"Wow, even the pumpkins are white."

[sheshe2]

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[Irish_Dem]

1. She has no idea how ridiculous and out of touch she is. nt

[Angry Dragon]

3. She acts like the people she hangs around

[Irish_Dem]

5. Right, the privileged elite. Who could care less about any one else but themselves.

And totally out of touch with regular Americans.

[underpants]

41. Us peons just simply don't understand how to hire a decorator and have the staff follow orders

Like she sits around drawing this up and then puts it all together.

[Irish_Dem]

46. Exactly, her employees do all this stuff and she tweets it out like she slaved all day.

Of course she thinks the new tax law will help us peons afford to hire mandarin tutors
like her children have.

[Blue Owl]

38. Out of her gourd, if you will

[Irish_Dem]

49. Good one. nt

[Dulcinea]

77. I hope she picked out the sand flies.

That looks like something she found on the beach that washed up after high tide.

[Irish_Dem]

79. At any one of the many seaside Trump properties...... nt

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. I doubt that the drumpfs sit at a kitchen island for dinner, even if it is marble.

Hilarious Twitter thread!

[FakeNoose]

42. This is where her maids and butler sit

Ivanka has never actually seen the inside of her kitchen.

[Irish_Dem]

81. That I believe. All of her "home" tips are written by someone who actually has stepped foot in a

kitchen.

[Irish_Dem]

80. That is exactly what I said in another post. Ya right, she sits at the kitchen island for TG dinner

[hermetic]

4. Better shot...

Nothing says Thanksgiving like a clam shell filled with crap you cleaned out of your yard after a stiff wind storm and...hey,wait....are those elephant parts?!!

[sheshe2]

8. Oooooh!

Great shot of Jr bringing in all that is left of his party.

[SunSeeker]

15. LOL

[dalton99a]

17. +1

[TheBlackAdder]

82. What's that, a $150 Pottery Barn Great Clamshell? She's just as out of touch as Gwyneth Paltrow.

[3catwoman3]

6. Champagne popsicles...

...for dessert?

[Hekate]

7. omg. I did a double-take on the last one, and then ...

[sheshe2]

9. Lol

Notice the fly? That is the appetizer.

[milestogo]

10. That little white pumpkin is the right size to throw at an obnoxious relative.

[sheshe2]

11. Which one?

[jmowreader]

92. Whichever one's closest, I guess

[Hortensis]

12. Clueless for SURE, LOL. Does this president's daughter never "get" it?

But now I'm feeling a little "white-shamed." Unfortunate juxtaposition of clicking here after just shopping for new white winter tchotchkes for the mantle after several years of gold and saffron fruits and brass candlesticks. White on white walls (yes), and white/cream to accessorize an elderly painting of the Mojave Desert--covered in snow.

Until now my biggest problems were finding a less expensive version of a Crate and Barrel white berry garland (dark brown stems, tho!) and wondering if berries clashed with desert. (I'm kind of anal about these things but won't be consulting you-know-who.)

Life is complicated.

[northoftheborder]

28. actually, I like the greenish white pumpkins, no symbolism involved.

Orange is not one of my colors, either in clothes or decoration.

[Hortensis]

45. Me too. I keep the salt on my island in a

ceramic pumpkin in creams and green, definitely no symbolism. Just took a good look at the rest of the composition. If you don't know when to stop, at least start with a smaller shell?

I confess I like orange as long as it's not in presidents, or with browns.

[sheshe2]

61. Love your response.

[SunSeeker]

13. LOL

[sheshe2]

18. I know. Right?!

[SunSeeker]

20. Thanks for posting those tweets, she. I needed the laugh.

[sheshe2]

62. Back at ya

[LakeArenal]

14. Doesn't one of those giant clam shells cost about $500?

I'll take ten....

[volstork]

47. Someone in the Twitter feed

indicated that they are an endangered species, so I guess it's appropriate that she would include one. That bunch love endangered species as decor.

[MFM008]

16. Looks like clam

Is vomiting........

[Solly Mack]

19. She spoils everything. (and not just her) I enjoy making pies from lumina pumpkins.

Now that she has posted that photo, the price will go up.

I guess the Lumina will now go the way of Kale and Swamp cabbage. Overpriced for no reason other than to appeal to those who don't know better.

Kale used to be super cheap until someone got the idea to market it as the next big thing. Even though kale has been around forever - both used as garnish and to eat. Poor and not so poor people ate it. Now, it's gotten more expensive.

Swamp cabbage is what some call hearts of palm. Guess it sounds better and you can charge more for it on the menu with that name. But it's swamp cabbage, from the Sabal palm - once a stable of poor people. People still gather their own and it's still called swamp cabbage - unless on a menu in an upscale restaurant. I'd wager you could place both swamp cabbage and hearts of palm on the same menu and people would choose the higher-priced hearts of palm, never knowing both are the same thing.

I've been to high-end eateries where they bragged about their poke sallat and dandelion infusions and couldn't stop laughing. Charging an arm and a leg for greens poor people have been eating for centuries because that's all they had.

I do wish people would stop "discovering" the already long discovered and enjoyed by those who don't have a lot of wealth. You're pricing us out of everything.

And the raving about your "discovery" is ever so annoying.

OK. I'm over it now. Back to giving dirt a brand name and calling it the next new thing in bowel cleansing for a healthier chakra.

[Lochloosa]

23. That's what happened to red fish, chicken wings and oysters.

Bastards.

[Solly Mack]

31. It's kind of funny but also a sad commentary.

Dress up something commonplace and ordinary and then charge more for it - and some people will pay whatever price you're asking.

The power of marketing is awesome - and scary.

Creating a need where none exist and causing people to demand something they never needed (and still don't) but simply have to have now.

Taking something old and treating it as something new and exciting - and placing enough of a price tag on it to make it exclusive - making the buyer hip and cool.

[Buns_of_Fire]

33. "If you nail together two things that have never been nailed together before,

some fool will buy it from you." -- George Carlin

[Solly Mack]

34. lol! I miss Carlin.

[Ilsa]

53. Don't forget beef skirt.

Known now as "fajitas." Went from being the cheapest unground piece of beef to one of the more pricey ones. Thanks alot, gringos!

[smirkymonkey]

83. Lobsters used to be only eaten by the poor as well. Fishermen used to throw them back or

give them over to feed prisoners or the working poor. They were thought of nothing more than giant sea insects.

[eppur_se_muova]

21. South China Sea reefs face extinction due to overharvesting of Giant clams

DTE Staff
Tuesday 28 June 2016

Shells of giant clam, one of the most endangered species, are very dear to the Chinese. The shells make beautiful ornaments that are considered auspicious and aesthetically appealing. In order to maintain uninterrupted supply of these coveted shells, clam harvesters are wreaking havoc on the ecosystem of the South China Sea. While China had banned harvesting of giant clams in 2015, the residents of a seaside town, Tanmen, on the southern island of Hainan, continue to plunder seabed. Surprisingly, clam harvesting and making ornaments have become a large-scale industry where around 100,000 people are employed. The village, now, has 460 handicraft retailers, compared to just 15 in 2012.

Are villagers enjoying impunity?

How is it that the villagers are not implicated despite carrying on with illegal harvesting? Zhang Hongzhou, an associate research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, explains: "With rising tensions in the South China Sea, Tanmen fishermen's important role in strengthening China's claims in the disputed waters and supporting the People's Liberation Army navy are recognised by the Chinese government. As a result, authorities have turned a blind eye."

The local government refutes such allegations. In March 2015, the Qionghai government announced its intention to enforce ban on digging, carrying and selling of endangered marine species, including the giant clams. While some government officials claim that the authority is enforcing the ban, others assert that the authorities were not doing anything to support the industry. Despite the supposed ban on harvesting, stores on the streets of Tanmen openly sell intricately carved giant-clam shells. Many fishermen sell uncarved shells from their homes and others are employed in shell-carving factories.

Impact on South China reef

China’s appetite for giant clam shells, which are used for interior decor and jewellery, has stripped large swathes of the South China Sea as boats scrape reefs to expose the clams. According to marine biologist McManus, the Chinese method of dragging small boat propellers across a reef to break up the coral bed and uncover giant mollusks has caused severe damage to more than 100 sq km in 40 coral reefs in the South China Sea. He said that at least 20 other shallow reefs are threatened by the resulting huge plumes of sand and silt killing almost all aquatic life.

"What used to be really good coral reefs in there have definitely been decimated over the last two to three years," said Neo Mei Lin, a marine biologist at the National University of Singapore."I think the Hainanese have essentially taken out all the giant clam shells from the South China Sea, dead or alive," said Ed Gomez, a senior adviser at the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute.
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more: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/south-china-sea-reefs-face-extinction-due-to-overharvesting-of-endangered-clam-54604

[marble falls]

22. "I went to Ivanka Trump's for Thanksgiving dinner and all I got to eat was an anemic pumpkin."

[sheshe2]

26. ...

[Dave Starsky]

24. That looks like John Carpenter's The Thing

Just as it was about to sprout spider legs and go scurrying off.

These people can't even pretend to be vaguely human.

[Brother Buzz]

25. Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung are drinking beer and eating pizza, debating

the significance of absence of orange. Most curious.

[George II]

27. That last one is hysterical - trump family thanksgiving.

[sheshe2]

29. That one...

That one is the plan for next Thanksgiving when they all gather here...

Link to tweet

[NastyRiffraff]

68. Oh, that is lovely!

Thanks for this thread, sheshe. The Twitter feed is hilarious!

[sheshe2]

69. We all needed a laugh, NR.

It was a hoot. The orange ones spawn got a well deserved trashing on that feed. Sad.



Champaign popsicles anyone?

[spooky3]

30. LOL to Lizzie!!!! Thanks, she.

[logosoco]

32. That is just flat out ugly!

After years of cleaning in rich folk's homes, one thing I learned is they have very odd tastes. Sometimes it was very hard not to make an involuntary reaction (Ugh!).

Aside from that, this "centerpiece" is not very friendly, unless you really don't want to look at the person across from you (and if I was at a trump gathering, that would be the case! And I would make good use of the smaller, harder items in this thing!)

[Marie Marie]

35. She is ridiculous

And like her Daddy is so unaware.

[jmowreader]

36. I dont understand the pumpkins on the plates

Are you supposed to eat them, set them to the side, or remember how hard they are and use them to go all Leviticus 11 on the hostess’s father?

[underpants]

39. Definitely for throwing

[FakeNoose]

44. I'm pretty sure it's an inedible decoration

Also these may not be pumpkins.

There are other squashes that look like small pumpkins, and you have to pick them quickly or they turn green on the vine. These may be really young squash, or possibly they were another color when picked and somebody dyed them white for the effect. Or they could be wax (fake). It's hard to tell from the photo.

[Bantamfancier]

52. Baby Boo

is the trade name of the white "mini pumpkins". And yes, they are a squash.

[Sedona]

37. But...

But where will she find a ginormous clam shell in federal prison?

[underpants]

40. Even Cracker Barrel would think that's bland.

The grandparents love taking my daughter to Cracker Barrel. Both sets of grandparents.

My brother, my wife and I have a game we play. Try to get three distinct colors on your plate. It's not easy to do and that includes going out of the way to order green beans and carrots.

[underpants]

43. But look at how happy it makes Jared

[Scarsdale]

48. Let my housekeepers

show you how they decorate our table.

[oasis]

50. Avoid all things orange!

The planners got the memo.

[mcar]

51. That is the ugliest thing I've ever seen!

[Kirk Lover]

54. Trashbag tRUMP doesn't want any competition I see. He wants to win even at being the most

orange thing at the damn table.

[sheshe2]

55. True dat.

[Lochloosa]

56. Where do put the fucking turkey?

[sheshe2]

59. You mean the Donald?

He gets a seat at the head of the table.

[jmowreader]

67. Out on a golf course. He'll get at least two rounds in by bedtime.

[xxqqqzme]

57. OMG!

She's the Martha Stewart of incredibly tacky.

[brer cat]

58. Thanks for a great laugh, sheshe.

I think we all need that!

[sheshe2]

60. You are welcome, brer.

Yikes! They are ripping her to shreds on that twitter feed.

[karynnj]

63. I bet we are being set up and ... we will be attacked for picking on her small child who did this

This is really a terrible design with extremely blah colors. Either that of Ivanka assigned this to a designer who really has no use for her.

[sheshe2]

64. Link in the tweet...lol

https://www.ivankatrump.com/articles/thanksgiving-tablescapes-allison-domonoske?cm_mmc=Twitter_-_-Life_Contributor_Holiday_AlliDomo-_-111617&utm_source=Twitter_&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Life_Contributor_Holiday_AlliDomo&utm_content=111617&Life_Contributor_Holiday_AlliDomo111617

[Tanuki]

65. Thanks for this, Sheshe! The comments are priceless!

[sheshe2]

66. That they are, Tanuki.

Poor Ivankie, she tries to hard...sad she is getting her clock cleaned on that feed.

Champaign Popsicles anyone!? Ta!

[Blue Owl]

70. Those are some very fine pumpkins

[DesertRat]

71. Gawd, what an ugly centerpiece!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

72. ROFL!!!!!

A kind gesture to prepare your family for holidays in a more institutionalized setting....

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!! Comedy gold!! 😆😆😆.

Hand me that giant clam!!!!

😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[sheshe2]

73. I loves raw clams, tasty.

One that large would be chewy, hard to digest...

Trumps. 2018 Thanksgiving dinner in the pen.

Link to tweet

Sad...Not

[BlancheSplanchnik]

85. Teee heee!

Oh, now I've got a craving for clams...darn you!!! 😆😆

I'm thinking, a clam that large---you could use it for a mattress.


Meanwhile, dinner attire in orange for Mango Mussolini would go nicely with that tray!

😆😆😆

❤️

[betsuni]

74. K&R

[Neema]

75. Clearly also for the family that hates each other and doesnt

want to see each other across the table.

[Vinca]

76. Love the fly on the TV dinner dish. ROFL.

[LeftInTX]

86. I thought it was a prison tray!

[Vinca]

88. Maybe it is. Seems more appropriate for a Trump.

[sheshe2]

90. Yup...

Pretty sure it is a prison tray...for next years Thanksgiving.

[nocalflea]

78. 🤔

Is that a chunk of a tree branch ?Antlers ?

Not even worthy of the "throw shit at the wall and see what sticks " school of design.

[smirkymonkey]

84. She's the Gwyneth Paltrow of DC.

Rich, clueless and completely out of touch. At least Gwyneth has some taste.

[LeftInTX]

87. One of my favorite responses:

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

89. Yikes!

[Gothmog]

91. WOW