The Fire Next Time?

[Stavros]

To a man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Trump seems to think that threatening huge tariffs is the answer to every international problem, probably because he is stupid enough to think there is no cost to the USA.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/1...trade-00192042

Do Trump and his cronies really believe that the best way to counter the rise of China is to antagonise the rest of the world? As well as explaining how tariffs work, someone needs to tell him that the US no longer dominates the world economy - even at market exchange rates it's now only a quarter of world GDP.

Exactly this. But the Trump party has rejected Free Market Economics, they no longer believe what Reagan or Thatcher believed, and could end up hitting Texas, the most Republican of states and not just Canada, Mexico and Europe-

How Trump's tariff threat could DESTROY a major state

[filghy2]

Sure,,, those are all, to use an obvious pun, "Trumped up" charges, put forth by biased, corrupt DAs, in kangaroo courts, presided over by corrupt judges. And we see where they are all headed. Some of those DAs and AGs & judges should be disbarred.

I guess we may soon find out whether you are really against politicisation of justice.
https://apnews.com/article/kash-pate...aa37df5f9770ad

[Paladin]

I guess we may soon find out whether you are really against politicisation of justice.
https://apnews.com/article/kash-pate...aa37df5f9770ad

And the feckless, foppish demented, corrupt dolt just pardoned his crack smoking, tax evading, influence peddling son. This is of course AFTER garland and his criminal cronies dragged things on until the statute of limitations had run out on the most serious charges. politicization of justice at its most extreme. More heads should roll, but they probably won't.

[filghy2]

And the feckless, foppish demented, corrupt dolt just pardoned his crack smoking, tax evading, influence peddling son. This is of course AFTER garland and his criminal cronies dragged things on until the statute of limitations had run out on the most serious charges. politicization of justice at its most extreme. More heads should roll, but they probably won't.

Let me refresh your memory on the number of personal cronies pardoned by Trump in his first term, including Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...y_Donald_Trump

Do you evn know what the word foppish means? Foppish is when a man wears orange makeup, for example.

[Stavros]

And the feckless, foppish demented, corrupt dolt just pardoned his crack smoking, tax evading, influence peddling son. This is of course AFTER garland and his criminal cronies dragged things on until the statute of limitations had run out on the most serious charges. politicization of justice at its most extreme. More heads should roll, but they probably won't.

Shock! Horror! Biden gets hammered for doing what Trump does.

Curious though: The Laptop -only there is no laptop. The machine was destroyed years ago. They extracted the hard drive, which has been in the hands of so many different people it surely cannot be used as evidence in a court of law? Then there is the question -Hunter owned the laptop but did not go back to claim it -did the store owner try to contact him? Why, if he did, did the store owner give a piece of private property to a Republican? And whose business is it what is on that hard drive? The whole case was a farce from start to finish.

Ok the optics are not good, but so far Trump has been hiring friends and relatives and Billionaires like he is Yeltsin Redux, albeit without the booze problem. None of this will end well.

[filghy2]

And the feckless, foppish demented, corrupt dolt just pardoned his crack smoking, tax evading, influence peddling son. This is of course AFTER garland and his criminal cronies dragged things on until the statute of limitations had run out on the most serious charges. politicization of justice at its most extreme. More heads should roll, but they probably won't.

In addition to not knowing the meaning or spelling of words, you seem to be very ignorant of basic facts.
1. The Special Counsel who investigated Hunter Biden was a Republican appointed by Trump.
2. The allegations about corruption in the Ukraine collapsed after the informant was charged with fabricating his claims to the FBI.
3. The charges on which he was convicted seem to be ones that wouldn't normally be prosecuted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiss_..._investigation

To be clear, I'm not defending this pardon. The power for the President to issue unlimited pardons does not belong in a democracy. But it's shameless hypocrisy to complain about this one pardon while excusing Trump doing it on an industrial scale.

[Paladin]

Let me refresh your memory on the number of personal cronies pardoned by Trump in his first term, including Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...y_Donald_Trump

Do you evn know what the word foppish means? Foppish is when a man wears orange makeup, for example.

Were any of them ELEVEN YEAR timespans???

I know the meanings of then words I used. Sometimes I use them in historical context.

[Stavros]

I am still trying to find the words to describe this. Phallic? Biblical? Spooky?

Do Canadians get to choose? So I guess it's not serious, but the imagery alone speaks volumes for the man's Matterhorn-sized ego.

[filghy2]

And the feckless, foppish demented, corrupt dolt just pardoned his crack smoking, tax evading, influence peddling son. This is of course AFTER garland and his criminal cronies dragged things on until the statute of limitations had run out on the most serious charges. politicization of justice at its most extreme. More heads should roll, but they probably won't.

This is the list of deep state enemies previously identified by Trump's nominee for FBI Director, Kash Patel. Is this what you have in mind? Many of these people actually worked for Trump, so it seems like their 'crime' is criticising Trump or refusing to do something he wanted.
https://www.mediaite.com/news/govern...state-enemies/

Michael Atkinson – Former inspector general of the intelligence community
Lloyd Austin – Secretary of Defense under President Joe Biden
Brian Auten – Supervisory intelligence analyst, FBI
James Baker – Former general counsel for the FBI and Twitter executive
Bill Barr – Former attorney general under Trump
John Bolton – Former national security adviser under Trump
Stephen Boyd – Former chief of legislative affairs, FBI
Joe Biden – President of the United States
John Brennan – Former CIA director under President Obama
John Carlin – Former DOJ national security division head under Trump
Eric Ciaramella – Former National Security Council staffer
Pat Cipollone – Former White House counsel under Trump
James Clapper – Former director of national intelligence under Obama
Hillary Clinton – Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate
James Comey – Former FBI director
Elizabeth Dibble – Former deputy chief of mission, U.S. embassy, London
Mark Esper – Former Secretary of Defense under Trump
Alyssa Farah – Former strategic communications director under Trump
Evelyn Farkas – Former Pentagon official under Obama
Sarah Isgur Flores – Former DOJ communications head under Trump
Merrick Garland – Attorney General under Biden
Stephanie Grisham – Former White House press secretary under Trump
Kamala Harris – Vice President and former presidential candidate
Gina Haspel – Former CIA director under Trump
Fiona Hill – Former National Security Council staffer
Curtis Heide – FBI agent
Eric Holder – Former attorney general under Obama
Robert Hur – Special counsel for Biden document investigation
Cassidy Hutchinson – Former assistant to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows
Nina Jankowicz – Former head of Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board
Lois Lerner – Former IRS official under Obama
Loretta Lynch – Former attorney general under Obama
Charles Kupperman – Former deputy national security adviser under Trump
Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (Ret.) – Former CENTCOM commander
Andrew McCabe – Former FBI deputy director
Ryan McCarthy – Former Secretary of the Army under Trump
Mary McCord – Former DOJ national security division head
Denis McDonough – Former Obama chief of staff, current VA secretary
Gen. Mark Milley (Ret.) – Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lisa Monaco – Deputy attorney general under Biden
Robert Mueller – Former FBI director and Russiagate special counsel
Bruce Ohr – Former DOJ official under Obama and Trump
Nellie Ohr – Former CIA employee
Lisa Page – Former FBI counsel
Pat Philbin – Former deputy White House counsel under Trump
John Podesta – Former Obama adviser, current Biden climate adviser
Samantha Power – Former U.N. ambassador under Obama, current USAID administrator
Bill Priestap – Former FBI counterintelligence chief
Susan Rice – Former Obama national security adviser
Rod Rosenstein – Former deputy attorney general under Trump
Peter Strzok – Former FBI counterintelligence agent
Jake Sullivan – National Security Adviser under Biden
Michael Sussman – Former DNC lawyer
Miles Taylor – Former DHS official under Trump
Timothy Thibault – Former FBI agent
Andrew Weissman – Mueller’s Russiagate deputy
Alexander Vindman – Former National Security Council official
Christopher Wray – Current FBI director under Trump and Biden
Sally Yates – Former deputy attorney general under Obama
Adam Schiff – Senator-elect and former House Intelligence Committee chairman

[Paladin]

This is the list of deep state enemies previously identified by Trump's nominee for FBI Director, Kash Patel. Is this what you have in mind? Many of these people actually worked for Trump, so it seems like their 'crime' is criticising Trump or refusing to do something he wanted.
https://www.mediaite.com/news/govern...state-enemies/

Michael Atkinson – Former inspector general of the intelligence community
Lloyd Austin – Secretary of Defense under President Joe Biden
Brian Auten – Supervisory intelligence analyst, FBI
James Baker – Former general counsel for the FBI and Twitter executive
Bill Barr – Former attorney general under Trump
John Bolton – Former national security adviser under Trump
Stephen Boyd – Former chief of legislative affairs, FBI
Joe Biden – President of the United States
John Brennan – Former CIA director under President Obama
John Carlin – Former DOJ national security division head under Trump
Eric Ciaramella – Former National Security Council staffer
Pat Cipollone – Former White House counsel under Trump
James Clapper – Former director of national intelligence under Obama
Hillary Clinton – Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate
James Comey – Former FBI director
Elizabeth Dibble – Former deputy chief of mission, U.S. embassy, London
Mark Esper – Former Secretary of Defense under Trump
Alyssa Farah – Former strategic communications director under Trump
Evelyn Farkas – Former Pentagon official under Obama
Sarah Isgur Flores – Former DOJ communications head under Trump
Merrick Garland – Attorney General under Biden
Stephanie Grisham – Former White House press secretary under Trump
Kamala Harris – Vice President and former presidential candidate
Gina Haspel – Former CIA director under Trump
Fiona Hill – Former National Security Council staffer
Curtis Heide – FBI agent
Eric Holder – Former attorney general under Obama
Robert Hur – Special counsel for Biden document investigation
Cassidy Hutchinson – Former assistant to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows
Nina Jankowicz – Former head of Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board
Lois Lerner – Former IRS official under Obama
Loretta Lynch – Former attorney general under Obama
Charles Kupperman – Former deputy national security adviser under Trump
Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (Ret.) – Former CENTCOM commander
Andrew McCabe – Former FBI deputy director
Ryan McCarthy – Former Secretary of the Army under Trump
Mary McCord – Former DOJ national security division head
Denis McDonough – Former Obama chief of staff, current VA secretary
Gen. Mark Milley (Ret.) – Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lisa Monaco – Deputy attorney general under Biden
Robert Mueller – Former FBI director and Russiagate special counsel
Bruce Ohr – Former DOJ official under Obama and Trump
Nellie Ohr – Former CIA employee
Lisa Page – Former FBI counsel
Pat Philbin – Former deputy White House counsel under Trump
John Podesta – Former Obama adviser, current Biden climate adviser
Samantha Power – Former U.N. ambassador under Obama, current USAID administrator
Bill Priestap – Former FBI counterintelligence chief
Susan Rice – Former Obama national security adviser
Rod Rosenstein – Former deputy attorney general under Trump
Peter Strzok – Former FBI counterintelligence agent
Jake Sullivan – National Security Adviser under Biden
Michael Sussman – Former DNC lawyer
Miles Taylor – Former DHS official under Trump
Timothy Thibault – Former FBI agent
Andrew Weissman – Mueller’s Russiagate deputy
Alexander Vindman – Former National Security Council official
Christopher Wray – Current FBI director under Trump and Biden
Sally Yates – Former deputy attorney general under Obama
Adam Schiff – Senator-elect and former House Intelligence Committee chairman

Just be thankful that you're not on the list.

Maybe he's got a secret list. I might even be on it.