facthunter Posted January 13 Posted January 13 (edited) His eyes are too close to the top of his head, Bad sign. No room for a brain, but he's proving you don't need one in the USA. He abuses the court process to get more coverage. Charge him with "Contempt of Court" , He's made it an ART form. Poor US, Poor us. Never in history has anyone been picked on more than us .. What a bl@@dy SOOK. IF he copped one on the chin, He'd CRY. Nev Edited January 13 by facthunter 1
old man emu Posted January 15 Posted January 15 There must be a lot of hatred for fellow citizens in the American people if they are in such strong support of a person, who in other circles would be ostracised from mainstream society. It seems that the supporters of the Republican Party have the zealotry of so many of those organisations labelled as "terrorist". A survey of the people of several countries found that, when discussing the meaning of life, Americans are more likely to do so than people in other countries. In the U.S., 2% of people mentioned President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump – often by name – when answering the Center’s question about where they find meaning in life. In every other place surveyed, no more than one person – essentially 0% of the overall sample – mentioned a national leader such as a prime minister or president by name, or even the words “prime minister” or “president.” The differences between supporters of the two Parties are illuminated by these responses: One Republican woman, for example, said that what gives her meaning in life is “the strength and backbone taught to me by President Trump – the meaning of standing up fiercely in the face of idiocy.” On the other hand, a Democratic man celebrated Trump’s absence from office, declaring that he finds meaning in life through “job satisfaction. Enough free time and money to enjoy life. Less racial inequality. Less Donald Trump and his fanatics.” The use of the phrase "standing up fiercely" hints of a greater acceptance to the use of force in resolving political issues. With that in mind, one is fearful of the aftermath of either Trump's victory or defeat latter this year. 2 2
Marty_d Posted January 15 Posted January 15 She was wrong to say it in public, but Hillary was right when she described Trump's followers as a "basket of deplorables". Even the successful, business leader types who support him must be deluding themselves if they think he is in any way fit to lead a country, or anything else for that matter. 1
Popular Post old man emu Posted January 15 Popular Post Posted January 15 Give Donald a bit of leeway. Afterall, he's only living up to the etymology of his family name: To trump (verb): "fabricate, devise," 1690s, from trump "deceive, cheat" (1510s), from Middle English trumpen (late 14c.), from Old French tromper "to deceive," of uncertain origin. Apparently from se tromper de "to mock," from Old French tromper "to blow a trumpet", explained as "to play the horn, alluding to quacks and mountebanks, who attracted the public by blowing a horn, and then cheated them into buying ...." 1 1 1 2
red750 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 See his latest instruction to his brainless followers in freezing Iowa (-30F) - "Get out and vote, even if you're as sick as a dog. Pass away afterwards." 1
facthunter Posted January 16 Posted January 16 If there is a Dog, it has a $#!t sense of humour. Nev 1 1
red750 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Trump isn't on Nevada ballot but not for the reason you may think. See slideshow here.
onetrack Posted January 18 Posted January 18 I like this story on Trump, it outlines exactly how he's conned the religious fundamentalists into joining the Trump cult. The writer is an emeritus professor of criminology and criminal justice at Eastern Michigan University, co-founder of the Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime, and the author of "Criminology on Trump" (2022). https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/donald-trump-religious-faith/
onetrack Posted January 18 Posted January 18 Nev, just click on the icon at the start of the URL, select "site settings" and disable Javascript. You then get a message across the top to reload the page to reset the permissions. Here's the text of the article; Behold: Donald Trump the chosen son — and religious con Last week, Donald Trump and company shared a messianic video about God sending the former president to save the world. Upon seeing this latest egocentric and propagandistic video about Donald Trump and his “true” believers, there have been at least three kinds of reactions. As the Peabody Award-winning television producer and founding editor of Mediaite, Colby Hall, has written, his “creepy and messianic bit of messaging” has caused “many to cringe, but others to fall to their knees in supplication.” Many people, however, have also found the video to be comical if not satirical. Perhaps many more persons have found it to be crazy, irrational or senseless. So why would Trump and company post a “satirical” version of Paul Harvey’s famous “So God Made a Farmer” video in which Trump, whose religious bona fides are dubious at best, is playing the role of God’s son? It all goes back to 2015 when political pundits, social commentators and just about everybody else, for that matter, were all surprised to learn that the lifelong amoral, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual Democratic campaign contributor had become the beloved favorite of the evangelical community. This inversion of Trump’s personal biography involved a lot of hard effort and energy on the former president’s part, not to mention his promise to appoint conservative judges to low and high courts alike, and to do his best to fight against abortion, gender, civil and human rights for all. But, ultimately, it also came down to arguably one of Trump’s greatest con jobs. It all occurred on the 25th floor of Trump Tower in a meeting arranged by Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer and presently one of Trump’s leading antagonists. Cohen had called in an IOU from Jerry and Becki Falwell. At this meeting, Trump was able to play to the desires and vanities of some of the nation’s celebrity evangelicals, including Jerry Falwell Jr., Pastor Darrell Scott, and the Rev. Robert Jeffress. Trump convinced them that he had experienced a moment of conversion. As some of those in attendance such as Johnnie Moore — the unofficial leader of Trump’s evangelical advisory board — had been quoted, “I absolutely believe he’s a born-again Christian.” Or, as the Rev. Franklin Graham, faith adviser to Trump’s White House and son of the late Billy Graham, stated, “I think there’s no question that he believes.” As Cohen writes in his first book on Trump, Disloyal: A Memoir, a few minutes after all of the evangelical leaders had ritualistically laid their hands on Trump’s germophobic body and were descending from Trump Tower, Donald popped into Cohen’s office and had this to say, “Can you believe people believe that bulls—?” In other words, Trump had learned that even though he never made a pretense to being a religious person before running for office beginning in 2015 that he was still able to establish an ardent support from evangelical voters both in 2016 and 2020. He even enjoyed more support than traditional conservative Republican candidates and presidents such as Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush had, vis-à-vis what we can only refer to as the “conversion” con. Religious scholars tell us that this has less to do with the qualities of the candidates/presidents themselves and more to do with the changing identities of evangelical voters, per the New York Times. In the past, being evangelical “suggested regular church attendance, a focus on salvation…Today, it is often used to describe a cultural and political identity” in which “Christians are considered a persecuted minority” and “traditional institutions are viewed skeptically,” including church. Enter Donald Trump, “the savior” for those new white American voters who had become evangelical Christians during his presidency, according to a 2021 Pew Research Center analysis. Relatedly: Trump, who understands the polls perhaps as well as most pollsters do, also understands the social construction of “alternative realities.” He’s also a master of the “art of the con,” or the interplay of three characteristics — gullibility, absurdity and believability — that he uses to captivate his cultish followers. For instance, Trump knows that according to polls from November 2023 that more Republicans believe Trump is a person of faith compared to Joe Biden — a church-going Irish Catholic who has worn religion on his sleeve for most of his 81 years. Trump also understands that throughout U.S. history the most successful con men have all relied on these three characteristics of their victims They range from Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith II in the mid-19th century to Charles Ponzi in the 1920s to Bernie Madoff and Donald Trump himself more recently. Ironically, even when the “jig is up” with 91 felony counts pending against the former president across four criminal cases, most of his “marks” (or victims), who have been deceived with the exception of those who may have been financially or emotionally ruined or imprisoned because of their fraudulent experience, will tend to excuse this fraudster-in-chief rationalizing or excusing his behavior one way or the other. Trump will fashion himself a victim of persecution by Biden and the imaginary Deep State, and most of his most ardent supporters will agree. Meanwhile, there is the sardonic underside of Trump’s messianic messaging playing out in real time. I am referring specifically to the ongoing threats and violent crimes against agents of law enforcement, including the doxxing and swatting of those “enemies” of the savior Donald Trump, such as special counsel Jack Smith and Judge Tanya Chutkan. All of which underscores that the upcoming criminal trials — whenever they finally occur — will not only be about various “crime scenes” surrounding Trump and his associates’ attempts to steal an election or engage in fraud from the past. They will also be about various “crimes in progress” such as obstructing justice or intimidating witnesses. The only thing that will break this spell, as Trump fully knows as well from the polls, will be his inevitable criminal convictions by juries of his peers. Ergo, the Trump legal team’s one and only procedural strategy or legal defense has been to delay, delay and delay these trials from occurring until after the November 2024 presidential election. But with prosecutors pushing for swift justice and courts seemingly receptive to relatively speedy trials, Trump will need a serious prayer to get his wish. Gregg Barak is an emeritus professor of criminology and criminal justice at Eastern Michigan University, co-founder of the Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime, and the author of Criminology on Trump (2022) whose sequel, Indicting the 45th President: Boss Trump, the GOP, and What We can Do About the Threat to American Democracy will be published April 1. 2
facthunter Posted January 18 Posted January 18 Thanks OT. It fits well to the Conman who is master at fooling gullible people. Nev
nomadpete Posted January 18 Posted January 18 30 minutes ago, onetrack said: will be published April 1 Had me going right up to the last line..... To be published on April Fool's Day. Thats enough for trump to trash the entire books as being all a joke. 1
pmccarthy Posted January 18 Posted January 18 Students of history may recall Horatio Bottomley, English politician, fraudster, liar and bankrupt. I have two biographies that I hadn't read for years, dusted off last week. He was Trump before Trump. Everything was a conspiracy, the courts were persecuting him. His gift of the gab swayed judges and juries and got him out of trouble on many occasions in the period 1890-1920. I'm starting to think that Trump may have read one book, after all. 1 1 1
Jerry_Atrick Posted January 18 Posted January 18 Is a colony on Mars looking likely, soon? Blimey, if this is what humanity is, I identify as a Martian: 1
kgwilson Posted January 18 Posted January 18 When he won the IOWA republican selection some of the evangelicals were interviewed & asked why they voted for Trump, responded that god told them to. 1 3
facthunter Posted January 19 Posted January 19 A bunch of deceivables. Hillary has it near correct.. I doubt Trump can read anything but the minds of the gullible. Nev 1 1
octave Posted January 19 Posted January 19 (edited) You know the first time I saw this I assumed it was satire. Edited January 19 by octave 2
Jerry_Atrick Posted January 19 Posted January 19 10 hours ago, octave said: You know the first time I saw this I assumed it was satire. The satuircal one is the video above
facthunter Posted January 20 Posted January 20 There Goes the "Intelligent Design" Theory. You should be able to count on one hand the people who would swallow that BS. If HE gets in AGAIN, I would be beheaded for making that statement. Speak up while you are allowed. Time is running out fast. Nev 1
facthunter Posted January 20 Posted January 20 How would promoting the game "Slam, NO Trumps" go in the USA? Nev 1
old man emu Posted January 20 Posted January 20 2 hours ago, facthunter said: How would promoting the game "Slam, NO Trumps" go in the USA? Nev According to the 2020 Presidential results, 51.3% for, 46.9% against, 1.8% couldn't take a trick. 1
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