Trumps Presidency 2025

[ben9753]

The stores could charge less, but they are overcharging you to make Trump look bad.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[oblong]

whining about prices if what poor people do and poor people are woke and it's not good being woke.  

[mtutiger]

16 hours ago, GalagaGuy said:

 

I would think that it should go without saying, but people (media sources, now JV) keep framing it as "Newsom is trying to mimic Trump" when it's clearly "Newsom is mocking the **** out of Trump".

[gehringer_2]

2 hours ago, romad1 said:

I'm going to miss Wegmans when I return to Michigan. That is a grocery store chain with some amazing stuff of their own.  

Beyerly’s was/is in the Twin Cities area. Sort of in the same order as Bush’s but better service. Definitely miss them. The worst areas for food quality at main line grocery stores are places where nobody cooks — like Ann Arbor. 

[mtutiger]

On the subject of inflation, this banger is now over three years old:

[romad1]

18 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Beyerly’s was/is in the Twin Cities area. Sort of in the same order as Bush’s but better service. Definitely miss them. The worst areas for food quality at main line grocery stores are places where nobody cooks — like Ann Arbor. 

Interesting observation

[Motown Bombers]

Even got the support of Obama. 

 

[CMRivdogs]

4 hours ago, ewsieg said:

All my co-workers in the Ashburn area always brag about Wegmans.

Wegmans can be a bit intimidating to those not shopping on a regular basis. The closest one to us is in the Richmond area (Short Pump) a bit more than an hour away. Not your average grocery run on a Thursday afternoon. 
 

It's interesting and better than what we find here (Publix, Harris Teeter, which is basically a Kroger) Food Lion) If we upscale a bit we'll hit Fresh Market or Trader Joe's. But bananas aren't cheap  anywhere compared to 2024

[gehringer_2]

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Even got the support of Obama. 

As I recall learning many years ago from a little game theory, when you go up against unprincipled opposition, your best course is supposedly to absorb the first 'cheat'. But after that if they don't return to the rules you take the gloves off and beat them anyway you can because it's always a losing proposition to offer principled treatment to those who won't observe principle. (which in the end is why the way the Allies finished WWII was the correct course, but that's another story....). 

From larger standpoint of Christian ethics this is not a trivial dilemma to face. We are taught to give our cloak to the man that takes our coat. The traditional justification out of the passive political stance is that the responsibility of an individual is different than the responsibility of civil leadership, because justice is a requirement of moral civil leadership, and if course means must be employed to remove unjust leadership, so be it. That's the theory anyway.

Edited August 21 by gehringer_2

[Sports_Freak]

7 hours ago, romad1 said:

I'm going to miss Wegmans when I return to Michigan. That is a grocery store chain with some amazing stuff of their own.  

When I used to live in Rochester, NY, I did all my shopping at Wegman's. The shop I used to work at was next door to a Wegmans bakery. We would open a window and the smell of freshly baked bread was intense.

[smr-nj]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-trump-lawyer-alina-habba-s-appointment-as-u-s-attorney-for-new-jersey-was-unlawful-judge-rules/ar-AA1KYyeZ?ocid=a2hs&cvid=23f33b44faf4496fdde38e5308a5b4cb&ei=7

Hmm. 
Saw this post by someone elsewhere, but it’s kind of perfect in its simplicity.
“Power without legitimacy is like a house built on sand: it may hold up for a while, but it is doomed to collapse.”

We can only hope

[GalagaGuy]

This is great.  

 

[Tiger337]

Barron Trump knows how to turn on a computer.  He's got a great future in technology.

 

[romad1]

Looks like John Bolton is being singled out for special treatment by the Gestapo. 

[romad1]

 

 

[romad1]

Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton's Bethesda Home Raided by FBI: Live Updates - Newsweek

[pfife]

Over his "handling of classified info"  of all things.

[romad1]

9 minutes ago, pfife said:

Over his "handling of classified info"  of all things.

It was intended as a sucker punch and comes across as just as classless. 

[romad1]

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• FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X shortly after the raid: "NO ONE is above the law... @FBI agents on mission".

Really?  EPSTEIN FILES?

[pfife]

Pardoned J6ers and 34 time convicted president enter the chat

[oblong]

3 1/2 years of this ****.... 

What happens when they order the secret service to arrest Barack Obama?  Seriously.  What procedures are there in place to stop that from happening?  You don't think it can happen?

Or he just issues an order or they smuggle a law through that says former POTUS don't get protection anymore.

Nothing is off the table anymore and podcasts won't save our country.

 

[GalagaGuy]

If anyone needs a refresher, this is a good read from back in 2020 on what the Bolton news is all about. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/us/politics/john-bolton-book-criminal-investigation.html

[CMRivdogs]

Just now, GalagaGuy said:

If anyone needs a refresher, this is a good read from back in 2020 on what the Bolton news is all about. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/us/politics/john-bolton-book-criminal-investigation.html

It's basically revenge. I would wager there are no boxes sitting in bathrooms or garages. 

[romad1]

38 minutes ago, oblong said:

3 1/2 years of this ****.... 

What happens when they order the secret service to arrest Barack Obama?  Seriously.  What procedures are there in place to stop that from happening?  You don't think it can happen?

Or he just issues an order or they smuggle a law through that says former POTUS don't get protection anymore.

Nothing is off the table anymore and podcasts won't save our country.

 

The Manchester Guardian didn't save the UK in the Battle of Britain neither...and all media in Britain was manipulated by the Ministry of Defense but, they were not why they lost France.  They just were part of a media ecosystem.