The Trump Presidency

[newyorkguy]

So just Howard Hughes and Nixon: The Sequel.

Another theory Robinson/Mercer have is:

Among the theories that Robinson has propounded and that Bob Mercer has accepted is that climate change is not happening. It's not for real, and if it is happening, it's going to be good for the planet. Link to NPR

It's not happening and -- even if it is -- no worries folks. Their theory is that global warming will cause a huge increase in the number of species and be a boon to agriculture. I guess the latter is based on the 'belief' that polar regions will become temperate and be able to support large-scale farming.

Meanwhile, by the time Barron Trump is his father's age (70), Mar-a-Lago may be underwater.

[Last] year, the town [of Palm Beach] overhauled 12 pumping stations to push storm runoff up a huge pipe to the Intracoastal Waterway under a 20-year, $120 million infrastructure plan to deal with increased rainfall and street flooding, among other issues. Palm Beach’s system can now suck up almost 1 million gallons of runoff a minute. “I just deal with the reality that sea levels are rising,” says Palm Beach Town Manager Thomas Bradford. “I don’t want to rile people up about it.” Bloomberg News link

 

[ponderingturtle]

This text, more than many, make it obvious that Trump really can say whatever he wants, or shoot people in broad daylight without losing followers.

This level of devotion is just plain unsettling.

The republican party heard him speak and clearly said "That's the leader for US", no more effete intellectuals like W, but a real man of the people.

 

[ponderingturtle]

Another theory Robinson/Mercer have is:


It's not happening and -- even if it is -- no worries folks. Their theory is that global warming will cause a huge increase in the number of species and be a boon to agriculture. I guess the latter is based on the 'belief' that polar regions will become temperate and be able to support large-scale farming.

Meanwhile, by the time Barron Trump is his father's age (70), Mar-a-Lago may be underwater.

Of course it won't be, talking about that is illegal in Florida like most republican states.

 

[pgwenthold]

The republican party heard him speak and clearly said "That's the leader for US", no more effete intellectuals like W, but a real man of the people.

Republicans have had enough of those liberal elite intellectuals. So they voted for a Republican elite blithering idiot.

But he MUST be smart! He's rich!

 

[Belz...]

Holy ****. This may the most Trump Trump has ever been. It's from the summer of 2015, but my god:

Oh, you just saw that one? It's been posted around these parts before. A beauty, isn't it?

He has to be the dumbest person to ever be president.

Fixed.

President Trump Was 'Directly Involved' in Hunt for Tweeter of Inauguration Crowd Photo

Precious little snowflake get his feelings hurt?

I wonder if he'll fire him from a cannon if he finds him.

 

[Belz...]

Another theory Robinson/Mercer have is:

It's not happening and -- even if it is -- no worries folks.

That sort of rhetoric is very revealing. It shows that they know it's real and harmful, but are trying to cover both bases. Like a holocaust denier who says it didn't happen -- and if it did, the Jews deserved it. Woops!

 

[Stacko]

That sort of rhetoric is very revealing. It shows that they know it's real and harmful, but are trying to cover both bases. Like a holocaust denier who says it didn't happen -- and if it did, the Jews deserved it. Woops!

Are there any holocaust deniers that don't hold that position?

 

[Belz...]

Are there any holocaust deniers that don't hold that position?

Yes, but it seems like the overwhelming majority of them do.

In a way, I think a denial of obvious facts almost always hides another position or agenda.

 

[Fast Eddie B]

Fast Eddie B gets a bit concerned when someone starts referring to themselves in the third person!

 

[TheL8Elvis]

Fast Eddie B gets a bit concerned when someone starts referring to themselves in the third person!

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The lack of really poor grammar may be a giveaway that trump didn't actually write these tweets. IDK.

 

[Nosi]

And another nut-job lands an appointment: Trump Just Picked a Contraception Skeptic to Head Federal Family Planning Efforts

The sub-title suggests she was only referring to 100% protection but here's the crux of her ignorance:Anti-abortion drivel. Apparently she also claims it's been proven that abortions cause breast cancer.

 

[Jim_MDP]

The lack of really poor grammar may be a giveaway that trump didn't actually write these tweets. IDK.

I've considered that too... but he actually does it while speaking as well.

 

[Jim_MDP]

I think Maddow did a segment on it last Thursday or Friday.
It's a particularly nauseating addition to the Trump appointment catalog.

 

[ponderingturtle]

I think Maddow did a segment on it last Thursday or Friday.
It's a particularly nauseating addition to the Trump appointment catalog.

Why do you hate catholics who govern with their religious beliefs? This is all straight line catholic religion, and to say that someone is unqualified for hold a position in the US because of their religion is unamerican.

Think Benny Hinn will be surgeon general?

 

[Spindrift]

Why do you hate catholics who govern with their religious beliefs? This is all straight line catholic religion, and to say that someone is unqualified for hold a position in the US because of their religion is unamerican.

As long as their religious beliefs yield to the constitution there's no problem. If they can't do that, then they shouldn't be governing.

Think Benny Hinn will be surgeon general?

Under Trump? That's not out of the realm of possibility.

 

[ponderingturtle]

As long as their religious beliefs yield to the constitution there's no problem. If they can't do that, then they shouldn't be governing.

Naa religion as long as it is christian trumps all that is the true meaning of religious freedom now in this republican country. The votes are in and america is officially now a christian nation.

 

[pgwenthold]

Why do you hate catholics who govern with their religious beliefs? This is all straight line catholic religion, and to say that someone is unqualified for hold a position in the US because of their religion is unamerican.

Think Benny Hinn will be surgeon general?

If contraception doesn't work, why does the Catholic church forbid it?

 

[skyeagle409]

But they love Trump. This should fill them with the hope of all the wars he will start.

I don't want another war. I would be happy to see an increase in defense spending because I have complained for years that the military was underfunded and that point was made when I tried to order safety gloves for my workers but was told the Air Force didn't have the money at that time to fill my order. In fact, some squadrons were financially broke.

 

[The Don]

I don't want another war. I would be happy to see an increase in defense spending because I have complained for years that the military was underfunded and that point was made when I tried to order safety gloves for my workers but was told the Air Force didn't have the money at that time to fill my order. In fact, some squadrons were financially broke.

It's not clear to me that the highlighted is the case. The US spends more on its military than the next 'n' countries combined so a claim that the military is underfunded IMO needs to be examined carefully.

Now the fact that you were unable to obtain safety gloves for your workers indicates that something is wrong but an increase in military spending may not fix that issue. I've worked on defence procurement projects in the UK and to my civilian ears the sums involved are huge but quite often military personnel complain that money is being spent on the wrong things, that the specifications are far too complicated (like the apocryphal combined sniper rifle and entrenching tool), the military is being fleeced by overcharging suppliers or some combination of these.

 

[Darat]

I don't want another war. I would be happy to see an increase in defense spending because I have complained for years that the military was underfunded and that point was made when I tried to order safety gloves for my workers but was told the Air Force didn't have the money at that time to fill my order. In fact, some squadrons were financially broke.

Sounds like they are overspending. Wouldn't a reduction in the size of the military be a solution?