The Republican Party of Reagan lasted nearly 40 years, but that is dead and gone. That kind of Republican is getting out of politics, being replaced by those in Trump's image. The ideals of Ronald Reagan are dead in the party. (This goes double for "normies" who refuse to speak up against the fascist tide rolling across the party.) Sadly, I don't see the Republican party healing in my lifetime, if ever.
The Orange Snake is getting desperate. I got an email: "just released: trump 2024 automatic knives". No idea how much they're charging - no price mentioned, other than it being 70% off. LOL. Apparently it's not the only "Trump Knife" out there.
"Expect to see Speaker Mike Johnson going office to office in the months ahead, making sure his members are exercising regularly, sleeping enough, and *taking all their pills*."
MAGA Mike is in luck. Capt (despite what it says on his House home page*) Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, is now a Rep in the House. Jackson will be sure that all amphetamines and Xanax, along with other antidepressants and anxiety meds, will sit in candy jars on the House floor, to be taken as needed.
(* In December 2019, after 25 years of distinguished service to his country, Dr. Jackson retired from the United States Navy as a Rear Admiral. https://jackson.house.gov/about/)
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"Trump: Nobody has been treated like Trump in terms of badly"
Just going to repeat what so many people have been saying for so long: the Mango Malignacy has stated again that he has been treated worse than Mr Lincoln was. I'll consider that comparison should anyone put a bullet in his head like Lincoln. (This is in no way a call for violent actions to be taken against the Sandstone Snowflake. I would be hesitant to think that any true American could be as vicious and mean as the MAGA knuckle draggers.)
Close Ms Seifert, but not quite I'm sorry to say. From your link:
"But Jackson is no longer a retired admiral. The Navy *demoted him in July 2022* following a damaging Pentagon inspector general’s report that substantiated allegations about his inappropriate behavior as a White House physician, a previously unreported decision confirmed by a current defense official and a former U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive personnel move."
The demotion was in 2022, the decision was just released. Please don't think that I'm calling you out on this, that couldn't be farther from the truth. I am just defending my post and link. Besides, if I didn't follow your link I never would have known about the hit to his annual retirement pay-out, nor done a little -- very little -- research on him. (I don't usually use Wikipedia as a source, but I noted that they mention the demotion in the first graf [see below]. I also learned that the Senate was going to reject his nomination (by the Sandstone Snowflake in 2018) to head the VA.
The fact that Dr/Rep Pill Pusher hasn't updated his House bio makes me think he's hoping that in the less-than-24-hour news cycle we are being overwhelmed with these days, by next week the only people who will remember this are those in the military community and his scam will just keep on keeping on. As the Texas Tribune says, he's making no efforts to correct his being referred to as "Admiral."
Missed the year, but as I said, all the headlines are from the past week or so. :-) Yup, his bio still has him as an admiral. The Orange Snake will make him an admiral again and probably appoint to Surgeon General or something.
Speaker Johnson is supposedly cooking up help for Ukraine in terms of a sort of latterday Lend-Lease. Perhaps it is something real, but part of me thinks it's a sort misinfo project to deal with or lull (hopefully) the majority of Republican voters who aren't fans of Putin.
The aid has largely taken the form of 30 year old Gulf War I (and older) systems that cannot really be sold and will otherwise have to be stored or expensively scrapped. A Lend-Lease infrastructure creates an extra bureaucratic layer and delay when using these old systems chastise Putin is a net gain for relatively little.
Still the petition seems to be going nowhere, so never let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Trump's flip flop on TikTok is fascinating. Wariness towards Xi's China and its projects is shared widely across the political divide. Xi has crossed small palms with the requisite silver. It might be hopeful too.
I am disturbed by this rush on TikTok. The real danger of it, indeed of any social media platform including Twit-X and Facebook and the many others that I am of the wrong age or political persuasion to know much about, is the already realized potential to spread bad, misleading, and deceptive "information"/propoganda to their mostly unsuspecting users. The US government has not ever grappled with this aspect, preferring to mostly ignore it or get all upset about selling private data to domestic or foreign adversaries.
It's sweet that Bill thinks any Repub in the House would stand up and speak for Ukraine now that Trump is settled as nominee. It's also sweet that Will sees the rejection of Lankford's bill & getting basic stuff done as a "new" low.
The GOP's behavior was likely set in stone when Trump became the 2016 nominee, but if not then, certainly when they punished Liz Cheney for voting to impeach Jan 2021.
We liken MAGA voters to a cult, but all these guys in Congress look like a cult too. None will cross Dear Leader. This is why Ken Buck is leaving along with other "normies;" they have finally realized most of them are no longer saying one thing for the camera but another among themselves; instead Buck et al are witnessing their colleagues' transformation to something like a religious zealot or a drug addict, where their minds reason that ANYTHING is justified as God's will/GOP power or required to quiet the addiction center of their brain. The Senate will complete their transformation now that Mitch is tamed.
This is too good and bad not to share. From Dr. Richardson in Letters of American talking about House republicans:
"The conference has become so toxic that fewer than 100 members agreed to attend their annual retreat that began today. "I'd rather sit down with Hannibal Lecter and eat my own liver," a Republican member of Congress told Juliegrace Brufke of Axios."
Trump, and the House Republicans are all Putin's puppies. I hope that phrase goes viral. Feel free to use it. Trump needs the money and is also selling out to the Chinese. When does all of this cross the line to bribery, election interference, and possibly treason. What has Trump done with those documents? It seems judge Cannon doesn't want anyone to know.
Cannon evidently sees the prospect of getting a Supreme Court nomination as worth the cost of selling out America's security and the rule of law.
She must be aware that her aim to protect Trump is rather obvious. She just doesn't care. It's the kind of moral impunity that Trump models and inspires.
Putin warns that Russia is "ready" to use nuclear weapons, though he says "there has never been such a need". He also said ""Weapons exist in order to use them."
No worries of course but just to make sure you know about this: you can edit after posting (start by clicking on the three dots on the lower right of the post).
I kind of liked "in terms of badly." Back in the day I also liked "misunderestimated." If someone we liked said these, we'd probably have some fun with them.
Knowing Trump, I'd say wait for the bigger fish that's likely to swim out of his mouth any minute. Or the scary misshapen jellyfish from hell.
"Jim, I'd like to interrupt here and answer that question as if it were my turn to speak. Jim, let me tell about a friend of mine. [ holds up a picture of an elderly woman ] Her name is Etta Munsen. She's 94, she's a widow living on Social Security in Sparta, Tennessee. Etta was born with only one kidney. She also suffers from poilo, spinal menengitis, lung, liver, and pancreatic cancer, an enlarged heart, diabetes, and a rare form of styctic acne. Now, several recent strokes, along with an unfortunate shark attack, have left her paralyzed and missing her right leg under the knee. Just last week she woke from a coma to find that, due to a hospital mix-up, her left arm had been amputated, infected with syphillis, and then reattached. "
The vote in the House on the TikTok ban shows that many Republicans are willing to cross Trump- except on Ukraine, which remains an absolute red line. For whatever reason, it always comes back to Russia.
Indeed, Trump has been treated bigly badly.
The Republican Party of Reagan lasted nearly 40 years, but that is dead and gone. That kind of Republican is getting out of politics, being replaced by those in Trump's image. The ideals of Ronald Reagan are dead in the party. (This goes double for "normies" who refuse to speak up against the fascist tide rolling across the party.) Sadly, I don't see the Republican party healing in my lifetime, if ever.
The Orange Snake is getting desperate. I got an email: "just released: trump 2024 automatic knives". No idea how much they're charging - no price mentioned, other than it being 70% off. LOL. Apparently it's not the only "Trump Knife" out there.
Bill and Andrew, please put your name at the top of your writing. I spend the whole reading time wondering who I’m
Reading.
Thank you🙋
"Expect to see Speaker Mike Johnson going office to office in the months ahead, making sure his members are exercising regularly, sleeping enough, and *taking all their pills*."
MAGA Mike is in luck. Capt (despite what it says on his House home page*) Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, is now a Rep in the House. Jackson will be sure that all amphetamines and Xanax, along with other antidepressants and anxiety meds, will sit in candy jars on the House floor, to be taken as needed.
(* In December 2019, after 25 years of distinguished service to his country, Dr. Jackson retired from the United States Navy as a Rear Admiral. https://jackson.house.gov/about/)
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"Trump: Nobody has been treated like Trump in terms of badly"
Just going to repeat what so many people have been saying for so long: the Mango Malignacy has stated again that he has been treated worse than Mr Lincoln was. I'll consider that comparison should anyone put a bullet in his head like Lincoln. (This is in no way a call for violent actions to be taken against the Sandstone Snowflake. I would be hesitant to think that any true American could be as vicious and mean as the MAGA knuckle draggers.)
fnord
Jackson lost his rank just last week because of his drug peddling, among other no-nos. He's now a retired captain. https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/07/ronny-jackson-white-house-navy-demoted/ Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Of course, the Snake will reinstate him if he wins.
Close Ms Seifert, but not quite I'm sorry to say. From your link:
"But Jackson is no longer a retired admiral. The Navy *demoted him in July 2022* following a damaging Pentagon inspector general’s report that substantiated allegations about his inappropriate behavior as a White House physician, a previously unreported decision confirmed by a current defense official and a former U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive personnel move."
The demotion was in 2022, the decision was just released. Please don't think that I'm calling you out on this, that couldn't be farther from the truth. I am just defending my post and link. Besides, if I didn't follow your link I never would have known about the hit to his annual retirement pay-out, nor done a little -- very little -- research on him. (I don't usually use Wikipedia as a source, but I noted that they mention the demotion in the first graf [see below]. I also learned that the Senate was going to reject his nomination (by the Sandstone Snowflake in 2018) to head the VA.
The fact that Dr/Rep Pill Pusher hasn't updated his House bio makes me think he's hoping that in the less-than-24-hour news cycle we are being overwhelmed with these days, by next week the only people who will remember this are those in the military community and his scam will just keep on keeping on. As the Texas Tribune says, he's making no efforts to correct his being referred to as "Admiral."
fnord
Missed the year, but as I said, all the headlines are from the past week or so. :-) Yup, his bio still has him as an admiral. The Orange Snake will make him an admiral again and probably appoint to Surgeon General or something.
Well Kristol, I agree with you on something. Well said.
Speaker Johnson is supposedly cooking up help for Ukraine in terms of a sort of latterday Lend-Lease. Perhaps it is something real, but part of me thinks it's a sort misinfo project to deal with or lull (hopefully) the majority of Republican voters who aren't fans of Putin.
The aid has largely taken the form of 30 year old Gulf War I (and older) systems that cannot really be sold and will otherwise have to be stored or expensively scrapped. A Lend-Lease infrastructure creates an extra bureaucratic layer and delay when using these old systems chastise Putin is a net gain for relatively little.
Still the petition seems to be going nowhere, so never let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4530355-johnson-signals-shift-on-ukraine-to-gop-senators/
Republican Senators skeptical:
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4532133-mcconnell-raises-pressure-on-johnson-over-ukraine-finish-the-job/
Trump's flip flop on TikTok is fascinating. Wariness towards Xi's China and its projects is shared widely across the political divide. Xi has crossed small palms with the requisite silver. It might be hopeful too.
I am disturbed by this rush on TikTok. The real danger of it, indeed of any social media platform including Twit-X and Facebook and the many others that I am of the wrong age or political persuasion to know much about, is the already realized potential to spread bad, misleading, and deceptive "information"/propoganda to their mostly unsuspecting users. The US government has not ever grappled with this aspect, preferring to mostly ignore it or get all upset about selling private data to domestic or foreign adversaries.
It's sweet that Bill thinks any Repub in the House would stand up and speak for Ukraine now that Trump is settled as nominee. It's also sweet that Will sees the rejection of Lankford's bill & getting basic stuff done as a "new" low.
The GOP's behavior was likely set in stone when Trump became the 2016 nominee, but if not then, certainly when they punished Liz Cheney for voting to impeach Jan 2021.
We liken MAGA voters to a cult, but all these guys in Congress look like a cult too. None will cross Dear Leader. This is why Ken Buck is leaving along with other "normies;" they have finally realized most of them are no longer saying one thing for the camera but another among themselves; instead Buck et al are witnessing their colleagues' transformation to something like a religious zealot or a drug addict, where their minds reason that ANYTHING is justified as God's will/GOP power or required to quiet the addiction center of their brain. The Senate will complete their transformation now that Mitch is tamed.
This is too good and bad not to share. From Dr. Richardson in Letters of American talking about House republicans:
"The conference has become so toxic that fewer than 100 members agreed to attend their annual retreat that began today. "I'd rather sit down with Hannibal Lecter and eat my own liver," a Republican member of Congress told Juliegrace Brufke of Axios."
I’d love to know which member said that.
Now there's a Cheap Shot.
Trump, and the House Republicans are all Putin's puppies. I hope that phrase goes viral. Feel free to use it. Trump needs the money and is also selling out to the Chinese. When does all of this cross the line to bribery, election interference, and possibly treason. What has Trump done with those documents? It seems judge Cannon doesn't want anyone to know.
I'm sure he got connected with Putin when he had to start borrowing from Russian banks in NYC because his credit was bad.
Cannon evidently sees the prospect of getting a Supreme Court nomination as worth the cost of selling out America's security and the rule of law.
She must be aware that her aim to protect Trump is rather obvious. She just doesn't care. It's the kind of moral impunity that Trump models and inspires.
Putin warns that Russia is "ready" to use nuclear weapons, though he says "there has never been such a need". He also said ""Weapons exist in order to use them."
2016: Hillary Clinton will start World War 3
2024: Joe Biden will start World War 3.
Putin: We win or everybody loses.
Trump: We win or everybody loses.
MAGA: We win or everybody loses.
#SaveAmerica #NeverMAGA #NeverPutinists #MolesInPlainSight
Sorry about the grammar. I push send before rereading what I wrote but you get the gist of what I was saying
No worries of course but just to make sure you know about this: you can edit after posting (start by clicking on the three dots on the lower right of the post).
I kind of liked "in terms of badly." Back in the day I also liked "misunderestimated." If someone we liked said these, we'd probably have some fun with them.
Knowing Trump, I'd say wait for the bigger fish that's likely to swim out of his mouth any minute. Or the scary misshapen jellyfish from hell.
"In terms of badlly" may be ungrammatical, but it's marginally more rational than this gem:
"This is a tough hurricane, one of the wettest we've ever seen, from the standpoint of water."
Who knew that water has a standpoint?
I hate to say it, but that one sounds a bit like the social science manuscripts I edit. 😬
Now that's strategery!
"Jim, I'd like to interrupt here and answer that question as if it were my turn to speak. Jim, let me tell about a friend of mine. [ holds up a picture of an elderly woman ] Her name is Etta Munsen. She's 94, she's a widow living on Social Security in Sparta, Tennessee. Etta was born with only one kidney. She also suffers from poilo, spinal menengitis, lung, liver, and pancreatic cancer, an enlarged heart, diabetes, and a rare form of styctic acne. Now, several recent strokes, along with an unfortunate shark attack, have left her paralyzed and missing her right leg under the knee. Just last week she woke from a coma to find that, due to a hospital mix-up, her left arm had been amputated, infected with syphillis, and then reattached. "
The vote in the House on the TikTok ban shows that many Republicans are willing to cross Trump- except on Ukraine, which remains an absolute red line. For whatever reason, it always comes back to Russia.
Their only view of Ukraine, as with everything, is that if Democrats are for it, they’re against it. And if Trump is for it, so are they.
It’s really that pathetically simple.