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"The jokes keep writing themselves" S2 #1,539
- kerflooosh -

Trump history transcends plausibility.

[FONT=arial,sans-serif]AHD Synonyms: [/FONT] joke, witticism, quip, crack, wisecrack, gag
These nouns refer to something that is said or done in order to evoke laughter or amusement. Joke especially denotes an amusing story with a punch line at the end: She told jokes at the party. A witticism is a witty, usually cleverly phrased remark: "He said one should treat heavy things lightly and light things with gravity, which became a handy witticism" (Natalie Dykstra).
A quip is a clever, pointed, often sarcastic remark: He responded to the tough questions with quips. Crack and wisecrack refer less formally to flippant or sarcastic retorts: She made a crack about my driving ability; he was punished for making wisecracks in class. Gag is principally applicable to a broadly comic remark or to comic byplay in a theatrical routine: It was one of the most memorable gags in the history of vaudeville.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.


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note:
Trump has threatened to use U.S. military force to acquire Greenland. BUT !!
Greenland may not be a listed NATO member nation, but Denmark is.
And NATO membership obligates by treaty member nations to defend against attack.
Thus, if Trump attempts to fulfill his commitment to use military power to acquire Greenland, it may potentially result in a full NATO defense.
 
Canadair water bombers are flying non-stop to drop water on the Palisades - here's the path of one of them
From #1,546 link:
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Nice machine, an "amphibian".
I've never "done the math" on this wildfire suppression technique. I suspect it's only a few% difference,
though of use to coordinate with endangered smoke-jumpers (boots on the ground).
 
"The Ku Kluz Klan is a Christian Organization" 1,549
If a man's bloodline is 99% Black and 1% White he's considered Black. This is based substantially on proportion - 99:1.
If a man is peaceful & law abiding 99% of the time, and only commits rape, bank robbery, and murder 1% of the time, shall we consider him "peaceful & law abiding" based on the 99%?
No.

Was the Titanic unsinkable simply because it was declared to be, or an architectural structure hurricane-proof based on word alone?
No.

There's more to being Christian than showing up at church once in a while. The cliché: spending some time in church doesn't make you a Christian any more than spending some time in the garage makes you an Oldsmobile.

Ku Klux Klan
American white supremacist terrorist hate group
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan , commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of an American Protestant-led Christian extremist, white supremacist, far-right hate group. Various historians have characterized the Klan as America's first terrorist group*. There have been three distinct iterations with various targets relative to time and place, including African Americans, Jews, and Catholics. ... Although members of the KKK swear to uphold Christian morality, Christian denominations widely denounce them. More from Wikipedia [bold emphasis sear's]

* "Various historians have characterized the Klan as America's first terrorist group." Wiki
Some aboriginal American nations were more pacifistic, others more warlike.
Whether terrorism in the Americas preceded the European onslaught may be uncertain.

Perhaps we should defer to aboriginal American perspective on whether the KKK was actually "America's first terrorist group."
 
Satan trying to reason with the big G: #1,553
(y)
Decision making involves selecting from available options.
Ethics, discerning what is good, can somewhat metaphorically manifest in our minds as a debate, bad vs good, Satan vs Vishnu (whatever).

#1,553 suggests even evil has standards, a sobering warning about hasty disregard.

Trump in crown of thorns: #1,554
Trump is going to be president of the United States soon,
next week,
MLK Day.

- gosh -
 
If a convicted felon can't enlist in the military how can he be Commander in Chief? #1,557
Reportedly in some jurisdictions a convicted felon can't own a gun, don't know what the law is at #1600 Penn Ave.

Trump can't have a gun, but he can have full supreme command of the world's most powerful military ?! uh oh

(y)

Elon may be the $richest bloke in the solar system.
He doesn't seem all that happy to me. I'm all for thinking outside the box. But if I wanted a truck I'd get a Ford, Dodge, or Toyota.
 
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