So now the regime is blaming "dumb presidents" for Trump's decision to initiate a regional war that's spreading like norovirus in a kindergarten classroom.
You know who's to blame? The feckless fucks like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries who believed Trump when he said there would be no new wars on his watch. I just can't count myself as a Democrat anymore.
As he works remotely from his country club (which surely has totally secure communications and a hardened bomb shelter), he announces War to the world on social media. He casually acknowledges the deaths of members of the military, soothes a worried nation by assuring us that “there will likely be more”. Then he shows real emotion when he pivots to the matter of curtains, gold curtains, so beautiful that they may replace doors. The man lacks basic human compassion. The party members who support him have checked their consciences at the door.
Trump will try to leverage the war he and Netanyahu have started to preserve himself from a reckoning with the Epstein files and with the likely results of the midterms. I don't think any of it's going to go well for him. Usually, wars create a rallying effect for presidents, but Trump made no attempt to prepare the people for this war, and it's transparently absurd. Trump isn't going to get any lasting public support for this devious, murderous war he has insisted on starting. Now it's spreading out of control, and only the howling ghouls within his own administration are going to applaud that result.
Oh, I'm all but sure he's enjoying it, the crazy bastard. He is among the most hateful people who have ever wielded power. But I also think it's important as we acknowledge the present atrocities to think about what might come next. Otherwise, we'll always be a few steps behind this rolling Apocalypse fueled by the madness of one man and the ignorance of millions of others.
What is the point of such a pessimistic remark? My readings in history suggest to me that sure, for quite a while the people can be of this or that opinion, and they won't be listened to. Until they are.
It's not "pessimistic." You and I do not have the power to change any of this. We also do not have the power to even predict what insanity will come next, or to stop it.
We could not stop him in 2016. We fucked up in 2024, backing Biden when he could not be depended on to continue leadership or speak to the accusations of failure to control inflation - and his unpopularity over supporting the Gaza war.
My guess is that you're either very young, very naive, or underinformed. By the way, how would you stop him if he takes it upon himself to cancel the midterms? He is utterly lawless, and no one would stop him despite the claim that "oh, he can't do that."
Your multipart guess is badly mistaken, though I suppose your being right on the first part wouldn’t be so bad. I am certainly neither naive nor underinformed, but alas, I’m also no longer young.
Yes, it is clearly “pessimistic” in the most literal, etymological sense to write as you do. It’s true that as individuals, we can do little or nothing. But we are also part of a larger group called “the American people,” and at times there is some power in that. There is power, too, in huge forces such as massive economic downturns, or the chaos induced by stupidly begun wars (like the one Trump has just launched). People like Trump have a strong tendency to wreck their own wicked schemes.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see things come to the worst in the USA—Trump MAY manage to consolidate his idiot-dictatorship. He may even get us all blown to smithereens. It’s all very possible. It’s also possible that he will not be able to do these things. The point is, there’s little point in simply giving up. We’re sure to lose if we do that.
He doesn't want to cancel all the elections. Just those for federal offices, the House and Senate. Even the red states would revolt if he just told them to keep all the current office holders in place in the state and local offices until he said differently.
I think it's one of the few things that most Americans probably won't stand for. Somehow, I suspect that Trump could sacrifice a little child on the steps of the White House and his idiot supporters would say it's fine because it's a legitimate presidential duty. But stationing ICE Nazis at the polls? Trying to cancel elections? I don't see Americans putting up with that ridiculous tinpot s*it. I guess we'll find out soon enough.
So, honor bound, I must say that I hate, hate, hate Donald John Trump. Though he's the worst president ever by leaps and bounds, he'd be the worst street sweeper by leaps and bounds.
Kinda nice to be born with a silver spoon up yer arse. And yet, he's the worst of the worst.
He insists that are war will keep them from having to face election! CONGRESS SET ELECTIONS AND ONLY CONGRESS CAN CHANGE THEM! The Presidential term has an ENDING DATE SET IN THE CONSTITUTION AND THERE IS NOT A PROVISION TO EXTEND THEM TERM WITHOUT AN ELECTION! Congress is to close of a majority to think they would dare to try to move the mid-term because their leader told them too.
My only hope for our midterms is that Trump started this too early. Especially if there are significant American military casualties. People will be sick of the war.
Its was funnier in Overboard when Goldie Hawn said it. She's about to ring for her caviar when her servant appears with it. "Well! I almost had to wait!"
A well-known cause of a serious neck rash is an allergic reaction to medications, such as penicillin, amoxicillin, sulfa drugs, anti-seizure medications, NSAIDs (ibuprofen), and diuretics. I myself am allergic to sulfa, which I did not know until I was prescribed it back in the 80's, and it caused a rash in several places, including my neck. It also caused severe brain fog and nausea.
Interesting to find a fellow sulfa-allergic person. Whenever I've been in the hospital and I'm asked if there's anything I'm allergic to, I always say "sulfa drugs" and they look at me like "wut?" (and I'm often actually asked, "What kind of drugs?"). I don't know if they're called something different here in the UK, but back in the States I was specifically told by my doctor after a disastrous prescription of them for a UTI to ALWAYS mention this allergy in medical situations.
Codeine Sulfate. Nurses know. We put red wristbands on you. We check the doctor’s orders with the pharmacist to make sure you don’t go into anaphylaxis, because we want you to live, and because calling a code isn’t as much fun as the TV shows make it out to be.
You weren’t at the right hospital with the right nurses. Ask for a patient advocate, call your attorney, and sue for every dime of malpractice insurance those stuffed shirts on the board have. They keep cutting nursing staff to boost profit margins. That is why we are on strike in NYC, because we want you to live!
As I said, in the States it was perfectly understood—but here in the UK they're confused when I say "sulfa drugs." I'll try "codeine sulfate" next time to see if that helps, although I hope there won't be a next time...
What annoys me is when doctors ask me "What was your specific reaction to sulfa?" Well it happened 40 years ago and I don't fucking remember anything except the brain fog and nausea. They ask for more details. I DON'T REMEMBER!!!!
A reaction is a reaction. Sooner or later it becomes hives and anaphylaxis. That’s what the MDs want to know: did you start itching and stop breathing?
I don't remember if I itched or not, but I definitely didn't stop breathing. I only took it for 1 day because I recognized immediately that I was having a nasty reaction. I mentioned it to my parents a few days later, and my father said "I'm allergic to sulfa too" and he had never said anything about this before. A genetic predisposition to developing sulfa hypersensitivity can be passed down, increasing the risk of a reaction, which I found out later.
Yes. That is the most common way to know you have an allergy. You might consider investing in a MedicAlert wrist bracelet or necklace. I’ve seen them save lives in a code. (Staff thinks they have asked about allergies, or the MD didn’t hear, because he was trying to remember what to do next in the algorithm. Of course,
the scriptwriter would never let Noah Wylie make a mistake like that on the Pitt.). Please stay alive and stay safe. People love you and need you.
It’s probably MRSA manifesting (MRSA is a virus that is like chickenpox or herpes, you have it for life), because of immunocompromise brought on by overuse of steroids to treat COVID 19 (which is also for life.). Most doctors, nurses, and CNAs have MRSA, despite gloves, masks, and handwashing, because it is so prevalent. (That means Trump gives MRSA to everyone he shakes hands with, including Lindsay, Bannon, Miller, McConnell, and Melania. He also gave her Herpes, which may also be flaring up. )
Old people in nursing homes and hospitals who have weakened immune systems have the outward symptoms.
Medical treatment includes Acyclovir cream, Zovirax cream, handwashing, and a dedicated toilet. Also sitzbaths, which I am sure Trump won’t do.
MRSA is quite frequently quite fatal to bedridden geriatric patients who are 80 or more years old. It is an itchy death.
So now the regime is blaming "dumb presidents" for Trump's decision to initiate a regional war that's spreading like norovirus in a kindergarten classroom.
You know who's to blame? The feckless fucks like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries who believed Trump when he said there would be no new wars on his watch. I just can't count myself as a Democrat anymore.
As he works remotely from his country club (which surely has totally secure communications and a hardened bomb shelter), he announces War to the world on social media. He casually acknowledges the deaths of members of the military, soothes a worried nation by assuring us that “there will likely be more”. Then he shows real emotion when he pivots to the matter of curtains, gold curtains, so beautiful that they may replace doors. The man lacks basic human compassion. The party members who support him have checked their consciences at the door.
Bomb Maga Lardo? Oh noes, perish the thought!
Trump will try to leverage the war he and Netanyahu have started to preserve himself from a reckoning with the Epstein files and with the likely results of the midterms. I don't think any of it's going to go well for him. Usually, wars create a rallying effect for presidents, but Trump made no attempt to prepare the people for this war, and it's transparently absurd. Trump isn't going to get any lasting public support for this devious, murderous war he has insisted on starting. Now it's spreading out of control, and only the howling ghouls within his own administration are going to applaud that result.
I don't care about the midterms. I care about the here and now. He's killing people. He doesn't mind and may be enjoying it. He has to be stopped.
Oh, I'm all but sure he's enjoying it, the crazy bastard. He is among the most hateful people who have ever wielded power. But I also think it's important as we acknowledge the present atrocities to think about what might come next. Otherwise, we'll always be a few steps behind this rolling Apocalypse fueled by the madness of one man and the ignorance of millions of others.
Go ahead and think. It won't change the outcome.
What is the point of such a pessimistic remark? My readings in history suggest to me that sure, for quite a while the people can be of this or that opinion, and they won't be listened to. Until they are.
It's not "pessimistic." You and I do not have the power to change any of this. We also do not have the power to even predict what insanity will come next, or to stop it.
We could not stop him in 2016. We fucked up in 2024, backing Biden when he could not be depended on to continue leadership or speak to the accusations of failure to control inflation - and his unpopularity over supporting the Gaza war.
My guess is that you're either very young, very naive, or underinformed. By the way, how would you stop him if he takes it upon himself to cancel the midterms? He is utterly lawless, and no one would stop him despite the claim that "oh, he can't do that."
Your multipart guess is badly mistaken, though I suppose your being right on the first part wouldn’t be so bad. I am certainly neither naive nor underinformed, but alas, I’m also no longer young.
Yes, it is clearly “pessimistic” in the most literal, etymological sense to write as you do. It’s true that as individuals, we can do little or nothing. But we are also part of a larger group called “the American people,” and at times there is some power in that. There is power, too, in huge forces such as massive economic downturns, or the chaos induced by stupidly begun wars (like the one Trump has just launched). People like Trump have a strong tendency to wreck their own wicked schemes.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see things come to the worst in the USA—Trump MAY manage to consolidate his idiot-dictatorship. He may even get us all blown to smithereens. It’s all very possible. It’s also possible that he will not be able to do these things. The point is, there’s little point in simply giving up. We’re sure to lose if we do that.
He doesn't want to cancel all the elections. Just those for federal offices, the House and Senate. Even the red states would revolt if he just told them to keep all the current office holders in place in the state and local offices until he said differently.
I think it's one of the few things that most Americans probably won't stand for. Somehow, I suspect that Trump could sacrifice a little child on the steps of the White House and his idiot supporters would say it's fine because it's a legitimate presidential duty. But stationing ICE Nazis at the polls? Trying to cancel elections? I don't see Americans putting up with that ridiculous tinpot s*it. I guess we'll find out soon enough.
He’s not trying to steal the mid-terms he’s going to cancel them!
So, honor bound, I must say that I hate, hate, hate Donald John Trump. Though he's the worst president ever by leaps and bounds, he'd be the worst street sweeper by leaps and bounds.
Kinda nice to be born with a silver spoon up yer arse. And yet, he's the worst of the worst.
I don't doubt that he has the worst case of Dunning-Kruger in human history.
He insists that are war will keep them from having to face election! CONGRESS SET ELECTIONS AND ONLY CONGRESS CAN CHANGE THEM! The Presidential term has an ENDING DATE SET IN THE CONSTITUTION AND THERE IS NOT A PROVISION TO EXTEND THEM TERM WITHOUT AN ELECTION! Congress is to close of a majority to think they would dare to try to move the mid-term because their leader told them too.
Try it bitch and see what happens to you.
A narcissist like trump will use anything to steal the midterms. The End! This is Priority One!
Remember when trump said there were no plans to implement the Heritage foundation Project 2025? Now he has no intention of hijacking the midterms.
I'd like to see the Brooklyn Bridge. Any takers?
My only hope for our midterms is that Trump started this too early. Especially if there are significant American military casualties. People will be sick of the war.
Its was funnier in Overboard when Goldie Hawn said it. She's about to ring for her caviar when her servant appears with it. "Well! I almost had to wait!"
You neglected the Benghazi in Pakistan. Nine dead at the embassy.
A well-known cause of a serious neck rash is an allergic reaction to medications, such as penicillin, amoxicillin, sulfa drugs, anti-seizure medications, NSAIDs (ibuprofen), and diuretics. I myself am allergic to sulfa, which I did not know until I was prescribed it back in the 80's, and it caused a rash in several places, including my neck. It also caused severe brain fog and nausea.
Interesting to find a fellow sulfa-allergic person. Whenever I've been in the hospital and I'm asked if there's anything I'm allergic to, I always say "sulfa drugs" and they look at me like "wut?" (and I'm often actually asked, "What kind of drugs?"). I don't know if they're called something different here in the UK, but back in the States I was specifically told by my doctor after a disastrous prescription of them for a UTI to ALWAYS mention this allergy in medical situations.
Codeine Sulfate. Nurses know. We put red wristbands on you. We check the doctor’s orders with the pharmacist to make sure you don’t go into anaphylaxis, because we want you to live, and because calling a code isn’t as much fun as the TV shows make it out to be.
You weren’t at the right hospital with the right nurses. Ask for a patient advocate, call your attorney, and sue for every dime of malpractice insurance those stuffed shirts on the board have. They keep cutting nursing staff to boost profit margins. That is why we are on strike in NYC, because we want you to live!
As I said, in the States it was perfectly understood—but here in the UK they're confused when I say "sulfa drugs." I'll try "codeine sulfate" next time to see if that helps, although I hope there won't be a next time...
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What annoys me is when doctors ask me "What was your specific reaction to sulfa?" Well it happened 40 years ago and I don't fucking remember anything except the brain fog and nausea. They ask for more details. I DON'T REMEMBER!!!!
A reaction is a reaction. Sooner or later it becomes hives and anaphylaxis. That’s what the MDs want to know: did you start itching and stop breathing?
I don't remember if I itched or not, but I definitely didn't stop breathing. I only took it for 1 day because I recognized immediately that I was having a nasty reaction. I mentioned it to my parents a few days later, and my father said "I'm allergic to sulfa too" and he had never said anything about this before. A genetic predisposition to developing sulfa hypersensitivity can be passed down, increasing the risk of a reaction, which I found out later.
Yes. That is the most common way to know you have an allergy. You might consider investing in a MedicAlert wrist bracelet or necklace. I’ve seen them save lives in a code. (Staff thinks they have asked about allergies, or the MD didn’t hear, because he was trying to remember what to do next in the algorithm. Of course,
the scriptwriter would never let Noah Wylie make a mistake like that on the Pitt.). Please stay alive and stay safe. People love you and need you.
Thank you!
Miller's bite marks got infected.
It’s probably MRSA manifesting (MRSA is a virus that is like chickenpox or herpes, you have it for life), because of immunocompromise brought on by overuse of steroids to treat COVID 19 (which is also for life.). Most doctors, nurses, and CNAs have MRSA, despite gloves, masks, and handwashing, because it is so prevalent. (That means Trump gives MRSA to everyone he shakes hands with, including Lindsay, Bannon, Miller, McConnell, and Melania. He also gave her Herpes, which may also be flaring up. )
Old people in nursing homes and hospitals who have weakened immune systems have the outward symptoms.
Medical treatment includes Acyclovir cream, Zovirax cream, handwashing, and a dedicated toilet. Also sitzbaths, which I am sure Trump won’t do.
MRSA is quite frequently quite fatal to bedridden geriatric patients who are 80 or more years old. It is an itchy death.
For some reason I am dusting off an old book by Dalton Trumbo. "Johnny Got His Gun" its called. It is like "All's Quiet on the Western Front"
Oh my god. That is a real sad book. The movie with Donald Sutherland as Jesus is sad too.
Please consider not reading it.
By Your Command :
Possible spoilers....
https://youtu.be/VokGn0IfOCg?si=futT9H08vB1y5pla
I couldn't say if Frump is "Planning To Use War With Iran To Try To Steal The Midterms", but Stephen Miller certainly is.