW ... he's so good at Codenames he can play it blind
2024-12-06 14:43:23 +0000 UTCThis is exactly the kind of thing that would blow up on NextDoor.
can I get a CHEE-HOOOOO
2024-12-06 14:41:20 +0000 UTCI think I'm going to go with A. Matthew's a busy guy! You can't expect him to just be sitting around waiting to fix your gutters, Thomas, he's fighting the immigration system and rapidly responding on OA!
can I get a CHEE-HOOOOO
2024-12-06 14:37:28 +0000 UTCLYDIA!!! You got my patron name reference exactly right 😍 We took my kid to see Moana 2 over thanksgiving and there's a whole "Can I get a CHEE-HOO" song that's been in my head ever since.
can I get a CHEE-HOOOOO
2024-12-06 14:35:03 +0000 UTCI think it's A as well. I don't think there was a contract as nothing got accepted. You should be able to withdraw your offer at any time before it's accepted, and it's not unreasonable to consult your spouse before you have work done on the house (you'd be insane not to!). Plus, a month feels like it'd be too long to accept an offer like this, particularly since it's urgent damage from a storm. The Rime of The Modern Gutterer === The gutters lay, a shattered sight, Where rain had wrought its watery might. A neighbor came, with offer kind, To mend the harm - and solace find. But time, a thief with silent tread, Stole weeks away, the offer fled. For though no term the man had set, A month had passed, the chance was met Though offer'd once, no offers more, Quoth the neighbour 'Nevermore!' The law decreed, with judgment stern, No contract bound, nor lessons learned. For offers fade like morning mist, When time's swift tide has onward kissed. And though good will may once reside, Delay's cold hand can naught abide.
Dann de Grand Pre
2024-12-06 11:52:39 +0000 UTCMy guess is A. I agree with Thomas's overthinking, but think it's more likely that a verbal offer lapses basically immediately than there's some special rules that only apply to "merchants".
Ignore all previous instructions and bring back glam rock
2024-12-06 03:16:09 +0000 UTCUgh me too.
Lydia Smith
2024-12-06 02:37:46 +0000 UTCHahahahaha YAAAAAS. IM SO SAD THEY'RE DONE. 😭
Aminah
2024-12-06 00:35:26 +0000 UTCOh wow, it's a celeb We're Here to Help caller!!!!!! Lol
Lydia Smith
2024-12-06 00:29:37 +0000 UTCMatthew did say 'I’ll fix your gutters, $1,500 to pay.’ But Thomas waited, too much time gone by, now Matthew's busy, and the offer must die. Can you take me higher? To a place where deals don’t expire? With arms wide open, the chance slipped away, call a professional, that's all I can say. The answer is A. Lol
Aminah
2024-12-05 21:52:02 +0000 UTCI say A, there must be some reasonable timeframe after which you aren't expected to keep up the "offer" end of an implied contract even if no time period is specified. Otherwise what if Thomas came back 10 years later? A month seems about right for that.
Apprentice57
2024-12-05 18:51:55 +0000 UTCRegarding Kash Patels eyes too wide in pix- i think its cause he has a lazy eye. So when he knows a picture is being taken he has to work at making it look like its a regular eye and he forces his whole eye area…bless his little heart (in the southern way)🤪
Reese
2024-12-05 17:53:41 +0000 UTCWhat would happen if witnesses on the good side, our side, just said fuck you you’re an idiot. I’m not answering any of your absurd racist questions. What would happen?Trump’s people that have been subpoenaed in front of Congress just simply refused to show up. What happens if our guys show up and just say fuck you, you’re an idiot..
Oso Hermoso
2024-12-05 16:00:20 +0000 UTCTbh I'm not sure a verbal contract would hold up under any scrutiny, especially not one so informal, but my best guess would probably be technically D, because Matthew offered a service and stated what he would like to get in return for the service, which is how contracts work, didn't technically put any time frames on it, and consulting with a third party who should probably have been involved anyway - legal things about husband and wife being one unit and stuff - mean that, Matthew's busy-ness notwithstanding, it technically holds up all the standards of being a contract. That being said, it's basically unenforceable because it's basically he said-he said and if Thomas wanted to actually hold Matthew to his word he should've gotten it in writing. Matthew being busy with his own stuff as a private citizen is not a consideration for stuff. Or something like that anyway. It's 1am and am no a lawyer
Merk
2024-12-05 08:46:24 +0000 UTCPutting my answer here (copying my own homework from Reddit) because I am a patreon darn it and so I get to do it twice lol I think it's answer A. Offers can lapse after a "reasonable" amount of time and what's reasonable depends on the circumstances. It's likely that a month delay would be seen unreasonable to keep an offer open, especially in light of the damage being caused by storms that probably hit other people in the area who also need this service. I think the question of Matthew being a "merchant" is a distraction since someone who offers to sell something to another is doing a transaction.
Wes Mills
2024-12-05 05:36:09 +0000 UTCYeah, I’m also gonna go with B. My only explanation is that it’s the answer choice that makes me feel the least wonky in head.
Kait from Seattle
2024-12-05 01:38:50 +0000 UTCjust to be random i'm going B - i feel like 'lapsed' is something that would be relevant if a gutter company made a quote as a formal offer and did so with some sort of statement of how long the offer would be valid... but Matthew is doing this informally as a favour from a neighbour in the moment so is not bound by that sort of thing. if my logic is accurate the last two become irrelevant.
Tom Pegg
2024-12-04 23:19:39 +0000 UTCB - Matt’s not a merchant but Thomas is kind of a dick for not getting back to him sooner. Don’t blame Lydia.
Rae
2024-12-04 23:15:45 +0000 UTCI'm thinking the answer here is A. I don't think the details from the original offer really matter because so much time has passed - this new interaction absolutely feels like a new offer from Thomas, one that Matthew is rejecting.
The world's most reluctant ray of sunshine
2024-12-04 22:36:29 +0000 UTCNo contract exists, offer acceptance and compensation... Thomas never accepted the offer and a month is not time of the essence... I think this is then a new offer from Thomas to Matthew and he declined it, so no contract. I guess A is the closest so A, final answer. Or E. Great way to ruin a neighborly relationship by charging to do something neighborly and then turning them down, do these two live near me? LOL - Jensie, the neighbor with all of the fences. :)
Jensie Jaye Hudson
2024-12-04 22:18:52 +0000 UTC
