Ever wonder why, in the 47-years between 1979 - when the forces of the Iranian Revolution swept the shah away and consolidated by ravenously consuming and spitting out so many of its own - and 2026 no other American president - not Carter or Reagan or Bush I or Clinton or Bush II or Obama or Biden - chose the chaotic, self-destructive course upon which Trump has embarked and set our country?

I swear you people are just idiots.
#61 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Must be tough, being the only smart person on a site festooned with imbeciles.
God works in mysterious ways, eh?
Anyhoo, thanks of a grateful nation for clearing that up.
Seriously, because I was starting to wonder why the lights occasionally flicker.

You mist be thinking of George Santos, Bill. He was a member of the House Republican - excuse the expression - Caucus.

From the article::

Israel now controls 65% of Gaza ... .This is far beyond the 53% agreed under the ceasefire brokered last year by the US president, Donald Trump.

About 2 million Palestinians who survived Israel's war of annihilation are crowded into the remaining third of Gaza's territory.

Israel's military has recognised that a database of Gaza's war dead compiled by Palestinian health authorities is broadly accurate. It contains more than 73,000 people listed by name, with their Israeli-issued ID number.

More than 21,000 were children; more than 10,000 were women under 60 years old, and more than 5,000 were elderly people. Asked whether Yadai's data counted women, children and elderly people as "terrorists", the Israeli military declined to comment directly.

"The right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is eternal and indisputable ... therefore, Judea and Samaria will not be handed to any foreign administration; between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty."
Likud Party: Original Party Platform, 1977

#3
I agree.

That said, I have a feeling Tisdall reflects but the tippity-top of the international iceberg. Totally anecdotal: My brother-in-law, who lives in the UK, is a retired Tory banker, refereed soccer well after retirement, travels, reads books, absolutely fell in love with Boston when he visited the US a few years back, talked of returning. Now? Not just "No," but a vehement "No!" Followed by a "Not until" checklist of the some of the regime's more egregious behaviors and attitudes. I doubt we shall see him in these parts ever again. Him and countless others who have been shocked into pretty much giving up on this country - which once actually held out a beacon of hope - while wondering what's the matter with a people who could cleave to a monstrosity like Donald Trump. I'm afraid Americans are going to find out what, for many years, it may have felt like to be a German in much of post-World War II Europe.

" ... and other things put in place instead"

How about a statue of ... oh ... I dunno ... ME? Thank you for your attention to this matter!
~ DJT
Uncertified Architectural & Design Savant (Self-Declared)

Convenience

What's the problem? Trump solves weather wrangling with a few strokes of a dementia patient's Sharpie. You never hear of Uncle John?

Tisdall points out:

"The Trump conundrum is ultimately one for the American people to resolve. They elected him. They saddled the world with this dangerous monster."

It's they who may ultimately pay the highest price for his depredations. Like Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers back in 1776, we, the people of the world, hold these truths to be self-evident: far from making America great again, Trump makes it smaller, meaner, unhappier, more divided, isolated and unloved. Urgently needed now: a 2026 declaration of independence from Trump.

There will be no criticism from the MAGA ranks.
Theirs is not to criticize Trump and his gang of thieves.
Their job is to accept what they're told by Trump and his gang of thieves.
Lap it up and ... like it.
"Thank you, very much. I love you, sirrrrrrrrrr."

CDC is under the control of a savant with a brain worm who eats road kill and has a thang for raccoon d#cks. So there's that to factor into the equation.

I'm getting a whiff of a book by Michael Lewis - Flash Boys. Yes, different yet a similar idea: shave fractions of time for players to provide them with insiders' advantage.

Surely the Trunp boys can create a predictions platform focusing mainly on presidential decisions, etc.. What it would lack in subtlety it might more than make up for with its colorful graphics, cool disco music, and t#ts.

Sorry, make that "the Indian Rights Association."

"They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it."
Red Cloud (1822-1909)
Oglala Lakota
The Fifth Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Rights Association (1888)

Taco Bell let us get us
Backyard hit so hard
Remember the Alamo

Personally, I cleave to the sound of the Spanish baboso - it conveys imagery associated with both idiocy and droolimg.

Thieving, covering-up, and interior decorating are the hallmarks of this maladministration. The fact that both Hegseth and Trump have form as war criminal leg-h#mpers dooms any prospect for decency and reason to enter into the picture.

Don't be a clod: best respect other folks' sacred places and spaces.

And Trump needs exemption from auditing/penalties for those years he paid no taxes because ...

#14
Uh ... ..
Constitution of United States of America?
Specifically, Article I, Section 4?
It's often referred to as the "States and Elections Clause."
No, you look it up and find out why.

Sorry to hear this.
Benanti's satirical talents as "Melania" were first-rate.
Unfortunately, MAGAts find satire too complicated.
What they like to do is intimidation.