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CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
https://x.com/AesPolitics1/status/1875548949526008267?t=YdGmBRX64Lt9cOZ_OceuUw&s=19

As much as we all hoped he would spend the last few years of his life in prison, I'm starting to believe that permanently and irrevocably labeling him a felon may actually be an alright outcome. It drives him crazy, makes him think people think less of him (lol), and there's nothing he can do about it.

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CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Flikken posted:

Why the gently caress will the world's richest man ever be in a position to defend himself with a knife?

You know that painting of the kitten looking at itself in the mirror and seeing a lion?

It's that only, instead of a cute kitten, it's an ill-adjusted 53-year-old man imagining himself as a comic book hero or something other than an ill-adjusted 53-year-old man.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Stultus Maximus posted:

Gonna borrow this from last month's thread, and probably re-use it a lot in coming months:

Another way of looking at it is probably, deep down, he really doesn't give a gently caress what happens as he got what he wanted, which was to not go to prison so "gently caress you, got mine".

E- Don Jr apparently flew to Greenland to try to film content to build the case as to why it should become America east. Meanwhile, Gulf of America is some Freedom Fries poo poo if I've ever heard it.

CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 01:58 on Jan 8, 2025

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Platystemon posted:



Canada has designs on Maine.

Trump will act in self defense.

Is it bad I could see him seeing Trudeau's resignation as an opportunity to attempt the world's dumbest coup?

Like "government at its weakest/hit 'em while they're 'down'" seeming like the Big Brain Buddies would see that as the time to move in their infinite wisdom; Donnie because he heard that once and it sounds tough, while Elon thinks he's a supervillain but is really Professor Chaos?

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

facialimpediment posted:

One of the only things Donnie's right about is that California has mismanaged forests with absolute tons of tinder everywhere, just waiting to explode into wildfires. Naturally, he's wrong about the why (hurf blurf water CALIFORNIA BAD).

Problem #1 is that 60% of California's forests are managed by the federal government. The federal government would rather fund various versions of cops for people instead of cops for forestry management, so they don't have the people nor the funding. That could be supplemented by state/local folks, which speeds headlong into:

Problem #2 that the state/local fuckers underfund local forestry services and/or the fire department too. LA's mayor pulled $20M from LAFD to fund the LAPD because a dollar spent on forest management is a dollar not spent on bouncing nonwhite people's faces off police cruiser hoods. Policing the trees won't reduce the crime wave that exists on TV! Also, incarcerated firefighters account for 30% of LA's total wildfire fighting force and that appears to be decreasing.

Is there a chance this wraps up in 12 days and, if not, how quickly will he start pulling his "Well, California didn't support me so I'm not sending any FEMA assets, I am Tough :smugdon:" poo poo?

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
https://x.com/OAlexanderDK/status/1878583909023453285?t=wVibdg_HnK1mAxhK0y92Xw&s=19

Wait, what?

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Mr. Nice! posted:

Trump's going to put 25% tariffs on all goods coming from Canada including crude oil. Just :lol: we're so absolutely hosed.

https://x.com/JavierBlas/status/1878830699354165329

Meanwhile, the Good Judge Cannon realizes the gravy train done left the station without her.

https://x.com/OccupyDemocrats/status/1878864938585804871?t=aEJpJQ67gszho55c_LNVeg&s=19

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

My Spirit Otter posted:

one said trump wants to combine canada, the us and mexico to form one supernation that has americas resources, canadas healthcare and mexicos (he didnt have anything for mexico)

"I have concepts of a plan. And those concepts are to merge two countries as if they're companies and inherit a really good healthcare plan which I will take credit for."

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

GD_American posted:

GODDAMMNITTTTTT can Dems stop sucking for five loving seconds

Pardon him from what? He wasn't convicted of anything at the federal level.

They just wouldn't be them without being presented the choice of doing the right thing and punching themselves in the dick with a hammer and choosing the latter.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
https://x.com/trouble_man90/status/1880835084212924459

If it stays banned, he protected us against China! If it's unbanned, he brought it back for all the young people! :smugdon: :suicide:

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
Didn't Grimes recently get exposed for not actually having the fuzziest idea how to DJ?

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Sounds like when your grandpa starts talking about the computers.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Kazinsal posted:

It would be really funny if we make it to 2029 without DOGE actually getting actually established.

I mean, they're already whittling down the staff by banishing the Vivek back to Ohio.

If they somehow find a way to jettison the guy who came up with the idea and gave it his own cute, in joke name, we're in business.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
I've been successful for the most part in avoiding Day 1 of the Fourth Reich, so:

https://x.com/ArtCandee/status/1881461836648001595

...what did I miss here? MAGAts not happy with performative bullshit?

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Milo and POTUS posted:

lol it's a footnote because the media's just kinda glossing over it.

Hell, they're probably excited as it gives them fodder for stories, especially on the opinion shows.

"Let's keep Trumpy in the spotlight for four years after he lost because he drives ratings!"

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
Hey, did he end the war in Ukraine in a day, even before he took over as president?

No?

Good start, bigly strongly negotiation deal man.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
Elon made his first boo-boo his boss won't take kindly to:

https://x.com/P_Kallioniemi/status/1882068850507960337

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
Since linking to Twitter isn't appreciated understandably, Trump is on CNN talking about defunding/closing FEMA.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

That's actually surprising. FEMA seems like an easy way for him to send/withhold money to people based on their perceived loyalty. California wildfires? Figure it out, libs. Gulf of America hurricane? Rebuild the beach and every boomer retiree house every 3 years.

He's going to close FEMA TO own the libs. He's going to close it and then point the magical water spigot toward California.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Kaiser Schnitzel posted:

I think the reality of a second trump term is gonna start hitting lots of people real fast to shake them out of their stupor. Oh yeah, remember this is just insanity, all the time?

Not sure who you're referring to when you say lots of people but, assuming it's the true believers, I think at least some of them might wake up when egg prices don't go down and the prices of fruit, vegetables, and meat go through the drat roof when there's nobody left to process any of it as Big Brains has hucked the only people willing to do it over his 42 miles of big beautiful fence.

Then, of course, there will always be the people like the people who called me an idiot on Twitter for suggesting Trump would spend four years trying to find a way to weasel into a third term only for me to link them the above because I've run out of fucks to give.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

The Eyes Have It posted:

"Stop living beholden to the past, move on and let poo poo go" says powerful man with more grudges and vanity projects than anyone can count.

NaziX launched one of his cars into space a few years ago with a mannequin strapped in which, yesterday, was confused for an asteroid.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
What's the current count of recognized independent countries in the world and what's the current count on how many he's pissed off in six days?

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
My dad, who just turned 80, has started to realize that Trump throws a hissy fit every time he doesn't get his way and is tired of the schtick. The Tuskegee Airmen thing may finally have broken him.

An older couple in my neighborhood stunned me with their political views today by, despite looking and sounding like the typical chud, saying Trump's "not no Christian" and voted for my town's Republican mayor, but not him.

I can't wait for egg prices to go to $15 and for more of these people to not swallow whatever "paying more is patriotic!" propaganda they'll try to spin to make it look like "Trump not bad!".

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

facialimpediment posted:

Nah, go easy on this kind of thinking because that's kinda how Donnie wants you to think. An example is the dumbshit EO on water to Los Angeles. He yammered that the military has "just entered California on emergency powers" and "turned the water on". When the EO is only about releasing federal water into mid-california for farms, not down to LA.

Lots and lots and lots of this poo poo is using the big hammer to make future poo poo easier for themselves, not the whole military takeover kind of thing. They're putting a pair of 8s on the poker table, then flipping over the table, smashing it with said hammer, eating the chips, and making GBS threads all over the floor, and declaring I WIN. Once the HAZMAT team comes back in, the poker table gets bolted to the floor, and bets are all done electronically, they only had a pair of 8s.

It almost feels like he's doing all this nonsense cost cutting to take his poker winnings and buy Greenland as, in his mind, it's a sensible business strategy.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
It's the typical "Here's what we WANT to do, but here's what we're really doing. We walked it back due to the outrage" card they played last time.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

It would be worth reading this at this time:

https://archive.is/g6ElI#selection-703.0-703.44

It's about how Adolf Hitler used German law to shatter German law. I don't know if it's being used as an instruction manual but I would not be in the least surprised - the broad strokes are very close.

I didn't realise Hitler literally ran on 'draining the swamp', either.

The cruel irony in it all is Trump may not even live to the end of this term given his age and apparent general health, yet he's hellbent on seeing the country set ablaze in His image before he goes. The country will be ruined but lol, he's not going to be here to see much of the after effect.

Hitler was in his fifties and conceivably could have lived into the 1960s or '70s if things had gone his way.

E- it's much like after a stepparent in a divorce dies or, for those of the NASCAR persuasion, the aftermath of the big wreck at Daytona or Talladega- whoever starts it creates a mess for everyone in the aftermath while they get away scot-free.

CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Jan 28, 2025

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Stravag posted:

Yeah I enjoyed colbert and the daily show when they didn't have to cover whatever hosed up thing trump had done that day every day

Kimmel using most of his opening monologue every night to openly poo poo on Trump is cathartic, though, but even he's started taking swings at Biden to try to keep it quasi-balanced.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:

now if you'll excuse me, my freedom fries are getting cold

Seriously, Gulf of America is the most freedom fries thing since freedom fries.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
"Let's make big talk about invading the Panama Canal and Greenland and probably Canada, but let's also Purge a bunch of military members at the same time to reduce the strength of the force. Wait, why are the numbers of people who signed up for this voluntarily going down?" :downsbravo:

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
Speaking of Greenland, what does happen if the orange one orders Operation Bigly Deal and mobilizes an invasion? Would that constitute an attack on Denmark and, thus, NATO?

I'd assume there's no way the generals who see it for what it is could go "lol no". Would there be some obvious giveaway like mobilizing troops to Alaska for some sort of cold weather exercises?

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
CRJ-700 and a Blackhawk, possibly from Anacostia, is what CNN says.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Discussion Quorum posted:

US air travel had a really good run. Our last big crash was in what, 2009? If this turns out to be yet another ATC fuckup (and it seems like it must be on some level)... big yikes.

There is seriously hard work to do with ATC staffing, training, recruiting, mental health/stress management... but the powers that be have been beating the DEI drum because one of the controllers in a recent incident was black, so...

2009 in Buffalo. There were a lot of safety changes to come from that, some of which were bullshit (i.e., there were better ways to do it than the "Chuck Schumer/Capt. Sully feel-good law that put band-aids on a sucking chest wound" outcomes).

It appears none of them would've made a difference here, though.

I have friends (pilots and a flight attendant) at PSA. So far, one has marked safe on Facebook.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
I'm trying to find a better source than the one I saw on the bad site, but one of the local channels (e- NBC 4) in DC is allegedly saying four survivors have been pulled from the water.

e-

quote:

At least four people have been recovered and were rushed to hospitals. A frantic search to find crash victims in the river is underway.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/live-updates-american-airlines-flight-crashes-into-potomac-river-near-reagan-national/3829292/

CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Jan 30, 2025

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

fknlo posted:

Going back and listening to the audio, the controller did a good job on the initial traffic call for the helicopter. He very much did not call traffic for the CRJ though and it looks like this should still be a requirement on their end unless t there’s something specific in the SOP’s in regards to this which is entirely possible.

If they don’t have anything saying he doesn’t have to make that traffic call he’s going to get torn apart in court. “Do you want to explain why you didn’t do X when it’s a requirement in front of a court room” is definitely something I talk about with my controllers. That controller has a whole lot of very bad days ahead even if did everything by the book.

Could the controller have been factoring in the maneuverability hierarchy (BGAAR (from least maneuverable: Balloon, Glider, Airship, Aircraft, Rotorcraft)) in the traffic call assuming the helicopter had the see and avoid responsibility?

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Kaiser Schnitzel posted:

It's gonna turn out everyone involved in ATC and the pilots of the helicopter and the plane were all straight white men, of course.

The captain's last name is Campos. We can only hope the chuds don't know that could be a Hispanic last name.

E- You know, I just love when voice to text hears me correctly the first time and goes nope, I think you meant something else.

CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Jan 30, 2025

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Discussion Quorum posted:

Yeah sure Donnie, we'll toss you some paper towels to dry off with.

Tell him he's there to sell Trump brand cement shoes, accidentally push him in, and take bets on how long it takes his fatass to drown.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west
Trump is also working to fire the FBI agents who were involved in the raid at Mar-a-Lago.

"If he can come for them, he can come for you."

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CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Blue Jackoffs are Rags west

Zamujasa posted:

on mobile but

did DEI do this too

The airplane has a registration beginning with XA-.

It's Mexican.

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