Well... it's Trump... again. #47, here we go.

[crazyfingers]

The evil lying fascist shitbag equates agreeing with his policy objectives and patriotism with new federal job application process that requires an essay on how the applicant with further Trump's objectives.

Fascism. Very close to a loyalty oath to him.

What a fascist scum.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/30/trump-administration-patriotic-americans-federal-workforce-00376752

 

[ZiprHead]

CNN Panelist Lays Into Kevin O’Leary for Defending ‘Whining Titty Baby’ Trump: ‘Pathetic’

Podcast host Jennifer Welch laid into Shark Tank star Kevin O'Leary on CNN, Wednesday, for defending "the biggest whining titty baby out there."

www.mediaite.com

During a CNN NewsNight panel discussion, O’Leary defended Trump’s reported decision to reject a $15 million settlement from Paramount amid his lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.

As the debate heated up, with several panelists accusing Trump of cracking down on the free press, Welch then asked O’Leary, “I have a question. How do you guys constantly defend the biggest whining titty baby out there? He whines, cries nonstop. He’s the president of the United States. You’re defending that? It’s demeaning.”

“Excuse me, did all the executives at CBS lose their jobs on 60 Minutes? Yes or no? Yes,” replied O’Leary. “Was it a word salad edit? Yes.”

Welch doubled down, saying, “He is a titty baby, a whiner. It’s pathetic that you defend him.”

 

[Axulus]

Trump doesn't (can't?) read so Tulsi Gabbard is looking to have the president's daily briefing (PDB) produced in a Fox News video format.

One idea that has been discussed is to transform the PDB so it mirrors a Fox News broadcast, according to four of the people with direct knowledge of the discussions. Under that concept as it has been discussed, the national intelligence director’s office could hire a Fox News producer to produce it and one of the network’s personalities to present it; Trump, an avid Fox News viewer, could then watch the broadcast PDB whenever he wanted.

Gabbard considering ways to revamp Trump's intelligence briefing

One idea is to make the briefing, which according to his schedule Trump has been taking less often than his predecessors, a video that looks like Fox News.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Axulus]

 

[unapologetic]

A bill to amend the constitution. Really... Is he that stupid or does he probably rightly believe that Fox viewers are that stupid.

WTF.
One of his reasons for changing the constitution: 'you juxtpose the trunp admin/ his vision for ameiika Vs. the failed policys of Biden, what he did to international trade...'
WTF, what Biden did to trade??? Look at the damage Rump is doing.
WTF, still trash talking Biden. How the fuck does that justify the coronation of king Rump.

 

[unapologetic]

I am not an economics wonk. My commoner view on 'wealth' is this:
'Wealth' is not how much money you have. it's how fast it circulates.
The faster you earn it AND the faster you spend it, the wealther you are.
If you have millions in your matress but live in a shack eating spuds you grew, you are poor. (If you have no income, you have no choice)
If you have only enough for rent on a shack on a beach in the tropics, eating fish you caught, I'd consider you 'wealthy'.
Even if your money is 'sitting in the bank', it is not sitting. It gets loaned, out there in circulation. Earning you intrest.

This is why taxes on the rich are should be high. With breaks/deductions if they are doing something usefull with their money.
Like investing, building, or donating. Othrwise it gets taxed away. Maybe that is 'confiscating' but it's useless/not 'wealth' if it doesn't circulate.

 

[unapologetic]

I have noticed that MAGA hats are white now.
Wny? So he can sell more to the sheeple who already have a red one?

 

[TV and credit cards]

I have noticed that MAGA hats are white now.
Wny? So he can sell more to the sheeple who already have a red one?

That's the Sunday MAGA hat for when they go to worship their Lord and Savior.

 

[ZiprHead]

The Mexican AI chicks are hot!

 

[unapologetic]

That's the Sunday MAGA hat for when they go to worship their Lord and Savior.

Shouldn't they be orange, like their lord?

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

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Taking credit for not cancelling it.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

His crime was he kept for himself employment taxes he withheld from employee paychecks.

https://tenor.com/assets/img/icons/embed.svg

I don't understand

I would presume the link is getting sanitized out. That's an .svg image, the spiritual descendant of the old hp-gl/2 plotter language. Plotter language existed for a very good reason: it's infinitely scalable. Unfortunately, svg can contain javascript--while I have not looked into it my gut reaction is that it would be prohibited because of this. While svg looks nothing like hp-gl/2 I'm not coming up with anything in hp-gl/2 that couldn't be dumb translated into svg. Admittedly, it's been 20 years since I've touched hp-gl/2. (Yes, well after plotters went on the endangered species list. Many printers would understand hp-gl/2 and I was actually working with a "plotter" that used a laser instead of a pen--hp-gl/2 in, drawing projected out. My part of it worked: it correctly projected the image of what they were to build, although complex objects drew a bit too slowly. The factory never managed to solve the thermal issues, though--the image would drift with temperature.)

 

[Swammerdami]

Throughout history there have only been 3 ways that governments have ultimately dealt with excessive debt and these are ALL civilization killers. To wit:

1) Inflation
2) Confiscate wealth
3) Renounce the debt

Hyperbolic rhetoric is neither analysis nor indicative of knowledge.

I don’t know what you mean by “civilization killer”, but I do know from history, that debt renunciation by gov’ts, while leading to turmoil and economic damage over a some years, has typically had little noticeable economic effect after 7 years or so.

I agree that history is on laughing dog's side in this debate. People like to talk about Weimar hyperinflation because it is amusing to think that one U.S. dollar was, at the height of that inflation, worth more than 4 trillion marks but that hyperinflation was a symptom of other severe problems: e.g. huge war debts, blockades and other military pressures. The hyperinflation was of course very disruptive but it was long over before Hitler came to power.

Argentina, with a central bank subject to political whims, has frequent bouts of severe inflation but still has a productive economy, ahead of China, Mexico, Brazil, etc.

France suffered huge inflation during 1938-1948 but champagne still flowed on 25 August 1944. (I once paid a 9000+ franc phone bill asking sarcastically "Ce sont des anciens francs?" The cashier laughed and pointed out that the bill showed centimes also and was for 900,000+ old francs!)

Hyperinflation is a very real possibility when neither political party cares about excess debt.

"Neither political party."
RVonse continues to annoy with his refusal to amend his false learnings. Graph after graph after graph we show him demonstrating that Ds cut the deficit and the Rs practice "Starve the Beat." I may just announce defeat in this experiment to educate a slavish adherent to right-wing lies.

Historically, whenever a government creates massive debt and greatly increases the printing of currency, dramatic inflation, if not hyperinflation, results.

It's important to note that Trump has another option available, one that he has even suggested using. He can default on all or part of the debt. The total debt is far in excess of the U.S. money supply. He can renounce some of the debt and hope that current dollars retain some value. This might be quite stupid and/or illegal but those flaws never stop Trump!

Just to throw out a wild example, perhaps he'd impose a 0.5% per month "haircut": 6% discount on 1-year notes, 60% discount on bonds due in 10 years and so on. This confiscation could be selective: aimed against foreigners but not U.S. banks. The SocSec Trust Fund would be completely zeroed of course: "Sorry, the Democrats made us destroy Social Security."

Unlikely? Let's hope so. But truth will continue to be stranger than fiction while QOPAnon and Trump are in control.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Time to review all of the trade deals the Trump Administration has made, especially after all that ass kissing he said he was the benefactor of:


Yeah. This reminds of an episode of The Office where the manager needs to solve a major problem, noting that this is what he is good at... and then just walks out the door.

 

[James Brown]

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Certainly the Democrats aren't innocent of the pardoning of people that have no business of being pardoned. Biden's pardon of Conahan was gut wrenching. However, Trump is doing this in bulk.

And note that what Biden did was address a general situation he considered unjust, not specifically pardon that one piece of scum.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

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Just so you are aware, the majority of this is bullshit. And what isn't, is a stretch at best. That said, the BBB is HORRIFIC ENOUGH!!

How do you see it as bullshit or a stretch?

It's about looking at things he could do with the power of the bill. We know that he's specifically talked about doing some of those things (defunding courts that won't rubber stamp him) and we know they are in habit of slipping through stuff where the devil is in the details I see no reason to think that anything on that list is an unreasonable speculation.

 

[Elixir]

It's about looking at things he could do with the power of the bill

Can you provide a few examples of powers Trump has EVER been granted that he has not abused to the max (and beyond)?

If he COULD do it, he WOULD do it. That’s not some idle surmise. .

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Bbbill

Okay. That's gotta stop right fucking now. That isn't a word, and never ever should be allowed, under any circumstances, to become one.

That's even worse than the hideous practice of suffixing every political scandal with "-gate", as though it were a meaningful suffix, and Nixon was busted after a break-in at the Water building.

In fact, in keeping with that horrific practice, can we please call this whole affair "Bill Gate"? Or would that infringe on a Microsoft trademark?

What's wrong with it? The Felon is calling it the "Big Beautiful Bill". It's not unusual in our system for major legislation to get names. It would be a bit more correct to shorten it to BB bill but I don't see it as unreasonable to run it all together as Bbbill. It's not a word, it's a combination of a word and an acronym.

 

[Elixir]

Bbbill

Okay. That's gotta stop right fucking now. That isn't a word, and never ever should be allowed, under any circumstances, to become one.

That's even worse than the hideous practice of suffixing every political scandal with "-gate", as though it were a meaningful suffix, and Nixon was busted after a break-in at the Water building.

In fact, in keeping with that horrific practice, can we please call this whole affair "Bill Gate"? Or would that infringe on a Microsoft trademark?

What's wrong with it? The Felon is calling it the "Big Beautiful Bill". It's not unusual in our system for major legislation to get names. It would be a bit more correct to shorten it to BB bill but I don't see it as unreasonable to run it all together as Bbbill. It's not a word, it's a combination of a word and an acronym.

I grant some slack, as bilby is probably the Original “Big Beautiful Bill”, and has turf to defend.