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Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 6:24 pm
by BooTx
Xmann wrote:The fact that he doesn't drink or smoke would mean more to me than what lab work shows or if his blood pressure is normal.
A mental evaluation would mean a lot more to me than a physical examination. Personally I would be more likely to vote for Trump if I were confident that he was on the verge of keeling over.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 6:26 pm
by Xmann
BooTx wrote:
Xmann wrote:The fact that he doesn't drink or smoke would mean more to me than what lab work shows or if his blood pressure is normal.
A mental evaluation would mean a lot more to me than a physical examination. Personally I would be more likely to vote for Trump if I were confident that he was on the verge of keeling over.
You have a point there

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 7:25 pm
by GreenGoo
Jaymann wrote:As long as you are not his secretary and make him uncomfortable...
That was one of the more horrific things I've heard a politician say.

I know Jesus, when he found the streets cluttered with the poor, hungry and sick, prayed to God for help and the next day all those people were gone. Where to? No one knows.

Mysterious ways.

Talk about completely out of touch with your own religion.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 10:20 am
by LawBeefaroni
Rip wrote:Nice mischaracterizations.


He state that the businessman's "cardiovascular status is excellent" but noted that he was taking a low dose of aspirin and a low dose of a cholesterol-busting statin.
I know an internist whose biggest peeve (one of them anyway) is new patients on drugs to control cholesterol who come in and say they have no cholesterol problems. He asks why they're on a statin then and they say, "so I don't have cholesterol problems." :doh:

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:23 am
by Moliere
tgb wrote:Nothing surprises me any more.

He's got to be deliberately trying to lose. There's just no other explanation.
This makes it all better right?

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:26 am
by Isgrimnur
It always clears the air when it's obvious someone had to make you do the right thing hours after your knee-jerk reaction shows that your instincts are heavy on the jerk portion.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:43 am
by raydude
Yes, but did the Real Donald write the condolences or did his 'ghost twitter author' do it?

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:45 am
by Isgrimnur
That's so eight pages ago.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 1:35 pm
by Jeff V
LawBeefaroni wrote:
Rip wrote:Nice mischaracterizations.


He state that the businessman's "cardiovascular status is excellent" but noted that he was taking a low dose of aspirin and a low dose of a cholesterol-busting statin.
I know an internist whose biggest peeve (one of them anyway) is new patients on drugs to control cholesterol who come in and say they have no cholesterol problems. He asks why they're on a statin then and they say, "so I don't have cholesterol problems." :doh:
I've never had a cholesterol problem but I've been on Lipitor for years. My doctor's reasoning: as a diabetic, I'm already in the same risk group for a heart attack as someone who already had a heart attack. Keeping cholesterol as low as possible helps mitigate the risk.

I don't take a lot, for the past few years, only half of the smallest pill they make per day. Every time my labs are done (supposed to be twice a year, but I've been cheating and getting them done only once a year), my liver function is evaluated just to be sure it's not having any adverse effect.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 3:46 pm
by LawBeefaroni
Baseball hat and with blazer on post-middle-aged men. Thank you Trump for this ridiculous trend.

I mean when Ron Howard does it, no one tries to copy him. But Trump, now every sycophant politician stumping for him is rocking the look.


OTOH, it should die off quickly in mid November.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 4:00 pm
by Defiant
Stephen K. Bannon, who was ostensibly brought on from Breitbart News to steer the Trump campaign out of batshit crazy territory, brings with him a whole new set of baggage that makes Trump’s former chief Corey Lewandowski—who grabbed a female reporter so hard he left a bruise and then lied about it—look nice and fun by comparison.

For example, Bannon’s wife said in court filings, he’s very concerned about shielding his children from the horned descendents of Judea.

“He said that he doesn’t like Jews and that he doesn’t like the way they raise their kids to be ‘whiny brats’ and that he didn’t want the girls to go to school with Jews,” Bannon’s ex-wife, Mary Louise Piccard, claimed in court fillings obtained by BuzzFeed.

“During a joint visit to see Westland School and Willows Community School, (Bannon) asked the director why there were so many Chanukah books in the library. After we saw Willows he asked me if it bothered me that the school used to be a Temple. I said no and asked why he asked…he did not respond,” Piccard said.
link

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 4:09 pm
by killbot737
What a horned descendant of Judea may look like:
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They all moved down south to Australia during Exodus 2: Desert Boogaloo.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 4:31 pm
by tgb
You mean the alt-right spokesman that Drumpf put in charge of his campaign may be anti-Semitic? I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you. I'm also shocked to learn that gambling is going on in here.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 4:39 pm
by El Guapo
I can't wait for the next column in the Weekly Standard pondering why more jewish people don't vote Republican.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 7:12 pm
by Smutly
Another sad day for "journalism" at CNN.

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Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 7:47 pm
by Alefroth
Sounds like he's challenging her on her medical records to me. How does an oh so unbiased person such as yourself interpret it?

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 7:51 pm
by Smutly
Alefroth wrote:Sounds like he's challenging her on her medical records to me. How does an oh so unbiased person such as yourself interpret it?
Speaking of bias, my untrained eye sees CNN removing "Crooked" from "Crooked Hillary".

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:07 pm
by Max Peck
Yup.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:13 pm
by Holman
Also taxes. Give us a decade.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:14 pm
by geezer
Is that bias against Trump for editing his nuanced and doubtlessly carefully crafted words, or it is bias FOR him by eliminating the latest example of his infantile name calling?

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:15 pm
by tgb
In fairness, they swapped out his picture and replaced it with one that made him look less like a thug.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:19 pm
by Smutly
Yeah, probably doesn't matter, Comrade.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:52 pm
by geezer
Smutly wrote:Yeah, probably doesn't matter, Comrade.
That's so Trumpy of you.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 9:18 pm
by YellowKing
I don't see how Trump has the balls to ask Hillary to release medical records (which she has already done) when he won't release his tax returns (which she's already done). I'd pin his fucking nuts to the wall on that.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 9:29 pm
by Alefroth
Smutly wrote:
Alefroth wrote:Sounds like he's challenging her on her medical records to me. How does an oh so unbiased person such as yourself interpret it?
Speaking of bias, my untrained eye sees CNN removing "Crooked" from "Crooked Hillary".
Lol.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 9:38 pm
by hepcat
The fact that Trumpy still keeps insisting that he can't release his tax returns because the IRS is auditing him, while the IRS repeatedly tells the world, "Hey, go ahead and release 'em, we ain't stoppin' ya'," still cracks me up.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 10:29 pm
by The Meal
What about the changing of his middle initial to a "T", and his last name to "Rump"?

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Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 10:38 pm
by geezer
The Meal wrote:What about the changing of his middle initial to a "T", and his last name to "Rump"?

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Again, I'm unclear as to if going from "Trump" to "Rump" is a positive or a negative.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 10:44 pm
by GreenGoo
hepcat wrote:The fact that Trumpy still keeps insisting that he can't release his tax returns because the IRS is auditing him, while the IRS repeatedly tells the world, "Hey, go ahead and release 'em, we ain't stoppin' ya'," still cracks me up.
His lawyer has been quoted as saying that he is not letting Trump release them until after the audit.

Which doesn't make it any better in my opinion. Your lawyer is your employee (in this case, literally house counsel). It's nice that you're following his advice and all, but that's all it is, advice.

Personally, I'd follow my lawyer's advice too, but then I'd tell people that my lawyer recommends that I don't until the audit is over, not "I can't because of audit" because that second part is a lie.

As far as the twittering, I'm confused as to why his name has a capitalization error in it and his picture has been changed (to a more flattering one, imo).

If CNN did some sloppy photoshop work, then that's incredibly stupid. Just report on his "challenge". They are under no obligation to repeat him verbatim. The "Crooked" Hillary is just childish nonsense. CNN shouldn't have made a mockup, if that's what they did. That's the real scandal, not the fact that they chose to leave out his name calling.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:32 pm
by tjg_marantz
YellowKing wrote:I don't see how Trump has the balls to ask Hillary to release medical records (which she has already done) when he won't release his tax returns (which she's already done). I'd pin his fucking nuts to the wall on that.
So that the idiots will have something to latch on to. Misdirection like all conmen use. And rubes fall for it because they're stupid.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 9:34 am
by LawBeefaroni
GreenGoo wrote:
hepcat wrote:The fact that Trumpy still keeps insisting that he can't release his tax returns because the IRS is auditing him, while the IRS repeatedly tells the world, "Hey, go ahead and release 'em, we ain't stoppin' ya'," still cracks me up.
His lawyer has been quoted as saying that he is not letting Trump release them until after the audit.

Which doesn't make it any better in my opinion. Your lawyer is your employee (in this case, literally house counsel). It's nice that you're following his advice and all, but that's all it is, advice.
I imagine the conversation went something like this.

"They want me to release my tax returns. I don't want to."
"Well, as your legal counsel, I can tell you there is no legal restriction to you releasing them. You might consider..."
"I said I don't want to! So mad!"
"Ah, well, yes...well as your legal counsel I advise you, uh, not to release them?"
"Really? That's great. Thank you."


As for CNN and Twitter, I imagine there's some rule that doesn't allow them to show actual twitter screenshots on TV. Be it some content agreement they have with Twitter or some cease and desist they got or who knows what, they recreate a twitter looking shot to stay kosher. I figure while they're doing it, they may edit to avoid libeling someone and/or promoting someone else's allegations.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 9:51 am
by raydude
If it's the lawyer who appeared on CNN the convo may have gone like this:

Trump: They say I need to release my tax returns

Lawyer: Says who?

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:00 am
by Jaymann
In case you were wondering where all the Drumpf supporters are:
Map of hate groups

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:21 am
by AWS260
Jaymann wrote:In case you were wondering where all the Drumpf supporters are:
Map of hate groups
Illinois Nazis!

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Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:41 am
by YellowKing
Just overheard a conversation among co-workers:

"Well I hope that once Trump is elected, he can surround himself with knowledgeable people and can set aside his ego and learn to take advice."

:lol:

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:42 am
by Scraper
Jaymann wrote:In case you were wondering where all the Drumpf supporters are:
Map of hate groups
I can't say that I'm shocked that Texas has a lot more hate groups than any other state. It even beat California. I am surprised Ohio has so many though. I know Ohio has a larger population than many states but living here I don't see a lot of them roaming about. I do see the Confederate battle flag quite a bit but that's about the extent of it, no protests, no nutty sign waiving, etc.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:46 am
by Scraper
YellowKing wrote:Just overheard a conversation among co-workers:

"Well I hope that once Drumpf is elected, he can surround himself with knowledgeable people and can set aside his ego and learn to take advice."

:lol:
Those people are in denial multiple times just in that one sentence.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 11:16 am
by Isgrimnur
Scraper wrote:
Jaymann wrote:In case you were wondering where all the Drumpf supporters are:
Map of hate groups
I can't say that I'm shocked that Texas has a lot more hate groups than any other state. It even beat California. I am surprised Ohio has so many though. I know Ohio has a larger population than many states but living here I don't see a lot of them roaming about. I do see the Confederate battle flag quite a bit but that's about the extent of it, no protests, no nutty sign waiving, etc.
Ohio, like Texas, has a lot of red in rural areas.

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 12:01 pm
by Scraper
Isgrimnur wrote:
Scraper wrote:
Jaymann wrote:In case you were wondering where all the Drumpf supporters are:
Map of hate groups
I can't say that I'm shocked that Texas has a lot more hate groups than any other state. It even beat California. I am surprised Ohio has so many though. I know Ohio has a larger population than many states but living here I don't see a lot of them roaming about. I do see the Confederate battle flag quite a bit but that's about the extent of it, no protests, no nutty sign waiving, etc.
Ohio, like Texas, has a lot of red in rural areas.
Yeah I know there is a lot of red in the rural areas, but red doesn't necessarily mean there are hate groups there too. A lot of the red around me comes from fiscal conservatives, farmers and people in the various energy industries (coal, fracking, etc.)

Re: The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 12:05 pm
by LordMortis
Scraper wrote:Yeah I know there is a lot of red in the rural areas, but red doesn't necessarily mean there are hate groups there too. A lot of the red around me comes from fiscal conservatives, farmers and people in the various energy industries (coal, fracking, etc.)
I was surprised and dismayed at how many organized "hate groups" there are in SE Michigan, which is definitely not rural. I hope their membership numbers aren't swelling, even if it does speak to how divided, if not segregated the area is. Cultures mostly congregate in geographies and then stick to their own around here. There is very little soup but many ingredients.