A day without stupid?

[James Brown]

Fly me to the Mars!

 

[James Brown]

So Fox News talks about a subject (in their usual 'get em angry' way), and Donald Trump rage-tweets about it half an hour later.

I wonder if Republicans truly don't care that their president is so easily manipulated.

 

[bilby]

Manipulation isn't even necessary when he displays 'secret' documents in such a way that the press can read them.

Donald Trump brandished a document on Tuesday confirming details of a regional asylum project agreed with Mexico to stave off threatened tariffs, saying the plan was “secret” even though Mexican officials had revealed much of it.

Trump, who has made containing illegal immigration a priority issue and has blamed Mexico for the problem since running for office in 2016, did not show the text of any document or give any details. However, a Reuters photograph of the sheet of paper allowed reporters to read parts of it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/11/trump-shows-off-secret-mexico-document-but-photos-reveal-contents

What's next, telling classified secrets to the Russian ambassador? Oh, wait, he already did that.

 

[Keith&Co.]

Man, i get in trouble if i wear my company badge into the Post Office on the way home, and it's not classified, it only gives me access to classified.
You'd certainly think that someone who campaigned with the plank of 'my opponent mishandled classified' would make double damned sure not to mishandle... But of course, consequences are for the little people.

 

[Keith&Co.]

Soooooooooo.... Kellyanne broke the law, but Bonespurs won't fire her because she's a niceh person.

But a centravl theme to his campaign was that Hillary was a bad person because she broke the law.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

LONDON needs a new mayor ASAP. Khan is a disaster - will only get worse!

Trump posted this on Twitter with regards to 2 deaths and a stabbing in London. link

Meanwhile..., in one house, in one town, in Iowa.

Four people were found dead inside their West Des Moines, Iowa, home, police said on Saturday. All four had apparent gunshot wounds.

Chandrasekhar Sunkara, 44; Lavanya Sunkara, 41; and two boys, ages 15 and 10 were pronounced dead at the scene, the city of West Des Moines said in a news release. They were found Saturday morning, according to CNN affiliate KCCI.

Four other family members, two of whom are children, were staying in the home as guests, police said. When the victims were found, one of those guests ran outside to look for help, found someone walking by and had that person call 911.

I guess Trump will step aside?

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Gah!!!! He just won't stop!

Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States. They will be removed as fast as they come in. Mexico, using their strong immigration laws, is doing a very good job of stopping people.......

WHAT?!!?! The President was about to tariff Mexico and compound the tariff up to 25% because...

On June 10th, the United States will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP. The Tariff will gradually increase until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied,..

That was stated 18 days ago! Mexico can not have enacted legislation, policy, and enforced such policies in half a month! He just makes claim after claim after claim, regardless what the previous claims have been and the logical procession of them.

And now the next point. Trump just bull horned a message to illegal immigrants to scatter.

 

[ZiprHead]

Trump had to pay upfront for his Orlando rally after stiffing ten other cities.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Probably Iran made a mistake. I would imagine it was a general or somebody who made a mistake in shooting that drone down.

link

For a bombastic big mouth asshole, he gets a bit timid when something actually happens. I'm not saying we should go to war with Iran, but for a guy that was bloviating about the dangers of the Nuclear deal with Iran... to have him say they likely shot down our drone by accident... exposes him as the coward he is.

 

[Keith&Co.]

Probably Iran made a mistake. I would imagine it was a general or somebody who made a mistake in shooting that drone down.

link

For a bombastic big mouth asshole, he gets a bit timid when something actually happens. I'm not saying we should go to war with Iran, but for a guy that was bloviating about the dangers of the Nuclear deal with Iran... to have him say they likely shot down our drone by accident... exposes him as the coward he is.

What was that Python episode, Mr. Neutron? Where the (American) general keeps asking 'Who have we bombed?'
And his aide keeps saying nobody, but is quick to assure the general that Everyone's Really Afraid Of Us. "I'll bet they are, I'll bet they are."

Trump wants to rattle his saber and everyone quake in fear (or Cave, as Mexico caved by having an agreement to some day work on an agreement....). But if they hear the threats and still say 'Fuck you,' he's got nothing left in the tool box. Maybe a tariff?

 

[Patooka]

Trump had to pay upfront for his Orlando rally after stiffing ten other cities.

Not sure this is the thread for that. In my opinion, Orlando was being prudent, not stupid. This, however is delightfully moronic:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp3jIIQx71M[/youtube]

Also, Stephen Colbert tried to get a couple of people into the rally to record the event. Because they are dirty filthy liberals, their press status was revoked and were barred entry. Minutes before this alleged huge sold out event started, the Colbert staffers went online, bought some tickets, and walked into the empty stadium. Goebbels would be ashamed.

 

[Keith&Co.]

Not sure this is the thread for that. In my opinion, Orlando was being prudent, not stupid.

But is Donaldbeing prudent? How many cities can he burn before he's unable to buy a venue?

 

[ZiprHead]

Probably Iran made a mistake. I would imagine it was a general or somebody who made a mistake in shooting that drone down.

link

For a bombastic big mouth asshole, he gets a bit timid when something actually happens. I'm not saying we should go to war with Iran, but for a guy that was bloviating about the dangers of the Nuclear deal with Iran... to have him say they likely shot down our drone by accident... exposes him as the coward he is.

He's done the same thing several times. Big tough talk with N. Korea's Kim. Trump claims victory and backs down. China sends the mostly dead college kid back and Trump gives him pass. Saudi Arabia hacks to death a U.S. based reporter and they're just fine people. Now he's doing the same with Iran. Talks tough until the rubber hits the road.

 

[Keith&Co.]

He's done the same thing several times. Big tough talk with N. Korea's Kim. Trump claims victory and backs down. China sends the mostly dead college kid back and Trump gives him pass. Saudi Arabia hacks to death a U.S. based reporter and they're just fine people. Now he's doing the same with Iran. Talks tough until the rubber hits the road.

I bet someone told him, if the nation's at war, the president HAS to read the security briefing.

 

[Treedbear]

Last night on Rachel Maddow

He's a 4 minute clip that's worth watching.


Trump's EPA Administrator, Andrew Wheeler, is a coal industry lobbyist. Yesterday he signed a bill that cancels Obama's coal burning regulations.

Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, is a pharmaceutical industry lobbyist.

Secretary of Interior, David Bernhardt, is an oil industry lobbyist.

And as of today the acting Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, is a defense industry lobbyist.

Yesterday Trump kicked off his re-election campaign with a rally in which he said "We stared down the unholy alliance of lobbyists who made a living bleeding our country dry. That's what we've done."

Welcome to bizarro world.

 

[marc]

"We stared down the unholy alliance of lobbyists who made a living bleeding our country dry. (And shook hands with them because they are business partners of ours) That's what we've done."

Think they left this part out of the quote.

 

[starwater]

Typical response of a bully.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Gah!!!! He just won't stop!

Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States. They will be removed as fast as they come in. Mexico, using their strong immigration laws, is doing a very good job of stopping people.......

WHAT?!!?! The President was about to tariff Mexico and compound the tariff up to 25% because...

On June 10th, the United States will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP. The Tariff will gradually increase until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied,..

That was stated 18 days ago! Mexico can not have enacted legislation, policy, and enforced such policies in half a month! He just makes claim after claim after claim, regardless what the previous claims have been and the logical procession of them.

And now the next point. Trump just bull horned a message to illegal immigrants to scatter.

And now Trump delays his immigration coup. Yet, in another Tweet, President Ellipsis changes course... for the Democrats sake. The plan which was to remove deported immigrants by the millions thousands, was supposed to start today, but Trump likely heard from Homeland Security, like he did from its former Secretary, that it wasn't "that simple". You need resources to deport people (staff, vehicles, courts).

 

[Keith&Co.]

Today, Trump tweeted "Any attack by Iran on anything American will be met with great and overwhelming force."

Except we JUST decided that there are things of ours that they can attack without great and overwhelming force.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Today, Trump tweeted "Any attack by Iran on anything American will be met with great and overwhelming force."

Except we JUST decided that there are things of ours that they can attack without great and overwhelming force.

Wait... are you saying that "whimpering" isn't overwhelming?