Even when criticizing Trump they can’t resist attacking Clinton. It’s pathetic.
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This is the most maddening thing of all. Trump announced plans. Build the wall, lock up Clinton, cripple NATO, illegalize abortion, cut taxes on the rich, eliminate environmental regulations (and most others), Muslim registries, nuclear expansion, undoing non-proliferation agreement, eliminating Obamacare, massively inflating the military budget, et al. He’s starting the process of working on some horrible things now. Why should we give him the chance to push through unpopular and clearly terrible policy with no mandate? What kind of idiot seriously things it’s reasonable to give obviously terrible ideas a chance?
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I feel like a lot of his horrible ideas rest quite comfortably in the niche of classic, Reagan-ish Republicanism. Eliminate as many federal regulations and aid as possible, give power to the states, take an isolationist attitude, bulk up the military, hug Russia the way Reagan hugged Gorby, ditch any hippie-dippie environmental stuff, and go back to trickle-down economics. The Republican party is full of old men nostalgic for their 80s heyday when the coke came in piles.
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Thanks for the knowledge bombs! Learn something new every day.
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Wait… is that? Michael Bolton?
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Yes it is. What a great day it is to run into someone who hasn’t seen this yet (It’s not actually that amazing, but Michael Bolton is fantastic in it):
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Now I’m sure that’s all very fine, but you’ll allow it’s not a patch on the Scottish version:
…I must now conclude my lay
By telling the world fearlessly without the least dismay,
That your central girders would not have given way,
At least many sensible men do say,
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses,
At least many sensible men confesses…
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Ah, someone else who knows it. But the German one is beautifully over the top and sounds amazing when read by a fluent speaker.
At one time I lived only a short distance from where Benjamin Baker was born, hence my interest in Tay Bridge trivia. But the reason I mentioned it was the “alternative truth” - Airey’s totally incorrect estimate of maximum wind force - that brought the bridge down. Too much free association, I’m afraid.
Holy shit, you guys are so fucked.
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I had been thinking of this painting even more so:
[by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux (1815–1884) and found on Wikipedia]
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Direct from Putin’s playbook.
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Slightly creepier version of Baghdad Bob Spicer
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Well yeah I am joking. I can’t imagine him associating with Trump unless there is an extremely meta long game being played.
Good point about Jamie but I suspect his fetish for organisation would soon clash with the ad-hoc approach of the Trump organisation Okay lets start by putting all these ideas in little boxes and labeling them…
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I don’t think Jamie trucks with politicians at all, really. Remember when he rewrote the Constitution while they were testing cabin fever in Alaska?
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Don’t recall that one. Have to look for the video, but I take your point.
only? already, even without triggering WW3. that’s a plus in my opinion.
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I think we need to post a chalk board that counts the number of days into a Trump administration without a nuclear explosion (have to count accidental explosions, not just deliberate launches, now that Trump has replaced the nuclear physicist in charge of safeguarding our nuclear arsenal with Rick Perry - really, Rick effing Perry.)
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First thing I thought was why the big suit…and why the bloodshot eyes.
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Every time someone mentions Rick Perry in this context, I feel rickrolled.
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