Perfectly normal, stable human genius.
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NOT THE ONION
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We can extend this logic to a lot of things we export to other countries.
For example, other combustible hydrocarbons which we like to put in steel tubes and drop over cities in various deserts.
Freedom molecules. Indeed, those people find them very freeing*, and love us for it**.
*From their mortal coil.
**Not really.
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In what way, though?
Heās boorish and crude? See LBJ.
Heās a sexually predatory hypocrite? JFK.
Heās a demented fool? Reagan.
Heās compromised by foreign powers? Every modern President re: Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Heās a corrupt plutocrat? So are the overwhelming majority of the US political elite.
Heās racist? Ditto.
Heās a bloodthirsty, jingoistic imperialist? Same again.
Yeah, heās unusual in the way in which he simultaneously exemplifies all of the worst characteristics of US Presidents. But none of it is truly new.
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Now I understand whatās going on with Trumpā¦ heās been locking himself up in a room with all that freedom gas. It all makes sense now. He could maybeā¦ use a little more.
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Itās remarkable really. Things just keep getting more stupid and unfathomable every day.
When the USA finally returns (I hope) to having a real government. Some legislation must be passed ASAP to ensure that nothing like this can happen again. Set some minimum requirements for the position or something.
Christ, what a bunch of assholes.
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For once, the sentient hair gel is not wrong.
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Firstly, you canāt take an amalgam of the worst attributes of every prior president, and say, āSee, heās the same as the rest of them.ā The fact you had to compile such a list to get all of his attributes together in one place tells most of the story by itself.
Different, including, but not limited to:
- Ran for President as a publicity stunt, not wanting or expecting to win
- Never held public office of any kind
- Didnāt release his tax returns (thatās been a long tradition)
- Didnāt divest himself of his business holdings or form a blind trust
- Has been in office 2.5 yrs and is already openly talking about violating the 22nd Amendment
- Appears to have no working knowledge of the Constitution he swore to uphold, or interest in reading it
Really, I could go on and on. This isnāt normal. There have been some right bastards in the Oval Office, from every political party from the founding of the country. Trump is something new.
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Fucking turncoat motherfuckers.
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Not so much new as a culmination, an essence, a concentrate, perhaps even the logical conclusion?
I canāt be asked to verify, but I posit that every president so far could check at least one box on that list, because nobody is perfect.
Trump is all the bad things presidents can be rolled into one. A bit of a novelty item, yes, but not something radically new.
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Itās also worth saying that those presidents all had some redeeming qualities as statesmen. You canāt just add up all the negatives without also adding the glaring lack of ANY positives.
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Yes I can.
I didnāt say I would.
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I donāt know if any of the past Presidents you mentioned have been self-aware about those qualities and intentionally amplified them to sow division and intentionally ruin the Presidential office. Nixon used the media to demonize hippies and Black people, as did Reagan & Bush, but none of them made a show of declaring that their minority of followers were TRUE Americans, the rest are enemies ā as is the media ā and then proceeded to gleefully reap profits of their position. Making a show of deliberately destroying the Cabinet is also quite new. Weāve never had a President be intentionally shitty, and itās a strange sight.
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A bit randomā¦ this song has been playing nonstop in my head the past 24 hours and was in my dreams all night. I have a feeling it got there while I was reading the news. I hope the title of the song is not a truism. Some days I wonder though:
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No no! For Trump, those rentals are pure profit. Every time his butt touches one of his own golf carts, his wallet gets fatter.
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Tune back in later today to hear him deny that he even tweeted it
āRussia, Russia, Russia!,ā wrote the clearly irritated president. āThatās all you heard at the beginning of this Witch Hunt Hoaxā¦And now Russia has disappeared because I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected. It was a crime that didnāt exist.ā
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I keep thinking back to Helter Skelter, the book about Charles Manson. In the part of the book where he goes to trial, Mansonās strategy seemed to be to try to make the court question reality, to cast aspersions on the system itself, to undermine the whole proceeding. The author (who was also the prosecuting attorney) described how he had to go overboard with his case to fight against this. He had to build up an enormous amount of evidence against Manson because Manson was planting the seeds of reasonable doubt to get off the hook. It was terrifying that it almost worked. I keep feeling like this is a close analogy to what we are dealing with with Trump. Everyone knew Manson was guilty, but because of his obstinance and determination, it wasnāt enough to trust that the court would see that too. Scary, man.
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Thatās a great album choice for todayās mood, especially with how mournful the vocals are on that song. Queuing it up nowā¦
Hopefully some guy will get a headache and accidentally save the world 
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