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presidents can declassify docs ‘even by thinking about it’ Wow! Even Valdemort needs a wand and a magic word!

Hey guys, while you're at it keep an eye out for that fat check Publisher's Clearing House said they would send me!

You might recall this is the way DT started out in June 2015. "The American dream is dead" he was saying. He'd say anything just to see how it did in the polls. You may have noticed how quickly he dropped "I love the poorly educated!" But now the one taking the lead is Michael Flynn, who is going around the US pushing a combo of Christianity and US patriotism. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/michael-flynn-government-insider-holy-warrior/ Let's not forget DT never had a real agenda or message (other than "me me me!"), getting most of his positions from the Fox News chuckleheads. Now Flynn is the god-and-country crusader. If nothing else, the likes of the Lincoln Project and Liz Cheney has been a model for the Dems to develop some spinal fortitude. Even some of the more candy-_ssed personalities on MSNBC have summoned up courage, I guess having a POTUS personally call you a sc_mbag on national TV could have that effect. As soon as the one Biden-DT debate ended in 2020 CNN cut to Dana Bash, her first words were "that was a sh_t show!" She should be given a Pulitzer for that. Gotta love those Jersey girls, but heart-on-the-sleeve Chris Hayes taking a similar, yet more well-spoken stance? That is impressive. You could say DT and his crew has turned US politics into something more like WWE wrestling, and the news media has learned how to hit him with chairs.

Can of worms there: all sorts of spousal testimony rules, I'd guess it varies by state. This was before politics, so I guess Jared was running his own enterprise. BTW I suspect an ex-wife of one of the sons was some sort of cut-out to shelter at least some of the family fortune, should it all be sequestered.

I always enjoyed eating during this festival, they come up with all these convincing meat substitutes that you may not see much of during the rest of the year (unless you cook your own, cor). Even in a small town a lunch cafe will open up for only the month or so of the festival. Definite Chinese influence to the food.

Bill Barr could very well end up in jail, the ghost of John Mitchell looms over his shoulder. Nixon wasn't sent to prison, but his attorney general was. This "leave the kids alone" is his attempt to regain smooching distance of the orange backside should the next MAGA putsch actually work. A spineless toadying disgrace of a human being. What, no Jared?

Always thought sultana was a word for raisin from a different language, y'know, like mushrooms and champignon. These things are called golden raisins in US. They are much sweeter then the dark raisins. If you like a winey taste let them sit for a few weeks. If you want a winey effect let them ferment a bit, but I don't know if it's smart to ingest fermented raisins.

I've tried to like Rosie over the years, as her NYC accent (when she lets it out) is the type people had in my neighborhood when I was a lad. But maybe that's what I find unappealing. But I do think when movies are made about that certain orange US celebrity she should play Steve Bannon. I did like her in "SMILF" though.

nomen est omen: "true to its name"

Well, yeah, that's what he does. Never take a plea, never admit guilt, never settle. It really pained him to fork over that $25 million to settle his fake university lawsuit. "I never settle" sayeth he. The judge in that case put his feet to the fire, I think he threatened his presidency (this was pre- inauguration). I was somewhat impressed in that post-2020 election period at the prompt way SCOTUS was tossing off those goofy election challenges. Blocked from running for office again? C'mon now, you know THAT will be appealed!

I mean the case, under appeal.

Do bear in mind that for Team Orange the goal post is the Supreme Court. That should take a good piece of time, Judge Clarence will ensure it drags past 2024. And this is the plan for all the various looming indictments. Looks like I'm gonna have to wait a while to hear of that 3am flight to Hungary. Or Belarus. Barron will probably be old enough to run for office by then.

In the US when something is special or extra special it usually means it has added sour cream and guacamole and costs an extra 85 cents. That's how DT comprehends these terms, and he can't figure how Taco Bell comes up in this case. The judge talking about 'cake' was already making it confusing.

The loss of the hand was god's will, no reason to add complication. Is there such thing as appeals court in Sharia?

In Malaysia. There are two sets of laws there. They would get the whippin' stick. If the max is six strokes for a drink, it's probably more for what they did. Lots of girls who work the Nana area won't take on Muslim clients for this reason. And this is nothing new.

I use it too, it works wonders.

This is the message delivered by every James Bond villain. Someone should ask DT, off the cuff, if his IQ is over 300. Be sure to be sitting down when he gives his answer.

More of a King Baby, and the GOP are his "my child can do no wrong" parents. The rioters were well-behaved tourists. The stolen documents were newspaper clippings. "I don't know anything about qanon." ("I just told you about them" says the interviewer.) "I never met him" his says of the scoundrel of which there are dozens of pictures of the two together. And so on. Why would he lie? This Cheney lady has her own game plan, and don't forget who her father is. You can go back through newspaper archives to get a glimpse of what he was up to while W was busy clearing brush on his ranch during his presidency. Don't expect any books on the Dick Cheney presidency until after he dies. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" has a ring to it, but consider what will happen when the enemy is vanquished.

According to historian John Meachum, 34% of the electorate is always wrong.

Do bear in mind that the pizzeria in question did not have a basement. And then there was the fruitcake in Texas who shot up a Planned Parenthood because the screams from the aborted fetuses were driving him mad.

Let's just wait until JFK Jr comes back, he'll straighten all this out. But back on planet Earth (the un-flat version) something I noticed after DT attained the presidency is the MAGA fans truly believed that things would be better for them in particular, and that those who didn't vote for him would not (to put it in the context of American Christian evangelists: the good will be rewarded, the sinners will suffer). I've heard people say it, I've heard it said in interviews, etc. I can recall elections since Eisenhower (though I was quite young at the time) but I never heard anyone express this "us and them" scenario. Then Covid hit, and in the news I heard exasperated MAGA types say things like "we voted for him, this is not supposed to happen to us."

"Biden speech denouncing Trump, 'MAGA ideology' sparks threats, calls for violence" says the headline. Looks like Biden was telling the truth.

Wow, even our resident MAGA fans are siding with the woman!

I wonder how many foreigners are in Thailand and still doing visa runs, and how this affects the numbers. Note that it is about tourist entries, not an attempt to keep track of how many foreign passport holders are in the kingdom at a given time, meaning the number would drop when the foreigner exits, but would tick up when he came back in. E.g. someone doing 30 day runs would qualify for at least 9 entries Jan-Sept. I can't guess-timate how many are doing this, are any believable numbers of such published? (I haven't been keeping track of the changes in visa rules in recent years.)

Sounds like the name of a not-very-sanitary sexual act.