I don’t get that the settlements don’t force them to do retractions and apologies, such that a large proportion of their usual audience gets to see them.
I don’t get that the settlements don’t force them to do retractions and apologies, such that a large proportion of their usual audience gets to see them.
Didn’t he just lose a case in court on this in LA I think? How can he be still doing it. And how gullible is the Republican congress that they think he won’t do whatever he wants in any state after he gets away with this in Democratic ones.
Just a few things off the top of my head…
Venezuela, troops to Chicago, sugar in coke, changing tariffs (again), going to be president and speaker of the house, dancing reality show at the Kennedy centre, deleting the impeachment display at the museum, might even sack rfk, engaged to Putin, Zelenskyy ping pong match, winner takes all.
Could have been any of them; let me start a list….. hmmmm, should I include family?
Misophonia?
I’ll head on down and see if I can see you from here (Aus). If Hawaii isn’t in the way. (Signed Flat Earth Society) ha
I have no words… except, if this is not policed effectively, then I hope karma is true and timely!
He will invade Venezuela and or send troops into Chicago tomorrow, what a coincidence.
Can’t type with crossed fingers?
We don’t have a large holding of publicly owned housing in Australia, and allowing the alternative to become unaffordable is inhumane. btw, I am married to a child of immigrants and my daughter is married to an immigrant. I think I am evidently not exclusionary, only hoping that I am sensible.
I am not anti immigrant to want to discuss an appropriate level of immigration to Australia, neither does it make me communist to want to discuss limits on housing investment tax breaks. Our kids should have opportunity based on effort and balanced policy, not quickest on the draw or family wealth.
In regard to Australian housing there are a number of factors, negative gearing and CGT discounts on unlimited numbers of properties, developers holding property undeveloped, great increase in flipping, and yes, Immigration well above average levels also impact.
I’m seeing annoying comments for and against immigration, mostly from extreme ends of the spectrum, after the marches on the weekend. I think there is no excuse for neonazism or fascism, NONE. However, taking extreme positions in politics and painting opponents as extreme is not helpful.
The trouble is that the US treats its presidents with great respect, based on mostly honourable past presidents earning it, and trump has leveraged that and the accompanying reluctance to prosecute, to run roughshod over norms and anyone honourable enough to actually have a line they won’t cross.
Wtf
If this is true, you know he will be angrier than ever; he will feel like Biden outlasted him, and he hasn’t finished stuffing up anything related to Obama’s legacy. Poor bu66er…
Does anyone think these guys know how boring their predictability is?
I guess it sort of future proofs on line leaks of mission plans, like what do you expect from a department of war?
And compulsory voting. Midget price to pay for all your other freedoms, and negates all the gamesmanship around current system.
Won’t be long before the ‘president’ says LA is like Gaza, needs to be evacuated so he can build more resorts. Actually maybe the government should take a stake in mar a swampo, redevelop it, and return a dividend to government in perpetuity.
Or ‘being there’.
Thinking about it; no need for constant monitoring of election rolls, no need to register for a party, likely more general average political outcomes, and if you ended up in this current position you would know everyone voted for it. Harder for a psycho to fool some of the people some of the time?
Definition of dichotomy? US insistence on ‘freedoms’ including whether to vote or not, is perhaps why the US is in danger of losing all the other freedoms you enjoy. Compulsory voting is a very small price to ensure those.
They really don’t care what comes after.
Although not formally or otherwise educated in this field, I have thought similarly, however I wondered if we would have a French Revolution type of turnover. The US is showing the modern slow burn version of that. In words from back then, the peasants just want to overthrow the rich, ruling class.
I thought congress did; but the senate didn’t seal the deal. I’ll never understand how they could excuse Jan 6, esp while it was so fresh.
The sad personal level thing is there is a Ryan Nichols jr. what an example!
Position really determines perspective doesn’t it. If he were still in prison he would apologise and point out what good behaviour he has displayed.
Gone harder how? Hugged harder, in this tourist visit, with all the love in the Capitol that day?
There have been SO many more lines like that crossed since. I’m stuffed if I understand anyone following him. Women, latinos, dead people (and their spouses), armed services people, so many ex staff and supporters etc. amazing, not in a good way
Just wondered; if that big out of date melted orange lozenge heard War of the Worlds, esp the Richard Burton version, would he think it is real news and retreat underground? Take some followers with him? Could someone hack into Fox and try it?
So the follow up question would be ‘are you asking for troops in your state? Are you supporting troops in cities and states being based on crime rates (rather than political leaning)?’ Etc
I think it says more for HIS lack of humanity, assuming a large part of these posts are from actual functioning normal grounded human beings (who ordinarily would not wish harm on people).
The breathtaking dishonesty and intellectual deceit is amazing. I guess you can take the elegy out of the hillbilly, but it is a pity you can’t get the hillbilly out of the elegy.
I feel like challenging his supporters, if they believe his rubbish about the US being a basket case, they should try actual normal day to day life in one of the places he is trying to emulate. China, North Korea, Russia, Hungary. For a start they will lose their right to guns and critical speech.
I’d say this is ominous, but then it is meant to be isn’t it. Everything is about ‘messaging’ and or threats.
And you can damage your ligaments and shoulders, be careful.
Understand and empathise. I loved the long walks when my gsd was younger, and she is trained enough for me now (but still loses all reason when she sees a wallaby). Now her hips demand a couple of smaller walks per day, so I constantly feel like I am putting shoes on and off. Persevere, good on you.
Hoping and praying that scotus sees the pattern and supports people and lower courts, before they too become victims and democracy is really lost.
Well they obviously pass the litmus test for social media CEO ethics.
Great example of the stuff occurring while our focus is drawn elsewhere. Another is the theft of personal data from and through modern cars by many manufacturers. There will be heaps more.
And money bought off the Supreme Court where all of this should be decided better.
To whom. I have no high profile, and X, FB and others controlled by the crazies. And I did try, I sent a letter hoping it would be published to a newspaper. No luck. And I’ve had some arguments here with our version of crazies. How much do you do and how much do you live?
I’m somewhat jealous of the maga folks who have not been inoculated by some real life exposure to narcissism; it must have been until now very comforting. But the result for the US is a group of naive people something like the aliens in GalaxyQuest with no understanding of dishonesty or nuance.
Is Putin playing him, or ‘handling’ him?
Love your screen name. I’ve been thinking about how to get this message across to the faithful, and the enablers. Alas I have no clue apart from keyboard wimping and on line supporting people fighting the fight there. I’m so sad for everyone there, and yes for all of us even outside the US.
Also simply about his narcissism though?; he hates it when anyone at all is, appears, or is mentioned as more expert than him in any field whatsoever. Greenkeepers next?
I’m sad to see it come to that too; for all its faults the US has been a recognised leader in medicine, and learning too. Other countries can’t be blamed for seeing opportunities here; so much for 4d chess.
And Facebook; basically anything that pretends friendship often from strangers, holds out unrealistic expectations for people who don’t get that experiences are finite by lifespan while looking infinite on line, and sucks time out of your life that could be spent with actual friends and family.
Be interesting to see how safe the Murdoch are after it is done.
So while trickle down economics is slow or non existent, trickle down ‘unqualified loyal appointees who owe their job to their fascist leader’ is growing exponentially. It will be interesting when this continues into mainstream law and people of all stripes end up on the wrong side of ‘the law’.
Some words might go part of the way; words spelling out legislation that makes it harder for this rubbish to happen!
Seagulls look especially playpal today…
But people know what they are voting for when they vote Republican. They are just selfishly going for the best deal for them and betting gun violence won’t happen to them. Care factor for each other needs to come back, and that is unlikely while you have the great orange divider in the White House.
Or evidence of an insufficient crime? (Perhaps a misdemeanour blown up for political purposes?)
Everyone knows purple carrots have all the goodness of orange ones plus antioxidants with health benefits. Have you thought about trading your orange man for something purple with health benefits? Perhaps a bipartisan congress and a president who supports people not divides them?
Even Hitler had some feeling for a dog if nobody else much. Think about that, you people who think the missing orange Teletubby is looking out for you and won’t turn on you.
I agree! And he is supported by the most lickspittle congress in history, that would make Nixon’s congress ashamed. And by so many gullible Americans who did not see the danger, know nothing of history, and think they are safe.
That’s why I refuse to go on X, Facebook, or Amazon; everyone should think about what would they actually lose? And what might we gain? And what would it show and influence in their owners? (But then there is big oil etc, but you have to start somewhere)
For instructive Nostradamus like movie watch ‘Being There’ with Peter Sellars, Shirley MacLaine a scream in it too. I wonder if it screened across the U.S. would the MAGA faithful recognise what they voted for.