Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 19

[Tero]

We will probably get to the "pardons himself" situation in Trump's second term!

I don't have a problem with Bloomberg replacing Biden. Only problem: Sanders Bloomberg and Buden are all in the old white guy group. Reagan and Trump have been senile enough. They all get manipulated by the underlings in the second term. Maybe not Trump. Trump will have a long time record: the only president ever to be impeached twice. He can't help it.

But in any case, in this one and and only matter, the primary, I can echo the GOP: let the voters decide. There is the issue of funds and TV ads, but it is too late to control that for this year.

 

[SezMe]

It's worth poking at the concept of kayfabe if you're bringing that up - and it's also probably worth noting that kayfabe may also explain a far too significant chunk of the appeal that said people find in Fox and Breitbart.

Horribly off-topic note:

The link has this for the pronunciation; " kayfabe (pronounced KEI-feib)". I can guess the proper pronunciation of it from the word itself better than the clue.

In other news that just happens to also be about Barr, right after SG's post...

DOJ Gave $500K Grant to 'Hookers for Jesus' Instead of Established Anti-Trafficking Groups: Report

From that link:

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is under fire after a whistleblower complaint revealed that the department had given over $1 million in anti-human trafficking grants to two groups, Hookers for Jesus and the Lincoln Tubman Foundation, rather than highly recommended, established groups.

I simply cannot imagine the bribe Hookers for Jesus gave to grant reviewers for their recommendation.

 

[SezMe]

Here's a big surprise; the Trump administration released its budget proposal this week, and science funding would take a hit.

When asked to explain the proposed cuts to basic research, Kelvin Droegemeier, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy director, told reporters Monday:

The key priority in this administration is prioritizing of research and then, you know, placing our money on things that are extremely important. And then, for those things that are less important or lower priority, not focusing on them as much.

I assert there is zero actual content in that statement. None. Zilch. Nada.

 

[Andy_Ross]

“President Trump, with smart policies, has done more to help the Black community than any President in the modern era.” @IngrahamAngle @FoxNews

I was very surprised & disappointed that Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia voted against me on the Democrat’s totally partisan Impeachment Hoax. No President has done more for the great people of West Virginia than me (Pensions), and that will....

....always continue. Every Republican Senator except Romney, many highly religious people, all very smart, voted against the Impeachment Hoax. @SenCapito was all in (a great person). I was told by many that Manchin was just a puppet for Schumer & Pelosi. That’s what he is!

 

[thaiboxerken]

Here's a big surprise; the Trump administration released its budget proposal this week, and science funding would take a hit.

When asked to explain the proposed cuts to basic research, Kelvin Droegemeier, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy director, told reporters Monday:



I assert there is zero actual content in that statement. None. Zilch. Nada.

There is no need for science when the expert on everything is in the oval office.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

What's the point of science if it doesn't agree with your religion?

 

[JoeMorgue]

Hell if anything once you've already completely rejected the concept that "facts exist" what's even the point of going back and trying to stop science?

 

[Mike!]

Okay, have we reached peak parody yet? You can literally read that as him either praising what he thinks is a good thing or decrying what he thinks is a bad thing. Delete the attribution of the quote, and I challenge anyone to parse out his true meaning. I think my brane is officially broke.

 

[Segnosaur]

Hell if anything once you've already completely rejected the concept that "facts exist" what's even the point of going back and trying to stop science?

Hey that's not fair.

The Trump administration is such a great believer in facts, that they are adding a whole bunch of new facts, also known as 'alternative facts'.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

It is happening again to Crazy Bernie, just like last time, only far more obvious. They are taking the Democrat Nomination away from him, and there’s very little he can do. A Rigged System!

 

[Minoosh]

It's worth poking at the concept of kayfabe if you're bringing that up - and it's also probably worth noting that kayfabe may also explain a far too significant chunk of the appeal that said people find in Fox and Breitbart.

Is that related to covfefe?

 

[Segnosaur]

And the isolation of the U.S. continues...

From: https://www.businessinsider.com/bor...ld-trump-slammed-phone-down-apoplectic-2020-2
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has canceled a trip to the US planned for next month...Johnson had been due to visit Washington last month but repeatedly delayed the trip after a series of rows with the president over Iran, Huawei, and a rejected request by the prime minister to extradite the wife of a US diplomat.

The UK used to be one of the United States biggest allies (remember, they were one of the few countries to support their Iraq invasion). And Johnson is seen as a British version of Trump. Yet such is the nature of Trump's incompetence that even friends are abandoning him.

 

[Minoosh]

An acquittal means that the person was judged "not guilty." Trump was judged "guilty, but not bad enough to remove."

The first sentence is splitting hairs and the second is just wrong.

 

[dudalb]

Perhaps you missed that Barr is one of those fanatical Evangelicals who is ecstatic about keeping 'the chosen one' safe.

William Barr Wants To Bring ‘God’s Law’ To America

Changes the picture, doesn't it?

GOd, what makes you think I like Barr?
I just point out he must be frustrated by Trump's stupidity.

 

[dudalb]

And the isolation of the U.S. continues...

From: https://www.businessinsider.com/bor...ld-trump-slammed-phone-down-apoplectic-2020-2
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has canceled a trip to the US planned for next month...Johnson had been due to visit Washington last month but repeatedly delayed the trip after a series of rows with the president over Iran, Huawei, and a rejected request by the prime minister to extradite the wife of a US diplomat.

The UK used to be one of the United States biggest allies (remember, they were one of the few countries to support their Iraq invasion). And Johnson is seen as a British version of Trump. Yet such is the nature of Trump's incompetence that even friends are abandoning him.

I also think Bojo probably picked up that looking like he was subcerviant to Trump was not playing well with the British public..including many of the Tory MP's.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Palmer Report

Barr: I think Trump, ahem, needs to stop tweeting (wink nudge)
Trump: huh?
Barr: play along
Trump: I don’t get it
Barr: pretend to be mad at me, but then stop tweeting about DOJ, and I’ll help you
Trump: I still don’t get it
Barr: oh dear lord
Trump: my brain is cabbage

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Trump Tweets

“The President has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case.” A.G. Barr This doesn’t mean that I do not have, as President, the legal right to do so, I do, but I have so far chosen not to!

Same predictable pattern:

I didn't do it.
But if I did, I am allowed to do it.

He reveals that he knows he did do it and wants it to not be bad.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Horribly off-topic note:

The link has this for the pronunciation; " kayfabe (pronounced KEI-feib)". I can guess the proper pronunciation of it from the word itself better than the clue.
From that link:
I simply cannot imagine the bribe Hookers for Jesus gave to grant reviewers for their recommendation.

You guys might be wrong about the Hookers for Jesus group. They are actually getting women out of sex trafficking and abusive situations the women can't get out of on their own.

 

[pgwenthold]

And the isolation of the U.S. continues...

From: https://www.businessinsider.com/bor...ld-trump-slammed-phone-down-apoplectic-2020-2
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has canceled a trip to the US planned for next month...Johnson had been due to visit Washington last month but repeatedly delayed the trip after a series of rows with the president over Iran, Huawei, and a rejected request by the prime minister to extradite the wife of a US diplomat.

The UK used to be one of the United States biggest allies (remember, they were one of the few countries to support their Iraq invasion). And Johnson is seen as a British version of Trump. Yet such is the nature of Trump's incompetence that even friends are abandoning him.

Isn't it great how the US is so much more respected now all over the world than it was before?

 

[Segnosaur]

You guys might be wrong about the Hookers for Jesus group. They are actually getting women out of sex trafficking and abusive situations the women can't get out of on their own.

Even if they have been able to get women out of dangerous situations... If the money wasn't going to the Hookers for Jesus group, the money wouldn't necessarily have been lost... it would have gone to other groups dealing with sex trafficking. (The difference is, those other groups would not have had an anti-homosexual agenda.)