Post by downtoearth on Feb 18, 2019 9:06:40 GMT -5
I’d like to start off with Lindsey Graham on Sunday shows saying that kids need secure borders before schools.
Host Margaret Brennan noted that some $3.6 billion of diverted funds could come from “military construction efforts, including construction of a middle school in Kentucky, housing for military families, improvements for bases.” She asked Graham: “Aren’t you concerned some of these projects ... are now going to possibly be cut out?”
Graham responded that “it’s better for the middle school kids in Kentucky to have a secure border.” He promised the kids would eventually get their school, but added, “Right now we’ve got a national emergency.”
While this might be true if we were being actively invaded and at war, I can’t figure out how Lindsey doesn’t feel like a walking hyperbole as he defends Trumo and his wall.
I’d like to start off with Lindsey Graham on Sunday shows saying that kids need secure borders before schools.
Host Margaret Brennan noted that some $3.6 billion of diverted funds could come from “military construction efforts, including construction of a middle school in Kentucky, housing for military families, improvements for bases.” She asked Graham: “Aren’t you concerned some of these projects ... are now going to possibly be cut out?”
Graham responded that “it’s better for the middle school kids in Kentucky to have a secure border.” He promised the kids would eventually get their school, but added, “Right now we’ve got a national emergency.”
While this might be true if we were being actively invaded and at war, I can’t figure out how Lindsey doesn’t feel like a walking hyperbole as he defends Trumo and his wall.
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
Such a piece of shit... Have you all seen this? Every word is SPOT ON (IMO).
YES!!! I’ve never wanted to be/ felt more envious of the Brits than when vigorously nodding along with this gem of an article! (& I need them to know some of us love & couldn’t agree more, Cough, mrsukyankee 😉)The first two paragraphs seemed so very CEP- everyone should definitely give it a read!
I just started laughing at the beginning - such a stark contrast, and so true that Trump isn't smart enough to be witty, let alone funny.
Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.
“So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.
Post by sparrowsong on Feb 18, 2019 12:16:33 GMT -5
Remember back when trump would say something ridiculous on twitter and the question was if twitter statements were official presidential statement and it was decided they were?
@juddlegum Trump tweets, last 24 hrs:
1. My deputy attorney general is a criminal
2. I'm being targeted by an "illegal coup"
3. The people investigating me should be jailed
4. Television networks that air jokes about Republicans should face "retribution"
Remember back when trump would say something ridiculous on twitter and the question was if twitter statements were official presidential statement and it was decided they were?
@juddlegum Trump tweets, last 24 hrs:
1. My deputy attorney general is a criminal
2. I'm being targeted by an "illegal coup"
3. The people investigating me should be jailed
4. Television networks that air jokes about Republicans should face "retribution"
I feel like we have come sooooo far to a place where a tweet by the leader of our country means nothing other than he didn't sleep well last night. I can't wait until a tweet from "former president DT" will mean even less.
Did anyone listen to the interviews with Andrew McCabe on NPR this morning? That was some disturbing shit. Nothing really "new" but still somewhat incomprehensible even after the last 3 years. I still cannot believe that this is who our country is run by.
Such a piece of shit... Have you all seen this? Every word is SPOT ON (IMO).
YES!!! I’ve never wanted to be/ felt more envious of the Brits than when vigorously nodding along with this gem of an article! (& I need them to know some of us love & couldn’t agree more, Cough, mrsukyankee 😉)The first two paragraphs seemed so very CEP- everyone should definitely give it a read!
YES!!! I’ve never wanted to be/ felt more envious of the Brits than when vigorously nodding along with this gem of an article! (& I need them to know some of us love & couldn’t agree more, Cough, mrsukyankee 😉)The first two paragraphs seemed so very CEP- everyone should definitely give it a read!
NCEP, but Schitts Creek is my new go-to for random conversational quotes. <3
Post by miniroller on Feb 18, 2019 14:10:04 GMT -5
RANKED: The greatest US presidents, according to political scientists
www.businessinsider.com/greatest-us-presidents-ranked-by-political-scientists-2018-2 “Nearly 200 political scientists ranked the presidents by order of greatness in a survey, and President Donald Trump came in last.” Happy Unpreseident’s Day Drumpf! (Sorry, the link’s funny/ keep getting a pop-up, so in summary) #45: FORTY-FOURTH PLACE!!! WahWAH. Obama: 8 Thomas Jefferson: 5 Teddy Roosevelt: 4 FDR: 3 George Washington: 2 Abe Lincoln: 1
Post by debatethis on Feb 18, 2019 14:48:26 GMT -5
Roger Stone 'gon go to JAIL. (He has posted on Instagram a photo of the judge who's presiding over his case/issued a gag order two days ago, with a crosshair next to her head). Screen shot here:
RANKED: The greatest US presidents, according to political scientists
www.businessinsider.com/greatest-us-presidents-ranked-by-political-scientists-2018-2 “Nearly 200 political scientists ranked the presidents by order of greatness in a survey, and President Donald Trump came in last.” Happy Unpreseident’s Day Drumpf! (Sorry, the link’s funny/ keep getting a pop-up, so in summary) #45: FORTY-FOURTH PLACE!!! WahWAH. Obama: 8 Thomas Jefferson: 5 Teddy Roosevelt: 4 FDR: 3 George Washington: 2 Abe Lincoln: 1
I was shocked to see Andrew Jackson so high on the list, but then I read down and realized...we've had a LOT of bad presidents.
Post by debatethis on Feb 18, 2019 15:24:32 GMT -5
NC09/NC State Board of Elections Hearing here:
Lisa Britt, a campaign operative for the GOP, admits to being paid to steal mail-in ballots. She also admits to writing in GOP candidates in places where the voter intentionally left sections blank.
My H and I frequently discuss how Trump has never laughed. He’ll do that self-satisfied grimace every so often, but never a chortle.
We’ve (H & I) discussed the very same thing in terms of intelligence- Einstein said a sign of high intelligence is a great sense of humor. Aside from the obvious inability to actually laugh: how miserable must such a person be to have no real sense of joy. (Besides gleefully celebrating others’ perils, of course)
RANKED: The greatest US presidents, according to political scientists
www.businessinsider.com/greatest-us-presidents-ranked-by-political-scientists-2018-2 “Nearly 200 political scientists ranked the presidents by order of greatness in a survey, and President Donald Trump came in last.” Happy Unpreseident’s Day Drumpf! (Sorry, the link’s funny/ keep getting a pop-up, so in summary) #45: FORTY-FOURTH PLACE!!! WahWAH. Obama: 8 Thomas Jefferson: 5 Teddy Roosevelt: 4 FDR: 3 George Washington: 2 Abe Lincoln: 1
Trump is ranked lower — by two slots! — than the President who died 30 days into his term (William Henry Harrison).
Lisa Britt, a campaign operative for the GOP, admits to being paid to steal mail-in ballots. She also admits to writing in GOP candidates in places where the voter intentionally left sections blank.
NC better do the right thing here. This is beyond ridiculous. Voter fraud, indeed.
Lisa Britt, a campaign operative for the GOP, admits to being paid to steal mail-in ballots. She also admits to writing in GOP candidates in places where the voter intentionally left sections blank.
NC better do the right thing here. This is beyond ridiculous. Voter fraud, indeed.