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ahh yes. Good times, good times.FourPart wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:41 pm There's so, so much, but in recent terms, the one about beating Covid by injecting Bleach has to rate pretty high.
What a disgraceful short-sighted policy! The entire world, if you ignore the fictions of Hollywood and Richard Dean Anderson, just spent sixty years adamantly refusing to militarize space.Trump finalized the creation of Space Force as our 6th Military branch.
I'll ask, I suppose.
I could be wrong but I suspect it was a way to inject more money into our already bloated Department of Defense so he could drain even more money out toward his utterly useless border wall. It's not like he hasn't already done that. Military schools and housing were left unfunded for that very purpose.spot wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:02 amWhat a disgraceful short-sighted policy! The entire world, if you ignore the fictions of Hollywood and Richard Dean Anderson, just spent sixty years adamantly refusing to militarize space.Trump finalized the creation of Space Force as our 6th Military branch.
You don't think he might have started a federal coordinated electric power grid upgrade instead? A slightly more strategic necessity?Snooz wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:54 pmI could be wrong but I suspect it was a way to inject more money into our already bloated Department of Defense so he could drain even more money out toward his utterly useless border wall. It's not like he hasn't already done that. Military schools and housing were left unfunded for that very purpose.spot wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:02 amWhat a disgraceful short-sighted policy! The entire world, if you ignore the fictions of Hollywood and Richard Dean Anderson, just spent sixty years adamantly refusing to militarize space.Trump finalized the creation of Space Force as our 6th Military branch.
I doubt very much whether it's true, but it's pretty neat sniping from the sidelines when it captures international headlines.The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Mr Giuliani wants a pre-emptive pardon from Mr Trump, citing two unnamed people with knowledge of the discussion.
The anonymous sources said it was not clear who broached the topic first, and it was not immediately clear if Mr Trump would follow through on the request. Mr Giuliani has rejected the reports as “fake news."
Mr Trump has also reportedly discussed pardons for his children Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump - as well as Ms Trump’s husband Jared Kushner.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 64922.html
Saint_ wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:02 am I love the sarcastic title of this thread. Actually, both my wife and I experienced improved mental health after the election. so my fondest memory of trump is still to come...the day the judge says,"I hereby sentence you..."
Saint_ wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:02 am I love the sarcastic title of this thread. Actually, both my wife and I experienced improved mental health after the election. so my fondest memory of trump is still to come...the day the judge says,"I hereby sentence you..."
Now that's funny right there. 
And so we have. 2020 has not been an ideal year so far, perhaps it will improve.
Donald is a gift that does not stop giving.Saint_ wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:02 am I love the sarcastic title of this thread. Actually, both my wife and I experienced improved mental health after the election. so my fondest memory of trump is still to come...the day the judge says,"I hereby sentence you..."
You-all still have at least a year more Covid to get through before that comes into focus. There's too many Americans who think just because they have a right to spread the disease, they should exercise it.tude dog wrote: Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:34 amNow we can watch sleepy undo our successful economy.Saint_ wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:02 am I love the sarcastic title of this thread. Actually, both my wife and I experienced improved mental health after the election. so my fondest memory of trump is still to come...the day the judge says,"I hereby sentence you..."
Unless you are heavily vested in the international markets, you will soon realize that ship sailed, already.tude dog wrote: Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:34 amDonald is a gift that does not stop giving.Saint_ wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:02 am I love the sarcastic title of this thread. Actually, both my wife and I experienced improved mental health after the election. so my fondest memory of trump is still to come...the day the judge says,"I hereby sentence you..."
First driving the 'Democrats apoplectic was great entertainment.
Now we can watch sleepy undo our successful economy.
Hmm.Snooz wrote: Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:21 pm Since Biden won, my 401K has done amazingly well.
Trump claiming the stock market as his own personal victory still pisses me off. Obama inherited a pile of sh*t from Dubya and he managed to turn the economy around and the stock market followed suit. It was still climbing when Trump got it. I guess I can give him credit for not screwing that up like he did so many other things since becoming president.
Dopey has done well by me.LarsMac wrote: Tue Dec 08, 2020 3:40 pmUnless you are heavily vested in the international markets, you will soon realize that ship sailed, already.tude dog wrote: Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:34 amDonald is a gift that does not stop giving.Saint_ wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:02 am I love the sarcastic title of this thread. Actually, both my wife and I experienced improved mental health after the election. so my fondest memory of trump is still to come...the day the judge says,"I hereby sentence you..."
First driving the 'Democrats apoplectic was great entertainment.
Now we can watch sleepy undo our successful economy.
And it was Dopey, not Sleepy, that cast the lines.
Nope.tude dog wrote: Thu Dec 10, 2020 12:06 pmHmm.Snooz wrote: Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:21 pm Since Biden won, my 401K has done amazingly well.
Trump claiming the stock market as his own personal victory still pisses me off. Obama inherited a pile of sh*t from Dubya and he managed to turn the economy around and the stock market followed suit. It was still climbing when Trump got it. I guess I can give him credit for not screwing that up like he did so many other things since becoming president.
Thanks to President Trump.
Talking about today under Trump's Presidency. Give Biden credit for nothing.Snooz wrote: Thu Dec 10, 2020 12:38 pmNope.tude dog wrote: Thu Dec 10, 2020 12:06 pmHmm.Snooz wrote: Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:21 pm Since Biden won, my 401K has done amazingly well.
Trump claiming the stock market as his own personal victory still pisses me off. Obama inherited a pile of sh*t from Dubya and he managed to turn the economy around and the stock market followed suit. It was still climbing when Trump got it. I guess I can give him credit for not screwing that up like he did so many other things since becoming president.
Thanks to President Trump.
From Forbes:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke through 30,000 today and closed at 30,046. Just after noon President Trump made a short announcement about the Index hitting this milestone and promptly walked out of the White House briefing room without taking questions.
It is not surprising that Trump would tout the landmark since he has continuously done so during his Presidency. However, the recent rise in stocks has been driven by multiple positive vaccine announcements and it becoming apparent that Joe Biden will be the President on January 20.
Since Trump likes to talk about how the stock market has performed since he was elected on November 8, 2016, it is interesting that the Dow Jones Industrial Average has actually been stronger in the three weeks since this year’s election with Biden becoming the President-elect vs. when Trump was elected in 2016.
Starting with the day after Trump’s and Biden’s respective election day, November 8 and 3, respectively, Trump saw a 4.3% increase in the Dow while Biden has seen a 9.3% increase over the next three weeks.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones ... e6a9aa2cc3
I wonder whether it can stay in a headstand if the arms articulate.Snooz wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:43 pm Didn't know where else to post this but it's too ridiculous not to share.
I can't find it on eBay else I would.
Nobody, I promise, will ever accuse you of spamming the forum or anything else. Not unless you start a where's Nomad thread.Snooz wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 2:59 pm I would have included the link if I had thought anyone was interested. I didn't want to appear to be spamming the forum.
Pretty sure Brian is okayspot wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 4:09 pmNobody, I promise, will ever accuse you of spamming the forum or anything else. Not unless you start a where's Nomad thread.Snooz wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 2:59 pm I would have included the link if I had thought anyone was interested. I didn't want to appear to be spamming the forum.
By the time Hitler was Donald Trump's age he'd been dead for eighteen years.magentaflame wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:52 pm He frightens me now, like Hitler must have frightened people when he persisted.
Your point is?spot wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:00 pmmagentaflame wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:52 pm He frightens me now, like Hitler must have frightened people when he persisted.
By the time Hitler was Donald Trump's age he'd been dead for eighteen years.
The persisted bit, I think. Hitler didn't have time to persist. He was a flash in the pan. The war in Afghanistan has been going on for longer than Hitler was politically relevant. Hitler was a symptom of his time, not a cause. The cause was the piss-poor 1919 Treaty which imposed generational poverty on Germany. The interesting question is what has been the equivalent cause which led to Donald Trump's term of office. I reckon it's an equivalent generational poverty imposed on a generation which remembered being white, thinking itself superior, and living though I Love Lucy and blue-collar wages which could buy a new Chevrolet.magentaflame wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:49 pmYour point is?spot wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:00 pmmagentaflame wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:52 pm He frightens me now, like Hitler must have frightened people when he persisted.
By the time Hitler was Donald Trump's age he'd been dead for eighteen years.
And you see no correlation between the two? That bemuses mespot wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:55 amThe persisted bit, I think. Hitler didn't have time to persist. He was a flash in the pan. The war in Afghanistan has been going on for longer than Hitler was politically relevant. Hitler was a symptom of his time, not a cause. The cause was the piss-poor 1919 Treaty which imposed generational poverty on Germany. The interesting question is what has been the equivalent cause which led to Donald Trump's term of office. I reckon it's an equivalent generational poverty imposed on a generation which remembered being white, thinking itself superior, and living though I Love Lucy and blue-collar wages which could buy a new Chevrolet.magentaflame wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:49 pmYour point is?spot wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:00 pmmagentaflame wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:52 pm He frightens me now, like Hitler must have frightened people when he persisted.
By the time Hitler was Donald Trump's age he'd been dead for eighteen years.
As for thinking Hitler "frightened people when he persisted", he frightened sufficiently few that his party was voted into power by a free electorate. Much like Donald Trump, if you think about it. Their success relied on a sufficient lack of fear. Germany as a whole cheered him on until he invaded Russia and it all went sour. His approval ratings, had there been such a concept, only tanked in his final three years.
No correlation at all. Donald Trump was totally inward-looking and isolationist, as opposed to the gentleman running Germany in the 30s. They are complete opposites of each other. The only topic of interest to Donald Trump was America, the rest of the world was an irrelevance. Mr Hitler and several recent US presidents - Reagan's and those Bush administrations spring to mind - sought world domination. Donald Trump has been a breath of fresh air by comparison. The others all destabilized the planet and killed foreigners, Donald Trump refused to play that game, chained his Rotweilers to their Pentagon desks and mocked them at every opportunity. You may well disagree, I'm sure you do, but I'd be interested to know what specific comment you disagree with here.magentaflame wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:07 amAnd you see no correlation between the two? That bemuses mespot wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:55 amThe persisted bit, I think. Hitler didn't have time to persist. He was a flash in the pan. The war in Afghanistan has been going on for longer than Hitler was politically relevant. Hitler was a symptom of his time, not a cause. The cause was the piss-poor 1919 Treaty which imposed generational poverty on Germany. The interesting question is what has been the equivalent cause which led to Donald Trump's term of office. I reckon it's an equivalent generational poverty imposed on a generation which remembered being white, thinking itself superior, and living though I Love Lucy and blue-collar wages which could buy a new Chevrolet.magentaflame wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:49 pmYour point is?spot wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:00 pmmagentaflame wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:52 pm He frightens me now, like Hitler must have frightened people when he persisted.
By the time Hitler was Donald Trump's age he'd been dead for eighteen years.
As for thinking Hitler "frightened people when he persisted", he frightened sufficiently few that his party was voted into power by a free electorate. Much like Donald Trump, if you think about it. Their success relied on a sufficient lack of fear. Germany as a whole cheered him on until he invaded Russia and it all went sour. His approval ratings, had there been such a concept, only tanked in his final three years.
Most charismatic leaders are like that. The difference with Norton was that he never feared to bare his pulsating heart to the public, once a week if necessary, so that readers could see and agree with him about the noble, even Godlike, motives which he sincerely believed prompted his actions. In Norton's own words, and those of his long-suffering family, we are given a unique portrait of a gifted megalomaniac constantly teetering on the brink of sanity. He was, in my opinion, saved from madness only by his regular public confessions, his frequent descents into alcoholic oblivion, and a fortuitous death whilst at the peak of his powers.
That Damned Democrat: John Norton, an Australian populist, 1858-1916, p.3
As in "Read 'black land white land'". It's very difficult to find a copy, there's one on eBay from an Australian second hand shop at $70 but I'm hoping to find one with a quicker delivery time. On the other hand, I've successfully red "That Damned Democrat", his biography of John Norton, and it's hard to feel much sympathy for John Norton at all.magentaflame wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:51 pm Ummm? nope . I believe I mentioned an American squack boxer. I have no idea who Michael Cannon is.
ah! yep I know who you mean now. Brain fade (getting them often lately) Bloody hell! You're right. That's ludicrous for a paperback. $59 on ebay. That's just silly. I've bought books that have cost me a few hundred dollars but they are also over a hundred years old. I have a signed copy of Gough whitlams auto bio and I know that worth a bit ...but a paperback written in 94'?spot wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:02 pmAs in "Read 'black land white land'". It's very difficult to find a copy, there's one on eBay from an Australian second hand shop at $70 but I'm hoping to find one with a quicker delivery time. On the other hand, I've successfully red "That Damned Democrat", his biography of John Norton, and it's hard to feel much sympathy for him.magentaflame wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:51 pm Ummm? nope . I believe I mentioned an American squack boxer. I have no idea who Michael Cannon is.
Here you are - https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Book ... 0047901760magentaflame wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:23 pmah! yep I know who you mean now. Brain fade (getting them often lately) Bloody hell! You're right. That's ludicrous for a paperback. $59 on ebay. That's just silly. I've bought books that have cost me a few hundred dollars but they are also over a hundred years old. I have a signed copy of Gough whitlams auto bio and I know that worth a bit ...but a paperback written in 94'?spot wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:02 pmAs in "Read 'black land white land'". It's very difficult to find a copy, there's one on eBay from an Australian second hand shop at $70 but I'm hoping to find one with a quicker delivery time. On the other hand, I've successfully red "That Damned Democrat", his biography of John Norton, and it's hard to feel much sympathy for him.magentaflame wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:51 pm Ummm? nope . I believe I mentioned an American squack boxer. I have no idea who Michael Cannon is.
Hmmmm covid!
I'm with you on that one.spot wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:26 pmHere you are - https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Book ... 0047901760magentaflame wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:23 pmah! yep I know who you mean now. Brain fade (getting them often lately) Bloody hell! You're right. That's ludicrous for a paperback. $59 on ebay. That's just silly. I've bought books that have cost me a few hundred dollars but they are also over a hundred years old. I have a signed copy of Gough whitlams auto bio and I know that worth a bit ...but a paperback written in 94'?spot wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:02 pmAs in "Read 'black land white land'". It's very difficult to find a copy, there's one on eBay from an Australian second hand shop at $70 but I'm hoping to find one with a quicker delivery time. On the other hand, I've successfully red "That Damned Democrat", his biography of John Norton, and it's hard to feel much sympathy for him.magentaflame wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:51 pm Ummm? nope . I believe I mentioned an American squack boxer. I have no idea who Michael Cannon is.
Hmmmm covid!
That would grace anyone's bookshelf.
