Muckieeye said:hanky1 said:
The only thing the far left has is the belief that they hold the moral high ground in everything.
Wow! Really? With a straight face?
bearister said:
"The most powerful thing a president has, they say, is the power of pardon," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "So he was pardoned by Biden, and I respect that. I know how powerful it is. … They say it's literally the most powerful thing a president has."
bearister said:bearister said:
"The most powerful thing a president has, they say, is the power of pardon," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "So he was pardoned by Biden, and I respect that. I know how powerful it is. … They say it's literally the most powerful thing a president has."
Based on the above, I'm thinkin' a phone call took place last night that went something like this:
Trump: "Hey, you did a great job in the hearing yesterday, almost as good a job as I would have done, discrediting that midget egomaniac."
Dead Squirrel on Head Boy: "Thank you, Sir. Like Cliff Booth says, I try."
Trump: "Now I need you to back off."
Dead Squirrel on Head Boy: "Why, Sir?"
Trump: "Because I don't need anyone testing the insulation provided by a Presidential pardon…..and remember, you are probably going to need a pardon yourself one day."
Dead Squirrel on Head Boy: "Understood, Boss. Consider the matter closed."
SBGold said:bearister said:bearister said:
"The most powerful thing a president has, they say, is the power of pardon," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "So he was pardoned by Biden, and I respect that. I know how powerful it is. … They say it's literally the most powerful thing a president has."
Based on the above, I'm thinkin' a phone call took place last night that went something like this:
Trump: "Hey, you did a great job in the hearing yesterday, almost as good a job as I would have done, discrediting that midget egomaniac."
Dead Squirrel on Head Boy: "Thank you, Sir. Like Cliff Booth says, I try."
Trump: "Now I need you to back off."
Dead Squirrel on Head Boy: "Why, Sir?"
Trump: "Because I don't need anyone testing the insulation provided by a Presidential pardon…..and remember, you are probably going to need a pardon yourself one day."
Dead Squirrel on Head Boy: "Understood, Boss. Consider the matter closed."
Man, that neighbor must have hated Rand. Did an absolute number on him.
VOTE BLUE AND VOTE GAVIN
bearister said:SBGold said:bearister said:bearister said:
"The most powerful thing a president has, they say, is the power of pardon," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "So he was pardoned by Biden, and I respect that. I know how powerful it is. … They say it's literally the most powerful thing a president has."
Based on the above, I'm thinkin' a phone call took place last night that went something like this:
Trump: "Hey, you did a great job in the hearing yesterday, almost as good a job as I would have done, discrediting that midget egomaniac."
Dead Squirrel on Head Boy: "Thank you, Sir. Like Cliff Booth says, I try."
Trump: "Now I need you to back off."
Dead Squirrel on Head Boy: "Why, Sir?"
Trump: "Because I don't need anyone testing the insulation provided by a Presidential pardon…..and remember, you are probably going to need a pardon yourself one day."
Dead Squirrel on Head Boy: "Understood, Boss. Consider the matter closed."
Man, that neighbor must have hated Rand. Did an absolute number on him.
VOTE BLUE AND VOTE GAVIN
oski003 said:concordtom said:Aunburdened said:
It's okay for an 85 year old to be President, but not to be held accountable for covering up a lab leak
Okay, here's something I can glom onto.
This "thought" that maybe some researchers were working on this in a lab and it leaked…. So far as I know, it remains merely a possibility, yes?
If so, I think attacking Fauci as if he's some criminal for not proceeding as if it's fact is ridiculous.
But go on, educate me. With facts, please.
If you are going to purposely stay ignorant, why opine in the matter? As stated here hundreds of times, Fauci discredited efforts to bring to light the lab leak origin.
https://www.heritage.org/public-health/commentary/how-fauci-and-nih-leaders-worked-discredit-covid-19-lab-leak-theory
From @WSJFreeEx via @WSJOpinion: When a virus began killing thousands, Fauci and other public-health leaders gaslit reporters, stonewalled congressional inquiries and evaded Freedom of Information Act requests, writes @jamesbmeigshttps://t.co/IGXwpzKIGu
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 30, 2026
hanky1 said:Muckieeye said:hanky1 said:
The only thing the far left has is the belief that they hold the moral high ground in everything.
Wow! Really? With a straight face?
I'm here to help.
Please reach out to me in a DM. I know many excellent insane asylums that are treating far left victims that can help you out.
They'll purge you of your insane beliefs such as…men can get pregnant, abolishing the police reduces inequality, and Fauci is a God. Many many others
concordtom said:
It sends another message to ANYONE who gets on trumps wrong side that the posse will all go after you.
Lawfare.
Like most people, I started out believing that Fauci and other top health officials were just doing their best in a chaotic situation. I no longer think that. I explain why in my @WSJFreeEx column today.
— Jim Meigs (@jamesbmeigs) July 30, 2026
We now know Fauci conspired with colleagues to suppress and demonize any…
Calling members of this board children, as you've done at least 3 times in this thread, would appear to violate rule #1 and possibly rule #4 of the Off Topic forum.hanky1 said:oski003 said:concordtom said:oski003 said:concordtom said:Aunburdened said:
It's okay for an 85 year old to be President, but not to be held accountable for covering up a lab leak
Okay, here's something I can glom onto.
This "thought" that maybe some researchers were working on this in a lab and it leaked…. So far as I know, it remains merely a possibility, yes?
If so, I think attacking Fauci as if he's some criminal for not proceeding as if it's fact is ridiculous.
But go on, educate me. With facts, please.
If you are going to purposely stay ignorant, why opin in the matter? As stated here hundreds of times, Fauci discredited efforts to bring to light the lab leak origin.
https://www.heritage.org/public-health/commentary/how-fauci-and-nih-leaders-worked-discredit-covid-19-lab-leak-theory
1. This is heritage foundation. They are a joke.
2. They have no Deny Cookies button, in violation of California state law, I believe. So now they are apparently tracking me. Thanks.
3. So I now understand that this angle pays zero attention to Fauci's response to:
"oh, crap, there's a killer virus out there, what should we do?!?!"
Instead, this axe to grind is all about:
"oh, crap, there's a killer virus out there, where did it come from?!?!"
And more specifically, this angle is pissed that one particular possible answer wasn't followed more vigorously.
Is this correct?
Again, you want to purposely stay ignorant so you can argue against something that isn't true and ignore the facts presented.
"Through its investigation, the select subcommittee has learned that Dr. Fauci and NIH exerted more influence over the conference call than previously disclosed. Further, by the end of the Feb. 1 conference call, Dr. Fauci had suggested the drafting of a paper regarding the potential of a lab leak to Dr. [Kristian] Andersen twice. This suggestion was what 'prompted' Dr. Andersen to draft 'Proximal Origin."
"So, the authors revised their paper, adding language that the lab origin was implausible, and successfully submitted it to Nature Medicine, part of the Nature portfolio of journals. The finished producttitled "The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2"was published in Nature Medicine on March 17, 2020.
The Nature Medicine article, according to the subcommittee report, "is one of the single most impactful and influential scientific papers in history, and it expressed conclusions that were not based on sound science nor in fact, but instead on assumptions."
I and others have issues with many others Fauci's directives. Here, we are focusing on his immoral discrediting of the lab leak theory. Please respect that this is what we are discussing and not the other things you inject into nearly every topic.
The children will never acknowledge the truth because they will die of shame.
SBGold said:
Spamming was not enough,
hanky1 said:Muckieeye said:hanky1 said:
The only thing the far left has is the belief that they hold the moral high ground in everything.
Wow! Really? With a straight face?
I'm here to help.
Please reach out to me in a DM. I know many excellent insane asylums that are treating far left victims that can help you out.
They'll purge you of your insane beliefs such as…men can get pregnant, abolishing the police reduces inequality, and Fauci is a God. Many many others
SBGold said:hanky1 said:Muckieeye said:hanky1 said:
The only thing the far left has is the belief that they hold the moral high ground in everything.
Wow! Really? With a straight face?
I'm here to help.
Please reach out to me in a DM. I know many excellent insane asylums that are treating far left victims that can help you out.
They'll purge you of your insane beliefs such as…men can get pregnant, abolishing the police reduces inequality, and Fauci is a God. Many many others
Get back on track here, this admin is a fraudulent clown show. People with any sense will not support this clown act:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-and-katie-millers-brazen-hypocrisy-exposed-by-secret-fauci-diary/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=29130012af40393c4ef977aeca11781a&user_emailB=93967a408671cb74a3d8c590d633fc48cad9f915da8bdc017cd009940eb9bafa&lctg=680d7a129c9e0798ae060651&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=260730-AMDIGEST&utm_term=F%20List%20Daily%20Beast%20Newsletter%20AM
The only honorable people in the country these days are the Dems IMO.
VOTE BLUE AND GO BEARS
Obama called Trump an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr a ‘f****** moron’ in call to Fauci, diaries reveal https://t.co/uf8VqSInLL
— Sigurdur Nordal (@essenviews) July 31, 2026
sycasey said:
No lies detected.Obama called Trump an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr a ‘f****** moron’ in call to Fauci, diaries reveal https://t.co/uf8VqSInLL
— Sigurdur Nordal (@essenviews) July 31, 2026
I know. That’s why it boggles the mind that news outlets are calling the diaries useless or a nothingburger. They’re damning https://t.co/sLM597Fy5s
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 31, 2026
Aunburdened said:sycasey said:
No lies detected.Obama called Trump an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr a ‘f****** moron’ in call to Fauci, diaries reveal https://t.co/uf8VqSInLL
— Sigurdur Nordal (@essenviews) July 31, 2026
No lies detectedI know. That’s why it boggles the mind that news outlets are calling the diaries useless or a nothingburger. They’re damning https://t.co/sLM597Fy5s
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 31, 2026
Big C said:
I was quite absorbed with the pandemic for about a year and a half, starting with whenever Cal88 started posting his updates with the British guy, through when everybody could get vaxxed...
What I recall about the "origins" was that we chose to overlook the considerable circumstantial evidence that indicated lab-leak because people were maybe gonna start blaming Americans of Chinese descent (and in fact, all Asians). The Japanese internment camps during WWII were being referenced as an example of what happens when a society, out of fear, jumps to conclusions.
As I look back now, sure, mistakes were made. It happens. I think about as many mistakes were made on one side as on the other (degree of societal restriction). We were flying by the seat of our pants.
Big C said:
I was quite absorbed with the pandemic for about a year and a half, starting with whenever Cal88 started posting his updates with the British guy, through when everybody could get vaxxed...
What I recall about the "origins" was that we chose to overlook the considerable circumstantial evidence that indicated lab-leak because people were maybe gonna start blaming Americans of Chinese descent (and in fact, all Asians). The Japanese internment camps during WWII were being referenced as an example of what happens when a society, out of fear, jumps to conclusions.
As I look back now, sure, mistakes were made. It happens. I think about as many mistakes were made on one side as on the other (degree of societal restriction). We were flying by the seat of our pants.
bearister said:Aunburdened said:sycasey said:
No lies detected.Obama called Trump an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr a ‘f****** moron’ in call to Fauci, diaries reveal https://t.co/uf8VqSInLL
— Sigurdur Nordal (@essenviews) July 31, 2026
No lies detectedI know. That’s why it boggles the mind that news outlets are calling the diaries useless or a nothingburger. They’re damning https://t.co/sLM597Fy5s
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 31, 2026
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Trump had the understanding of "a fifth- or sixth-grader."
White House chief of staff John Kelly called Trump "an idiot" and said he thought the president was "unhinged."
Both Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and former chief of staff Reince Priebus called Trump an "idiot."
Former economic adviser Gary Cohn said Trump was "dumb as sh@it," and former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said the president was a "dope."
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in November 2017 that Trump was "like an 11-year-old child."
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in July 2017 called Trump a "moron."
Anarchistbear said:bearister said:Aunburdened said:sycasey said:
No lies detected.Obama called Trump an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr a ‘f****** moron’ in call to Fauci, diaries reveal https://t.co/uf8VqSInLL
— Sigurdur Nordal (@essenviews) July 31, 2026
No lies detectedI know. That’s why it boggles the mind that news outlets are calling the diaries useless or a nothingburger. They’re damning https://t.co/sLM597Fy5s
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 31, 2026
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Trump had the understanding of "a fifth- or sixth-grader."
White House chief of staff John Kelly called Trump "an idiot" and said he thought the president was "unhinged."
Both Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and former chief of staff Reince Priebus called Trump an "idiot."
Former economic adviser Gary Cohn said Trump was "dumb as sh@it," and former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said the president was a "dope."
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in November 2017 that Trump was "like an 11-year-old child."
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in July 2017 called Trump a "moron."
One thing is certain: Trump is a lot smarter than this glee club of losers, all of whom thought they could change him and were fired or resigned
sycasey said:
Trump does have a strong political intelligence.
Anarchistbear said:bearister said:Aunburdened said:sycasey said:
No lies detected.Obama called Trump an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr a ‘f****** moron’ in call to Fauci, diaries reveal https://t.co/uf8VqSInLL
— Sigurdur Nordal (@essenviews) July 31, 2026
No lies detectedI know. That’s why it boggles the mind that news outlets are calling the diaries useless or a nothingburger. They’re damning https://t.co/sLM597Fy5s
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 31, 2026
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Trump had the understanding of "a fifth- or sixth-grader."
White House chief of staff John Kelly called Trump "an idiot" and said he thought the president was "unhinged."
Both Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and former chief of staff Reince Priebus called Trump an "idiot."
Former economic adviser Gary Cohn said Trump was "dumb as sh@it," and former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said the president was a "dope."
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in November 2017 that Trump was "like an 11-year-old child."
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in July 2017 called Trump a "moron."
One thing is certain: Trump is a lot smarter than this glee club of losers, all of whom thought they could change him and were fired or resigned
BearlySane88 said:Anarchistbear said:bearister said:Aunburdened said:sycasey said:
No lies detected.Obama called Trump an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr a ‘f****** moron’ in call to Fauci, diaries reveal https://t.co/uf8VqSInLL
— Sigurdur Nordal (@essenviews) July 31, 2026
No lies detectedI know. That’s why it boggles the mind that news outlets are calling the diaries useless or a nothingburger. They’re damning https://t.co/sLM597Fy5s
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 31, 2026
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Trump had the understanding of "a fifth- or sixth-grader."
White House chief of staff John Kelly called Trump "an idiot" and said he thought the president was "unhinged."
Both Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and former chief of staff Reince Priebus called Trump an "idiot."
Former economic adviser Gary Cohn said Trump was "dumb as sh@it," and former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said the president was a "dope."
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in November 2017 that Trump was "like an 11-year-old child."
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in July 2017 called Trump a "moron."
One thing is certain: Trump is a lot smarter than this glee club of losers, all of whom thought they could change him and were fired or resigned
You've been the voice of reason a heck of a lot lately.
bearister said:BearlySane88 said:Anarchistbear said:bearister said:Aunburdened said:sycasey said:
No lies detected.Obama called Trump an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr a ‘f****** moron’ in call to Fauci, diaries reveal https://t.co/uf8VqSInLL
— Sigurdur Nordal (@essenviews) July 31, 2026
No lies detectedI know. That’s why it boggles the mind that news outlets are calling the diaries useless or a nothingburger. They’re damning https://t.co/sLM597Fy5s
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 31, 2026
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Trump had the understanding of "a fifth- or sixth-grader."
White House chief of staff John Kelly called Trump "an idiot" and said he thought the president was "unhinged."
Both Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and former chief of staff Reince Priebus called Trump an "idiot."
Former economic adviser Gary Cohn said Trump was "dumb as sh@it," and former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said the president was a "dope."
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in November 2017 that Trump was "like an 11-year-old child."
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in July 2017 called Trump a "moron."
One thing is certain: Trump is a lot smarter than this glee club of losers, all of whom thought they could change him and were fired or resigned
You've been the voice of reason a heck of a lot lately.
Trump is polling at 32%.* The statement that Trump is smarter than those men listed above that assessed Trump as an idiot would poll in the 20's.
* July 29: Trump's 32% approval rating in a Quinnipiac University poll is an all-time low for the group's polling.
bearister said:Anarchistbear said:bearister said:Aunburdened said:sycasey said:
No lies detected.Obama called Trump an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr a ‘f****** moron’ in call to Fauci, diaries reveal https://t.co/uf8VqSInLL
— Sigurdur Nordal (@essenviews) July 31, 2026
No lies detectedI know. That’s why it boggles the mind that news outlets are calling the diaries useless or a nothingburger. They’re damning https://t.co/sLM597Fy5s
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 31, 2026
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Trump had the understanding of "a fifth- or sixth-grader."
White House chief of staff John Kelly called Trump "an idiot" and said he thought the president was "unhinged."
Both Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and former chief of staff Reince Priebus called Trump an "idiot."
Former economic adviser Gary Cohn said Trump was "dumb as sh@it," and former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said the president was a "dope."
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in November 2017 that Trump was "like an 11-year-old child."
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in July 2017 called Trump a "moron."
One thing is certain: Trump is a lot smarter than this glee club of losers, all of whom thought they could change him and were fired or resigned
No he isn't, under the reasonable definition of smart.
Trump's success is not due to his intellect:
Trump won the presidency twice because of his unique populist appeal and media savvy that traditional politicians lacked.
However, he could not have won or governed effectively without aligning with, and being heavily backed by, the pre-existing institutional machinery of the conservative legal movement (the Federalist Society) and, later, a powerful network of wealthy right-leaning donors and tech magnates who saw him as a useful instrument for their own goals.
[Edited AI response to my prompt….and accurate as f@uck]
*Remember, Trump thinks Stephen Miller and Jared Kushner are really smart guys.
*Trump's idiocy is on full display in his micromanaging of his vanity projects:
1. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool;
2. The White House Ballroom;
3. The proposed Triumphal Arch;
4. The Kennedy Center takeover and renovation;
5. The Boeing 747-8 luxury jet gifted to the United States by the government of Qatar that was serving as a temporary/interim Air Force One until they figured out it needs $1B in renovations to be made safe.
As you can see, when Trump goes hands on he goes down the Trump Casinos, Trump Steaks, Trump Water, Trump Airlines, and Trump University tits up rabbit hole.
Anarchistbear said:bearister said:Anarchistbear said:bearister said:Aunburdened said:sycasey said:
No lies detected.Obama called Trump an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr a ‘f****** moron’ in call to Fauci, diaries reveal https://t.co/uf8VqSInLL
— Sigurdur Nordal (@essenviews) July 31, 2026
No lies detectedI know. That’s why it boggles the mind that news outlets are calling the diaries useless or a nothingburger. They’re damning https://t.co/sLM597Fy5s
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 31, 2026
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Trump had the understanding of "a fifth- or sixth-grader."
White House chief of staff John Kelly called Trump "an idiot" and said he thought the president was "unhinged."
Both Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and former chief of staff Reince Priebus called Trump an "idiot."
Former economic adviser Gary Cohn said Trump was "dumb as sh@it," and former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said the president was a "dope."
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in November 2017 that Trump was "like an 11-year-old child."
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in July 2017 called Trump a "moron."
One thing is certain: Trump is a lot smarter than this glee club of losers, all of whom thought they could change him and were fired or resigned
No he isn't, under the reasonable definition of smart.
Trump's success is not due to his intellect:
Trump won the presidency twice because of his unique populist appeal and media savvy that traditional politicians lacked.
However, he could not have won or governed effectively without aligning with, and being heavily backed by, the pre-existing institutional machinery of the conservative legal movement (the Federalist Society) and, later, a powerful network of wealthy right-leaning donors and tech magnates who saw him as a useful instrument for their own goals.
[Edited AI response to my prompt….and accurate as f@uck]
*Remember, Trump thinks Stephen Miller and Jared Kushner are really smart guys.
*Trump's idiocy is on full display in his micromanaging of his vanity projects:
1. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool;
2. The White House Ballroom;
3. The proposed Triumphal Arch;
4. The Kennedy Center takeover and renovation;
5. The Boeing 747-8 luxury jet gifted to the United States by the government of Qatar that was serving as a temporary/interim Air Force One until they figured out it needs $1B in renovations to be made safe.
As you can see, when Trump goes hands on he goes down the Trump Casinos, Trump Steaks, Trump Water, Trump Airlines, and Trump University tits up rabbit hole.
Trump got elected President twice, defeating a sitting Vice President and an ex Secretary State both establishment figures. Now, you can argue that both of them were dumb as fence posts but this doesn't exactly bolster your argument .
Biden was a dolt the best day he ever had. HRC is intelligent. Criticize away in other areas
In doing so he put together a unique coalition of Hispanics, working class, rural people, immigrants and billionaires.
He is the most consequential President since Reagan-for better or worse like it or not.
It's for worse and I don't like it.
He definitely has political smarts, way more than those idiot functionaries you quoted above, none of whom could be elected as a dog magistrate.
Getting elected doesn't prove you are smart and not being electable doesn't mean you are not smart.
And the reflecting pool, ballroom etc, etc, is Trump being Trump- it is silly and dumb and late night tv fodder for liberals but nobody cares, just like they didn't care that he was impeached or indicted.
When a POTUS displays poor judgment in multiple matters with little or no national or international consequence, people should be concerned about his judgment in matters of significant consequence.
Arguing Trump is dumb is just liberal blue washing saying "we are smart, see". But it's actually a lot dumber than Trump because it fails to analyze why they lost
Yogi seemed to be casting aspersions on Obama for commenting on Trump's lack of intelligence. The purpose of my post was to show that several people that worked for Trump share Obama's assessment. The fact that Trump is not smart doesn't seem to have any impact on the fact that he is a MAGA horse whisperer that has the Republican Party and the country by the balls, is tugging hard, and making billions in Pay for Play dollars in the process. So you get to claim all that cool stuff about Trump, you just won't convince anyone reasonable that intelligence is in Trump's tool box.
sycasey said:Big C said:
I was quite absorbed with the pandemic for about a year and a half, starting with whenever Cal88 started posting his updates with the British guy, through when everybody could get vaxxed...
What I recall about the "origins" was that we chose to overlook the considerable circumstantial evidence that indicated lab-leak because people were maybe gonna start blaming Americans of Chinese descent (and in fact, all Asians). The Japanese internment camps during WWII were being referenced as an example of what happens when a society, out of fear, jumps to conclusions.
As I look back now, sure, mistakes were made. It happens. I think about as many mistakes were made on one side as on the other (degree of societal restriction). We were flying by the seat of our pants.
I actually think it's probably still more likely that it was a zoonotic origin
