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“She was always of Indian heritage. And she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black. And now she wants to be known as Black,” Trump said. My idea for a Harris campaign ad: “He was always of White heritage. And he was only promoting White heritage. I didn’t know he was Orange until a number of years ago when he happened to turn Orange. And now he wants to be known as Orange,” Harris said.

Reminds me of a great piece by a British writer, Nate White, when asked why some British people don't like Donald Trump: ========================== A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are. • You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: 'My God... what... have... I... created?'

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Racial epithets over the years: 50's - coon 60's - shiftless Negro 70's - stupid n****r 80's - spade 90's - affirmative action type 00's - Inner city urban type 10's - "From Kenya" 20's - DEI hire

Hi tk, I look at this event as a good thing. In other words, it is only going to get better. Jerry Baumchen

Any Trump supporter who is not a white male needs psychiatric help. White male Trump supporters just need moral and ethical adjustment. IMO.

A normal person also has a sense of humor. Have you ever seen Trump make a self-deprecating joke? Have you ever seen him make any kind of joke? Have you ever seen him laugh? There are a lot of missing parts in his head. This meme illustrates a few:

Woke ideology is the attempt to understand the injustices in society against minorities and marginalized groups - and address them. Simple. Then you are seeing FOX News. Get closer and talk to the people themselves - gay people, trans people, black people.

Hi Joe, Being cheap is subjective. I will send her more this month. Jerry Baumchen PS) Heck, I'm just an old retired guy with little income.

Hey, I know! Don't go to Russia or other actor nations desiring a captive audience for prisoner exchanges. That would definitely include anyone wearing a magical and protective press badge or someone who maybe could use a few extra bucks to play exhibition basketball. That way we wouldn't need to give up murderous assholes or convicted spies to get your stupid ass back from crouching over a sewing machine in the gulag to please your stunned and huddling family members who only want to see you at Christmas again and screw the political costs.

Damage to road surfaces is non-linear with vehicle weight. Apparently it goes up with the fourth power of the axle load. Heavy vehicles should be taxed much more highly than they are.

Thats the reason why Trump can jump from topic to topic in the same sentence. Yet his adoring base can make sense of it all.

Hi Joe, I sent her $100 just the other day; why wait? Jerry Baumchen

Hi Phil, One would think the idiot would stay away from any non-FOX reporters as much as possible. As I continue to say; he is his own worst enemy. Jerry Baumchen PS) If you like to hear what reporters have to say on things of a federal level, I suggest you watch Washington Week on PBS; one of my favorite shows. Washington Week - Wikipedia

I watched his entire diatribe. What’s great is that wasn’t any event. It was journalists - maybe Donald doesn’t understand what a journalist is? Because it’s going to get great coverage

In the original state that came from the manufacturer?! Probably no more than 500 jumps. After you start replacing stuff, I've seen one with 5500 jumps in 15 years! And to be completely honest, probably the TSO label was the only part that was made at the factory :) ..... Just like the broom from the video above

Trump thought Harris "was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and she went, she became a Black person." Up next - Trump is baffled when Pete Buttigieg starts out a white man then - BAM! - suddenly he made a turn and became gay!

Hi Deyan, This brings up the question: Just how long should a rig last? So what do the masses think? Jerry Baumchen PS) 'Just how long should a rig last?' could be either time or number of jumps; I'm easy to please.

My old truck needed some transmission fluid. I grew up calling it "tranny juice" - thanks dad. For years there was nothing wrong with those terms. When I went to the auto parts store to get some fluids, I notice a super nice, VERY helpful woman working there now. She's clearly non-binary. Understanding had me respecting her and being polite. Her customer service and system skills will have me going to her for hard to find parts too. It's not hard to understand to not use terms that were accepted for the majority of your life. Being considerate will also get you explanations when you don't understand, while being rude and offensive will get a much different response. Wire snips or clippers and transmission fluid are pretty clear, yet getting banned from Twatter over using MX as an aviation term still perplexes me as it's my understanding it wouldn't be offensive to anyone.

Sure, that's easy. Lisa is a great engineer; she's designed some of the powertrains for the Ford EV's. She's also trans. Being woke means that I better understand what she's going through. When she was younger she had to go to Sweden for her surgery; nowadays she could have stayed here and gotten it. That's a good thing. She still faces discrimination and has to be very careful who she tells, which is not a good thing. Annika is a logician, and teaches courses in logic and philosophy at college. She was raped by her thesis advisor when she was 20, and it shaped the rest of her life. It was painful to hear about, but I am glad I know that now; to use that term, I am more woke. I also better understand why women don't come forward when they are raped, especially when they see what happens to other women who do. My best friend in middle school, Matt, came out as gay about 20 years ago. Again I'm glad I now know that, and know a little about what he went through while trying to decide to come out. 20 years ago there were serious barriers to people who wanted to come out. All of these people have touched my life, and I am glad that I am woke enough to understand some of what they went through, although I certainly don't understand everything about them. Sure, for some people it might be easier to remain ignorant of all of that. If you don't know anyone who was raped, it's much easier to say "eh, women lie, amiright?" and thus not think worse of someone who has a rape accusation against them. If you don't know your friend is gay, it's easy to think that nothing you said ever hurt him. If you don't know the woman you work with is trans, there are lots more off-color jokes you can tell her without worrying that you will offend her. I prefer understanding to ignorance; I think that makes for a better society overall. Even if it cuts down on the dirty jokes I can tell.