Donald Trump

[buckshot]

When there is someone better to support they will leave him in droves. The level of support everyone thinks he has a year after the election is a confirmation bias mirage. Plenty of “supporters” can’t come off their rhetoric in the face of overwhelming evidence because humans hate — HATE — publicly admitting they were wrong. As soon as a new conservative hero rides in on his/her horse they can safely abandon Trump in favor of him/her, and still brand themselves (I.e. be seen publicly as) conservative. Since I imagine effectively no one can be as bad a standard bearer as this impotent dildo, I look forward to that day.

I'd like to think you're right but what might seem "better" to reasonable people is not the same as what Dumb Donald's supporters deem "better". Even before he got into politics I thought he was a disgusting human being and since he has he's become worse. But the worse he becomes the more they love him. In order for somebody to be better in their eyes the person would have to be dumber, cruder and even more racist. Don't forget, Kid Rock had their backing to be a senator from Michigan. I'm sure he (or somebody like him) could be elected POTUS thanks to the morons. Ted Nugent, Sarah Palin, David Duke or even Rush Limbaugh would have their support.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

It would appear Big Donny Small Hands doesn't know what the word collusion means.

Trumps Team knew a foreign adversary had targeted the U.S. election; welcomed the adversary’s intervention and then lied more than once about the interactions between the campaign and Russia.

I think that collusion pretty much covers it.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Looks like it's all good news for anyone who wants to stand for President, and going forward for any political leader. Just seen on the BBC that the Facebook posts were over a two year period, and bought for $77,000. Man alive, that's very, very cheap for influencing a presidential campaign. I'd imagine Bluemoon could find a campaign for one of our American posters.

So, @FogBlueInSanFran or @ChicagoBlue any of you lads fancy a run for POTUS? We'll start our own Bluemoon crowdfunding campaign. I'm sure our community could come up with some interesting 'facts' for your campaign.....

Thanks, but I’ll take it in cash! I was born in Torquay and grew up in Manc, so I don’t qualify as a ”Natural born” US citizen!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Meanwhile the Republicans will be 'Yes it's all very worrying but can we just pass this trillion dollar tax cut for rich people and balloon the national debt first please? It's all about priorities I guess.

Did you say “trillion”??? You missed the “s” off the end!!

Just the Corporate cut is $1.5T, and that’s before you get to the tax cut for the rich!

Not to worry, though, they are going to take the money out of old age pensioners’ healthcare...just as they raise the cost of their healthcare and their numbers are ballooning from the Baby Boomer generation. Then, in future years, when Dems try to fix that clusterfuck, they will scream “The Democrats are trying to raise your taxes, ruin your future and ruin the economy!”

Seen this game over and over and over again...and I’ve only been here 35 yrs! Reagan screwed Bush I with it, because he was too much of a dyed in the wool American to watch the country fail, then Bush II did it to Obama. Only question is, who is Trump going to fuck over....other than the American people, of course....to line his own pockets and those of his children and fat cat friends?!

Politics in America, as we have seen, has been co-opted by the rich and divisive AT THE EXPENSE of the American people. Anyone see the BBC NEWS story yesterday that 8% of Americans cannot read and write or are considered functionally illiterate to the point that they cannot hold a job?! The country is being run by the rich who get wealthy off the urban centers full of Democrats, then turn to their base of “rugged individuals” in the hinterlands who believe that the cities are full of welfare queens (after all, that’s what RWNJ radio and Faux News tell them) and their tax money is going to Cadillacs and cellphones for the “urban poor” while they toil in the fields, and tell them Washington isn’t helping them. Then, the R’s get rid of the Estate Taxes (under the guise of saving THEIR family farms!!!) and the illusion is complete and everyone with a brain scratches it while everyone without a brain wears their #MAGA hat to plough the South 40!

Trump is merely the Daddy Warbucks caricature that shows just how far this nonsense has gone!

We are shaping up for a fall.

 

[Summerbuzz]

 

[BobKowalski]

Did you say “trillion”??? You missed the “s” off the end!!

Just the Corporate cut is $1.5T, and that’s before you get to the tax cut for the rich!

Not to worry, though, they are going to take the money out of old age pensioners’ healthcare...just as they raise the cost of their healthcare and their numbers are ballooning from the Baby Boomer generation. Then, in future years, when Dems try to fix that clusterfuck, they will scream “The Democrats are trying to raise your taxes, ruin your future and ruin the economy!”

Seen this game over and over and over again...and I’ve only been here 35 yrs! Reagan screwed Bush I with it, because he was too much of a dyed in the wool American to watch the country fail, then Bush II did it to Obama. Only question is, who is Trump going to fuck over....other than the American people, of course....to line his own pockets and those of his children and fat cat friends?!

Politics in America, as we have seen, has been co-opted by the rich and divisive AT THE EXPENSE of the American people. Anyone see the BBC NEWS story yesterday that 8% of Americans cannot read and write or are considered functionally illiterate to the point that they cannot hold a job?! The country is being run by the rich who get wealthy off the urban centers full of Democrats, then turn to their base of “rugged individuals” in the hinterlands who believe that the cities are full of welfare queens (after all, that’s what RWNJ radio and Faux News tell them) and their tax money is going to Cadillacs and cellphones for the “urban poor” while they toil in the fields, and tell them Washington isn’t helping them. Then, the R’s get rid of the Estate Taxes (under the guise of saving THEIR family farms!!!) and the illusion is complete and everyone with a brain scratches it while everyone without a brain wears their #MAGA hat to plough the South 40!

Trump is merely the Daddy Warbucks caricature that shows just how far this nonsense has gone!

We are shaping up for a fall.

Can't argue with any of that.

 

[buckshot]

Did you say “trillion”??? You missed the “s” off the end!!

Just the Corporate cut is $1.5T, and that’s before you get to the tax cut for the rich!

Not to worry, though, they are going to take the money out of old age pensioners’ healthcare...just as they raise the cost of their healthcare and their numbers are ballooning from the Baby Boomer generation. Then, in future years, when Dems try to fix that clusterfuck, they will scream “The Democrats are trying to raise your taxes, ruin your future and ruin the economy!”

Seen this game over and over and over again...and I’ve only been here 35 yrs! Reagan screwed Bush I with it, because he was too much of a dyed in the wool American to watch the country fail, then Bush II did it to Obama. Only question is, who is Trump going to fuck over....other than the American people, of course....to line his own pockets and those of his children and fat cat friends?!

Politics in America, as we have seen, has been co-opted by the rich and divisive AT THE EXPENSE of the American people. Anyone see the BBC NEWS story yesterday that 8% of Americans cannot read and write or are considered functionally illiterate to the point that they cannot hold a job?! The country is being run by the rich who get wealthy off the urban centers full of Democrats, then turn to their base of “rugged individuals” in the hinterlands who believe that the cities are full of welfare queens (after all, that’s what RWNJ radio and Faux News tell them) and their tax money is going to Cadillacs and cellphones for the “urban poor” while they toil in the fields, and tell them Washington isn’t helping them. Then, the R’s get rid of the Estate Taxes (under the guise of saving THEIR family farms!!!) and the illusion is complete and everyone with a brain scratches it while everyone without a brain wears their #MAGA hat to plough the South 40!

Trump is merely the Daddy Warbucks caricature that shows just how far this nonsense has gone!

We are shaping up for a fall.

It's sad but if there was just a little bit of common sense it could all be avoided.

 

[roman totale]

ChicagoBlue nails it with a great post. See this shit all the time here in Ohio, where the two main urban areas of Cleveland and Cincinnati* get constantly fucked over and held back by the yahoos in the rural areas who fall for this every time.
(*Columbus isn't a real city - just a cow-town with an economy entirely based on government admin and the university and behaves like a rural area)

 

[ChicagoBlue]

It's sad but if there was just a little bit of common sense it could all be avoided.

In case you haven’t noticed, not a lot of that going around in the States these days. Throw in religion, fake news, and the likes of Bannon and Facebook creating a cyberworld that doesn’t really exist (but those that believe it don’t leave their town, let alone their county, state or country) and we appear to be a long way from ever getting back on an even keel.

For those of you that have been to America, you will know that America is more akin to about EIGHT (10 if you include Hawaii and Alaska) different countries. Each “country” has a few big cities and millions of acres of hinterlands. Those hinterlands are the lifeblood of the Republican Party and are mollycoddled by the calls for Jesus, getting rid of abortion, saving the family farm from taxes (even though EVERY FARM IN THE US receives special tax consideration already, and is already one of the bigger tax dodges out there!), and stopping Washington from wasting your money. They are told that the urban areas, which are densely populated with Democrats, are evil in this narrative, because they suck up massive amounts of government money. The disconnect is that there is more money spent there BECAUSE THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING THERE!

As mentioned in a previous post of mine, this won’t change any time soon, because many of the people living outside those cities don’t have good schools (paid for by local taxes) and education is seen as uppity, because manual labor has honor (which it certainly does, but they are not mutually exclusive!) and education means heading off to the big city....which is full of the tax dollar sucking evil doers who use abortion as birth control and on and on and on...

Additionally, there are “off road” places in America that are not safe for “outsiders,” because there are still places that are the wild Wild West...and some of you wonder why so many Americans are gun owners? Some times, it is to have with you when you travel through wide open spaces, where a flat tire can be a death sentence. And, while that may sound hyperbolic to some, I’m serious. You can bet your life that every trucker on the road has a gun with him, and a permit to carry it!

 

[idahoblues]

In case you haven’t noticed, not a lot of that going around in the States these days. Throw in religion, fake news, and the likes of Bannon and Facebook creating a cyberworld that doesn’t really exist (but those that believe it don’t leave their town, let alone their county, state or country) and we appear to be a long way from ever getting back on an even keel.

For those of you that have been to America, you will know that America is more akin to about EIGHT (10 if you include Hawaii and Alaska) different countries. Each “country” has a few big cities and millions of acres of hinterlands. Those hinterlands are the lifeblood of the Republican Party and are mollycoddled by the calls for Jesus, getting rid of abortion, saving the family farm from taxes (even though EVERY FARM IN THE US receives special tax consideration already, and is already one of the bigger tax dodges out there!), and stopping Washington from wasting your money. They are told that the urban areas, which are densely populated with Democrats, are evil in this narrative, because they suck up massive amounts of government money. The disconnect is that there is more money spent there BECAUSE THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING THERE!

As mentioned in a previous post of mine, this won’t change any time soon, because many of the people living outside those cities don’t have good schools (paid for by local taxes) and education is seen as uppity, because manual labor has honor (which it certainly does, but they are not mutually exclusive!) and education means heading off to the big city....which is full of the tax dollar sucking evil doers who use abortion as birth control and on and on and on...

Additionally, there are “off road” places in America that are not safe for “outsiders,” because there are still places that are the wild Wild West...and some of you wonder why so many Americans are gun owners? Some times, it is to have with you when you travel through wide open spaces, where a flat tire can be a death sentence. And, while that may sound hyperbolic to some, I’m serious. You can bet your life that every trucker on the road has a gun with him, and a permit to carry it!

Calm down, calm down. Breathe.........
I have never felt at any time my life was in danger, at least to a point where I couldn't deal with it. Rogue truckers etc is for fiction books....well apart for this one guy at this stop rest nea......