Trump is the most grotesquely corrupt and immoral President in our history. No wonder the evangelical preachers love him. He’s one of their own. Trump’s corruption is one thing, but the way has normalized it terrifies and disgusts me. Congressional Republicans would be going out of their minds had any Democrat done what Trump has. This country is being smothered by the toxic stench of Republican hypocrisy.
Make no mistake, any Democrat that did what Trump's done would cause the Democrats to denounce them also. This is not a "but the other side would do the same thing" thing. The Republicans KNOW they are in the wrong but they no longer care.
SCOTUS has had a hand in it too - interpreting the 1a as protecting election spending; essentially shielding outright political bribery so long as the donor doesn't write down the terms of the quid pro quo.
The Trump Bible has to be one of the most transparent scams out there. Paying $59.99 for a bible whose pages you can't open because the gilding of the page edges was improperly done, when you could go to Amazon and get a paperback copy for $3.95 (!!!) or if you want a more traditional hardback, you'll be out $8.43.
Of course, this isn't JUST about the bible. It's about garnering Trump's approval, never mind contributing to his wealth (oh, and demonstrating the buyer's total lack of budgetary discrimination!). A rough calculation tells me that $1.5 million buys at least 20,000 of those overvalued paperweights, which means there are a whole lot of rubes out there who are SO ENAMORED of Dear Leader that they'll buy anything he hawks at him.
P. T. Barnum may or may not have said it, but it's true: There's one born every minute.
You just reminded me of a story from a miner. He was jackhammering a wall when it poked through the wall and orange water starting spewing out. By the time he turned to yell to his colleague, "Get out of here," the hole was two feet in diameter and growing. There was so much water that they were pushed down the tunnel and thrown to the other side of the main shaft. He said, "I wouldn't have wanted to be one of those guys down there. That water was slicker than snot." So, we now know what it will come.
We have Frontier Days coming up, half million over 10 days. Numbers have been trending down, night shows haven't been great and seems like the popularity of rodeos is declining.
Never been to our state fair. It's just after our county fair, which is just after frontier days. 3 nearly identical events in a row.
“ We love God, and we have to protect anything that is pro-God…” because if there’s one thing modern Christianity in the United States is for, it’s God. Especially when the infinite creator of the entire infinite universe can’t seem to manage anything on his own.
“ We don’t need to add anything to the Bible. We just need to live out what it already says.” Like kill all pf the unbelievers? Burn in hell forever? No adultery? Make the innicent pay for the crimes of thevguilty? No thanks.
This is very common with new bibles that have GOLD GILDING around the edges of the paper? What, Gawd can’t even fix that? Or the intellectual gelding that doesn’t understand that gold is gilding. it’s the same word.
“CIC VEntures”. CIC is Commander in Chief. An open violation of the emoluments clause.
And the book is printed in china!!!!! Murica Firrrrrrsssssssssst!
If there is any more apt metaphor forgthe corruption of Murican Christianity by the devil that they believe in so fervently….
You forgot a few things, like enslave people because you can. Treat women like property, because they ARE property. Beat kids so that they behave. Kill gays and lesbians because Yahweh said they are icky.
“He would sell off the country’s national parks if he thought the money would go directly into his pocket.”
Um, I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this, Hemant, but he is selling off the national parks. Not directly, no. But he has sold off logging and mining rights. And the payments might go to the national fund, but he’s also taking bribes to open these rights up and those corporations who donated to him (bribed) are the only ones getting access.
He will do anything to steal money from us, and has done everything he and his backers can think of to do it. Out in the open. Bragging about doing it to our faces. And still the MAGATs fellate him for it.
My only hope comes from the fact that even the MAGATs can’t stand Vancey Pants and will not accept him as the heir of the party.
Cults never survive the loss of the cult’s leader. Once Trump is gone, MAGA will go with it. They accept no substitutes. Certainly not the furniture-loving JD Vontz.
Those cults moved beyond the cult of personality as they gained traction. MAGA is a full on cult of personality, it’s already degrading as they have lost the mission and already reached space travel. Look up Danielle Mastinak Young (spelling doesn’t matter, she was one of the first women in combat as an officer and was born into The Children of God cult) to find her thoughts on why these cults persist while most cults perish after the loss of their leader.
But you are right, there is still a possibility that MAGA can survive, I believe it is a small possibility, though.
I can't remember where I saw it but someone pointed out that the reason Trump wants to put his name on everything in DC is so his company can sue for the trademark fees after he leaves office.
Good thing most things are being stripped of his name before the paint is dry on it. And once the regime is dead, the country will ensure anything that made it to that point is vanquished with prejudice. (If we have any sense)
I’ve seen folks asking (in a funny way, not as a way to actually honor him) what we should put his name on to recognize his presidency. I don’t think we should put his name on anything, not even the Springfield tire fire, not a port o potty, nothing. We should put him down in history as the evil dictator he is and strip his name from everything except history books and museum exhibits about his cruel reign. We can’t forget what he was, but we can’t honor him with even the most insulting of trophies.
After the restoration of the monarchy with Chas 2 Parliament passed the Indemnity and Oblivion Act 1660 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/12/11/contents/enacted) which reset the law to that before the Commonwealth. It starts off looking like an attempt at conciliation but gradually becomes more petty and vengeful when dealing with the Cromwells and the regicides.
XXXIV.Persons excepted by Name who were concerned in the Murder of King Charles I.
XXXV.The Execution of certain Persons that appeared and rendered themselves suspended.
XXXVI.Exception of Oliver Cromwell, &c. deceased. et ff
I do not wish to pretend that this course of action might be followed in the colonies but merely offer an example of how the Mother country didn't quite get it right in the C17.
Trump is the most grotesquely corrupt and immoral President in our history. No wonder the evangelical preachers love him. He’s one of their own. Trump’s corruption is one thing, but the way has normalized it terrifies and disgusts me. Congressional Republicans would be going out of their minds had any Democrat done what Trump has. This country is being smothered by the toxic stench of Republican hypocrisy.
Make no mistake, any Democrat that did what Trump's done would cause the Democrats to denounce them also. This is not a "but the other side would do the same thing" thing. The Republicans KNOW they are in the wrong but they no longer care.
Republicans demanded that Jimmy Carter get rid of his peanut farm so he coudn’t profit from it while he was in office (he did rid himself of it).
Where is all that GQP bluster NOW over Trump and his endless moneymaking schemes? Sounds like crickets, the stinking hypocrites.
SCOTUS has had a hand in it too - interpreting the 1a as protecting election spending; essentially shielding outright political bribery so long as the donor doesn't write down the terms of the quid pro quo.
Agreed, and IMO this is a real start to the begening beginning of the end in Untied States politics.
The MAGAs rule 😆🤪
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-long-standing-campaign-finance-restrictions-rcna252593
Fools and their money.
If you buy ANYTHING from this convicted felon, you deserve every bad thing that happens to you.
The Trump Bible has to be one of the most transparent scams out there. Paying $59.99 for a bible whose pages you can't open because the gilding of the page edges was improperly done, when you could go to Amazon and get a paperback copy for $3.95 (!!!) or if you want a more traditional hardback, you'll be out $8.43.
Of course, this isn't JUST about the bible. It's about garnering Trump's approval, never mind contributing to his wealth (oh, and demonstrating the buyer's total lack of budgetary discrimination!). A rough calculation tells me that $1.5 million buys at least 20,000 of those overvalued paperweights, which means there are a whole lot of rubes out there who are SO ENAMORED of Dear Leader that they'll buy anything he hawks at him.
P. T. Barnum may or may not have said it, but it's true: There's one born every minute.
You can just stay at a hotel and steal one of theirs.
Thanks, but I'll stick with Steve Wells and his neat little website!
Multiply, and be delusional.
If he wants a popular product the I suggest Donald J Trump loo paper with his image and signature on every sheet.
Careful. Using it may cause that area to turn orange.
With any kind of luck, the toilet paper manufacturers will be better at their jobs than Donnie Dumb-Ass is at HIS!
You just reminded me of a story from a miner. He was jackhammering a wall when it poked through the wall and orange water starting spewing out. By the time he turned to yell to his colleague, "Get out of here," the hole was two feet in diameter and growing. There was so much water that they were pushed down the tunnel and thrown to the other side of the main shaft. He said, "I wouldn't have wanted to be one of those guys down there. That water was slicker than snot." So, we now know what it will come.
I already have several rolls, I put it out whenever my magat BIL comes for a visit.
I honestly didn't know that it existed.
Thanks, I just googled the product and there are several varieties!
Or the donald trump toilet brush
Indeed, I saw that too. As a Briton, may I suggest that 'bog brush' has am appropriately courser, cruder feel for this case?
There's a Vice Presidential Edition Bible? Comes with extra sticky pages.
You can only read it on your couch.
Don't be surprised if your couch gets nervous when you bring it nearby!
https://www.reactiongifs.com/r/eww.gif
Shall I post the 2020 article from the Atlantic about how Trump truly felt about his evangelical supporters? It wasn't complimentary.
OT: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1tktJHA6Tjs
Ninjas as far as the eye can't see.
"Damn, where did all these people come from?"
The Iowa State Fair gets around 100,000 per day. Now, that's a crowd.
The Washington State Fair attracts over a million attendees annually, averaging 45000 - 50000 a day over 20 days.
10 days. Under a million is considered a bad year.
We have Frontier Days coming up, half million over 10 days. Numbers have been trending down, night shows haven't been great and seems like the popularity of rodeos is declining.
Never been to our state fair. It's just after our county fair, which is just after frontier days. 3 nearly identical events in a row.
Literally more people on the stage than in the audience:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XycFHF7r23w
The Great American State Failure.
Like everything the gropenfuhrer touches. 💩💩💩💩💩
OT: One way or another, some blond turned 81 today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIXIsYWS8CA&list=RDFIXIsYWS8CA&start_radio=1
She's got the rest of the day to celebrate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iNqFmRVKpI&list=RD5iNqFmRVKpI&start_radio=1
ETA: Play at maximum volume!
Unless she gets raptured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCdS7O248g&list=RDpHCdS7O248g&start_radio=1
81-year-old Debbie Harry. Boggles the mind.
Odd ... I get a blank Microsoft Bing page, with an X in the upper-right corner.
Fixed.
Eta: Yeah, Bing likes to show YouTube videos on its own platform. I copied the wrong url.
No biggie. Thanks! 👍
Me too.
Fixed.
Unfortunately, that is but chump change compared to Drumpf's crypto and pardons grifts.
Only my first cuppa, and I has ta deal wid dis.
“ We love God, and we have to protect anything that is pro-God…” because if there’s one thing modern Christianity in the United States is for, it’s God. Especially when the infinite creator of the entire infinite universe can’t seem to manage anything on his own.
“ We don’t need to add anything to the Bible. We just need to live out what it already says.” Like kill all pf the unbelievers? Burn in hell forever? No adultery? Make the innicent pay for the crimes of thevguilty? No thanks.
This is very common with new bibles that have GOLD GILDING around the edges of the paper? What, Gawd can’t even fix that? Or the intellectual gelding that doesn’t understand that gold is gilding. it’s the same word.
“CIC VEntures”. CIC is Commander in Chief. An open violation of the emoluments clause.
And the book is printed in china!!!!! Murica Firrrrrrsssssssssst!
If there is any more apt metaphor forgthe corruption of Murican Christianity by the devil that they believe in so fervently….
THIS IS IT!
You forgot a few things, like enslave people because you can. Treat women like property, because they ARE property. Beat kids so that they behave. Kill gays and lesbians because Yahweh said they are icky.
And this crap is supposed to be moral? 🤢🤮
NOT FAIR!!!!
I said I was only on my first cuppa. And YOU, without pity, expect me to remember every single moral atrocity in the bible.
If you're going to mention "every single moral atrocity in the bible", we'll be here a loooooong time. I'll get the tequila.
You get the 1800 (or whatever suits you). I'll get the Glenlivet! 😁
Hey ... just tryin' to help, bro. No biggie.
How many books has he read, except for Mein Kaumph?
He started reading 'See Dick Run' but never finished it. That's where he got the idea to run for President.
I’d hate to think of the ideas he got readng “The Pet Goat.”
Kristi Noem spoiled the ending for him.
Reminds me of Banjo from "Hogfather" by Terry Pratchett. A 30 year old man who had a "See Spot Run" book read many times and had a bookmark.
According to Ivana, Trump kept a copy of Hitler's 2nd book "My New Order" by his nightstand.
The grift goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIPYy6qe_DM
“He would sell off the country’s national parks if he thought the money would go directly into his pocket.”
Um, I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this, Hemant, but he is selling off the national parks. Not directly, no. But he has sold off logging and mining rights. And the payments might go to the national fund, but he’s also taking bribes to open these rights up and those corporations who donated to him (bribed) are the only ones getting access.
He will do anything to steal money from us, and has done everything he and his backers can think of to do it. Out in the open. Bragging about doing it to our faces. And still the MAGATs fellate him for it.
My only hope comes from the fact that even the MAGATs can’t stand Vancey Pants and will not accept him as the heir of the party.
Cults never survive the loss of the cult’s leader. Once Trump is gone, MAGA will go with it. They accept no substitutes. Certainly not the furniture-loving JD Vontz.
L. Ron Hubbard is dead.
John Smith is dead.
Those cults moved beyond the cult of personality as they gained traction. MAGA is a full on cult of personality, it’s already degrading as they have lost the mission and already reached space travel. Look up Danielle Mastinak Young (spelling doesn’t matter, she was one of the first women in combat as an officer and was born into The Children of God cult) to find her thoughts on why these cults persist while most cults perish after the loss of their leader.
But you are right, there is still a possibility that MAGA can survive, I believe it is a small possibility, though.
Don't underestimate the charisma of Eric.
(I crack myself up sometimes : )
Aaaaaaand he's off his meds AGAIN! 😉
Did you mean Joseph Smith? He and Hubbard founded religions, which are tax-free. Trump hasn’t. He is still legally required to follow tax laws.
Trump following tax laws? Yeah right.
Yes, I did mean Joe.
I can't remember where I saw it but someone pointed out that the reason Trump wants to put his name on everything in DC is so his company can sue for the trademark fees after he leaves office.
Good thing most things are being stripped of his name before the paint is dry on it. And once the regime is dead, the country will ensure anything that made it to that point is vanquished with prejudice. (If we have any sense)
I’ve seen folks asking (in a funny way, not as a way to actually honor him) what we should put his name on to recognize his presidency. I don’t think we should put his name on anything, not even the Springfield tire fire, not a port o potty, nothing. We should put him down in history as the evil dictator he is and strip his name from everything except history books and museum exhibits about his cruel reign. We can’t forget what he was, but we can’t honor him with even the most insulting of trophies.
Trumpster Dumpsters.
I STILL want to see what is or IS NOT under that damned tarp at the Kennedy Center!
Yeah, I don’t trust that he’s removed it.
I could THROW that jackass further than I would ever trust him. 𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑖 works JUST FINE!
After the restoration of the monarchy with Chas 2 Parliament passed the Indemnity and Oblivion Act 1660 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/12/11/contents/enacted) which reset the law to that before the Commonwealth. It starts off looking like an attempt at conciliation but gradually becomes more petty and vengeful when dealing with the Cromwells and the regicides.
XXXIV.Persons excepted by Name who were concerned in the Murder of King Charles I.
XXXV.The Execution of certain Persons that appeared and rendered themselves suspended.
XXXVI.Exception of Oliver Cromwell, &c. deceased. et ff
I do not wish to pretend that this course of action might be followed in the colonies but merely offer an example of how the Mother country didn't quite get it right in the C17.
I don't need to buy a copy of The Bible when all I can do is look up chapters, passages, and verses at Biblegateway.com. Plain and simple.
I prefer The Skeptic's Annotated Bible. It has COMMENTARY!
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/
This level of pandering is so gross that I feel violated.