[Winstonm]

What is that scent coming from the presidency? It smells like musk.

[Winstonm]

I was going to wish everyone Merry Christmas but there is no joy in Mudville tongiht and Casey's train has crashed.
I can hardly wait for Donald Trump to become a past tense.

[Zelandakh]

Winstonm, on 2024-December-30, 15:30, said:

I was going to wish everyone Merry Christmas but there is no joy in Mudville tonight and Casey's train has crashed.
I can hardly wait for Donald Trump to become a past tense.

You need Flynn and Blake to step up first - but where are they?

[pilowsky]

Woody Guthrie discussing Fred Trump's social housing policy.

[pilowsky]

OK, it's time to take bets on which of the new Trump appointees will be first out the door.
You can answer in multiples of Scaramuccis.

[benellis58]

The worst president ever was #45. It looks like #47 will be much worse. What a jerk!

[thepossum]

This forum has been so quiet for a while
I imagine shock
I follow as a disinterested but very interested outsider - or am I looking for another word like curious or the like

[Cyberyeti]

UK satirical magazine Private eye hit with this cover

https://www.huffingt...4b0c94316ec47ba

(they paywall it, so linking the huffpost article about it, scroll down)

[kenberg]

thepossum, on 2025-January-24, 04:32, said:

This forum has been so quiet for a while
I imagine shock
I follow as a disinterested but very interested outsider - or am I looking for another word like curious or the like

Shock, or something like it. I hear what is happening and I cannot imagine where a discusson would go. Should we discuss whether or not it is a good idea to make Canada our 51st state? What is my opinion on pardoning violent criminals who invaded the Capitol on Jam 6 and whose actions led to destruction and death? Do I think it is a good idea to threaten the imposition of massive tariffs unless countries do exactly what our president tells them to do?

Cyberneti links to an amusing satire in a British journal but our current everyday news outdoes any possible satire.

From South Pacific

They say the human race
Is falling on its face
And hasn't very far to go
But every whipperwill
Is sellng me a bill
And telling me it just ain't so

Where is that whipperwill, I need to talk to him.

[thepossum]

I don't know where such a conversation can go - maybe it's all been said, Ken

Dare I comment on the apparent contradiction between so many upstanding conservative citizens supporting release of violent insurrectionsists who attacked police and other officers

[PassedOut]

thepossum, on 2025-January-27, 22:42, said:

I don't know where such a conversation can go - maybe it's all been said, Ken

Dare I comment on the apparent contradiction between so many upstanding conservative citizens supporting release of violent insurrectionsists who attacked police and other officers

We've got J6 thugs released and pardoned. We've got inspector generals responsible for identifying waste and fraud fired illegally in the middle of the night. We've got Trump posting that McConnell has a "DEATH WISH" for voting against Hegseth for Secretary of Defense. We've got Trump removing security from people under credible death threats from Iran. We've got election officials and people on the "deep state enemies list" hiring security guards, buying weapons for protection, and preparing to flee the US with their families.

Conservatives face real threats pressuring them to buckle under to Trump and to proclaim that his actions reflect the will of the American people. Not surprisingly, most do.