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#PMT-2019-0729-18809
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith will eventually run for President together

I can see a world like 10 years from now, 15 years from now, where the two candidates for president are Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith. And then they run together. And then they're co-presidents.

Extremely unlikely to happen literally, though both have leaned into political commentary since this episode.
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#PMT-2019-0726-6620
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Anthony Weiner being alive proves the Clintons didn't murder anyone

Anytime Anthony Weiner's Weiner pops up, which it does several times a year, that is all the proof that you need [that the Clintons didn't murder people]. Although I would really like to see Hillary Clinton try to kill somebody.

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Take Slip·Jun 24, 2019
#PMT-2019-0624-16748
Big CatBig Cat

The super-wealthy will eventually live in biodomes or on Mars

The rich people are going to be living in a biodome. That's a fact. Or on Mars. They're already working on it, dude. It's going to suck for everyone else.

Space colonization efforts are underway, but it's currently speculative whether it will serve as an escape for the wealthy.
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Take Slip·Mar 11, 2019
#PMT-2019-0311-13042
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Larry Fitzgerald will retire and run for the U.S. Senate in Arizona

I think Larry Fitzgerald's goal here is when he's going to wait for a Senate seat to come up in Arizona, and he's going to retire and run immediately for the United States Senate. And so that's why he keeps playing in Arizona so that the entire population of the state is like, 'this is our guy.'

Fitzgerald retired but has not yet run for the U.S. Senate.
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#PMT-2018-0912-18141
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

George W. Bush was likely on steroids for his 9/11 first pitch

Greatest first pitch of all time... How come nobody's ever asked? Was George Bush on steroids? It was the height of the steroid era. Did W take PED? ... why wouldn't you rub a little bit of cream on your arm? Absolutely. Put some clear underneath your tongue.

There is no evidence the former President took PEDs for a ceremonial pitch.
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#PMT-2018-0905-12041
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Brady will run for office in Massachusetts as a Democrat after he retires

I think that Tom Brady is going to run for office in Massachusetts after he's done playing football. And to win in Massachusetts when you're running for office, you typically have to be a Democrat. And Tom Brady has gone from having the Make America Great Again hat in his locker to now he's liking Colin Kaepernick's Instagram posts for the new ad campaign.

As of 2024, Tom Brady has retired from football but has not run for office in Massachusetts or anywhere else.
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#PMT-2018-0723-2949
Big CatBig Cat

Twitter would have caused the Cuban Missile Crisis to actually happen

The first one I have is the Cuban Missile Crisis. So the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the world is about to go in a nuclear standoff, I think Twitter might have actually had it happen. Like if JFK was tweeting at the Russians, like that probably would have caused the Cuban Missile Crisis to actually happen.

This is an unprovable historical counterfactual.
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#PMT-2018-0702-1194
Chris LongChris Long

Federal legalization of marijuana is an absolute 'layup' for the U.S.

Federally legalized marijuana. I mean, we're halfway there... I think one day we'll look back and look at this like prohibition and it'll look really fucking stupid.

As of 2024, it is still not federally legalized in the United States, though many more states have legalized it.
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Take Slip·Jun 6, 2018
#PMT-2018-0606-681
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Donald Trump was intimidated by Nick Foles' physical presence

I think Trump might have been a little intimidated having Nick Foles... True, big dick Nick. You can't have a guy like that storm into your Oval Office... Especially with Melania around now. He basically becomes the president.

This is a comedic bit and cannot be verified.
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#PMT-2018-0604-4733
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

No two nations that have McDonald's have ever had a war against each other

No two nations that have McDonald's have ever had a war against each other. Please credit Pardon My Take. Please credit us for inventing that economic principle.

The theory (by Thomas Friedman) was already proven false (e.g., 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia). Furthermore, the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, where both had McDonald's, definitively ended the theory's viability.
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#PMT-2018-0604-4734
Big CatBig Cat

Melania Trump's absence is a genius way to control the media narrative

I hope she's just it actually is genius. If I could totally see like President Trump being like, let's just have Melania never be shown in public again. Just so there's always like a conspiracy theory in my back pocket that can take like take control of the media narrative at any point.

Melania Trump reappeared in public shortly after this episode, on June 4, 2018, attending a White House event. Her absence was due to an embolization procedure for a kidney condition.
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#PMT-2018-0511-11647
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Marlins Man is likely joining Donald Trump's legal defense team because top firms are rejecting him.

My theory is that I think that Lawrence Levy, Marlins Man, is joining the Donald Trump dream team because Trump can't get any more lawyers to represent him. He's been rejected by like five or six of the top law firms. Marlins Man's probably number seven or number eight. And if I was in a tough spot and I needed somebody on my side to just like harass my opponent until they got so annoyed... I'm going to Marlins Man probably first.

Marlins Man never joined Trump's legal team.
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#PMT-2018-0326-19401
HankHank

I believe the guy who claims to be Bill Clinton's son

He's definitely Bill Clinton's son... I've seen the tweets. The story adds up. I've done the research.

There is no DNA evidence supporting this claim and it remains a conspiracy theory.
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Take Slip·Mar 9, 2018
#PMT-2018-0309-12751
Von MillerVon Miller

Every state in the US will eventually legalize marijuana

Every state is going to be legalized. It's just a matter of time.

Legalization has spread to dozens of states since 2018, though it is not yet universal or federal.
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#PMT-2018-0129-13900
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

George W. Bush is the Josh Allen of presidents

George W. Bush... America loves the guy now. He is back in a bit. He's got he's the Josh Allen of presidents. The longer he goes without playing well, the better he becomes. And the more he goes up people's big boards.

This is a satirical comparison that can't be factually verified, though Bush's approval ratings did improve significantly post-presidency.
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Take Slip·Jan 29, 2018
#PMT-2018-0129-13893
Chris LongChris Long

I will not visit the White House if the Eagles win the Super Bowl

If you guys win the Super Bowl, are you going to the White House? No. Is that a no? No, I'm not going to the White House. Are you kidding me?

The Eagles did win the Super Bowl, and Donald Trump eventually canceled the team's visit after several players, including Long, indicated they would not attend.
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#PMT-2018-0117-19265
Liam (Bubba)Liam (Bubba)

Donald Trump's physical measurements put him in the same athletic category as Jay Cutler and Mike Trout

It came out today, Trump's physical... He was 6'3", 239. And on Twitter all day, I've seen people making legit professional graphics comparing him to Jay Cutler, Tim Tebow, Mike Trout. The best athletes of all time.

The measurements (6'3", 239 lbs) were the official results released by Dr. Ronny Jackson, though many observers at the time questioned their accuracy.
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#PMT-2017-1122-14912
Billy FootballBilly Football

Trump is like Machiavelli

I gave a, yeah... Trump is like Machiavelli... The Little Prince.

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Take Slip·Nov 3, 2017
#PMT-2017-1103-7445
Anthony ScaramucciAnthony Scaramucci

Leaks in the White House have decreased since I was fired

We fired or resigned or got rid of four of the major, major leakers. So of course the leaks are down. Right. And if there are leaks now, because there's always leaks in the administration, there are more constructive leaks, there are more trial balloon leaks.

Leaks remained a constant and major issue for the Trump administration for the next three years.
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Take Slip·Nov 3, 2017
#PMT-2017-1103-7446
Anthony ScaramucciAnthony Scaramucci

Millennials are less politically polarized and will save American society

I'm not blaming the millennials. I actually think the millennials are the guys that are going to save it. You guys are less politically motivated, less polarized... in general, my guess is you guys are going to do the right thing politically.

Political polarization has arguably increased significantly as millennials have aged into the primary voting demographic.
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#PMT-2017-1027-8381
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Illuminati and reptilians use money to hypnotize and control the American mind

The Illuminati slash reptilians run the Federal Reserve... they hypnotize everybody in America using money. So if you have money in your pocket, it's actually a tool of hypnosis. And they control that money and they make it hypnotize you.

Purely satirical conspiracy content.
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Take Slip·Sep 13, 2017·PR 101
#PMT-2017-0913-14813
Big CatBig Cat

Ted Cruz only watches porn on Twitter to avoid his wife seeing his browser history

I just love the fact that Ted Cruz doesn't know that private browsing is a thing, so he watches his porn on Twitter to not get caught by his wife. That is the most quintessential Ted Cruz thing. He only watches porn that he can find on Twitter so that no one knows he's watching porn, and now everyone knows he watches porn.

This is speculative satire and cannot be proven as Cruz's official explanation was that an 'aide' made a mistake.
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#PMT-2017-0825-2987
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

We should resolve the Confederate statue controversy by shrinking them by half every year

What I propose that we do is we just make every Confederate statue half the size that it is right now, year after year after year. So guess what? They're never going to go away. ... It'll be a penny.

This is a comedic proposal, not a factual claim.
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#PMT-2017-0816-6119
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Guam is on the Cool Throne because North Korea backed down from their missile threats

Cool throne is Guam. The island of Guam. People forget that exists. Yeah, North Korea, they turned their missiles away. They cucked out big time. They said, guess what? We're going to point our missiles at our own belly buttons or something stupid.

In mid-August 2017, North Korea did indeed pause its plan to fire missiles toward Guam.
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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017
#PMT-2017-0804-776
Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Anthony Scaramucci is a sleazeball fredo who lacks all scruples

If I ever saw anybody that came on TV that screamed, I am a sleazeball, I would say [Anthony Scaramucci] is the number one guy... instead of getting Michael being in charge, we have Fredo [Scaramucci].

Character judgment is subjective.
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#PMT-2017-0721-12243
Big CatBig Cat

Marlins Man claims he is the founder of All Lives Matter

Marlins Man claimed that he was the founder of All Lives Matter. He claimed he invented the phrase All Lives Matter.

The phrase 'All Lives Matter' emerged as a response to 'Black Lives Matter' and its origins are decentralized; there is no evidence Laurence Leavy (Marlins Man) invented it.
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#PMT-2017-0719-16975
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

No one will be put in a position of importance in America if they have weird hair

No one's going to get put into a position of importance in America if they have weird hair. That's a fact.

Fact ClaimPoliticsHotSarcastic
At the time, Donald Trump, known for his unique hairstyle, was President. This makes the claim literally incorrect while being sarcastically pointed.
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#PMT-2017-0712-17755
Big CatBig Cat

No specific controversy will ever be enough to bring down the Trump family

People who think this is the controversy to bring down the Trumps, because my favorite part about whatever the Trumps are getting into the entire family is the reaction saying this is it. This is the one. And guess what? This probably isn't the one, so you only have about 24 hours to say it's the one until everyone's like, eh, nothing's probably going to happen.

The Trump presidency lasted its full term despite numerous controversies that media outlets labeled as 'the one' to end it.
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#PMT-2017-0630-5647
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NASA is creating neon clouds to distract Donald Trump and maintain their funding

The fake nerds at NASA are just doing anything that they can to stay in front of Donald Trump, like distracting him like a laser pointer on the wall that says NASA so they can keep getting funding. They're back on their bullshit. They're making fake colored clouds. Shooting rockets up and just shooting out neon colored clouds.

Hot TakePoliticsHotSarcastic
NASA did launch a rocket to create colorful clouds for atmospheric study in June 2017, but PFT's reasoning is satirical.
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Take Slip·Jun 28, 2017·Media
#PMT-2017-0628-17396
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The US needs to replace Uncle Sam with James Harrison as its national rebrand

The US is in need of a rebrand. Uncle Sam, I'm kind of sick of Uncle Sam, like the tall guy with the beard. Just put James Harrison in the Uncle Sam outfit. No country will fuck with us.

OpinionPoliticsMediumSarcastic
The US government has not officially rebranded using James Harrison.
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#PMT-2017-0621-4555
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Joe Biden will eventually run for President

The big one is Joe Biden... He said, I have no intention of running for president, but I'm a great respecter of fate. So that is, I love that line. I too am a great respecter of fate... Joe Biden is only running for president if God tells him he should. And then once God tells him he should, well, what are you going to do?

Joe Biden did run for president in 2020 and won.
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#PMT-2017-0614-2666
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dennis Rodman is the greatest American diplomat in history

Dennis Rodman... has proven that he is the greatest American diplomat in history... He just went to North Korea. But he freed that hostage that was over there.

Subjective and clearly intended for comedic effect, though Rodman did visit North Korea during hostage releases.
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#PMT-2017-0531-1516
HankHank

If one nuclear bomb is launched, the whole world will blow up in a chain reaction

North Korea is developing nukes, and my theory is once one of those... So I've always thought once one nuclear bomb goes in the air, then... All the other countries and worlds are going to let them off, and then the whole world's going to blow up.

This is a theoretical outcome of nuclear war; fortunately, it has not been tested.
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Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017·PR 101
#PMT-2017-0419-19138
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The US has never bombed a country that could play basketball

We've never bombed a country that could play basketball. It's true. It's the NBA war theory.

The US bombed Yugoslavia (a basketball powerhouse) in the 1990s, and Iraq has a national basketball team, though PFT's theory is meant for comedy.
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#PMT-2017-0410-14783
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Don King was the most obvious pro-Trump celebrity of all time

Don King was the most obvious Trump celebrity of all time... he's a showman.

This is a subjective observation on public personas.
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#PMT-2017-0322-3281
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Colin Kaepernick's humanitarian aid in Somalia is actually supporting piracy

He flew like 60 tons of food to Somalia, which if you want to take it to its logical conclusion, which we always do, he is supporting piracy, right? Because some of those kids are going to grow up and become pirates.

Satirical slippery slope argument that cannot be verified.
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#PMT-2017-0217-5925
Big CatBig Cat

Donald Trump not filling out a March Madness bracket is the most treasonous thing a person could do

Trump has said that he's not filling out a bracket for March Madness. Not filling out a bracket is probably the most treasonous thing you could do. I agree. I think that this could be what flips some Republicans.

This is a satirical take using 'treason' in a comedic, non-legal sense.
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#PMT-2017-0125-11614
Big CatBig Cat

Barron Trump is officially off-limits for comedy

Cool throne, Barron Trump officially off limits. Can't make fun of Barron Trump. Kids are off limits. No Barron Trump jokes. He's going to be—And the nice thing is, now that no one can make jokes about him, He's going to be a well-adjusted, normal adult. I think it's great.

The general consensus in media largely held to this standard for presidential children during that era.
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#PMT-2017-0123-9032
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Donald Trump will legalize sports gambling to improve his approval ratings

I could see Trump legalizing sports gambling. I could, too. He's a casino guy... He could flip that approval rating up to, like, the 60s if he just said, okay, we're going to be sports gaming.

PASPA was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2018 during Trump's term, but it wasn't a direct executive legalization by him, though he didn't oppose the trend.
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#PMT-2017-0111-7877
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Alabama will vote Democrat in the next election because of the football loss

Fair or not, Nick Saban hasn't won a national title since Trump got elected... as we've learned, could be some funny business if your team doesn't do so well in Alabama. Therefore, look for Alabama to vote Democrat next election cycle.

Alabama remained a Republican stronghold in 2020.
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#PMT-2016-1221-17531
Big CatBig Cat

Donald Trump is the Rosa Parks of white presidents

Donald Trump... he's basically the Rosa Parks of white presidents. He's healing our nation. We finally have a white guy as a president.

Satirical comparison that is inherently non-factual.
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Take Slip·Dec 16, 2016
#PMT-2016-1216-8436
Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Donald Trump only appoints tall people to his administration

Senator Corker... did not get the Secretary of State job because the guy that got it is taller than Corker. Apparently Trump fancies tall people who are billionaires... Apparently if you're short, you're going nowhere in the Trump administration.

While a funny observation, many Trump appointees (like Jeff Sessions or Reince Priebus) were not particularly tall.
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#PMT-2016-1118-1856
Big CatBig Cat

Donald Trump paid 'creepy clowns' to create chaos in America before the election

What happened to the clowns?... Chaos is good for Trump. You don't think Trump bought some clowns and had them kind of have some panic around America? Because that's coincidental that the clowns are just not here anymore... they just disappeared.

There is no evidence that Donald Trump engineered the 2016 clown sightings, and the phenomenon was largely attributed to social media trends and Halloween marketing.
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Take Slip·Nov 9, 2016
#PMT-2016-1109-1400
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Hillary Clinton is the Dan Marino of politics because she lacks the clutch gene

I think we need to start talking to Hillary Clinton in the light of does she have the clutch gene because she's big time loser she's taken a couple big l's on a national stage recently yeah um does she lack it she's the Dan Marino of politics that's a great great analogy

This is a subjective comparison of a politician to a Hall of Fame quarterback based on perceived high-stakes failures.
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Take Slip·Nov 9, 2016
#PMT-2016-1109-1401
Big CatBig Cat

Kanye West has a real shot to win the presidency in 2020

I think Donald Trump winning 2016, Kanye has a shot in 2020. I mean, people like him a lot more than they like Donald Trump and Donald Trump won the landslide.

Kanye West did run for president in 2020, though he did not have a 'shot' in terms of viable polling or electoral college impact.
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Take Slip·Nov 9, 2016
#PMT-2016-1109-1402
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sylvester Stallone will run for president in 2020

I'm going with Sly. I'm going Sylvester Stallone. I think this country started down a path of celebrities. That path started with Schwarzenegger a long time ago. Jesse Ventura was the original. I think the next step is Sly.

Sylvester Stallone did not run for president in 2020.
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#PMT-2016-1109-1410
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jay Mariotti will be the White House Press Secretary for Donald Trump

Jay Mariotti is going to be White House press secretary, and he's going to make sure that only respectable journalists get a seat in that crowd. It all makes sense to me. He was playing the long game.

Jay Mariotti was never named White House Press Secretary.
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Take Slip·Oct 19, 2016
#PMT-2016-1019-17364
Big CatBig Cat

Curt Schilling loses his man card for needing his wife's permission to run for Senate

Curt Schilling said today that he is running for the U.S. Senate. He's made his decision. He's going to run, but he hasn't talked to his wife yet. And, yeah, he has to ask her permission... Man card on Curt. Hand over your man card.

Schilling ultimately did not run for Senate in 2018.
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#PMT-2016-1014-6736
Big CatBig Cat

Ken Bone is a plant for the coal industry

Ken Bone, his employer — one of the biggest coal plants in America. And also a coal company that is opposed to climate change... regulations... So I don't know where these dots lead to, but it seems like a plant to me. Coal plant.

While Bone did work for a coal plant, there was no evidence he was a coordinated industry plant.
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#PMT-2016-1012-10654
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ken Bone is a government plant to distract us from the election

I think that Ken Bone is either a plant for the Red Sweater Company... or he might be just a guy that's inserted in there to make us just stop freaking out about the election. I think that Ken Bone might actually be like a Jason Bourne type situation where he's an assassin.

Ken Bone was a genuine undecided voter from Belleville, Illinois, not a CIA plant or professional assassin.