Fevered speculation about whether a political leader is dying seems to be part and parcel of authoritarian regimes. When you lose confidence in voting the bastard out, the fantasy that he's about to drop dead become extremely appealing.
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Same reason some people are driven to shoot their TV screens.
aug 31, 2025, 3:23 pm • 0 0 • view
Schrödinger's douchebag
aug 31, 2025, 6:27 am • 6 0 • view
Sadly the one waiting on the wings is a lot worse.
aug 31, 2025, 6:07 am • 4 0 • view
Trump is also old, visibly deteriorating and extremely opaque about his health, and that is a recipe for generating rumors.
aug 31, 2025, 4:01 am • 11 0 • view
Indeed. And I am trying to remember... looking it up... "October 18, 2012: Cuban state media released a message attributed to Fidel Castro on Wednesday evening, as speculation mounts over the health condition of the 86-year-old communist leader." And he lived until November 25th, 2016.
aug 31, 2025, 8:35 pm • 0 0 • view
I mean, I have eyes. I can see he’s not well. None of this is a fever dream.
aug 31, 2025, 8:16 pm • 0 0 • view
Nah. I still have confidence in voting in the next election. I simply want the bastard dead. Dying a horribly painful death for all the pain he and his bootlickers have inflicted.
aug 31, 2025, 3:41 am • 9 0 • view
Yep. Right there with you.
aug 31, 2025, 4:50 am • 2 0 • view
Soviet joke I heard from a Russian expat friend: Guy walks up to newspaper stand, picks up a paper, slams it back down in disgust. "What was wrong with it?" "I was looking fro an obituary." "Eh? But those are in the back..." "Not the one I'm looking for!" Yep, I think you got that right.
sep 1, 2025, 11:54 am • 0 0 • view
Sure, but have you seen his cankles?
aug 31, 2025, 8:13 pm • 0 0 • view