Anybody who has gold in their investment account would do well to follow suite, at least until Trump is permanently put out of commission.

Left to his own greedy whims and obsessions, I figure it won't be long before Trump declares the private/investment ownership of gold to be illegal AND anybody who doesn't turn it into the government (for $0.10 on the dollar value) will be arrested and charged with subversion.

Wild guess? Don't count on it. We all know how Trump covets anything gold, even moreso if he sees it leaving the country.

DOC

"Parthian Shot"

You got me on that one, DOC. I had to look it up.

But to the point, I wouldn't count on Trump to retreat, leaving with only a cutting remark in his wake. If he ever does retreat, it'll be with some devastating blow to reduce Iran to ashes. He'll need something like that to try and cover his political a** so he doesn't appear to be the loser he really is.

I have a feeling a lot of innocent Iranian civilians will have to die to feed Trump's ego.

When it comes down to the world's worst military blunders I'd compare Trump to Napolean Bonapart.

But then, it's possible that history may have a long way to go before Trump stops tripping all over himself.

I can only respond by saying that the toilet paper stampede of a few years ago wasn't caused by any "natural disaster." It was caused by a sudden spike and certainly not predictable, rise in the price of gasoline which, in turn, caused Joe Citizen to decide to spend their usual travel +vacations closer to home.

If anybody failed to be "prepared," it was the manufacturers of paper toiletries who got caught flat footed with warehouses overfilled with hotel/motel products. At least, that was their explanation for why retail paper toiletries where in short supply.

So . . . let's drop the "blame the consumer" schtick. There was no "natural disaster" that caused the toilet paper stampede that I spoke about. In that case, the "consumer" was the victim of sudden and unpredictable circumstances . . . not stupidity.

AMERICAN UNITY

Re: #20 Lake America

And if he stands in the right spot, he can see his own "reflection."

Since when doesn't make him happy? Eh?

JPW @ #27

Well said.

LAMP @21

"Well, that's an image that is going to take a while to dissipate ."

Well, somebody had to say it - LOL

What else could it be unless, in his senior years, he's morphed into a bed wetter and he's having flashbacks of the punishment he received well into his teens.

That would do it, too.

LAMP

"And neither do we! ..."

Obviously, some tell-tale "stains" that he was ashamed of and didn't want anybody to know he was having wet dreams at night.

FEDUP

"Enough of the faithful will believe him so satisfy his ego."

No doubt. But will Iran let him off the hook that easy and certainly not until after the midterms. They seem to be quite happy with the way Trump is digging his own political grave. It seems to me like they plan to keep Trump on the hook until he cries uncle and is forced to withdraw, shamefaced and defeated . . . letting that be a lesson hard learned to both Trump and Netanyahu's proxy wars. Not to mention the American voters in 2028.

LAMP

"To keep First Lady Trump out of the bedroom?

LOL ~ And here all this time we thought it was the other way around.

PUMPKIN

"Some women are perfectly willing to give away their souls to men perfectly willing to take them."

Melania could probably give a clinic on that subject.

HUGH

Speaking of Trump's pet females . . .

Natalie Harp seems to have crossed the Rubicon and survived . . so far. At least according to the love notes we've been seeing.

What's your take on that?

"The war is over?"

LOL ~ He wishes!

Trump just hasn't found a hole big enough to crawl his ------- through yet so he can save face.

And Iran is loving the midterms more every day.

And Stephen Miller is trying to follow the Joseph Goebbels playbook about telling a lie often enough etc., etc.

oopsie . . . ."pack" = back.

REDIAL

It's been a while, but I seem to recall that stupidity didn't play any part in the last "toilet paper stampede." It was because gas prices practically called a halt to vacation traveling in the U.S. and the toilet paper industry was caught flat footed when hotels and motels cut their orders to the bone, leaving the industry with warehouses overstocked to the rafters with hotel/motel product and no room to stock the over demand from retail stores.

I witnessed it myself at Walmarts. Eventually the store had to put a guard on what little toilet paper they had on the shelves, limiting one 6-pack per customer. Prior to that, people in the front of the stampede were throwing packs of toilet paper to those in the back. Families were showing up, including children, each one with a cart, to get more than their share. It was the same at retail stores everywhere. It made the evening news.

None of these people were stupid. They were panic stricken.

There was a rumor (LOL) that Monkey-Ward catalogs went pack into production.

Toilet paper has wood chips.

Who else but Lex Luthor would think of combining toilet paper and the destruction of America's National Forests to force people to his will?

I remember the lesson I learned from last toilet paper stampede to stock up while you can. If we know our Donald, it's going to get worse.

BTW, in case no one has noticed, he's looking more and more like one of those comic book villain every day.

Trump scapegoats. End of story.

When was the last time Trump ever admitted that the buck stopped with him?

With Paxton reputation I didn't expect this race to be such a cliff hanger.

Voting for Paxton is like taking a bite out of an apple only to find out you've just eaten half a worm. Rotten at the core.

DONNER

"you're favorite president"

LOL - All in caps, I presume.

Does it matter? A warning is a warning.

Russia has enough problems without shooting down a U.S. Aircraft.

Anyway, if it did happen, who would even believe it was an "accident?"

This is one of those 'rather be safe than sorry' things.

So, what's it going to be about?
Money?
Women?
Accident?
Mental issues?
Or just pure machoism?

ZED

Desperate people resort to desperate measures, and we already know that Trump is sweating bullets over this midterm and his possible loss of power.

That and the consequences related to his illegal war would be his death knell. Not to mention his greatest fear . . . . . that his father was right all along. He is a loser.

Trump's not going to wait for another January 6 to make his move. My guess is that he has already formulated a plan to create a national emergency before th3 election takes place.

Whatever that "Plan" is, you can bet it's going to rock the country to its core.

No more of that sissy January 6 stuff for him. He learned his lesson.

I hope each targeted state has enough National Guards on hand to protect them.

Even then I'd have to ask who outranks whom. . . . ICE or the Army National Guard???

SITZ

My second guess is that Iranians trust well sourced network news more than, like you, who treats Trump's word as the gospel.

Are you not aware that Trump is a pathological liar who would rather lie when it's easier to tell the truth?