A Fistful Of Shekels...

[Lord Jim]

Eric Trump: Woodward earned 'three extra shekels' with CNN appearance

Eric Trump lashed out at Bob Woodward during a Wednesday interview on Fox News, calling the Watergate veteran's book a work of fiction used for publicity.

The president's son also remarked that Woodward made "three extra shekels" with his book attacking the Trump administration.

"Don't you think people look through the fact that you can write a sensational, nonsense book, CNN will definitely have you on there because they love to trash the president," Trump said, responding to Fox and Friends host Steve Doocy, who asked if the book detailed "chaos" in the White House. "It will mean you sell three extra books, you make three extra shekels."

"Is that really where we are? I think people read through this," he said.

Well, maybe not so much "read through it" (by which I believe Eric meant "see through it" ...well, you can't really blame him for that mistake; look who he's had for a role model....) as planning to read it:

1 million copies of Bob Woodward's 'Fear' printed to meet 'extraordinary demand' after topping best seller lists

David Choi
Sep. 11, 2018

Simon & Schuster, the publishing company behind journalist Bob Woodard's upcoming book, "Fear: Trump in the White House," is printing one million copies of the White House tell-all to keep up with demand, according to a CNN Money report.

"We have reprinted six times for a total of seven to meet extraordinary demand — that will put one million books in print before we've even gone on sale," [That's a whole lotta Shekels] a Simon & Schuster spokesperson said to CNN "Reliable Sources" host Brian Stelter.

Following the release of some of its bombshell excerpts, the book has catapulted to the top spot on Amazon and Barnes & Noble's online best seller list. It is currently ranked fifth in Amazon's 2018 best sellers list.

https://www.businessinsider.com/bob-woo ... old-2018-9

[ex-khobar Andy]

I wonder why he said 'shekels' and not 'dollars.' Weird. (Well maybe not: the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.)

[Big RR]

My guess is that he was making some asinine biblical reference to judas and the 30 pieces of silver, although I don't think a piece of silver was called a shekels. I think it's just the way he thinks, that, like jesus, he was betrayed and sold out for a few coins. Indeed, he was quoted as saying "No one in history was ever sold out by a traitor for such a paltry sum; judas was paid 30 pieces of silver to betray jesus and I'm much more important than jesus--I'm even more important than the beatles. this betrayal will be remembered forever".

[RayThom]

I bet Drumpf will proclaim his ghostwritten POS tour de force, "Art of the Deal," sold far more copies than any and all of the lies and accusations that Bob Woodword has ever published.

[Sue U]

I wonder why he said 'shekels' and not 'dollars.' Weird. (Well maybe not: the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.)

It's a clumsy anti-semitic dog-whistle for the "white nationalists" who make up Trump's hard-core base: "The Jews are paying Woodward to smear my Daddy."

Fuck that guy sideways with a rusty chainsaw.

[wesw]

I m pretty sure that there were silver shekels.....

I think that a shekel is a bushel of grain, and coins that were worth a bushel of grain were called shekels....

I could be wrong tho.

anti semetic is a stretch.

lord god, sue, stop calling people racists.

at least I criticize you for your ideology, and don t make up boogie men...., oh sorry is that sexist?

sheesh and puh-leeze..., it is getting so old.

a poll of a thousand people, which represents the whole nation, said that your strategy sucks. violence is the only way that your views may prevail.

you will not convince people by calling their favorite aunt Gertrude a racist Nazi, you just won t , so do YOURSELF a favor and give it up

[Joe Guy]

Fuck that guy sideways with a rusty chainsaw.

Do you think the rust would actually make a difference?

Either way, I think it's a great idea.

[Bicycle Bill]

I m pretty sure that there were silver shekels.....

I think that a shekel is a bushel of grain, and coins that were worth a bushel of grain were called shekels....

I could be wrong tho.

You're partly right.

The Israeli new shekel (Hebrew: שֶׁקֶל חָדָשׁ‎; sign: ₪; code: ILS), also known as simply the Israeli shekel and formerly known as the New Israeli Sheqel (NIS), is the currency of Israel and is also used as a legal tender in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The new shekel is divided into 100 agora. The new shekel has been in use since 1 January 1986, when it replaced the hyperinflated old shekel at a ratio of 1000:1. One shekel is worth approximately 28¢ US.

The currency sign for the new shekel ⟨ ₪ ⟩ is a combination of the first Hebrew letters of the words shekel (ש) and ẖadash (ח) (new).

Historically, a shekel is any of several ancient units of weight or of currency. Since it was a coin that represented a claim on a weight of barley held in the city warehouse, the term "shekel" was likely used in both contexts:
1) As the name of the coin, and;
2) To describe the measure of barley

-"BB"-

[Sue U]

anti semetic is a stretch.

lord god, sue, stop calling people racists.

at least I criticize you for your ideology, and don t make up boogie men...., oh sorry is that sexist?

sheesh and puh-leeze..., it is getting so old.

a poll of a thousand people, which represents the whole nation, said that your strategy sucks. violence is the only way that your views may prevail.

you will not convince people by calling their favorite aunt Gertrude a racist Nazi, you just won t , so do YOURSELF a favor and give it up

Piss off, you hypocritcal worm. If someone is a racist and/or using racist dogwhistles, I'll call them on it. If the shoe fits, don't blame me for your preferences in footwear. And as I recall, YOU are the only one advocating violence as a response to imaginary boogeymen.

[RayThom]

This just dawned on me. Van Morrison's "They Sold Me Out":

Sold me out for a few shekels and divided up my robes
They sold me out
It's the oldest story that's ever been told
They sold me out
Didn't even give it no shred of doubt, no, no
They sold me out
Didn't even sit down and try to figure it out
They just sold me out
For the few shekels more, they didn't even think twice
For a few shekels more, another minute in the spotlight
My own people did it to me just 'cause they could
They sold me out
So beware brother it could happen to you
They sold me out
For the few shekels more, they didn't even think twice
Just for a few shekels more, another minute of two in the spotlight
My own people did it to me just 'cause they could
They sold me out
Got to beware brother it just might happen to you
They sold me out
Sold me out for a few shekels and they divided up my robes
They sold me out
It's the oldest story that's ever been told
They sold me out
Sold me out for a few shekels and divided out my robes
They sold me out
It's the oldest story that's ever been known
They sold me out
They sold me out
They sold me out
They sold me out

Is that a gold shekel that Moncostein is holding?

[wesw]

more bullshit.