Trump 2024

[badlatitude]

 

[billy backstay]

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump hid in a bunker because people were protesting.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump blew off a commemoration for dead war heroes because it was raining.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump paid a quack doctor to gin up a bullshit note about imaginary bone spurs.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump bowed his head to Vladimir Putin.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump needed a general’s help to gingerly make his way down a gentle ramp.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump lobbed paper towels at bewildered hurricane victims.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump drove his golf cart up onto the green.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump snuggled up to despots.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump bragged about identifying a drawing of an elephant.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump touched a glowing Saudi orb.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump did a bizarre thumbs-up photo-op with a baby who was orphaned by a mass shooter.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump paid hush money.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump held hate rallies.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump stole classified documents.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump defrauded his own government.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump watched himself on television.

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump threw a bottle of ketchup at a wall.

any questions?

Joe Biden visited an active war zone. Donald Trump hid in a bunker.

see if you can spot the difference

jefftiedrich.substack.com

An interesting letter about Biden compared to TFG...............

Steady Leadership?​

Questions for the moment​

Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner

Steadiness has long been a hallmark of effective leadership.

When one reports from the panic of crises — wars, natural disasters, economic implosions — it is often immediately apparent who has the ability to rise above the chaos. Those people, imbued with a steadfast calm, have an inherent capacity to triage, comfort, inspire, and command respect. They exude effectiveness. They build resilience. They inspire hope. And people rally around them.

When we began this newsletter, there was a man in the Oval Office and an ethos dominating our government that exuded disarray, fecklessness, and turmoil. One of the reasons we chose to name our efforts “Steady” was an implicit criticism of a president who exuded the opposite of steadiness.

We are living at a time of great precariousness. Much of it stems from the destabilizing forces of the last administration. But there are also many currents that are far older, deeper, and more pervasive.

We have the biggest war in Europe since World War II. We have inflation spurred from the aftermath of a global pandemic. We have a rising, belligerent China. We now have a banking crisis. We have persistent social flashpoints around issues like homelessness, crime, immigration, and drug dependency.

The list of immediate topics that threaten our equilibrium can feel unending. And then there are ones that loom over us and call into question the very future of our species, like the climate crisis, and now, artificial intelligence.

What do we know about the dangers we face and refuse to confront? What are we not anticipating? How do we stay steady when the seas of life are roiling and the waves of uncertainty crash upon us with unexpected ferocity?

One of the most prominent characteristics of the Biden administration is a deep belief in steadiness. The president himself, and the women and men who lead his cabinet and staff his administration, tend to be serious, sober-minded, and thoughtful. Perhaps they are even boring in terms of occupying media oxygen. This tendency seems to be by design; the bet is that these are the qualities that will provide effective leadership on the myriad concerns facing this nation and the world.

In recent days, we have seen this mindset in full display on issues ranging from a banking meltdown to the Russian downing of an expensive piece of American drone hardware over the Black Sea. Will these crises radiate into more lasting fissures of instability? Can the administration manage the impact? Will destructive forces be beyond control? Will the measures now being undertaken make matters worse?

In the end, will the Biden presidency’s effort to deliberately project steadiness — indeed, to be steady — be effective?

In our news ecosystems — abetted by partisan outlets and social media — it is usually the loudest and most reckless voices that garner significant attention. In this environment, steadiness can be misconstrued as passivity. Action, even if intemperate, is too often valued more than thought.

There is of course also a place in our world for passion, instinct, and fevered activity. Many of our most valued artists, writers, poets, and musicians have been prone to instability. It can be a crucible for creativity. We need all kinds of people to make this world interesting.

But who do we want staring down grave challenges, leading a nation, navigating through a crisis? Steadiness can be bold. It can be decisive. It can be creative, as well.

It is this version of leadership that Biden and his team are trying to project. Steadiness. Is it working? Is it what America wants? Is it what America and the world need?

The tides of history roll. The winds of change howl. Questions abound that only an unknowable future can answer.

Steady Leadership?

Questions for the moment

steady.substack.com

 

[Bus Driver]

If only @Dog 2.0 would watch this - no reading necessary.

But, I doubt he will. Certainly not with an open mind.

The quotes from the laptop guy are amazing.

 

[Raz'r]

Goddamnit. Facts have such a liberal bias. Just a guess, DogShit won't watch that video.

 

[Steam Flyer]

I was once at the Intercontinental in Berlin the eastern block whores that filled the lobby and bar around six were smoking hot and elegantly attired with matching demeanors took me a while to put it together. They all put Melanie to shame on her best day.

Those girls were on a mission. Best description of dating one I got from a buddy:
"Imagine the last piranha left alive in the fish tank"

I wonder how many were graduates of the KGB blowjob school?

 

[Ishmael]

I wonder how many were graduates of the KGB blowjob school?

Was this the teacher?

 

[Steam Flyer]

I wonder how many were graduates of the KGB blowjob school?

Was this the teacher?

Looks more like the penalty for failure

 

[Ishmael]

Looks more like the penalty for failure

One of the recruited prisoners said Prigozhin gave him a hummer. He's not my type.

 

[SloopJonB]

Looks more like the penalty for failure

This is the penalty for failure

 

[veni vidi vici]

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[Blue Crab]

We see what you did there. The other team would put up Boebert and Greene. Girl Power would be the nicest term.

 

[billy backstay]

I wonder how many were graduates of the KGB blowjob school?

Red Sparrow??

'Red Sparrow' used to be an actual phenomenon during the Cold War, and in some ways still is: Author

The idea of using sex as a linchpin in human intelligence gathering is still part of espionage, "Red Sparrow" author Jason Matthews explains.

www.cnbc.com

 

[phillysailor]

The GOP is fast acieving a level of mediocrity and mendacity that will forever impair its ability to be regarded as a serious part of our nation’s governance.

George Santos, MTG, Trump have stained the brand so thoroughly and captured “the base” so completely that no serious politician can survive the muck.

We are witnessing a sea change, folks. Much like Russia and Ukraine we just have to outlast the orcs.

 

[MaxHeadroom]

Someone is going to be using a lot of depends between now and Tuesday

 

[Sol Rosenberg]

Someone is going to be using a lot of depends between now and Tuesday

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Talk about illegal leaks….

 

[Bus Driver]

For those of you who say the defeated ex-President is done -

DeSantis, on Defense, Shows Signs of Slipping in Polls​

Donald J. Trump and his allies have blasted him as “Meatball Ron,” “Ron DeSanctimonious,” a “groomer,” disloyal and a supporter of cutting entitlement programs. Now, he’s getting criticism from many mainstream conservatives for calling Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “territorial dispute.”

Is all of this making a difference in the polls? There are signs the answer is yes.

In surveys taken since the Trump offensive began two months ago, Mr. DeSantis, the Florida governor, has steadily lost ground against Mr. Trump, whose own numbers have increased.

 

[phillysailor]

Will the real Republican please stand up?

Since the GOP is now just a personality cult with a cable news network, having more than one figurehead makes it confusing…

 

[veni vidi vici]

Will the real Republican please stand up?

Since the FOP is now just a personality cult with a cable news network, having more than one figurehead just makes it confusing…

Don’t worry about it

 

[phillysailor]

Don’t worry about it

Well, aren’t you interested to know what your opinions are? How will you know what to complain about if these two attack each other?

You’re gonna have to think for yourself if that happens. 😱

 

[veni vidi vici]

Well, aren’t you interested to know what your opinions are? How will you know what to complain about if these two attack each other?

You’re gonna have to think for yourself if that happens. 😱

Oh… I think for myself
and cross off sources that lie