Project Autocracy

[chasfh]

46 minutes ago, romad1 said:

StrictlyChristo: "Trump’s transition team scrambled Thursday after allegations Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee to be Defense Secretary, had engaged in sexual misconduct in an alleged incident that took place in Monterey, California in 2017. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p..." — Bluesky (bsky.app)

Trump’s Defense Secretary Pick Pete Hegseth Said to Face Previous Sexual Misconduct Allegation | Vanity Fair

I wonder if Wiles is going to fight Trump over this one on behalf of the sisterhood or if she is going to be meek and grateful as women in his orbit must.

It's Trump's orbit. What would you guess?

[chasfh]

2 minutes ago, oblong said:

The days of relying on good people are over.  All we can hope is ineptitude wins the day and the clock runs out before anything to drastic happens.  Nobody with a government job with an (R) after their name will save us.

 

I've come to the same conclusion. Only four years of gross incompetence by a gang that can't shoot straight can save us now. But with a direct line of support to Russia, who have been playing the Republicans new game for 800+ years now, my hopes are vanishing. Competence is the final attribute the Kremlin can confer onto these people.

[romad1]

4 minutes ago, chasfh said:

It's Trump's orbit. What would you guess?

She will write a tell-all after she resigns. 

[romad1]

3 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I've come to the same conclusion. Only four years of gross incompetence by a gang that can't shoot straight can save us now. But with a direct line of support to Russia, who have been playing the Republicans new game for 800+ years now, my hopes are vanishing. Competence is the final attribute the Kremlin can confer onto these people.

The thing with the generals is really going to be a **** show. 

[chasfh]

1 minute ago, romad1 said:

The thing with the generals is really going to be a **** show. 

In what respect?

[CMRivdogs]

39 minutes ago, oblong said:

none of this is going to matter to these people and the senate will confirm. There's 50 cowards.

 

It's not even going to the Senate. The cowards will bend and adjourn so we can have permanent acting fools in charge

[romad1]

6 minutes ago, chasfh said:

In what respect?

You won't be a general unless you are willing to put Trump ahead of the Constitution.  They will screen for things like DEI advocacy but that will manifest in support for "traditional values" and so that will translate into "willingness to shoot American citizens". 

[chasfh]

10 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

It's not even going to the Senate. The cowards will bend and adjourn so we can have permanent acting fools in charge

All that is needed is for the Senate to recess for at last ten days to pass constitut ... er, I mean, Supreme Court muster in order to permanently ensconce them into their positions.

[romad1]

Doug Burgum nominated to Department of the Interior.   

[CMRivdogs]

7 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Doug Burgum nominated to Department of the Interior.   

That one almost make sense since he's from North Dakota. Another big business billionaire. Drill baby, drill!,!

[Mr.TaterSalad]

6 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

That one almost make sense since he's from North Dakota. Another big business billionaire. Drill baby, drill!,!

The swamp is full of billionaires. I thought this was supposed to be a working class administration?

[chasfh]

1 minute ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

The swamp is full of billionaires. I thought this was supposed to be a working class administration?

At least he'll drain the woke out of the Badlands!

[Mr.TaterSalad]

22 minutes ago, chasfh said:

At least he'll drain the woke out of the Badlands!

Maybe we can finally honor George Wallace on Mount Rushmore too.

[CMRivdogs]

Today's JVL. For those old enough to remember standing in line to get the polio vaccine on sugar cubes, days before heart, kidney, lung, etc surgery. Knee transplants were not out patient procedures.

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/vaccine-politics-and-american-decadence?utm_campaign=email-post&r=45wcm&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
 

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I do not know how to describe the backlash to vaccines as anything other than decadence. We have a populace which has been insulated from hardship, habituated to scientific advancement and medical triumphs.

Three decades ago the MRI was a miracle and you could count the number of MRI machines in a major American city on one hand.

Today every strip-center imaging office in the country has two of them.

When I was in grade school the CABG—commonly known as a heart-bypass operation—was a terrifying procedure done sparingly because of the high risks.Today, 400,000 CABGs are done in the U.S. per year. The overall success rate is north of 98 percent. People who have their chests cracked open and their arteries rewired are out of the hospital in a week and mostly recovered in six weeks.

There are hundreds of stories like this from recent the history of medical advancement. It is normal for a society to take such advances for granted. That’s not the problem.

The problem is that this wave of advances has made people believe that they can play-act with science and medicine as part of their political self-actualization—and be immune from consequences. 

It’s good to know this about America. It’s good to understand the true nature of our society. 

Or maybe “good” is the wrong word. 

So let’s say that it’s useful.

Because you cannot come up with adequate responses to self-mutilation until you understand what’s causing it.

The Trump crime family wants to take us back to those days again. This is one time I'm glad I'm older and can see the end.

 

[CMRivdogs]

So, the people who insist it’s necessary to have an ID to vote don’t think it’s important for someone to have a background check to become the director of national intelligence? Do I have that right?
 

Really, if a Democrat President-Elect tried the same stunts Republicans would begin impeachment proceedings before the inauguration 

[chasfh]

6 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Today's JVL. For those old enough to remember standing in line to get the polio vaccine on sugar cubes, days before heart, kidney, lung, etc surgery. Knee transplants were not out patient procedures.

 

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/vaccine-politics-and-american-decadence?utm_campaign=email-post&r=45wcm&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
 

The Trump crime family wants to take us back to those days again. This is one time I'm glad I'm older and can see the end.

 

You and me both, pal. I only hope this regime doesn’t help speed that end along.

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

So, the people who insist it’s necessary to have an ID to vote don’t think it’s important for someone to have a background check to become the director of national intelligence? Do I have that right?
 

Really, if a Democrat President-Elect tried the same stunts Republicans would begin impeachment proceedings before the inauguration 

The hypocrisy is a feature.

[CMRivdogs]

The new health Grand Pooba wants to do away with vaccines, but he seems to be ok with Big Macs and Coke (probably of many varieties)

https://x.com/rikkischlott/status/1858129123182342217?s=61&t=akgNyUltuSb7RN54lulxTw

[Tigeraholic1]

2 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

The new health Grand Pooba wants to do away with vaccines, but he seems to be ok with Big Macs and Coke (probably of many varieties)

https://x.com/rikkischlott/status/1858129123182342217?s=61&t=akgNyUltuSb7RN54lulxTw

I am in Detroit for the Lions game today, thanks for the free killer tickets FOMOCO! Anyways we were at the Tin Roof watching the fight and when Jones handed Trump the belt the whole bar started chanting USA. Make America happy again.
 

 

[Tiger337]

5 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

I am in Detroit for the Lions game today, thanks for the free killer tickets FOMOCO! Anyways we were at the Tin Roof watching the fight and when Jones handed Trump the belt the whole bar started chanting USA. Make America happy again.
 

 

That there is "for you" level trolling.  

Edited November 17, 2024 by Tiger337

[Hongbit]

54 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

I am in Detroit for the Lions game today, thanks for the free killer tickets FOMOCO!

Fans Only Mens Online Content Originators!    The things people will do for free Lions tickets. 

[Tigeraholic1]

1 hour ago, Hongbit said:

Fans Only Mens Online Content Originators!    The things people will do for free Lions tickets. 

Nah, I have started a new gig as a consultant for the big three. Working with Ford for a three month rotation currently. They offered us the tickets prolly because of who the lions are paying but I don’t mind. Funny part is we can force pauses on PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) due to engineering mistakes. When I get introduced they ask me where I went to college! I snicker and say you probably never heard of it!

[Screwball]

6 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Nah, I have started a new gig as a consultant for the big three. Working with Ford for a three month rotation currently. They offered us the tickets prolly because of who the lions are paying but I don’t mind. Funny part is we can force pauses on PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) due to engineering mistakes. When I get introduced they ask me where I went to college! I snicker and say you probably never heard of it!

Speaking of engineering mistakes; ask one of those geniuses who thought it was a good idea to put fuel pumps inside gas tanks? Only one example of stupid designs by so-called smart people.

[gehringer_2]

11 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Nah, I have started a new gig as a consultant for the big three. Working with Ford for a three month rotation currently. They offered us the tickets prolly because of who the lions are paying but I don’t mind. Funny part is we can force pauses on PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) due to engineering mistakes. When I get introduced they ask me where I went to college! I snicker and say you probably never heard of it!

any connection to GTI?

[Tigeraholic1]

3 minutes ago, Screwball said:

Speaking of engineering mistakes; ask one of those geniuses who thought it was a good idea to put fuel pumps inside gas tanks? Only one example of stupid designs by so-called smart people.

Ha! It has been that way for 50 years. The problem now is our wonderful government mandated diesel clean tech. However the engineers don’t test real world scenarios and they are now warranting $40k motors on trucks with less then thirty thousand miles on 2024 trucks. Needless to say it is a train wreck.