President Trump and US politics catchall

[Hal Jordan]

A pearl from social media

"Imagine hatred of you being so intense that it results in millions of Americans going for a walk. "

[Uncle fester]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 70116.html

Two democrat-affiliated politicians shot, one fatally, by someone impersonating a police officer.

They've caught him anyway.

[Uncle fester]

Also LOL at the right's attempt to paint him as "antifa" before the blood had even dried.

[Hal Jordan]

Also LOL at the right's attempt to paint him as "antifa" before the blood had even dried.

Just another lone wolf...

[Rhubarb & Custard]

a Jafa, just another fucking aberrant, with a rifle, because who doesn't need a rifle!

[Uncle fester]

Also LOL at the right's attempt to paint him as "antifa" before the blood had even dried.

Just another lone wolf...

His wife had guns and passports in her car when she was pulled over.

[sockwithaticket]

Also LOL at the right's attempt to paint him as "antifa" before the blood had even dried.

As ever it's all projection and accusing the other side of things they would do/actually do.

Besides the storied history of state actors infiltrating and attempting to discredit protest movements, the BLM protests threw up numerous cases of MAGAs attempting to false flag and escalate things to paint the other side in a negative light.

[Sandstorm]

His wife had guns and passports in her car when she was pulled over.

Safest way to travel in USA now with roving gangs of ICE agents everywhere.

[sockwithaticket]

Someone opened fire on a No Kings protest in Salt Lake City, 4 injured.

Reddit has some footage circulating of a suspect being arrested trying to hide in the crowd.



A bystander notices something weird about the guy's backpack, grabs it and walks off with it while pointing the guy out to the police. As you can hear from the clip, the bag had a rifle inside it.

I've just seen an update on this and am correcting the record

It turns out that the guy seen being arrested in the footage I posted was not the shooter.

He had a rifle on him because he was exercising his legal right to open carry (Utah is one of those states) and was hiding after having been shot at, apparently unprovoked, by a member of security staff at the protest who missed him and wounded other protestors. The most seriously injured has now died.

So what looked like one American gun problem (armed lunatics) is a different American gun problem (legal open carry putting everyone on edge and at risk).

[Flockwitt]

Thanks for that. With so much deliberate miss-information going on it’s good to get the fact check.

Is that the one the Samoan died at? Apparently he wasn’t even a protester. A completely innocent bystander.

[tabascoboy]

Everyone makes slip-ups from time to time but it's almost every time the orange faced twunt opens his mouth now...

Trump: You all know the great PM of the UK and we just signed a document

*drops documents*

Trump: A little windy out here. We just signed it and so we have our trade agreement with the EU

[Thor Sedan]

Everyone makes slip-ups from time to time but it's almost every time the orange faced twunt opens his mouth now...

Trump: You all know the great PM of the UK and we just signed a document

*drops documents*

Trump: A little windy out here. We just signed it and so we have our trade agreement with the EU

Absolutely no chance that Donold knows the difference between the UK and the EU.....2 letters - must mean the same thing.

[Rhubarb & Custard]

It's not like he's only recently spoken in such manner, he's who B.A. Baracus was talking about back in the 80s, and not just because Trump wanted to execute some innocent black kids because some people who weren't him were raping women

[Uncle fester]

It's not like he's only recently spoken in such manner, he's who B.A. Baracus was talking about back in the 80s, and not just because Trump wanted to execute some innocent black kids because some people who weren't him were raping women

What did B.A. Baracus have to say?

[Rhubarb & Custard]

As I recall he was full of pity

[Hal Jordan]

Meanwhile, FIFA does what it does second best (after rampant corruption) and caves in to remove its anti-racism and anti-discriminatuon messages from the Club World Cash Grab Cup to avoid angering a would be tyrant.

[PornDog]

As I recall he was full of pity

Point of Information: It was Klubber Lang that was offering pity to fools, not B.A. Baracus

[Uncle fester]

As I recall he was full of pity

Har fücking har

[Rhubarb & Custard]

As I recall he was full of pity

Point of Information: It was Klubber Lang that was offering pity to fools, not B.A. Baracus

it may've originated in Rocky, I can't speak to that, but it was certainly featured in A-Team, I watched a lot of A-Team aged 7 or so. also, I always assumed it was Clubber Lang, so I've perhaps got that wrong too

[PornDog]

As I recall he was full of pity

Point of Information: It was Klubber Lang that was offering pity to fools, not B.A. Baracus

it may've originated in Rocky, I can't speak to that, but it was certainly featured in A-Team, I watched a lot of A-Team aged 7 or so. also, I always assumed it was Clubber Lang, so I've perhaps got that wrong too

Mandela effect. Pretty sure it was never in The A-Team. But just like "Play it again Sam" it has been falsely referenced countless times and since become FACT!

[geordie_6]

So the Orange Idiot is now saying they're not going to kill Iran's Supreme Leader "for now", and calling for them to surrender unconditionally.

[Niegs]

[sockwithaticket]

ICE (or allegedly ICE since this was another group of men without any formal means of identification) arrested the current New York comptroller and mayoral candidate yesterday at an immi for 'assaulting an officer' after he had the temerity to ask them for their warrant.

The current New York comptroller and NYC mayoral candidatewas at an immigration court yesterday, apparently assisting in these cases is a routine part of his duties, and was arrested for 'assaulting an officer' by ICE* agents for having the temerity to ask for their warrant as they attempted to cart off a migrant.

*or people claiming to be ICE agents, it was just another band of guys in a plain/pseudo military clothes with no formal identification.

[geordie_6]

Jon Stewart absolutely brilliant again on The Daily Show.

[ScarfaceClaw]

Jon Stewart absolutely brilliant again on The Daily Show.

It’s hard to get past the shouty extreme enthusiasm/near hysteria style of Stewart. I got about 20 seconds into that and couldn’t watch any more.

[lemonhead]

Jon Stewart absolutely brilliant again on The Daily Show.

It’s hard to get past the shouty extreme enthusiasm/near hysteria style of Stewart. I got about 20 seconds into that and couldn’t watch any more.

The material's ok and he's pretty good value on pods but agree.

The convulsed, incredulous face; crowbarred anticipatory pause and audience whoop whoop punchline ages very fast. I miss Jerry.

[geordie_6]

Might just be me then

[Niegs]

Might just be me then

I'm with you. His rage is my rage too.

There are so many people in positions of power being cunts.

Amazing to see some MAGA hardcores on the side of the radical left ... calling for no wars.



... oh, but now I see the clips of those same people calling for the takeover over American cities to roust out the socialist liberal scourge.

[geordie_6]

Might just be me then

I'm with you. His rage is my rage too.

There are so many people in positions of power being cunts.

Amazing to see some MAGA hardcores on the side of the radical left ... calling for no wars.



... oh, but now I see the clips of those same people calling for the takeover over American cities to roust out the socialist liberal scourge.

Too much to hope for a full on rift in MAGA, there's been too many golden chances now that haven't planned out...

[sockwithaticket]

Might just be me then

I like The Daily Show too, although I do think that piece, while good, is a bit misjudged at times. In the past Stewart has struck a balance of knowing when to play it completely straight for a whole segment, even allowing righteous indignation to flow for an apparopriate issue and I think this one, despite its absurdity, is serious enough that it warranted that treatment, not interruption with gags. Doing so undercuts the very real and dangerous attempt being made to usher in authoritarian rule.

[sockwithaticket]

There will be nothing in this I'm sure, but it is blackly funny that Kristi Noem visited a biohazard lab with RFK a day before being hospitalised for an allergic reaction.

Also, fuck the frozen-faced ICE queen. I hope whatever it is hurts.

[Biffer]

Something we all probably missed because of, well, everything, is the recent testimony by the Fed Chair to the Senate Banking committee.

He said that because of climate change, in the form of increased storms and forest fires, there are entirely areas of the USA where you will not be able to get a mortgage in 10 to 15 years time.

[Niegs]

Some interesting insights from the journalist who spurred a Trumper tantrum by saying the tattoo was photoshopped (skipped ahead to when they get into the weeds)

[geordie_6]

Trump approves Iran attack plan but has not made final decision, US media says:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8r8rj87vo

[tabascoboy]

Trump approves Iran attack plan but has not made final decision, US media says:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8r8rj87vo

Let me guess - in 2 weeks? Throws his apathetic inaction to Russia's barbaric aggression into even sharper relief

[Kiwias]

Something we all probably missed because of, well, everything, is the recent testimony by the Fed Chair to the Senate Banking committee.

He said that because of climate change, in the form of increased storms and forest fires, there are entirely areas of the USA where you will not be able to get a mortgage in 10 to 15 years time.

Aren't there some places in Florida where homeowners can not get insurance because of rising sea levels?

[Biffer]

Something we all probably missed because of, well, everything, is the recent testimony by the Fed Chair to the Senate Banking committee.

He said that because of climate change, in the form of increased storms and forest fires, there are entirely areas of the USA where you will not be able to get a mortgage in 10 to 15 years time.

Aren't there some places in Florida where homeowners can not get insurance because of rising sea levels?

Yes. But I think it’s more hurricanes than sea levels.

[Hal Jordan]

Something we all probably missed because of, well, everything, is the recent testimony by the Fed Chair to the Senate Banking committee.

He said that because of climate change, in the form of increased storms and forest fires, there are entirely areas of the USA where you will not be able to get a mortgage in 10 to 15 years time.

Aren't there some places in Florida where homeowners can not get insurance because of rising sea levels?

This, ultimately, is the problem with climate change. Nature doesn't care about your anti-Net Zero grift, or your continual watering down of standards, or Facebook posts. It just gets on with reacting to us making the planet more uninhabitable for ourselves.

And the actuaries don't care,.either. They crunch the numbers and quietly inform financial institutions that it's going to cost them money, and they react accordingly.

But the rich will build bunkers so they're OK....

[Kiwias]

Something we all probably missed because of, well, everything, is the recent testimony by the Fed Chair to the Senate Banking committee.

He said that because of climate change, in the form of increased storms and forest fires, there are entirely areas of the USA where you will not be able to get a mortgage in 10 to 15 years time.

Aren't there some places in Florida where homeowners can not get insurance because of rising sea levels?

Yes. But I think it’s more hurricanes than sea levels.

Fair point but I think it is climate change that is causing the increased frequency and intensity of hurricanes.

[Biffer]

Aren't there some places in Florida where homeowners can not get insurance because of rising sea levels?

Yes. But I think it’s more hurricanes than sea levels.

Fair point but I think it is climate change that is causing the increased frequency and intensity of hurricanes.

Intensity, so far as I understand it is likely. Frequency the science is not quite as definite and in fact there may be a decrease in number. There's likely to be an increased frequency further away from the equator though. Cyclone science and its interaction with climate change is really complex and still has a huge amount to understand.

Go to page 1585 here

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/down ... Report.pdf