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DT seems to have dropped the Greenland diversion. I think that after DJr made that visit he reported to dad that the place isn't green at all, it's all lie.

First off, the idea of DJr was voiced a few times during the 2020 campaign, so it's not really a novel idea. He has to be careful because his dad still has hopes of arranging a forever presidency for himself. It looks like a new trend: presidential candidates with official sponsors, like Gran Prix racers or race horse owners. JD has Thiel, DJr has this guy, dad has EM (anyone else notice the pump & dump in active play in the US market?). Sock puppet politics. It's the current evolution of Citizens United. Calling it the WH is now more appropriate, with "W" now standing for that term for a person who sells personal physical favors.

Whatever you say, Ace.

I was bouncing around SEA playing visa bingo in the wake of the 2008 crash. In Thailand quite notable was that the portions got smaller, e.g. those 5 baht packets of cooked rice. Commodity items like rice, sugar and Arabica coffee were just about same price in all countries. Crafty Malaysians were filling boats with sacks of gov't subsidized sugar to smuggle into LOS for a profit of app. US$0.05 per kilo.

And always with the query "what's in it for me?"

The question is "if this guy isn't running the country, then who is?" I first heard about this concern during the Reagan years, and any mention of this got you "hey. leave the old man alone!" GHWB was definitely not very involved ("potato chips or computer chips, what do I care?"), W Bush was busy landscaping his ranch and working on his golf swing: his veep was also his Iago, and the boy just didn't have what it took to counter him. It was the Cheney-Rove-Gingrich admin. Kudos to Biden for breaking into an exclusively GOP practice. You MAGA guys better play it cool, your boy is on threshold of becoming Rain Man.

It was the weight of that damned watch that threw him off balance.

Is this an attempt at blackface? Commemorating Al Jolson's birthday?

Yeah, and while you're at it do something to stop the flow of guys named Ryan coming to Hollywood and taking all the acting jobs. A lot of Canadians in US talk media and television, too, illegal aliens all who no doubt carried drugs across the border, the kind of drugs that will make Americans stupid, and . . . . nevermind. This Patel guy is just making noise to keep the boss happy, make it look like he's actually working. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/kash-patels-new-way-leading-fbi-fewer-morning-intel-briefings-sports-e-rcna202865

So if ol' Joe was on the ball he would have been stepping on Merrick Garland's tail to get off his ass and take care of the Jan 6 mess and maybe we wouldn't have this blackguard in the WH again. And no new martyr: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-pay-5-million-settle-lawsuit-ashli/story?id=121959389 Sometimes I suspect the GOP runs the Dems.

Hard work is good work, she said this in her stump speech. Never made sense. Now "Good work is hard work" sounds more like it. Maybe there is a bit of a disconnect somewhere. Academia for her now: those that can't do teach

When I was staying hostels in the 1970s there would always be these guys sitting around in Speedo kind of things. They were usually German. My question was something like yours.

Waiting for his attempts to re-educate the world in math. E.g. "5 is less than 2, 10 is less than 3..." and so on. Possibly a new such lesson every day to steer whatever numbers he decides at that moment. I have no doubts that he will try such things, the test will be if that 35% of the population that deifies his yammering. "Prices are up but it is making America great again." Oh, ok.

Syria has been pretty cozy with Russia in the past, I suspect DT cleared this visit with the guy in The Kremlin beforehand. One of my favorite stories regarding alliances in the region is from 10 years ago or so, back when Raqqa was the official gateway to Hell. To aid Syria Iran agreed to allow Russian airstrikes to pass through their airspace en route to Syria. Day 1 saw a successful attack. Day 2 Russia attacked a strategic military site in Iran by mistake. Oops! Didn't hear any more about this agreement after that.

She's afraid of getting zapped by a Jewish space laser while she's trying on butt plugs at her neighborhood Target store. It was a few weeks ago that I saw on the US teevee news the polling results for prospective GOP candidates for the Georgia Senate, no sneaky leaking involved. Marjie came in last, around 10%. A lot her constituents are just like her, so she can hold on to her rep seat probably for the rest of her life, so long as she doesn't get caught leaving a motel with a black man. Kemp knows if he runs the person with the orange face will tear him to shreds. https://georgiarecorder.com/2025/05/01/bookman-mtgs-act-might-play-in-her-district-a-statewide-race-is-a-fools-mission/

Hey, is this the same Fred Merz from "I Love Lucy"? "Freeeeeddddddd, you got some explaining to do . . . "

Germany Aims to Build Europe’s Most Powerful Army, Says Chancellor Merz Oh no, not again!

Comey's a shmuck, showed his mettle in the run-up to the 2016 election. The MAGA congregation should be kissing his feet. Comey got harassed during the first DT term, got an IRS audit of the type where go down to the pennies. https://thehill.com/business/3548279-comey-mccabe-faced-rare-intensive-tax-audits-by-irs-under-trump-appointee-report/

I think things with be worse with President JD, an empty suit manipulated by his sponsor.

Looks like the magic doesn't work in keeping the BiB away. Maybe stick with the Thai amulets.

Only took nine years to figure this out. Who made the judgement call, Merrick Garland?

Why do Thais need orientation when they are already . . . Oh, never mind.

There is an old joke famous for the punchline "$20, same as downtown."

See? No more slinking in the shadows, no more multi-layered and conflicting alibis/excuses/fictional comments or callow backtracking, now he can say it straight out. Bold as Mussolini!The sun shines upon American kleptocracy, bold and brave. MAGA baby! U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed ethical concerns about his plan to accept an airplane as a gift from the Qatari royal family, saying on Monday it would be "stupid" to turn down the generous offer. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-confirms-qatar-offered-plane-us-2025-05-12/ Waiting for his SCOTUS stooges to come to his defense. But it seems there's a few surprises: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/12/media/maga-media-shapiro-loomer-levin-trump-qatar-plane-gift Just another man trying to provide for his family: he has a very good brain and he makes good television.