D.J. turns 80 on June 14.
For a man his age Trump looks quite physically fit to me
Problem is as post #1,820 demonstrates Trump commonly seems estranged from reality, & common sense.
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For a man his age Trump looks quite physically fit to me
Problem is as post #1,820 demonstrates Trump commonly seems estranged from reality, & common sense.
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His mental deterioration is obvious - all you have to do is compare his speech today with that of a number of years ago. While he never had much of import to say at least he was coherent.
That's not the end of the story. There are multiple plausible explanations for this.
a) simple age-related deterioration of mental faculty
b) because loyalty is more important to Trump than competence Trump has surrounded himself with fawning "yes-men". The result? Being challenged less has deprived Trump of the practice in avoiding silly gaffes.
It's probably a combination of both. And more?
Meanwhile murmuring about presidential succession has already begun. President Vance, an improvement?
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"Over the past 11 months, we have brought more positive change to Washington than any administration in American history. There's never been anything like it. We have achieved more than anyone can imagine." ~ Trump
You do have to wonder if he's so gone that he actually believes this or he's simply saying it because he knows his sycophants will believe anything he says.
You do have to wonder if he's so gone that he actually believes this or he's simply saying it because he knows his sycophants will believe anything he says.
The cliché is:
"Half the people you know are below average."
Trump / MAGA has me wondering, is more than half the population below average?
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Pretty clear that Donnie is below average.
Is that part of Trump's attraction for voters?
Trump gives them a prominent elected official Trump voters can feel superior to?
I never felt superior to Obama.
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"Disgusting...Vulgar..." ~ musician Jack White on Trump's redecoration of Oval Office
"Jack White is a washed-up, has-been loser...It's apparent he's been masquerading as a real artist, because he fails to appreciate, and quite frankly disrespects, the splendor and significance of the Oval Office inside of 'The People's House.'" ~ WH spokesperson Steven Cheung
"'Masquerading as a real artist'? Thank you for giving me my tombstone engraving! Well here's my opinion: Trump is masquerading as a human being. He's masquerading as a Christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy." ~ White
"Jack White is a washed-up, has-been loser...It's apparent he's been masquerading as a real artist, because he fails to appreciate, and quite frankly disrespects, the splendor and significance of the Oval Office inside of 'The People's House.'" ~ WH spokesperson Steven Cheung
"'Masquerading as a real artist'? Thank you for giving me my tombstone engraving! Well here's my opinion: Trump is masquerading as a human being. He's masquerading as a Christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy." ~ White
"Disgusting" Mr. White? Can you be more specific?
"Disgusting" that Trump has pressed the bounds of good taste decorating our oval office in Gold, while skyrocketing healthcare costs for some in his jurisdiction?
Not to justify or excuse demolishing an entire wing of the white house. But the death-toll of Trump's piracy on the high seas has reportedly reached triple digits.
That's not "mass-murder"?
In that context perhaps we can re-calibrate our alarm over Trump's unrefined preference for tacky oval office decor.
dis·gust (dĭs-gŭst)
tr.v. dis·gust·ed, dis·gust·ing, dis·gusts
1. To excite nausea or loathing in; sicken.
2. To offend the taste or moral sense of; repel.
n.
Profound dislike or annoyance caused by something sickening or offensive.
[Late Old French desgouster, to lose one's appetite : des-, dis- + gouster, to eat, taste (from Latin gustāre; see geus- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
Synonyms: disgust, nauseate, repel, revolt, sicken
These verbs mean to offend the senses or feelings of: a stench that disgusted us; a horrific sight that nauseated me; was repelled by the scene of carnage; was revolted by the act of brutality; a fetid odor that sickened the workers.
Synonyms: offensive, disgusting, loathsome, nasty, odious, repellent, repulsive, revolting, vile
These adjectives mean extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings: an offensive remark; disgusting language; a loathsome disease; a nasty smell; an odious sight; a repellent demand; repulsive behavior; revolting food; vile thoughts.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.
Merry Christmas Messrs White & Trump
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Both labels apply.
That doesn't excuse the rest of Trump's actions - but it does describe the new decor of the Oval Office.
Understood.
My intended counterpoint in #1,829, matters of taste may lack the bright-line distinction that mass-murdering piracy retains.
This doesn't excuse fashion clash.
But if I am to expend a paragraph on criticizing the Trump administration,
I believe there are more important more impactful categories of Trump mal-performance than white house decor. He's killing people.
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Just a minor correction. He's murdering people.
hmmm
Must be true then, doesn't make much sense at all.
Trump has claimed justification, that for each person he
Perhaps.
Not yet clear what particular specification in law authorizes such presidential preemptive carnage.
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As for the Epstein ballroom ....
"Jesse, it's a monument. I'm building a monument to myself because no one else will." ~ Trump, on Fox host Jesse Watters complaining that the new ballroom will be "four times as big as the White House"
"Jesse, it's a monument. I'm building a monument to myself because no one else will." ~ Trump, on Fox host Jesse Watters complaining that the new ballroom will be "four times as big as the White House"
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"Nobody knows what magnets are." ~ Trump
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"If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Negative to President Donald J. Trump, MAGA, and the Republican Party, shouldn't their very valuable Broadcast Licenses be terminated? I say, YES!" ~ Trump
Of course Roosevelt had something to say about that
Of course Roosevelt had something to say about that
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And with that one quote he's managed to completely discredit the entire Bible.
Thank you Teddy.
Pastor John:
which translation, which version of the Holy Bible are you citing here? King James is commonly cited:
So PJ, have you been false witness to our Holy Bible?
Attempts at discrediting some or all of holy scripture have been made for 100 generations.
Has any of these been widely recognized as a decisive victory?
It can be self-defeating to scrutinize holy scripture for the purpose of fault-finding, if to the exclusion of valuable insights, ancient wisdom.
Is it any better to consider the Holy Bible the divine inerrant word of god?
Exodus chapter 20 KJV (King James Version)
Exodus chapter 20 KJV (King James Version)
www.kingjamesbibleonline.org
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Re #1,837 - who's the eyewitness to any of the stories in the Bible? The most recent stories there are 2,000 years old and I doubt that anyone who was around then is still alive? So Pastor Hagee's own words say that he, and every other person claiming that the bible is some sort of truth is a false witness and shouldn't be "gossiping about it"
Clarification:
Those that presume to attest to events of millennia ago may speculate. But eye-witness?
Those that reflect on scriptural quotations impart contemporary validity by quoting the scripture. *
Separately, some sources report human generations elapsed between ostensible events recounted in the Holy Bible, and their scriptural record.
This raises plausible questions about the accuracy of such biblical accounts.
If such stories were witnessed when they occurred, and then remembered and recounted until they were recorded, that's "hearsay".
Though there are exceptions, hearsay is not admissible as evidence at a U.S. law court trial.
It's inadmissible as evidence, yet we can accept it as the divine inerrant word of god?
The American Heritage Dictionary entry: hearsay
The American Heritage Dictionary entry: hearsay
ahdictionary.com
* The events may have occurred millennia ago, but were substantially undocumented. BUT !
The wording in holy scripture is today.