This breakdown of the hypocracy is just chef's kiss. The fact that people had a meltdown over Obama putting his feet on a desk while Trump is literally demolishing parts of the White House without proper approval is wild. And the detail about JD Vance and the couch had me dying. What really gets me is how Cheung tried to compare this to Truman's renovation without mentioning that Truman actualy went through Congress first because the building was falling apart. The whole thing about Trump stacking the planning commission with people who just rubber stamp whatever he wants is such a perfect exampel of how things work now. Thanks for documenting all of this with sources, it's important to have this stuff on record.
Wait until Trump starts the demolition of the Lincoln Memorial, and his butt-snorkelers will say "You Marxist Commie libs take down Civil War monuments all the time!" Checkmated by the both-sides gambit! Congress will get involved by doing nothing, of course.
"Twas the night of the king's castration; a royal ball was coming off."
So begins one of the great examples of literary doggerel that was part of my junior high learning experience (not in the classroom, obviously) a version of which I committed to
memory and which I can still recite as I near age 89. If you're not familiar with it, you might look up and enjoy one or more of the many versions on the Internet. Or you might not enjoy them.
The relationship of this great work to the horror being visited by the vulgar Visigoth king on our White House is obvious, and if I wouldn't get banhammered I'd offer a wish that someone would have a tiny testicle or two torn from his ugly body and stuffed in his ugly mouth, but I won't wish that on anyone, knowing fully well that someone just isn't anyone. (Apologies to real and decent goths and Visigoths.)
I can't laugh at any of this. He's going to take us all down with him. Nothing and no one is safe. Whether that was his intended message or no, that's what was received by many of us. Call it a VIBE.
Someone please dox the entire list of trump-appointed members of that commission. May they never have peace over their "rubber stamp" of this travesty.
The most wonderful thing about the internet is that if you ever want to call up this LBJ conversation but have lost the link, all you have to do is to go on the Google machine and type in "down where your nuts hang" and you can go right to it.
Oooh, fun fact!! You know how all the trolls out there have been posting near-identical comments like “we have a president, not a king.” - as if the concept of “metaphor” were strange to them??? In the link about wingnut outrage over Obama’s feet on the desk, there’s a tweet about Obama “acting like a king” - they sure seemed to get the point back then.
To be honest, I never really liked Dilbert. It was ok, but I didn't find it as funny as like Calvin or far side or non sequitor or something like that. The animals were funny though
I've assumed that someone in his mal-administration showed him a picture of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles Palace and the orange shitgibbon, envious as always, said "hold my diet coke."
This breakdown of the hypocracy is just chef's kiss. The fact that people had a meltdown over Obama putting his feet on a desk while Trump is literally demolishing parts of the White House without proper approval is wild. And the detail about JD Vance and the couch had me dying. What really gets me is how Cheung tried to compare this to Truman's renovation without mentioning that Truman actualy went through Congress first because the building was falling apart. The whole thing about Trump stacking the planning commission with people who just rubber stamp whatever he wants is such a perfect exampel of how things work now. Thanks for documenting all of this with sources, it's important to have this stuff on record.
My two cents
Remodelling of the White House is the cherry on top of matrimonial revenge and compensating for other inadequacies. https://open.substack.com/pub/preceperi/p/war-of-the-roses?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5h1r4j
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings,
Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair......
trying to keep a long term POV here (been reading up on Stoicism)
I'm trying to imagine Trump trying to put his feet up on the desk
Wait until Trump starts the demolition of the Lincoln Memorial, and his butt-snorkelers will say "You Marxist Commie libs take down Civil War monuments all the time!" Checkmated by the both-sides gambit! Congress will get involved by doing nothing, of course.
https://mdavis19881.substack.com/p/trumps-shits-on-americans-then-demos
"Twas the night of the king's castration; a royal ball was coming off."
So begins one of the great examples of literary doggerel that was part of my junior high learning experience (not in the classroom, obviously) a version of which I committed to
memory and which I can still recite as I near age 89. If you're not familiar with it, you might look up and enjoy one or more of the many versions on the Internet. Or you might not enjoy them.
The relationship of this great work to the horror being visited by the vulgar Visigoth king on our White House is obvious, and if I wouldn't get banhammered I'd offer a wish that someone would have a tiny testicle or two torn from his ugly body and stuffed in his ugly mouth, but I won't wish that on anyone, knowing fully well that someone just isn't anyone. (Apologies to real and decent goths and Visigoths.)
Trump would need 3 people and a hoist to put his feet on the desk.
What do you think he keeps Walt Nauta around for?
THE EPSTEIN BALLROOM!
I can't laugh at any of this. He's going to take us all down with him. Nothing and no one is safe. Whether that was his intended message or no, that's what was received by many of us. Call it a VIBE.
Someone please dox the entire list of trump-appointed members of that commission. May they never have peace over their "rubber stamp" of this travesty.
The most wonderful thing about the internet is that if you ever want to call up this LBJ conversation but have lost the link, all you have to do is to go on the Google machine and type in "down where your nuts hang" and you can go right to it.
As they're placing concrete for the ballroom addition, keep your eye on where they're putting the Epstein files under it.
Oooh, fun fact!! You know how all the trolls out there have been posting near-identical comments like “we have a president, not a king.” - as if the concept of “metaphor” were strange to them??? In the link about wingnut outrage over Obama’s feet on the desk, there’s a tweet about Obama “acting like a king” - they sure seemed to get the point back then.
Okay, time for walkies and exercise. Later.
Okay, the "Dilbert" sketch in S11E16 of "Robot Chicken" was really good.
Scott Adams: The more people remember enjoying my comic, the more they'll overlook it when I say things like "The culture is erasing white men!"
Dilbert: Buddy, there's not enough reader goodwill in the world to save your wack ass.
To be honest, I never really liked Dilbert. It was ok, but I didn't find it as funny as like Calvin or far side or non sequitor or something like that. The animals were funny though
I had the punchline "Death to those who eat!" in my head for most of my corporate career.
The White House, Supreme Court building, and the Capitol are all exempt from the 1966 National Historic Preservation Act.
Ahhh. Of course.
What a fail whale that exclusion is
Did John Roberts write that on the Shadow Docket?
Fuck Ted Cruz.
The Supreme Court building will be reduced to a facade with a parking lot behind it. How much room do a half dozen Justices and a rubber stamp need?
The rubes who come to watch a little MMA then go dancing at the Orange Room are going to have to leave their cars somewhere
The Government likes to make exceptions for itself.
An exceptional government, in the sense of being prone to excepting itself...
Let's just exclude our most historic structures from the act meant to preserve historic structures.
SMRT!
Yes but who says he’s really even building a ballroom? Him?
I've assumed that someone in his mal-administration showed him a picture of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles Palace and the orange shitgibbon, envious as always, said "hold my diet coke."
Or catacombs ?
He's building a lair. Every aspiring supervillain wants a secret lair, for world domination purposes
That’s actually the most likely reason I’ve heard.
No one. It already had a ballroom
Just was not the huge ass thing he is used to with all his adoring fans clapping for him
Ballroom, throne room, they're practically the same.
Especially with spray on gold leaf
So when do the neon "Trump's Supreme Court" and "Trump's Capitol Building" signs go up?
Yesterday.
I guess that gives him two more to makeover.
The Supreme Court remodel would be perfect karma.
The remodeling of the Capitol in 2021 didn't go so great.
Checks and....
...more checks.
"Make 'em out to cash..."
But no balances.
He deposits the checks and his balance increases.