"Ladies and gentlemen, Jill and I are here today to remind you that we're sane. And we're not sitting in courtrooms getting convicted of anything. We're here to get some work done..."
Following the inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harry Truman left Washington in a nice gift -- a new automobile purchased by his staff. He, Bess and two Secret Service agents were going to drive back to Independence, Mo.
Two blocks from the White House, a traffic signal turned red, and the agent driving the car obeyed it. "Why'd you stop?," Truman asked. Bess answered: "Harry, you're not president anymore." The "get used to it" I'm sure was suggested in her tone.
As a senator, briefly VP and president, it had been some years since Truman had had to stop for a traffic signal. It was a new experience for him.
You see, an American President, particularly a good one, makes the world stop and go, not vice versa. Starting times are for everybody else, not the president.
Even so, Bill Clinton was always late. No consideration. There was nothing profound about that.
"Shortly" is just a tad unspecific. Maybe we are talking geological time. You know, like our presidential candidates' ages. {{{ducks, quietly slinks away}}}
The first time I flew to Asia, I woke up at some sort of twilight time. The clock, my phone, and my watch, said "6:30". That was no help. My computer told me what time it was at home, which didn't help until I'd connected to the internet and searched, "What Time Is It In Shanghai?"
But, which Cook-Out will he stop at? Which of the more than 100 milkshake flavor combinations will he select? Will he pick up the check? Will he someday visit a Char-Grill? Will he join the debate over which is the better Raleigh hamburger stand?
The future of our Republic rests on the answers to these questions. This is the information the lame-stream media® is keeping from you.
Will he order the wrong cheese? put the wrong mustard on his burger? request a DIET SODA instead of a milkshake?? stare at the menu for 10 minutes like an OLD PERSON WHO IS OLD??
Either that, or Biden's blue-ribbon task group completed its recommendations report ahead of schedule, and Biden read the 200-page document (complete with 8x10 color glossies, with a paragraph on the back of each one) while freshening up after Air Force One landed at RDU.
He recently visited the Cook-Out on Falls of the Neuse° with the his excellency, Guv Roy Cooper. Biden has been known to return to the same ice cream purveyors on subsequent trips on the hustings.
____
° Despite what the cost-cutters in the NC DOT road sign shop have done along its entire length, the road is called Falls of THE Neuse. ("falls of neuse" sounds like a title to a Tim Tyson book.)
Joe Biden had some good news on Tuesday as polling showed him gaining on Donald Trump in six battleground states, seven months before the presidential election. In response, one leading Democratic strategist said the “Biden bump is real”.
According to Bloomberg News and Morning Consult, Biden now leads Trump by a point in Wisconsin, having trailed by four last month, and is tied in Pennsylvania, where Trump had a six-point lead last month. The two candidates were also tied in Michigan.
In other states likely to decide the presidential election in November, Trump was ahead in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina. Only Georgia, however, showed an increased lead for the presumptive Republican nominee.
Keep the surrogates out there, build the party structure, register and engage voters, constantly. I suspect by November it'll still be a very close race with the same slate of swing states, and it's all going to come down to who has the better ground game.
Yep--I just don't see anyone breaking open a wide lead. Both candidates and known qualities. Another photo finish is in store. If we all show up, Trump is toast again.
No matter where he is, Trump’s comforting and soothing fundraising emails are only a click away. And, when you click on them, they know exactly who and where you are. Watching out for you, waiting ….
NBC NEWS plans to drop ex RNC-chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor following on-air revolt from NBC/MSNBC talent. Execs are deliberating over details; announcement pending. Meanwhile, McDaniel is seeking legal representation
PAB wanted her gone so I'm not sure FOX is going to pick her up. Honestly I don't know why she even bothered with NBC. She can walk into any foreign or corporate lobbying firm on the planet.
And NBC's lawyers would have to have been complete idiots to not have included a 30-free-return clause in the contract. Something along the lines of her salary for 30 days, or some such.
I wonder if RomneyDaniel is surprised at all, or if she kinda figured this might happen and just hoped to cash in on at least a portion of her contract. I suspect the latter.
I think it all stems from alcoholic narcissism getting out of hand over the past 20-25 years. Once that gets out of hand, the rest follows rather naturally.
The hypocrisy particularly with the Clarence Thomas and the story we read today about Ho, Trump attacking Judge Merchan's daughter for working in a firm:
“In other words, he hates me! His daughter is a senior executive at a Super Liberal Democrat firm that works for Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, the Democrat National Committee, (Dem) Senate Majority PAC, and even Crooked Joe Biden.”
"This Bible has been designed so that it delivers an easy reading experience in the trusted King James Version translation."
I prefer the Codex Sinaiticus in Greek. No full copy exists in the original Klingon, though. The only copy was at Praxis, which blew up due to over mining.
He'll start going selling them door-to-door, accompanied by a charming orphan girl who helps him grift the rubes. They will have several musical numbers together. She dies in the last scene and PAB decides to live life on the straight and narrow from then on.
King James is _not_ easy. He must mean it's large print or something. Not worth checking.
It actually looks like this with a custom graphic. There's a picture of Cokehead Jr. Holding one and it's flopped over in its cheap cover like a wet noodle.
Back when I was in high school in Texas, I was very amused by my classmates who whined that Shakespearean English was “too hard” while carrying around KJV Bibles.
Contrasting Biden's talk now regarding the accident in Baltimore just after watching Trump selling Bibles, I can't imagine Trump even pronouncing many of the words Biden is using in a natural manner.
Trump understands my rule of Ultimatums, though in his life he's usually been the one issuing them.
When given an Ultimatum, always take "Or Else." Because that's what the issuer intends anyway, or they wouldn't bring it up. It's OK to lie to play for time, because ultimatums are morally beyond the pale. But make no mistake; "Or Else" is coming so you'd best be ready.
Courtroom ultimatums really don't qualify. That's more cause and effect, so exempt from my rule. In those situations, I always do as directed, not wanted to face "Or Else." That's where Trump and I part company.
I mean, where we part company on this topic; not on everything else where we never were company.
Mr. Goat just read that Trump was badmouthing Judge Merchan's daughter. Great idea coming on the heels of Merchan ripping Trump's lawyer a new one during the hearing yesterday.
“In other words, he hates me! His daughter is a senior executive at a Super Liberal Democrat firm that works for Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, the Democrat National Committee, (Dem) Senate Majority PAC, and even Crooked Joe Biden.”
Ta, Evan. I was at the dentist and missed this.
Hahaha, MeeMaw is going to send him her Social Security check
https://x.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1772767030023725512?s=46&t=1rZK10YkgvExjWdPmduJcg
I've said it before: that particular ASL interpreter is fantastic!
It is an art. I'm not at all qualified to judge the beauty of it, but I appreciate the analysis of those who know!
[hushed tone] "But I got news for 'em. We're gonna stop 'em again."
Delicious.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Jill and I are here today to remind you that we're sane. And we're not sitting in courtrooms getting convicted of anything. We're here to get some work done..."
We seem to be on tico-time here? Still says "will begin shortly" (And yes, I refreshed) What am I missing?
Following the inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harry Truman left Washington in a nice gift -- a new automobile purchased by his staff. He, Bess and two Secret Service agents were going to drive back to Independence, Mo.
Two blocks from the White House, a traffic signal turned red, and the agent driving the car obeyed it. "Why'd you stop?," Truman asked. Bess answered: "Harry, you're not president anymore." The "get used to it" I'm sure was suggested in her tone.
As a senator, briefly VP and president, it had been some years since Truman had had to stop for a traffic signal. It was a new experience for him.
You see, an American President, particularly a good one, makes the world stop and go, not vice versa. Starting times are for everybody else, not the president.
Even so, Bill Clinton was always late. No consideration. There was nothing profound about that.
I read that as taco-time and didn't initially see the problem because it's taco tuesday.
"Shortly" is just a tad unspecific. Maybe we are talking geological time. You know, like our presidential candidates' ages. {{{ducks, quietly slinks away}}}
OT...
Just woke up from an unscheduled nap. Probably the first nap I can recall taking and not feeling worse afterwards.
Home in one piece this afternoon?
Yep. Around 10:45, we were informed no juries were needed for today, thanked and dismissed.
:)
Thank you again for your help and support on this, budski. It helped a lot.
Your welcome.
I'm always leery of taking naps depending on the time of day.
I despise dozing off in late afternoon, then waking up after dark and then have to wonder what day it is.
The first time I flew to Asia, I woke up at some sort of twilight time. The clock, my phone, and my watch, said "6:30". That was no help. My computer told me what time it was at home, which didn't help until I'd connected to the internet and searched, "What Time Is It In Shanghai?"
Since then I've set my phone to 24-hour time.
I did that the day Bush #1 invaded Iraq
I was confuzed
Following an outcome like that I'd be tempted to take another one.
I'm not normally a nap person, KC. But considering I had barely slept last night and REALLY felt the tired, I'm glad I slumped over to the recliner.
Surprising I napped at all considering I had a fairly loud walkthrough of the "Dead Space" Remake on in the background. XD
I'm just glad that you got a bit of restful and restoring sleep.
You're right that it was restful and restoring. Which isn't common when it comes to me and naps. Normally naps leave me feeling WORSE.
But, which Cook-Out will he stop at? Which of the more than 100 milkshake flavor combinations will he select? Will he pick up the check? Will he someday visit a Char-Grill? Will he join the debate over which is the better Raleigh hamburger stand?
The future of our Republic rests on the answers to these questions. This is the information the lame-stream media® is keeping from you.
Will he order the wrong cheese? put the wrong mustard on his burger? request a DIET SODA instead of a milkshake?? stare at the menu for 10 minutes like an OLD PERSON WHO IS OLD??
What if he eats it with a knife and fork?
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-sarah-palin-pizza-fail-knives-forks/story?id=13743490
At this hour there will be old people, and truant children, at any Cook-Out.
Condiments are applied to order by professionals, so no worry about any mustard faux pas.
It takes at least 13 minutes to read the 20 by 10 foot menu board so 10 minutes would be something like record quick.
Then there was obviously a conspiracy by Joe's staff to tell him what to order ahead of time, because he's incapable of making the decision himself.
See, I can do this too!
Either that, or Biden's blue-ribbon task group completed its recommendations report ahead of schedule, and Biden read the 200-page document (complete with 8x10 color glossies, with a paragraph on the back of each one) while freshening up after Air Force One landed at RDU.
That sounds a lot more "government", so I think you're right.
I hope they get his order right. The Cook Out here never gets my order right.
One must enunciate clearly when saying "big burger, Carolina style, extra slaw."
wasn't the Cook-Out in Raleigh the first one?
they advertise with smoke
He recently visited the Cook-Out on Falls of the Neuse° with the his excellency, Guv Roy Cooper. Biden has been known to return to the same ice cream purveyors on subsequent trips on the hustings.
____
° Despite what the cost-cutters in the NC DOT road sign shop have done along its entire length, the road is called Falls of THE Neuse. ("falls of neuse" sounds like a title to a Tim Tyson book.)
I’ve had Cook-Out. It is good. I haven’t had Char-Grill though.
Your e-bike can travel between the North Raleigh Cook-Out and Char-Grill in what, less than 15 minutes.
I travel to less civilized areas than Raleigh.
That's us. Civilized. Raleigh is the Arnold Ziffel of mid-south American cities.
👏 🐖 Nicely placed Green Acres reference!
... by way of "Pulp Fiction."
Go back to Jersey. We're talking Raleigh's beloved hamburger stands -- Foto-Mat®-sized buildings serving fun food.
You have to perch on the tailgate to eat your sammy.
If I find myself in Calgary, the first thing I will do is identify my kidnappers. Then I will take you up on your kind invitation.
All I know about Calgary comes from the Olympics and a documentary on Albertan urban life called "Way Downtown."
‘𝗕𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹’: 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
Joe Biden had some good news on Tuesday as polling showed him gaining on Donald Trump in six battleground states, seven months before the presidential election. In response, one leading Democratic strategist said the “Biden bump is real”.
According to Bloomberg News and Morning Consult, Biden now leads Trump by a point in Wisconsin, having trailed by four last month, and is tied in Pennsylvania, where Trump had a six-point lead last month. The two candidates were also tied in Michigan.
In other states likely to decide the presidential election in November, Trump was ahead in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina. Only Georgia, however, showed an increased lead for the presumptive Republican nominee.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/26/election-trump-biden-latest-polls
"Someone mention a bump?" - Don Jr
Jill's pregnant??!??
"Biden bump"?
I thought we were done with Hunter
Keep the surrogates out there, build the party structure, register and engage voters, constantly. I suspect by November it'll still be a very close race with the same slate of swing states, and it's all going to come down to who has the better ground game.
Who has the better ground game which includes
keeping Republicans from successfully cheating
which may include stopping violence if necessary
https://youtu.be/7wUeRotPPVk?si=L1fgOOpbH2laGpij
Yep--I just don't see anyone breaking open a wide lead. Both candidates and known qualities. Another photo finish is in store. If we all show up, Trump is toast again.
Whatever the actual margin, it'll be decided by well fewer than 100,000 votes in 6 or 7 states. As has become the norm.
Which is pretty wild, historically. Just a series of very close EC decisions, one after the other.
Until about 2000, nobody really thought much about the Electoral College. It was just a weird fluke of history.
Now it's Exhibit A of why we need to do some serious modernization and overhauling of some of our basic fundamentals as a nation.
Biden is out there where the people are, unlike the other guy...
AND he isn't continuously whining, that does make a difference...
No matter where he is, Trump’s comforting and soothing fundraising emails are only a click away. And, when you click on them, they know exactly who and where you are. Watching out for you, waiting ….
You sure about that?
Lasted less than a Scaramucci
https://x.com/dylanbyers/status/1772672463790547271?s=61&t=d57_wdu2mp3jUpQgi28A5Q
NBC NEWS plans to drop ex RNC-chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor following on-air revolt from NBC/MSNBC talent. Execs are deliberating over details; announcement pending. Meanwhile, McDaniel is seeking legal representation
So Ronna is going to appear on Fox to complain that she got fired because of woke in 3 ... 2 ...
Probably her plan all along -- monetizing victimhood
PAB wanted her gone so I'm not sure FOX is going to pick her up. Honestly I don't know why she even bothered with NBC. She can walk into any foreign or corporate lobbying firm on the planet.
Someone more clever would have planned it that way
She didn't have a lawyer when she was negotiating this thing to begin with??
She probably had Alina Habba.
She did, but then she took a page from PAB, and didn’t pay them.
These are not bright people and things got out of hand.
Megyn Kelly did the same thing.
She wants to make sure it gets cashed out at full value.
And NBC's lawyers would have to have been complete idiots to not have included a 30-free-return clause in the contract. Something along the lines of her salary for 30 days, or some such.
Most jobs I've worked had a 30 day probationary period.
I wonder if RomneyDaniel is surprised at all, or if she kinda figured this might happen and just hoped to cash in on at least a portion of her contract. I suspect the latter.
I hear Rudy's looking for work.
Had he not gotten greedy and stupid he could have retired a comfortable old buzzard. Now he's just an old buzzard.
I think it all stems from alcoholic narcissism getting out of hand over the past 20-25 years. Once that gets out of hand, the rest follows rather naturally.
Long gone.
Yeah, when you've lost Chuck Todd ...
The hypocrisy particularly with the Clarence Thomas and the story we read today about Ho, Trump attacking Judge Merchan's daughter for working in a firm:
“In other words, he hates me! His daughter is a senior executive at a Super Liberal Democrat firm that works for Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, the Democrat National Committee, (Dem) Senate Majority PAC, and even Crooked Joe Biden.”
Trump hawking $60 endorsed Bibles.
"This Bible has been designed so that it delivers an easy reading experience in the trusted King James Version translation."
I prefer the Codex Sinaiticus in Greek. No full copy exists in the original Klingon, though. The only copy was at Praxis, which blew up due to over mining.
How does he touch them without them bursting into flame? Inquiring minds …
I hear they're personally signed by Jesus himself!
I prefer Good News For Modern MAGATs.
"I like Bibles without missing sections, okay? I hate to tell you"
Has he considered hiring someone to sign his signature in them? Because he could sell a shit ton at 1oo bucks a pop.
And jesus' signature. That'd sell a bunch.
He'll start going selling them door-to-door, accompanied by a charming orphan girl who helps him grift the rubes. They will have several musical numbers together. She dies in the last scene and PAB decides to live life on the straight and narrow from then on.
I think he's hit on something here. His followers all talk about The Bible, and they've clearly never cracked one open so they must not have them.
Rather than stealing them out of motel rooms like normal folk, they should send $60 to PAB for copies he's had Walt Nauta steal out of motel rooms.
Don't the motel ones say to take them if you want to?
Charging money for the word of God doesn't seem very Christian.
Very American Evangelical though.
I think it's like public utilities. You're not allowed to re-sell them, either. But you can impose a large service charge.
The man who complains about witch hunts touts a bible named for a man who ran them.
I like the scratch-n-sniff version.
Ah, the "The Leather Goddesses of Phobos" edition.
Pop--up or GTFO.
The Tower of Babel put my eye out!
Yeah, but the resurrection page gets me every time! Whee! There goes Jesus!
King James is _not_ easy. He must mean it's large print or something. Not worth checking.
It actually looks like this with a custom graphic. There's a picture of Cokehead Jr. Holding one and it's flopped over in its cheap cover like a wet noodle.
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Holy-Bible-Custom-P-U-Leather_62413072976.html?spm=a2700.details.you_may_like.5.72d32ab2eUfKcO (they come to $.18 each in lots of 20,000 or more)
Color by Numbers. Crayons not included.
It's been a while, but I seem to remember the print being real small...
Back when I was in high school in Texas, I was very amused by my classmates who whined that Shakespearean English was “too hard” while carrying around KJV Bibles.
Try the Beowulf edition.
Speaking of Shakespeare's English, have you seen today's SMBC?
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1711455296-20240326.png
So the actual bible he's hawking probably costs $5 to manufacture – perfect-bound on the cheapest paper available. A real ""family heirloom" . . .
No doubt the ink smears too.
Stollen from hotel rooms.
Probably from the bankrupt, now demolished T***p Taj Mahal Trash Palace in AC.
“Trusted King James”. That alone proves he knows nothing about the Bible.
It is the best poetry though. That's just as important as accuracy. But if you want accuracy, I believe the NSRV is still the gold standard.
Yeah, we had a "Bible as Literature" class. Metaphor, simile, analogy, etc ... and all those were going to be on the final.
I think he already tried the TrumpBux thing.
Contrasting Biden's talk now regarding the accident in Baltimore just after watching Trump selling Bibles, I can't imagine Trump even pronouncing many of the words Biden is using in a natural manner.
I let the horrible thought of that asshole being in charge and dealing with this darken my headspace for a minute.
Judge Juan M. Merchan to Trump: "Zip it or else."
Sure. How long until the appeals court overturns saying pedisent has free speech?
If you aren't ready to put him in jail the minute he violates this, then you might as well ask for a unicorn.
“I’ll throw your sss in jail l for contempt”
It’s gonna be “else”.
Or else what?
Or else we ask again, and maybe broaden the scope of what Trump is allowed to say, because that will surely make him more likely to respect the Court.
Trump understands my rule of Ultimatums, though in his life he's usually been the one issuing them.
When given an Ultimatum, always take "Or Else." Because that's what the issuer intends anyway, or they wouldn't bring it up. It's OK to lie to play for time, because ultimatums are morally beyond the pale. But make no mistake; "Or Else" is coming so you'd best be ready.
Courtroom ultimatums really don't qualify. That's more cause and effect, so exempt from my rule. In those situations, I always do as directed, not wanted to face "Or Else." That's where Trump and I part company.
I mean, where we part company on this topic; not on everything else where we never were company.
Or we shall taunt you a second time!
Mr. Goat just read that Trump was badmouthing Judge Merchan's daughter. Great idea coming on the heels of Merchan ripping Trump's lawyer a new one during the hearing yesterday.
“In other words, he hates me! His daughter is a senior executive at a Super Liberal Democrat firm that works for Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, the Democrat National Committee, (Dem) Senate Majority PAC, and even Crooked Joe Biden.”
"Nominally" is the Word of the Day here *screams real loud*
The time for 'or else was ??? weeks ago.
About 70 years ago.
“You better be quiet or we’ll give you more publicity!”
Like that?
Someone is going on double secret probation!
Judges seem to use gag orders against the PAB like a parent warns a misbehaving child.
I’m only going to count to three
One…
Two…
Two and a half…
Two and three quarters…
GA Election RICO defendant:
So…….. my bond was modified almost a month ago?!?!?
I can work on the Trump 2024 ?
Why am I just now finding out about this …….. a MONTH LATER !
https://twitter.com/hw_floyd/status/1771248083738693770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1771248083738693770%7Ctwgr%5E9d9a4af2f758573ac8c6aad9f1fb440b156f2d90%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Fr%2Fentryeditor%2F2667607124advanced
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Because you're too fucking stupid to read an order yourself or ask your lawyer how the hearing went?
Spitballing.
Yeah, I don't think I'd have published that on Twitter were I Harrison F̵o̵r̵d̵ F̵n̵o̵r̵d̵ Floyd.
But then, I wouldn't be.
Because Trump supporter and that's what they do?
Mitt Romney: I don’t know her