Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 23

[acbytesla]

Yeah, I am pretty sure these guys pay for the plane in full right up front.
But would still have a lot of monthly expenses associated with it.
Fractional ownership would probably be more cost effective if one were measuring cost per passenger-mile. But it is not about being a wise steward with church donations, is it?

Nope. My congregation's offerings is only enough to keep my King Air turbo prop flying. I have to live with a pathetic 230 knots per hour and a range of only 1100 nautical miles. And it's not cheap rebuilding those engines.

I'm sure you understand. Can I have an "amen"?

 

[Stacyhs]

Back in the early 60's my dad's sister's husband was poaching deer to put meat on the table for his family. He came to my dad for a loan (which was never paid back). My parents scraped up the money. Then they found out that 10% of the money they scraped together to 'loan' to family was given to the Mormon church in tithing. Let's just say that was the last money they ever 'lent' to my uncle.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

You are doing it all wrong.

Donations aren't for buying private planes.

They are for stopping the banks to repossess the plane you've already bought.

 

[Aridas]

Good to know.

Maybe he was being sarcastic?

Actions speak louder than words.

At the moment, it's looking like Trump was generally speaking the truth about his "slow the testing down" request - not that that's a huge surprise, given that he's been focused on the official numbers from the start and how agents of the federal government have frequently acted to specifically discourage people from getting tested all along. Remember how "unfair" to him that cruise ship with a COVID breakout was?

Elsewhere...

Soldier charged with providing information to white supremacist occult group to "ambush" his own unit

...Treasonous criminal. It's good that he was caught, of course, but...

 

[dudalb]

That pastor needs to pass the collection plate. He is past due on his private jet.

"Man I have got to get into this Religious Prophteing Business".

Booker De Witt in "Bioshock Infinate" in finding out that Zachery Comstock the "Prophet" and relgious dictator of the flying city of Columbia, has a 50% tithe on all business in Collumbia.

 

[dudalb]

Nope. My congregation's offerings is only enough to keep my King Air turbo prop flying. I have to live with a pathetic 230 knots per hour and a range of only 1100 nautical miles. And it's not cheap rebuilding those engines.

I'm sure you understand. Can I have an "amen"?

You have GOT to play "Bioshock Infinate".

 

[The Don]

Not only does he not kid, he also doesn't exaggerate.

I'm pretty sure that as soon as the US announced that it was possible that 2 million people would die if Coronavirus were allowed to run its course entirely unchecked, I suggested that President Trump would personally claim credit for saving 2,000,000 minus the number of people who died lives.

In the event that more than 2 million end up dying, he'll find a higher number somewhere, possibly even the entire population of the US to use to calculate the number of lives "saved".

Of course he will say or do anything to try to distract from the fact that the US has handled the Coronavirus pretty badly, and that the situation may be getting worse.

 

[Andy_Ross]

In his student address Trump said

COVID, COVID-19, COVID, I said what’s the 19. COVID-19, some people can’t explain the 19.

So the President of the United States, at least 7 months into this global pandemic that’s killed over 120K Americansis still unaware of what the ‘19’ represents.

But then he can't remember the date of the 1918 flu pandemic.

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

This article goes in to how the upcoming election can still be won by Trump - even if he loses both the popular vote and the electoral collage. How accurate it is, or how hysterical it is, I'm not in a position to judge.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

It is ashame that Congress doesn’t do something about the lowlifes that burn the American Flag. It should be stopped, and now!

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

Tomorrow @SenatorTimScott and the Senate Republicans have a Great Bill, the #JUSTICEAct, up for a vote. Will be great for both people of color and police - in fact, has major police support. Rebuilding trust and keeping communities safe! Hope to sign it into law ASAP!

BIG VICTORY for patients – Federal court UPHOLDS hospital price transparency. Patients deserve to know the price of care BEFORE they enter the hospital. Because of my action, they will. This may very well be bigger than healthcare itself. Congratulations America!

 

[Fast Eddie B]

I have to live with a pathetic 230 knots per hour...

Pedantic quibble.

A knot is one nautical mile per hour. So, “knots per hour” is redundant.

 

[The Don]

Pedantic quibble.

A knot is one nautical mile per hour. So, “knots per hour” is redundant.

I assumed that it was deliberate....

 

[Fast Eddie B]

I assumed that it was deliberate....

A thought that had not occurred to me.

But invoking the Principle of Charity let’s assume so!

 

[The Don]

This article goes in to how the upcoming election can still be won by Trump - even if he loses both the popular vote and the electoral collage. How accurate it is, or how hysterical it is, I'm not in a position to judge.

The author manages to summarise my fears about how the GOP plan to conduct the election. I don't think everything in the article will come to pass, but that doesn't mean that the GOP won't try.

 

[zooterkin]

Pedantic quibble.

A knot is one nautical mile per hour. So, “knots per hour” is redundant.

I think he was saying it was very slow to accelerate.

 

[slyjoe]

Pedantic quibble.

A knot is one nautical mile per hour. So, “knots per hour” is redundant.

That's not a lot of acceleration.

ETA: NVM, ninja'ed.

 

[Belz...]

Since Trump's tweets are official WH statements, could it be considered, legally, that Trump's recent tweet below violates the First Amendment?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1275637061823815680

"It is ashame that Congress doesn’t do something about the lowlifes that burn the American Flag. It should be stopped, and now!"

 

[Norman Alexander]

Trump Tweets

BIG VICTORY for patients – Federal court UPHOLDS hospital price transparency. Patients deserve to know the price of care BEFORE they enter the hospital. Because of my action, they will. This may very well be bigger than healthcare itself. Congratulations America!

Wait a sec...

Who was trying to prevent this in the first place? It would appear that it had bipartisan political support from the get-go. It seemed any "opposition" may have come from the health insurance companies.

Also, Trump is retweeting himself from March. Typical.

https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/best-thing-almost-happened-healthcare

 

[Armitage72]

3000 people give or take to a Mega-Church where the pastor assured everyone their new air filtration system would keep the COVID virus out or kill it.

The manufacturer of the system has publicly stated that the church is misrepresenting their product. It's been tested against a coronavirus structurally similar to SARS-CoV-2 and can remove it from the air in 4-6 hours, but it hasn't been tested against the current virus and 4-6 hours won't protect people in a crowd.