Honestly, his ex wife is the best i know of. And that's just because she's trying to Brewster's Million's her way out of it and still failing.
Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats
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A bit of a lighter story in this heavy time, but I think Joe Biden just fixed McDonald's ice cream machines...
www.engadget.com
McDonald's restaurants can finally repair their own McFlurry machines
McDonald's lovers rejoice! Franchise owners can legally hire outside repair businesses to work on its broken ice cream dispensers.
It was my cake day, too!
But I forgetted it.
The ruling says that, for the next three years (subject to renewal or not as determined by committee at that time), protections against third-party diagnostics are being lifted. So workers are essentially allowed to use tools NOT provided by the manufacturer to diagnose and repair the machines (think of it like John Deere), but it's not a blanket forever fix.
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So what you're saying is if we want McDonald's ice cream, we need to vote for Harris so someone qualified will continue working at the FTC so this ruling will get renewed.
Conversely, if we vote for Harris, someone UNqualified might end up working at McDonalds, soooo...
--Patrick
They already have some incompetents working there. I saw some pictures of some wholy unqualified guy of retirement age working in a McDonald's, making a hash of orders.
Elon Musk—Powerful Critic Of Illegal Immigrants—Worked Illegally In U.S. At Start Of Career, Report Says
Musk has become a harsh critic of illegal immigration as a key Trump ally and uses his X platform to push anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation.
www.forbes.com
...what was that thing about accusations and confessions again? I forget.
--Patrick
Russian actors made fake video depicting mail-in ballots for Trump being destroyed, FBI says
Russian actors made a widely circulated video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania.
apnews.com
538's really been getting me down lately.
It's still a toss-up between Trump and Harris (which, in and of itself, is just sickening) and everything's basically in the margin of error, but it's shifted from Harris 63 - Trump 37 (at its peak) to now Trump 54 - Harris 46.
I know the numbers themselves don't matter that much, but the shift matters. And it's been tracking consistently slowly downwards for Harris. And while she may not have been my #1 pick in the whole world, she's mostly OK or good, depending on what topics you're looking at. Trump would be better for.....I genuinely can't tell any aspect of politics or personal gain he'd be better at, if you're not a billionaire already.
And I wouldn't care so much if this was some bozo president in, I dunno, Nicaragua being re-elected. You guys choose him, live with the consequences. Erdogan and Orban getting re-elected, I can be pretty sad about, and both affect me on some level, but, again...Sure.
Trump getting re-elected would quite literally mean the end of the world order and destroy the balance of power which has already been shifting the wrong way ever since 9/11. It'd very literally be the end of an era (of Western democracy as the focal point of world politics, democracy rising, etc) and even possibly of the world (hello global warming and the complete lack of interest in it of every dictator or strongman anywhere in the world).
I can't do anything about it - even less than a Democrat in DC whose vote won't matter at all - and it's still just frightening and sickening.
It's still a toss-up between Trump and Harris (which, in and of itself, is just sickening) and everything's basically in the margin of error, but it's shifted from Harris 63 - Trump 37 (at its peak) to now Trump 54 - Harris 46.
I know the numbers themselves don't matter that much, but the shift matters. And it's been tracking consistently slowly downwards for Harris. And while she may not have been my #1 pick in the whole world, she's mostly OK or good, depending on what topics you're looking at. Trump would be better for.....I genuinely can't tell any aspect of politics or personal gain he'd be better at, if you're not a billionaire already.
And I wouldn't care so much if this was some bozo president in, I dunno, Nicaragua being re-elected. You guys choose him, live with the consequences. Erdogan and Orban getting re-elected, I can be pretty sad about, and both affect me on some level, but, again...Sure.
Trump getting re-elected would quite literally mean the end of the world order and destroy the balance of power which has already been shifting the wrong way ever since 9/11. It'd very literally be the end of an era (of Western democracy as the focal point of world politics, democracy rising, etc) and even possibly of the world (hello global warming and the complete lack of interest in it of every dictator or strongman anywhere in the world).
I can't do anything about it - even less than a Democrat in DC whose vote won't matter at all - and it's still just frightening and sickening.
For me specifically, the election could have very tangible consequences over here in Taiwan. China's been getting really aggressive lately. We could maybe trust a "normal" US president to come to our aid in the event of an armed conflict, but with Trump? The guy cares only about his own self-interest. Hand him a bag of cash and he'll happily keep the US out of a conflict with China.
Trump getting elected may very result in my home getting bombed out and me dying in a war.
If that does happen, I would like to ask you guys to boo and hiss in the direction of a Trump supporter. They got me killed.
Trump getting elected may very result in my home getting bombed out and me dying in a war.
If that does happen, I would like to ask you guys to boo and hiss in the direction of a Trump supporter. They got me killed.
I’ll do my best, but if Trump wins, doing this might get us killed.
We can boo and hiss at them together from the afterlife.
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I wholeheartedly agree. Let's deport everyone who isn't a native American. Please provide the DNA result to show at least 12.5% Native American heritage, everybody else can leave.
Note that their own policies are "even if the country of origin won't take them back", so don't start coming over to this side of the ocean, please, we don't want about 46% of you. Well, probably the folks in this board are mostly fine.
Note that their own policies are "even if the country of origin won't take them back", so don't start coming over to this side of the ocean, please, we don't want about 46% of you. Well, probably the folks in this board are mostly fine.
Hell yeah, get the fuck out of my country!
That MSG rally has been just chock full of revelations. Like the part where they said everyone who isn't voting for Trump "...should be slaughtered."
--Patrick
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When an invited guest speaker refers to the rally as a "Nazi rally" and people don't leave afterwards, it really is officially a Nazi rally.
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Trump called the United States a “garbage can for the world.” At a rally in Arizona on Thursday, Trump said, “We’re a dumping ground. We’re like a – we’re like a garbage can for the world. That’s what, that’s what’s happened to us. We’re like a garbage can.” Then on Friday in Texas, Trump again said: “We’re like a garbage can. First time I said it was last night […] I said it – I don’t know, just came out, ‘garbage can.’ We’re like a garbage can for the rest of the world to dump the people they don’t want.” Trump made the comments as he criticized the Biden-Harris administration for its handling of the border. (ABC News / Politico / New Republic / Vanity Fair / The Guardian)
At a rally where Trump was expected to deliver his closing argument to voters before Election Day, the event instead devolved into a spectacle of grievances, misogyny, and racism. Billed as Trump’s homecoming, the Madison Square Garden event featured speakers for roughly five hours who referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage,” called Kamala Harris “the devil,” likened Harris to a prostitute with “pimp handlers,” mocked a Black man in the audience with a reference to watermelon, and made “jokes” that Latinos “love making babies. There’s no pulling out. They come inside, just like they do to our country.” Other speakers referred to Harris as “the Antichrist” and another called her husband, Doug Emhoff, “a crappy Jew.” And, Stephen Miller declared that “America is for Americans and Americans only.” When Trump took the stage, he announced that “The Republican Party has really become the party of inclusion” before telling the crowd that the U.S. “is now an occupied country” and accusing Democrats of being the “enemy from within.” Harris, meanwhile, accused Trump of stoking division and “trying to divide our country” after speakers making bigoted and misogynistic remarks. Harris, who referred to the rally as “that nonsense last night at Madison Square Garden,” said her supporters wanted “a president of the United States who is about uplifting the people, and not berating, not calling America a garbage can.” (New York Times / Associated Press / Washington Post / CNN / Politico / Axios / NBC News)
Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell – ignoring Trump’s recent comments referring to Kamala Harris as a “fascist,” “marxist,” “communist” and “comrade” – asked Harris to “stop escalating the threat environment” after she agreed that Trump is a fascist. The two top Republicans accused Harris of fanning “the flames beneath a boiling cauldron of political animus” and said her words “seem to dare it to boil over.” Despite Trump recently also referring to Harris as a fascist during a Michigan rally, Johnson and McConnell said “She must abandon the base and irresponsible rhetoric that endangers both American lives and institutions.” (Politico / The Hill / Axios)
The Philadelphia District Attorney sued Elon Musk to stop his $1 million daily giveaways to Pennsylvania voters, calling it an “illegal lottery scheme.” Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC, which has already given out more than $9 million, is using “deceptive, vague and misleading statements that create the likelihood of confusion or misunderstanding.” Krasner added: “America PAC and Musk are lulling Philadelphia citizens – and others in the Commonwealth (and other swing states in the upcoming election) – to give up their personal identifying information and make a political pledge in exchange for the chance to win $1 million,” the lawsuit alleges. “That is a lottery. And it is indisputably an unlawful lottery.” (Axios / CNN / ABC News / CNBC)
49% of voters said Trump is a fascist, defined as “a political extremist who seeks to act as a dictator, disregards individual rights and threatens or uses force against their opponents.” (ABC News)
About 40% of voters say they are “extremely” or “very” concerned about attempts to violently overturn the results after the presidential election. About 1 in 3 voters say they are “extremely” or “very” concerned about attempts by local or state election officials to stop the results from being finalized. (Associated Press)
At a rally where Trump was expected to deliver his closing argument to voters before Election Day, the event instead devolved into a spectacle of grievances, misogyny, and racism. Billed as Trump’s homecoming, the Madison Square Garden event featured speakers for roughly five hours who referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage,” called Kamala Harris “the devil,” likened Harris to a prostitute with “pimp handlers,” mocked a Black man in the audience with a reference to watermelon, and made “jokes” that Latinos “love making babies. There’s no pulling out. They come inside, just like they do to our country.” Other speakers referred to Harris as “the Antichrist” and another called her husband, Doug Emhoff, “a crappy Jew.” And, Stephen Miller declared that “America is for Americans and Americans only.” When Trump took the stage, he announced that “The Republican Party has really become the party of inclusion” before telling the crowd that the U.S. “is now an occupied country” and accusing Democrats of being the “enemy from within.” Harris, meanwhile, accused Trump of stoking division and “trying to divide our country” after speakers making bigoted and misogynistic remarks. Harris, who referred to the rally as “that nonsense last night at Madison Square Garden,” said her supporters wanted “a president of the United States who is about uplifting the people, and not berating, not calling America a garbage can.” (New York Times / Associated Press / Washington Post / CNN / Politico / Axios / NBC News)
Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell – ignoring Trump’s recent comments referring to Kamala Harris as a “fascist,” “marxist,” “communist” and “comrade” – asked Harris to “stop escalating the threat environment” after she agreed that Trump is a fascist. The two top Republicans accused Harris of fanning “the flames beneath a boiling cauldron of political animus” and said her words “seem to dare it to boil over.” Despite Trump recently also referring to Harris as a fascist during a Michigan rally, Johnson and McConnell said “She must abandon the base and irresponsible rhetoric that endangers both American lives and institutions.” (Politico / The Hill / Axios)
- More than a dozen former Trump administration officials on came out in support of former chief of staff John Kelly, who said Trump fits the definition of a fascist and would govern like a dictator and has no concept of the Constitution. “We applaud General Kelly for highlighting in stark details the danger of a second Trump term. Like General Kelly, we did not take the decision to come forward lightly,” the letter said. “We are all lifelong Republicans who served our country. However, there are moments in history where it becomes necessary to put country over party. This is one of those moments.” (NBC News / Politico)
- Extremists inspired by conspiracy theories pose major threat to 2024 elections, U.S. intelligence warns. “Candidates, elected officials, election workers, members of the media and judges involved in election cases are among those U.S. intelligence officials identified as targets.” (NBC News)
- Before Election Day, Trump is increasingly sowing doubts about the results. “Trump is already accusing Democrats of trying to cheat and steal the election from him, laying the groundwork to question the results if he loses.” (NBC News)
The Philadelphia District Attorney sued Elon Musk to stop his $1 million daily giveaways to Pennsylvania voters, calling it an “illegal lottery scheme.” Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC, which has already given out more than $9 million, is using “deceptive, vague and misleading statements that create the likelihood of confusion or misunderstanding.” Krasner added: “America PAC and Musk are lulling Philadelphia citizens – and others in the Commonwealth (and other swing states in the upcoming election) – to give up their personal identifying information and make a political pledge in exchange for the chance to win $1 million,” the lawsuit alleges. “That is a lottery. And it is indisputably an unlawful lottery.” (Axios / CNN / ABC News / CNBC)
- Elon Musk, enemy of “open borders,” launched his career working illegally. “Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.” (Washington Post)
49% of voters said Trump is a fascist, defined as “a political extremist who seeks to act as a dictator, disregards individual rights and threatens or uses force against their opponents.” (ABC News)
About 40% of voters say they are “extremely” or “very” concerned about attempts to violently overturn the results after the presidential election. About 1 in 3 voters say they are “extremely” or “very” concerned about attempts by local or state election officials to stop the results from being finalized. (Associated Press)
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