It's almost funny... Drumpf gets a 2nd chance at a Negotiation, and treats it as if it's World Peace.

Iran's Leader is laughing all the way to the Bank.

- Did DOGE fire those guys?

No, they are running (ruining) Social Security now.

- what else could it be.

It could be that some people aren't out only for themselves, but are aware of the needs of others.... foreign concept for you, I know.

Equal Protection under the Law is a Constitutional guarantee in America, and when the moneyed elite become Corporate Oligarchs; buying politicians and Laws and Gov Contracts the way Musk and his ilk do, they are outside the bounds of the Law.

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Of course, coming from, and planning to return to, one of the most Corrupt Countries in the world as you do, I can see, as can most people here, where your confusion (not to be confused with Confucius) originates.

Confucius taught that a person's worth is defined by their moral focus:

"Wealth and rank are what men desire, but if they can only be retained to the detriment of the Way, they must not be kept."

"To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace."

"The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort."

"The mind of the superior man is conversant with righteousness; the mind of the petty man is conversant with gain."

- Confucius

Don't forget to turn over your DNA to the Elites in China who own the Security Services there when you Go Home.

"The deal was put at risk earlier Sunday after Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah traded blows in Lebanon. Israeli strikes in Beirut prompted condemnation from Trump, who warned Iran and Hezbollah not to strike back."

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What they agreed to is for Trump to give Iran at least $25 Billion, NOT for a "Peace Deal" to end the war, but rather to stop the fighting long enough to come to the Negotiating table again, where everything is debatable.

It's his Birthday present to himself, and it's only cost taxpayers massive amounts of money to MAYBE replace the Obama Deal that DJT tore up.

"Lebanese officials said three people had been killed in Sunday's attack, which Israel said was on a command centre run by the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was in retaliation for "Hezbollah's launch of aerial targets toward Israeli territory" earlier on Sunday.

The latest Trump-Netanyahu spat comes less than a fortnight after the president reportedly called the Israeli leader "fucking crazy" in a phone call.

It came after Israel resumed its aerial bombardment of Lebanon.

A source told Axios that Trump told Netanyahu: "You're fucking crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this."

Another source said Trump was "pissed" on the phone call and at one point shouted at Netanyahu: "What the fuck are you doing?"

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Lovers Quarrel... Vlad will talk him down.

#11

People like Visitor and MSGT actually belief he's the savior of the Working Man.

Still!

#5

Maybe... we should be so lucky!

"Yes, people do have a higher chance of dying on their birthday. Scientists call this strange statistical pattern the "birthday effect"

more:

- pretending to never have virtually worshipped him

What a weird thing to think... much less say.

Sounds like a bit of projection there; his shine wore off around here before it ever really got started.

Well, except for all the Halo Projecting rwingers who want to be him.

Well, we know what kind of Birthday Card DJT likes to send HIS closest friends:

"Cory Doctorow

Dear Comrade Trump: On this, the occasion of your 80th birthday, I write to extend my sincere thanks for all the work you have done. After decades of deadlock, you have inspired the world to action! You have done more to de-dollarise the world than any American leader in history. Without you, there would be no way that Ethiopia would be revaluing its national debt in yuan. (more)

Jennifer Egan

Happy birthday, President Trump! By any measure, you have racked up a staggering number of accomplishments in your 80 years. You've managed to nullify the bulwark against fascism that our three branches of government were meant to provide.

You've transformed the presidency into an ---- of corruption and self-dealing that would make last century's robber barons blush. You've erased whatever goodwill and respect America commanded internationally, and ceded our relevance in the realms of science, medicine and climate technology for the foreseeable future.

You've elevated racism

and xenophobia into law, hobbled higher education and gutted women's rights. The sheer quantity and variety of your assaults has rendered your detractors punch-drunk, faced with a daily choice between trying to confront your lawless Hydra and maintaining some semblance of normal life so that our kids will believe they still have a future."

Mick Lynch

Dear Donald Potus on your birthday.
Hair is wispy,
Skin's gone crispy,
Now you're 80,
Don't be so hatey."

much more at the link

This is like the bumbling Texas Take on accusing the other side of what you yourself plan to do.

The idea that there would be no Tesla or Starlink equivalent were it not for Felon Musk is.... hilarious!!!

#10

It's SO hard to know where the stupid stops and the lying starts with Trumpers:

"Epstein case was an open investigation under Biden
The Epstein case was an open criminal investigation during the Biden administration, Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown explained on social media.

Brown's extensive reporting since 2017 has shone a light on the crimes of Epstein and his longtime accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Her book about Epstein, titled "Perversions of Justice," is a New York Times bestseller.

"They had an open grand jury. ... And even after Maxwell's conviction, the case was on appeal " anyone in law enforcement knows you don't open your case file when it's still under appeal," Brown added.

Victims were still going to the FBI with information during Biden's term, but that changed when President Donald Trump's Department of Justice reviewed the files and closed the case in July, Brown said."

Talarico responds to Patrick:

"James Talarico
@jamestalarico

For decades, Dan Patrick has sold out the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable to enrich his donors.

Love feels like blasphemy when you worship power."

Ah so... now our Chinese Trumper comes along and pretends that the 1 percenters and Corporations were not SO upset about the New Deal, and their fiasco in Vietnam and the running out of town of their President Nixon...

... that they didn't come up with Reaganism and then Citizens United and the Tea Party to make sure that they never paid an equitable fair share of taxes ever again.

Now they even write off their personal jet travel, many never pay any taxes at all, and dumbass Trumpers like him think this is great because One Day, when they are Billionaires, too, so they won't pay taxes either!

Plus, they've got their own Billionaire in the WH now scamming his way to more riches for him and for them.

Did I mention the Halo Effect way back yonder in #106? I think I did.

Also, I might mention, that the Payback for this is sort of thing his usually horrific. They might want to ask Marie Antionette or Adolf Hitler.

Who, come to think of it, pretty much describes their Cult Leader.

1Nut has no retort to the point about monetary policy, so he obfuscates with racism.... which is par for his course.

I'm just glad that 100's of billions of Chinese aren't this pointless.

- thinking giving the government his money is going to make things better.

Fair and equitable monetary policy got FDR elected 4 times in the country. Perhaps you missed that part.

lmao.... 1Nut is here to prove that the Halo Effect is alive and well in at least one Visa holder from arguably the most corrupt country in the world, China.

His reputation as the DR's almost Perfect Reverse Barometer is safe and secure... particularly as he makes no argument at all, and instead proffers is usual, "Nu-uh!".

It's not just Mother Tucker that's after Kash:

"Tom Fitton, president of the right-wing nonprofit Judicial Watch, unleashed on FBI director Kash Patel as their feud over the July 2024 attempt on President Donald Trump's life in Butler, Pennsylvania heats up.

It all started on Sunday when Fitton claimed that FBI records showed that Trump's would-be assassin, Thomas Crooks, "emailed local law enforcement before" firing on Trump.

"For whatever reason, FBI is slow rolling the release of records about Butler," added Fitton in a since-deleted post."

Worshipping the Wealthy has been the habit of the weak-minded from time in memorial; it's part and parcel to what's known in psychology as, the Halo Effect:

"a cognitive bias where our overall impression of a person, brand, or product unconsciously colors our judgment of their specific, unrelated traits.

this deference often overlooks the realities of how wealth is generated, inherited, or maintained, blinding observers to the systemic structures that enable extreme inequality."

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In Musk's case, he wasn't particularly comparatively advantantaged at birth, but that says little about all those who were born on third base.... or the 'systemic structures' such as the ability to buy your own politicians and your own Laws and Tax Policies and obtain Gov Contracts.

He did learn something from being born white in S Africa... how to perform a really cool Nazi salute in front of really real Nazis.

You remember the definition of Fascism, don't you?

"Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology. It prioritizes the state and the "national community" over individual rights, and is typically characterized by a dictatorial leader, strict societal and economic regimentation, militarism, and the violent suppression of opposition.

Core Characteristics:

Economic Control: While private property is often maintained, major industries and labor forces are highly regimented by the state to serve national priorities (a form of corporatism)"

Bury My Heart at Wounded Ear... along with the investigation.

#310

Could someone translate that for me from the drunken gibberish?

Mao? Sully? Homer?

Trump is PAYING Iran to let him alone:

DUBAI/LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, four sources said, in a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks on the wealthy Gulf Arab state during the U.S.-Israeli war with the Islamic Republic.

Word of the move, which has not been previously reported, coincides with the final stages of broader negotiations between Tehran and Washington on ending the war, talks that diplomats say could involve the release of tens of billions of dollars in Iranian oil revenues frozen in foreign banks under U.S. sanctions.

Two regional sources told Reuters the UAE had agreed to release a total of $10 billion, more than $3 billion of which had already been delivered.

Two other sources with knowledge of the arrangement put the total funds involved at $20 billion, adding that the move had been agreed in return for a halt to Iranian attacks on the UAE.

One of the sources with knowledge of the arrangement also said a first tranche of $3 billion had already been made available."

"This raid is a full-on coordinated assault weaponizing the justice department and DHS against people who are fighting for working-class voters and Black voters to make sure they have access to the ballot," Haney said in an interview.

"This is an unprecedented attack on democracy: these raids must end immediately," said Shontel Brown, an Ohio Democratic representative, whose district includes Cleveland.

"Unfortunately, this appears to be part of a systematic effort by Trump and Kash Patel's FBI to attack our elections and perpetuate more myths of voter fraud " all to undermine and challenge any election result that Trump does not agree with."

"This appears to be an outrageous fishing expedition, an attempt to intimidate people working for democracy in our communities and country. It is an egregious abuse of law enforcement for political ends, and it fits a pattern of federal inquiries targeting voting infrastructure ahead of the midterm elections," said Michael Waldman, the president of the Brennan Center for Justice, a thinktank."

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Intimidation and false accusations are the Fascist Way.