What comes next after the Trump win?

[lostone]

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4987500-ryan-walters-national-bible-schools/

Theocracy begins with the Bible in schools. Enjoy your freedom while it lasts.

These fuckers better be careful. Atheists know that book much better than they do, and it won't take much time for Atheists to help inform people about the content of the Bible.

Then they will try to return to the old Christian tradition of only allowing priests/preachers to read and interpret the Bible.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Honestly expecting the third world war at this point.

 

[marc]

Anyone want to make a prediction on how small the crowds will be on inauguration day? Bet that will piss him off. And of course the press secretary will have to lie about it as their first official act. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if he invited Putin to be there.

 

[Elixir]

Bet that will piss him off.

That’s why God gave Trump photoshop.

 

[Elixir]

Honestly expecting the third world war at this point.

Interesting. What do you imagine that will look like? Random people shooting other random people, suspecting that they might be The Others? Gatherings of either Party being bombed or machine-gunned by the other party? Military involved?
I have a hard time visualizing it.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Honestly expecting the third world war at this point.

Interesting. What do you imagine that will look like? Random people shooting other random people, suspecting that they might be The Others? Gatherings of either Party being bombed or machine-gunned by the other party? Military involved?
I have a hard time visualizing it.

Nuclear war.

 

[bilby]

Honestly expecting the third world war at this point.

Interesting. What do you imagine that will look like? Random people shooting other random people, suspecting that they might be The Others? Gatherings of either Party being bombed or machine-gunned by the other party? Military involved?
I have a hard time visualizing it.

Nuclear war.

Against whom?

The Russians probably don't have any nuclear weapons that work.

The Chinese do, but are too smart to take on the USA in a war that would destroy them utterly.

Will Trump declare war on France?

 

[TomC]

The Russians probably don't have any nuclear weapons that work.

Why not?

ICBM missiles are no longer needed to start a nuclear war.

Anyone could put a dirty bomb into a delivery van and detonate it in DC or London or Tokyo.
Nuclear warfare has become more technologically sophisticated since the 70s.

Drones have become more sophisticated as well. How hard would it be to deliver enough radioactive poison to an urban area to cause mass chaos?

I'm glad I'm old and don't have to care about what these apes with opposable thumbs get up to in the future.
Tom

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Honestly expecting the third world war at this point.

Interesting. What do you imagine that will look like? Random people shooting other random people, suspecting that they might be The Others? Gatherings of either Party being bombed or machine-gunned by the other party? Military involved?
I have a hard time visualizing it.

Nuclear war.

Against whom?

The Russians probably don't have any nuclear weapons that work.

The Chinese do, but are too smart to take on the USA in a war that would destroy them utterly.

Will Trump declare war on France?

Yeah, I'm more concerned about Trump creating an Axis with North Korea/Russia than Trump declaring a war on them.

Trump did sign a concepts of a plan agreement with North Korea about denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. Maybe he follows through this time.

 

[pood]

I have been avoiding all news entirely, but couldn’t avoid a bloody notice popping on my puter that Trump is going to nominate the demented loon RFK Jr. as secretary of health and human services.

Jebus Gob, can we please get behind blue-state secession?

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I was hoping RFK Jr was going to be a bluff, but apparently not. I mean, the good news is RFK Jr can't manage HHS worse than MAGA world managed Covid, the death toll should be notably lower. But OMFG!

So the question is, will the GOP have any balls on Gabbard, RFK Jr., Gaetz? That's the bottom of the barrel with the selections that are otherwise not so good. I'm not happy with Noem, but at least Rubio isn't a complete ass. Noem and Rubio are being confirmed no doubt. I'm sure there are a few others that aren't in doubt, but this is the most controversial cabinet since Jackson.*

* - that is a stab in the dark (could be wrong)

 

[pood]

Phil Plait, my favorite bad astronomer, weighs in.

Trump has said he’s open to putting RFK JR. in charge of the nation’s health, which is such a terrible decision it’s like, well, putting RFK Jr. in charge of the nation’s health. There’s no metaphor that’s as bad as the actual statement.

And now the Orange Turd is going right ahead and doing it.

Oh, and it would be a simile, not a metaphor. But whatever.

He does give us a nice spiral galaxy to make up for it.

 

[bilby]

The Russians probably don't have any nuclear weapons that work.

Why not?

ICBM missiles are no longer needed to start a nuclear war.

Anyone could put a dirty bomb into a delivery van and detonate it in DC or London or Tokyo.
Nuclear warfare has become more technologically sophisticated since the 70s.

Drones have become more sophisticated as well. How hard would it be to deliver enough radioactive poison to an urban area to cause mass chaos?

I'm glad I'm old and don't have to care about what these apes with opposable thumbs get up to in the future.
Tom

Dirty bombs are utterly useless as weapons of war. Their effect is mostly psychological - they might be good for terrorists, but nation states need H-bombs, and H-bombs need tritium and delivery ststems, both of which cost billions a year to maintain - and those billions need to actually be spent on maintaining missiles and warheads, rather than on the Colonel's vodka and hookers fund.

Russia has no working nuclear arsenal.

 

[Shadowy Man]

I was hoping RFK Jr was going to be a bluff, but apparently not. I mean, the good news is RFK Jr can't manage HHS worse than MAGA world managed Covid, the death toll should be notably lower. But OMFG!

So the question is, will the GOP have any balls on Gabbard, RFK Jr., Gaetz? That's the bottom of the barrel with the selections that are otherwise not so good. I'm not happy with Noem, but at least Rubio isn't a complete ass. Noem and Rubio are being confirmed no doubt. I'm sure there are a few others that aren't in doubt, but this is the most controversial cabinet since Jackson.*

* - that is a stab in the dark (could be wrong)

If Trump can get the GOP senate to confirm these buffoons then he will have proved he owns the party completely. That is probably the point in these selections.

He is outright daring them to oppose him and he can point to all those others who did and where they are now: Liz cheney, Adam kinziger (sp?), jeff flake, Jeff sessions, Mike pence, mitt Romney, etc. All gone.

 

[lostone]

I was hoping RFK Jr was going to be a bluff, but apparently not. I mean, the good news is RFK Jr can't manage HHS worse than MAGA world managed Covid, the death toll should be notably lower. But OMFG!

So the question is, will the GOP have any balls on Gabbard, RFK Jr., Gaetz? That's the bottom of the barrel with the selections that are otherwise not so good. I'm not happy with Noem, but at least Rubio isn't a complete ass. Noem and Rubio are being confirmed no doubt. I'm sure there are a few others that aren't in doubt, but this is the most controversial cabinet since Jackson.*

* - that is a stab in the dark (could be wrong)

If Trump can get the GOP senate to confirm these buffoons then he will have proved he owns the party completely. That is probably the point in these selections.

He is outright daring them to oppose him and he can point to all those others who did and where they are now: Liz cheney, Adam kinziger (sp?), jeff flake, Jeff sessions, Mike pence, mitt Romney, etc. All gone.

We have a king, if not in name

 

[Tigers!]

Honestly expecting the third world war at this point.

Interesting. What do you imagine that will look like? Random people shooting other random people, suspecting that they might be The Others? Gatherings of either Party being bombed or machine-gunned by the other party? Military involved?
I have a hard time visualizing it.

Nuclear war.

Against whom?

The Russians probably don't have any nuclear weapons that work.

The Chinese do, but are too smart to take on the USA in a war that would destroy them utterly.

Will Trump declare war on France?

Yes, Prime Minister on the nuclear deterrent

 

[Angry Floof]

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4987500-ryan-walters-national-bible-schools/

Theocracy begins with the Bible in schools. Enjoy your freedom while it lasts.

These fuckers better be careful. Atheists know that book much better than they do, and it won't take much time for Atheists to help inform people about the content of the Bible.

Then they will try to return to the old Christian tradition of only allowing priests/preachers to read and interpret the Bible.

Not impossible, but in the time it would take to force hundreds of millions of people to comply with such ideas, they will have long since dropped the religion charade. If they have government, media, the DOJ, the SC, and law enforcement to go with their basket of deplorables with guns to complete the set, there will be no need to keep up the pretense. Once in power, they'll, be like, "Ugh pretending to be something we're not is exhausting! Fuck those religious people. We got what we wanted from them. Let's go play some golf. And Matt, bring some of your underage hookers."

Kind of looking forward to the faces of the zealots on the SC when reality hits them.

 

[scombrid]

I expect they might keep shoving religion if nothing more than to keep that wedge active. Relacing Attwood and Vonnegut with the Baptist Bible n schools and banning abortion won’t hurt the rich peoples’ access to hookers, blow, and abortion.

 

[Elixir]

Honestly expecting the third world war at this point.

Interesting. What do you imagine that will look like? Random people shooting other random people, suspecting that they might be The Others? Gatherings of either Party being bombed or machine-gunned by the other party? Military involved?
I have a hard time visualizing it.

Nuclear war.

Against whom?

The Russians probably don't have any nuclear weapons that work.

The Chinese do, but are too smart to take on the USA in a war that would destroy them utterly.

Will Trump declare war on France?

The Russian-American Alliance will declare war on France. And everyone who has anything worth taking. The footsoldiers will be scary little North Korean conscripted guys.

 

[marc]

There was a WWII movie that I saw once, this one scene I remember most from it. After the nazi party managed to take control of the government, these two men were talking about forcing out one of the original leaders of the movement. "What need is there for a revolutionary once the revolution has been won?"

Trump is known for not having any loyalty. Once he doesn't have to do things for people's support it will be interesting to see who he abandons.