Another Bear said:
Trump has started the search immediately. He called up Elite Models looking for a 20-something chick to be White House Communication Director. He made three requests: not so smart, hot, potentially bangable. They said they'll get back to him.
It's "odd" to you? Really? When were you born?oski003 said:
It's odd that nobody has turned on Trump despite the ongoing investigations, and the fact so many think he is so obviously guilty.
did anybody turn on Obama? Bush Jr.? Clinton (Ok maybe after Lewinsky some did)? Bush Sr? Reagan for raising taxes like 78 times? I mean come on. Why would you? Why would a party turn on its own in public and give away free political equity to their enemies?oski003 said:
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Still waiting for your insights. Is Jared the de facto POTUS or Trump sleeps with......??iwantwinners said:You should feel ashamed, the Trump presidency is a product of the Left. But then again, if that's mortifying, you have bigger problems than a Trump presidency, let alone any concern about the First Lady and a politician passing themselves as diplomats at the Olympics.bearister said:
Ivanka and Huckabee are not competent to host a Tupperware party much less try to pass themselves as diplomats on the international stage at the Olympics. It is mortifying to see a great country like America shamed and humiliated like this.
And Michele Obama disagrees with you that America is a great country. She never felt proud to be an American until, like, 5 years ago or something...
BearDevil said:
Scavino ran one of Trump's golf clubs. Trump wants his private pilot to run the FAA!?! Despite his promise to hire only the best people, Trump never had access to top tier talent, so he's had to turn to cronies and family. Most of them have already been fired or left. Scary who the next wave of Trump fkunkies will be.
B.A. Bearacus said:
...So I guess Jared gets a crack now at fixing our prison system?
There is an ocean's gap between policy issues that one might disagree with and hand's dirty politics, and this complete breakdown of our system of government; criminal nepotism and grift; and aiding and abetting foreign powers against our country through direct and/or indirect action. These are high crimes of treason--there is no equivalency. If you aren't outraged, then you're part of a very serious problem.iwantwinners said:did anybody turn on Obama? Bush Jr.? Clinton (Ok maybe after Lewinsky some did)? Bush Sr? Reagan for raising taxes like 78 times? I mean come on. Why would you? Why would a party turn on its own in public and give away free political equity to their enemies?oski003 said:
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Lots of Republicans turned on Bush Sr for raising taxesiwantwinners said:did anybody turn on Obama? Bush Jr.? Clinton (Ok maybe after Lewinsky some did)? Bush Sr? Reagan for raising taxes like 78 times? I mean come on. Why would you? Why would a party turn on its own in public and give away free political equity to their enemies?oski003 said:
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yeah, after Bush Jr's re-election. They didn't have to worry about re-electing him, they could move on to another Republican by that point.dajo9 said:Lots of Republicans turned on Bush Sr for raising taxesiwantwinners said:did anybody turn on Obama? Bush Jr.? Clinton (Ok maybe after Lewinsky some did)? Bush Sr? Reagan for raising taxes like 78 times? I mean come on. Why would you? Why would a party turn on its own in public and give away free political equity to their enemies?oski003 said:
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What I remember from the Bush Jr years is that toward the end people wouldn't admit to having ever supported him. It was like the 62 million votes he got were all from ghosts. I suspect that will be what happens to Trump as well. At the end, Republicans will say they "never really supported him, he was just better than Hillary, and he was a Democrat anyway - don't vote for Democrats because Trump"
As Jane's Addiction said better than I ever could, nothing is shocking but this is pretty good. There are a few odd things here - first why would you put Marge with Bart and Homer? Marge is basically Lisa if Lisa gave up on her principles 99% of the time in favor of family harmony. Okay, maybe that does describe some republican women but it's hardly a glowing endorsement. I can't fathom why any grown man would be proud to compare himself to Bart or Homer. Lisa may not be perfect, but she's intelligent, talented and thoughtful.sycasey said:
Teddy Roosevelt was progressive and so out of the mainstream of the Republican Party even back in his day that he left the partyBearDevil said:
Was surprised when Cohn and Mnuchin didn't both bail after Charlottesville. Trump had to shut down his corporate business council since every public CEO jumped ship over many fine Nazis and Klansmen. Will be extremely awkward when Cohn and Mnuchin move back to NYC and LA and go to Temple.
On the corporate side, they'll also become pariahs if they have to defend Trump's nutty tariffs. The party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Eisenhower is now unregonizable.
BearNIt said:
Can anybody say with 100% certainty that if Russia launched missiles against the U.S. that Trump would authorize an appropriate response?
Apparently the Tariff talk has the ability to do away with the tax savings that the middle class just got, and the specter of a recession was made more probable. Our allies are loving the crap out of the Head Cheeto.Another Bear said:
This a good read. Trade wars of course can lead to real wars. It gets to the complete incompetence of Dotard. He doesn't know *** he's doing.
This story about how Trump impulsively launched a trade war is shocking and shockingly unsurprising
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Carl Icahn sold $31.3m of shares in a company dependent on steel imports days before the commerce department mooted stiff tariffs on imports
Another Bear said:
This reads a bit like the last days in the Nixon Admin but with dumber, meaner people.
'Pure madness': Dark days inside the White House as Trump shocks and rages
Dumb as it is, I couldn't resist saying it: In the big housebearister said:
He is going to get life, but not in the White House.
mikecohen said:Dumb as it is, I couldn't resist saying it: In the big housebearister said:
He is going to get life, but not in the White House.
I know a writer who spent many months with him and says he was the most insufferable person he ever had to interview and work with. No real deep thoughts of his own. Impatient. Self-centered and with literally no attention span. Treats people around him like crap. A full blown dick that we elected to lead our country after one of the brightest, classiest, and most erudite Presidents ever. His supporters accuse Obama (Liberals) of being out of touch with Red Staters, but have no problem with Red Staters themselves being out of touch with good judgement and human decency. It boggles the mind.B.A. Bearacus said:mikecohen said:Dumb as it is, I couldn't resist saying it: In the big housebearister said:
He is going to get life, but not in the White House.
Will he write a book from prison? By write I mean have someone write it for him because he's probably not capable of writing five pages on his own. He better hope there's a good editor also in jail who can create order from his ramblings without the use of a recorder.
blungld said:
In my life this is broadly true of the people I've met: Liberals are interested in learning about things different than themselves, and look to be challenged by life's experiences. Conservatives are interested in those things that are different learning to be like themselves, and look to be comforted by life's experiences.
The movie completely holds your hand through all the conceptual ideas of Dia de los Muertos too. Anyone who can't understand it (and is older than 5) is probably being willfully dense.Unit2Sucks said:blungld said:
In my life this is broadly true of the people I've met: Liberals are interested in learning about things different than themselves, and look to be challenged by life's experiences. Conservatives are interested in those things that are different learning to be like themselves, and look to be comforted by life's experiences.
True story: I recently spoke to a conservative couple I know who is more or less obsessed with Disney (season passes to Disneyland, etc.) and who love Disney movies generally but said they didn't like the movie Coco. They specifically said that they couldn't really understand the culture in Coco because it was so different from theirs. And these are people who are actually quite familiar with Dia de los Muertos and have been to Mexico (and otherwise have pretty much never traveled outside the US). I would venture they are more familiar with Mexican culture than the average American (and I would concede more familiar than I am). They've never been to Scandinavia but had no trouble connecting with the Kingdom of Arendelle. Similarly they had no issues with Beauty and the Beast, Anastasia, Brave or any other number of Disney movies that were based on cultures quite different than the one they reside in, but apparently Coco was just too difficult conceptually for them to grasp. Their 4 year old granddaughter loved it however.
