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Post by djAdvocate on Dec 3, 2022 18:17:32 GMT -5
so, he has truly crossed over. he is a fascist now. i mean, how else can this be interpreted?
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Post by happyhoix on Dec 5, 2022 7:51:53 GMT -5
Saw this comment on a news message board - ‘terminating the constitution is nothing compared to the crimes Hunter is getting away with.’
So Hunter, a private citizen, has committed crimes worse than calling for the end to the document that is the foundation of our democracy?
I can’t even with these people anymore. I think I need to go sit in the time out chair.
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Post by thyme4change on Dec 5, 2022 13:15:56 GMT -5
I think most voters chose the worst of two evils - especially for President. So, in 2020 Dems concentrated on Trump’s disgusting personality and Republicans concentrated on the Democrat’s disgusting view of the world. In 2016 it was just disgusting Trump vs disgusting Hillary. again, not arguing, but what is this? i am just having trouble imagining it. What are you having trouble with? If it is how D’s are disgusting - I can only speculate that godless, socialist, gay and trans, black, Latino, Jewish undocumented immigrants run the party and would like to burn the entire country to the ground to replace it with solar panels which beam subliminal messages into everyone’s brains. Or something like that. Hillary being disgusting? I don’t know - she is a robotic woman who is smarter than anyone they know - so clearly she is the devil or something?
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Post by djAdvocate on Dec 5, 2022 14:09:59 GMT -5
again, not arguing, but what is this? i am just having trouble imagining it. What are you having trouble with? If it is how D’s are disgusting - I can only speculate that godless, socialist, gay and trans, black, Latino, Jewish undocumented immigrants run the party and would like to burn the entire country to the ground to replace it with solar panels which beam subliminal messages into everyone’s brains. Or something like that. Hillary being disgusting? I don’t know - she is a robotic woman who is smarter than anyone they know - so clearly she is the devil or something? being a disgusting person and behaving in a disgusting manner (that has some impact on your ability to do work for the government) are quite different. i was talking about the latter. you gave a few examples. thanks. wind farms. and unisex toilets. don't for get those.
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Post by djAdvocate on Dec 14, 2022 13:24:00 GMT -5
thanks to everyone interested in this topic. it just passed the impostor thread in posts and views.
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Post by Opti on Dec 26, 2022 8:39:31 GMT -5
I find it amusing that the very top "image" of Trump looks more like a beefed-up Biden than Trump in RL. I don't get the appeal of this fantasy Trump that never existed and never will. He was thinner when he still had dark hair and didn't need all the weird prep he does now for his hair and skin.
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Post by happyhoix on Dec 26, 2022 10:04:51 GMT -5
This is Trump in a nutshell- urges his followers to try to stop the vote certification and when that goes tits up complains about getting blamed for it. So unfair!! www.businessinsider.com/hope-hicks-says-trump-called-blame-jan-6-unfair-2022-12?ampSometimes he just flummoxes me with his corkscrew thinking and I have to remind myself- narcissist. Impossible for them to feel guilt, shame, or even responsibility. Please let’s not elect another one.
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Post by billisonboard on Dec 26, 2022 10:32:10 GMT -5
I find it amusing that the very top "image" of Trump looks more like a beefed-up Biden than Trump in RL. I don't get the appeal of this fantasy Trump that never existed and never will. He was thinner when he still had dark hair and didn't need all the weird prep he does now for his hair and skin. The one with him pictured in the background on Mt Rushmore and in the foreground in a Santa hat seems appropriate.
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Post by teen persuasion on Dec 26, 2022 12:40:43 GMT -5
I find it amusing that the very top "image" of Trump looks more like a beefed-up Biden than Trump in RL. I don't get the appeal of this fantasy Trump that never existed and never will. He was thinner when he still had dark hair and didn't need all the weird prep he does now for his hair and skin. The one with him pictured in the background on Mt Rushmore and in the foreground in a Santa hat seems appropriate. You prompted me to actually scroll thru in an attempt to find it - man, there are an endless stream of them, never did find that one but did see a Santa hat one and Mt Rushmore one so can easily picture the combo. It struck me how cookie cutter the variations are. It really reminded me of a computer game my kids had AGES ago - a Sesame Street Elmo sticker thing. You could choose a particular background and character, and then had a selection of "stickers" to drag & drop on the character to dress them up. There were all sorts of hats, boots, tops, bottoms, and other accessories. Even a toddler could manage a great dress-up. These Trump images are lower quality in comparison, twenty years later.
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Post by billisonboard on Dec 26, 2022 12:50:45 GMT -5
The one with him pictured in the background on Mt Rushmore and in the foreground in a Santa hat seems appropriate. You prompted me to actually scroll thru in an attempt to find it - man, there are an endless stream of them, never did find that one but did see a Santa hat one and Mt Rushmore one so can easily picture the combo. It struck me how cookie cutter the variations are. It really reminded me of a computer game my kids had AGES ago - a Sesame Street Elmo sticker thing. You could choose a particular background and character, and then had a selection of "stickers" to drag & drop on the character to dress them up. There were all sorts of hats, boots, tops, bottoms, and other accessories. Even a toddler could manage a great dress-up. These Trump images are lower quality in comparison, twenty years later. I used the drop down menu to switch it to "Price high to low" figuring that would show the most interesting first.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 2, 2023 11:40:34 GMT -5
Well, the wrinkle-and-designer-dog-in-a-handbag set apparently showed up for NYE at Mar a Loco -- but not a single news agency covered the event, not even our local paper: Donald Trump invited the press to a "media availability" slot at Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve.
No cable news network covered it, not even Newsmax, according to Raw Story.
The audio was also barely audible during the first half of Trump's remarks.
Former President Donald Trump invited journalists to a surprise slot of "media availability" at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on New Year's Eve.
But in a likely blow to Trump's ego, not a single cable news network covered it, according to Raw Story.
Notably, the media outlet said that even Fox News and Newsmax, which have historically offered sympathetic coverage of the former president, skipped on covering his remarks.
I have not seen a copy of the Shiny Sheet, which is the Palm Beach society paper, so I am not sure if they covered it. But the regular Palm Beach Post did not.
There were no celebrities of note (unless you still want to stretch it and count Pillow Bro Mike Lindell and Rudy "Dye Job" Giuliani.) . Two of his three local kids skipped the shindig (Eric showed, Don Jr and Ivanka did not).
Poor DT. Can't even rustle up some news coverage in exchange for a meal or drinks or an attaboy from #45. Maybe he should have thrown in some of those NFTs?
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Post by billisonboard on Jan 2, 2023 11:51:41 GMT -5
Well, the wrinkle-and-designer-dog-in-a-handbag set apparently showed up for NYE at Mar a Loco -- but not a single news agency covered the event, not even our local paper: Donald Trump invited the press to a "media availability" slot at Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve.
No cable news network covered it, not even Newsmax, according to Raw Story.
The audio was also barely audible during the first half of Trump's remarks.
Former President Donald Trump invited journalists to a surprise slot of "media availability" at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on New Year's Eve.
But in a likely blow to Trump's ego, not a single cable news network covered it, according to Raw Story.
Notably, the media outlet said that even Fox News and Newsmax, which have historically offered sympathetic coverage of the former president, skipped on covering his remarks.
I have not seen a copy of the Shiny Sheet, which is the Palm Beach society paper, so I am not sure if they covered it. But the regular Palm Beach Post did not.
There were no celebrities of note (unless you still want to stretch it and count Pillow Bro Mike Lindell and Rudy "Dye Job" Giuliani.) . Two of his three local kids skipped the shindig (Eric showed, Don Jr and Ivanka did not).
Poor DT. Can't even rustle up some news coverage in exchange for a meal or drinks or an attaboy from #45. Maybe he should have thrown in some of those NFTs?
Good news. Now if cable news networks can resist reporting how they didn't cover it and Trump’s reaction to them not, it will be great news.
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Post by happyhoix on Jan 2, 2023 12:52:47 GMT -5
Well, the wrinkle-and-designer-dog-in-a-handbag set apparently showed up for NYE at Mar a Loco -- but not a single news agency covered the event, not even our local paper: Donald Trump invited the press to a "media availability" slot at Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve.
No cable news network covered it, not even Newsmax, according to Raw Story.
The audio was also barely audible during the first half of Trump's remarks.
Former President Donald Trump invited journalists to a surprise slot of "media availability" at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on New Year's Eve.
But in a likely blow to Trump's ego, not a single cable news network covered it, according to Raw Story.
Notably, the media outlet said that even Fox News and Newsmax, which have historically offered sympathetic coverage of the former president, skipped on covering his remarks.
I have not seen a copy of the Shiny Sheet, which is the Palm Beach society paper, so I am not sure if they covered it. But the regular Palm Beach Post did not.
There were no celebrities of note (unless you still want to stretch it and count Pillow Bro Mike Lindell and Rudy "Dye Job" Giuliani.) . Two of his three local kids skipped the shindig (Eric showed, Don Jr and Ivanka did not).
Poor DT. Can't even rustle up some news coverage in exchange for a meal or drinks or an attaboy from #45. Maybe he should have thrown in some of those NFTs?
Everyone knows what he’s going to say. Piss and Moan/ Blame spreading/ something racist about Mitch’s wife. It’s boring. I saw Guliani was there trying to post a video but he was mostly overwhelmed by the band playing Footloose in the background.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jan 2, 2023 14:25:38 GMT -5
so, he has truly crossed over. he is a fascist now. i mean, how else can this be interpreted? I wonder how Melania feels about all this. Is she still with him at Mar-A-Lago?
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Post by Opti on Jan 2, 2023 15:02:11 GMT -5
Well, the wrinkle-and-designer-dog-in-a-handbag set apparently showed up for NYE at Mar a Loco -- but not a single news agency covered the event, not even our local paper: Donald Trump invited the press to a "media availability" slot at Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve.
No cable news network covered it, not even Newsmax, according to Raw Story.
The audio was also barely audible during the first half of Trump's remarks.
Former President Donald Trump invited journalists to a surprise slot of "media availability" at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on New Year's Eve.
But in a likely blow to Trump's ego, not a single cable news network covered it, according to Raw Story.
Notably, the media outlet said that even Fox News and Newsmax, which have historically offered sympathetic coverage of the former president, skipped on covering his remarks.
I have not seen a copy of the Shiny Sheet, which is the Palm Beach society paper, so I am not sure if they covered it. But the regular Palm Beach Post did not.
There were no celebrities of note (unless you still want to stretch it and count Pillow Bro Mike Lindell and Rudy "Dye Job" Giuliani.) . Two of his three local kids skipped the shindig (Eric showed, Don Jr and Ivanka did not).
Poor DT. Can't even rustle up some news coverage in exchange for a meal or drinks or an attaboy from #45. Maybe he should have thrown in some of those NFTs?
I think his "huge" announcement turning out to be digital trading cards burned any goodwill he had from the press. I hope the press's desire to not cover him lasts for a long time.
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Post by happyhoix on Jan 5, 2023 13:14:27 GMT -5
Some more proof Trump is becoming unglued - if we need it:
Raw Story has a report on Trump giving a pseudo presidential address calling for immediate air strikes on cartels.
He listed all his plans - then said two years were too long to wait so we need immediately reinstate him, our country is gone.
So - yeah - reinstate him midterm, like we did for - um, Roosevelt? Teddy? Or was it one of the Adams? You know, like a mulligan we collectively throw down when we want to change presidents midstream?
We’ve done it many times. Everyone says we have. The best people say we have.
Bigly. 🙄
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 6, 2023 3:02:16 GMT -5
Some more proof Trump is becoming unglued - if we need it: Raw Story has a report on Trump giving a pseudo presidential address calling for immediate air strikes on cartels. He listed all his plans - then said two years were too long to wait so we need immediately reinstate him, our country is gone. So - yeah - reinstate him midterm, like we did for - um, Roosevelt? Teddy? Or was it one of the Adams? You know, like a mulligan we collectively throw down when we want to change presidents midstream? We’ve done it many times. Everyone says we have. The best people say we have. Bigly. 🙄 what cartels? Purdue Pharma? is he proposing that we bomb Connecticut? because that is where the most recent drug crisis stems from. (with all due respect to the people of Stamford, they should move out and let Trump level the place. those fuckers will never get what they deserve).
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 7, 2023 11:50:58 GMT -5
so, he has truly crossed over. he is a fascist now. i mean, how else can this be interpreted? I wonder how Melania feels about all this. Is she still with him at Mar-A-Lago? So far. But Barron turns 18 in 2024. She could leave with him and not deal with the child support thing at that point, right about the time of the presidential elections. Unlike DT, who thinks speaking anything other than English is a likely sign of moral instability and hatred of this country, both Melania and Barron speak Slovenian. Would not surprise me if they were making plans to get out when he finishes high school.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 7, 2023 13:26:41 GMT -5
I wonder how Melania feels about all this. Is she still with him at Mar-A-Lago? So far. But Barron turns 18 in 2024. She could leave with him and not deal with the child support thing at that point, right about the time of the presidential elections. Unlike DT, who thinks speaking anything other than English is a likely sign of moral instability and hatred of this country, both Melania and Barron speak Slovenian. Would not surprise me if they were making plans to get out when he finishes high school. i believe Slovenia has a free college system.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 8, 2023 9:17:41 GMT -5
this is an excellent and thoughtful interview that puts the last eight years well into perspective.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 8, 2023 9:29:18 GMT -5
this is a seriously great 90 minutes. she is incredibly insightful and articulate.
edit: the coherence of these observations is very mollifying, imo. i remember feeling this way after i heard Chomsky speak about 911. it gives you a real feeling that you have not lost your mind. that everything does make sense. that it really was THEM (the GOP, in this case) that went crazy, and not ME. this person is not a liberal. you can hear it when she talks about, for example, Hugo Chavez. she is a conservative. so this conversation has incredible weight, and bias that would NORMALLY favor the GOP. but it is incredibly critical, for all of the right reasons.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 8, 2023 9:48:08 GMT -5
anyone who watches that video, please convince me that Trump has not destroyed AT A MINIMUM, the GOP, if not America, for a generation. i mean that. please. i need someone to convince me.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 8, 2023 9:57:42 GMT -5
for those of you wondering if this video belongs on this thread, you can just watch ONE MINUTE:
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Post by billisonboard on Jan 8, 2023 13:10:22 GMT -5
anyone who watches that video, please convince me that Trump has not destroyed AT A MINIMUM, the GOP, if not America, for a generation. i mean that. please. i need someone to convince me. I don't see "destroyed" as a proper descriptor. Trump exposed and exploited a preexisting element in this country. Men Without Chests were in office prior to Trump. Voters can move them back to voicing beliefs democracy. If by "generation" you mean twenty years, I think that is a reasonable estimate of time it will take to get things back to acceptable.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 8, 2023 14:53:09 GMT -5
thanks, bills. that was actually somewhat reassuring.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 8, 2023 16:34:07 GMT -5
when will we feel the collective shame? ever? that would be very good for America.
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