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[kallend 2,230]

2 hours ago, normiss said:

Surely a pedophile rapist convicted felon knows how to tackle sex crimes.

It's been documented and slowly being shown.

In the New AmeriKKKa though? Crimes committed by the authoritarian regime are not considered crimes.

 

"Ignorance is strength"

[BIGUN 1,521]

Today, I read that Trump went to a golf course in Scotland. He didn't go to sit with world leaders to discuss an end to wars or tariff negotiations. He took his sons and they opened a new golf course in his name - at a cost of around 10 million to the taxpayer.  If I were to use the government credit card for personal reasons; I'd be court martialed. So, yeah. The CFRs don't apply to him. 

 

 

[JoeWeber 3,025]

Just now, BIGUN said:

Today, I read that Trump went to a golf course in Scotland. He didn't go to sit with world leaders to discuss an end to wars or tariff negotiations. He took his sons and they opened a new golf course in his name - at a cost of around 10 million to the taxpayer.  If I were to use the government credit card for personal reasons; I'd be court martialed. So, yeah. The CFRs don't apply to him. 

 

 

Maybe we ought to raise the Presidents salary to a flat 10 billion per term, all invested in G7 treasuries, in exchange for their entire estate at inauguration. 

[kallend 2,230]

1 hour ago, BIGUN said:

Today, I read that Trump went to a golf course in Scotland. He didn't go to sit with world leaders to discuss an end to wars or tariff negotiations. He took his sons and they opened a new golf course in his name - at a cost of around 10 million to the taxpayer.  If I were to use the government credit card for personal reasons; I'd be court martialed. So, yeah. The CFRs don't apply to him. 

 

 

And he cheated at golf too.  I suppose that's to be expected of a guy found guilty of fraud, by a court, with all due process of law.

[JoeWeber 3,025]

Just now, kallend said:

And he cheated at golf too.  I suppose that's to be expected of a guy found guilty of fraud, by a court, with all due process of law.

He did not cheat at golf and the video shows it. His caddy dropped a ball, perhaps accidentally, which was apparently his and he hit it unawares and in good faith. 

[nigel99 689]

7 hours ago, BIGUN said:

Today, I read that Trump went to a golf course in Scotland. He didn't go to sit with world leaders to discuss an end to wars or tariff negotiations. He took his sons and they opened a new golf course in his name - at a cost of around 10 million to the taxpayer.  If I were to use the government credit card for personal reasons; I'd be court martialed. So, yeah. The CFRs don't apply to him. 

 

 

I swear Trump watched the Dictator movie and thought it was a documentary. The Oval Office looks like Saddam Hussein decorated it. I’m just waiting for a golden crown to replace the red hat - it’s slowly happening as he’s switched to white. Next will be white with gold writing 

[nigel99 689]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB7C_i26Lu0

I couldn’t resist and made this clip

[kallend 2,230]

19 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

He did not cheat at golf and the video shows it. His caddy dropped a ball, perhaps accidentally, which was apparently his and he hit it unawares and in good faith. 

If you say so.

[jakee 1,648]

4 hours ago, kallend said:

If you say so.

“Did he drop the ball? You’d have to ask him. I don’t know anything about that, you’re telling me this for the first time…”

 

Yeah, I’m sure he’d claim to be as clueless about what his caddies are doing as he is about what his administration is doing…

[JerryBaumchen 1,493]

Hi folks,

Birds of a feather flock together.

Some how, I think he donated more than indicated:  Wiederhorn had donated money to Trump and Republican political campaign committees, but the donations amounted to less than $20,000 in 2023 and 2024, according to political finance records. He and his wife appear to have attended a Trump inaugural ball in January

Trump admin’s DOJ appointee to drop financial-crime charges against onetime Portland executive - oregonlive.com

Jerry Baumchen

[JerryBaumchen 1,493]

Hi folks,

If he thinks changing the messenger will change the message, he is delusional:  President Trump is firing the commissioner in charge of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which handles the monthly jobs report, after a bad report showing the economy in trouble was released on Friday.

Live updates: July jobs report raises concerns over US economy

Jerry Baumchen

[kallend 2,230]

One more step on the way to Banana Republichood.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/01/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shutdown/

[JerryBaumchen 1,493]

3 minutes ago, kallend said:

One more step on the way to Banana Republichood.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/01/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shutdown/

Hi John,

A link with no firewall:  Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Shut Down After Trump-Backed Funding Cuts

Jerry Baumchen

PS)  And, let me add:  "Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations," CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison said in a statement.

Anybody who wrote or called a GOP CongressCritter was wasting their time.  It all falls on deaf ears with their fealty to Trump.

Edited August 1 by JerryBaumchen

[JoeWeber 3,025]

Just now, kallend said:

One more step on the way to Banana Republichood.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/01/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shutdown/

Big deal. He's now moving nuclear submarines closer to Russia to distract attention from his failures. 

[jakee 1,648]

55 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi folks,

If he thinks changing the messenger will change the message, he is delusional:  

Is he? It worked at the DoD. It worked at the DoJ. It worked at State... 

[gowlerk 2,309]

15 minutes ago, jakee said:

Is he? It worked at the DoD. It worked at the DoJ. It worked at State... 

Yes, I do believe it will work. The message is about statistics. And you know what they say about those.

[JoeWeber 3,025]

In a surprise to no one Ghislaine Maxwell, after talking to Todd Blanche, did not return to her maximum security prison former home. Nope, she's moving to a minimum security prison camp in Texas. 

[Phil1111 1,263]

34 minutes ago, kallend said:

One more step on the way to Banana Republichood.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/01/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shutdown/

No, banana republic is already established. After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump is Firing That Agency’s Commissioner The jobs report today showed a very poor job hiring. Two months were revised down about 200,000 jobs and last month was about 1/2 what it should be.

The MAGA mouth stated "the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer,....“rigged” the data “to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.”

Accordingly next months job growth will show millions of new job hires in the greatest country that ever existed.

[JoeWeber 3,025]

And to end the week smartly, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down today due to Trump budget cuts. 

[Phil1111 1,263]

1 minute ago, JoeWeber said:

In a surprise to no one Ghislaine Maxwell, after talking to Todd Blanche, did not return to her maximum security prison former home. Nope, she's moving to a minimum security prison camp in Texas. 

Rumour has it that a jail cell in the Trump plaza is next.

[Phil1111 1,263]

2 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

And to end the week smartly, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down today due to Trump budget cuts. 

It could have been worse. Obviously Bannon and the other insiders never suggested a US equivalent of Russia Today. Imagine The Greatest Country On Earth Today television, FOX on steroids so to speak.

[JerryBaumchen 1,493]

1 hour ago, Phil1111 said:

No, banana republic is already established. After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump is Firing That Agency’s Commissioner The jobs report today showed a very poor job hiring. Two months were revised down about 200,000 jobs and last month was about 1/2 what it should be.

The MAGA mouth stated "the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer,....“rigged” the data “to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.”

Accordingly next months job growth will show millions of new job hires in the greatest country that ever existed.

Hi Phil,

Trump can hire/fire as he chooses. 

However, history tells us that people vote with their pocketbook.

As Bill Clinton said:  It's the economy.

When there are no jobs, people will vote Trump [ and, hopefully, his supporters in Congress ] out; no matter what he tells them.

Only 15 more months to go.

Jerry Baumchen

[nigel99 689]

3 hours ago, kallend said:

One more step on the way to Banana Republichood.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/01/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shutdown/

On the way? You guys have gone from leader of the free world to leader of banana republic’s. 

[nigel99 689]

He’s fucking insane.

Lets escalate to threatening nuclear war and at the same time give away strategic submarine movements.

[Phil1111 1,263]

1 hour ago, nigel99 said:

He’s fucking insane.

Lets escalate to threatening nuclear war and at the same time give away strategic submarine movements.

Not yet but the syndrome is taking hold, growing day by day.  He believes that everyone will betray him eventually. His ex-wives did, "friends" did, bankers did, political allies did, etc. so he is eternally vigilant and ready to act.