Scrutable

tenchboy wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:40 am

"Antimetheria"

dyqik wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:03 pm

Trump is now blaming the families of soldiers killed in action for giving him the virus. Just in case anyone though he knew anything about politics.

sTeamTraen wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:51 pm

tenchboy wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:40 am

"Antimetheria"

I googled that, and got only two hits, both of which were on the same site (duplicates of the same page, I think). It's been a long time since that happened.

tenchboy wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:40 am

"Antimetheria"

snoozeofreason wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 5:39 pm

tenchboy wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:40 am

"Antimetheria"

Well if Antimetheria so great, why did you come to this planet? Bet it's the social security.

dyqik wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:03 pm

Trump is now blaming the families of soldiers killed in action for giving him the virus. Just in case anyone though he knew anything about politics.

D.C.-area health officials sent an open letter Thursday urging people connected to a Sept. 26 event at the White House to get tested for the coronavirus and to connect with their local health departments.

D.C. Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt and health directors from Arlington, Fairfax and Montgomery counties were among the 10 officials who co-signed the letter.

The health officials urged people who worked in the White House in the past two weeks, attended the Supreme Court announcement in the Rose Garden or have had close contact with people who did, to get tested and to use their local health departments as a resource. The letter contains contact information for the departments.

EACLucifer wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:36 pm

Pence, whose bloodshot eyes caused a spike of searches yesterday re covid symptoms and pink eyes, has cancelled some events and is going back to Washington. Whether that's got owt to do with his health, or Trump's health, remains to be determined.

dyqik wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:37 pm

EACLucifer wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:36 pm

Pence, whose bloodshot eyes caused a spike of searches yesterday re covid symptoms and pink eyes, has cancelled some events and is going back to Washington. Whether that's got owt to do with his health, or Trump's health, remains to be determined.

Or a sudden need to preside in the Senate.

jimbob wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 10:01 pm

dyqik wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:37 pm

EACLucifer wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:36 pm

Pence, whose bloodshot eyes caused a spike of searches yesterday re covid symptoms and pink eyes, has cancelled some events and is going back to Washington. Whether that's got owt to do with his health, or Trump's health, remains to be determined.

Or a sudden need to preside in the Senate.

What happens with Pelosi poking the 25th Amendment wasp nest? Is it clear who determines that the POTUS is unfit?

Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 10:32 pm

So Pence could do a coup before the election?

That would be funny.

EACLucifer wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 2:44 am

After a deranged string of tweets blaming Governor Whitmer for being the target of a terrorist plot, whining that she didn't thank him enough for federal aid - not sure if that aid was real or in Trump's imagination - and referring to federal organisations like the FBI as if they are his personal property, he has phoned up Hannity for even more utter lunacy.

This includes things like doubling down on his attacks on Whitmer - who has just today been identified as the target of a terrorist kidnapping plot foiled by the FBI - refusing to discuss his ongoing test results, claiming he'll set up his own debates, claiming Ralph Northam "executed a baby" and accusing all his political opponents of treason and spying on him.

I doubt it will come to much, but the 25th amendment definitely needs to be used right the f.ck now.

ETA: Oh and everyone's saying his voice is extremely hoarse and sometimes giving out.

EACLucifer wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 3:07 am

EACLucifer wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 2:44 am

After a deranged string of tweets blaming Governor Whitmer for being the target of a terrorist plot, whining that she didn't thank him enough for federal aid - not sure if that aid was real or in Trump's imagination - and referring to federal organisations like the FBI as if they are his personal property, he has phoned up Hannity for even more utter lunacy.

This includes things like doubling down on his attacks on Whitmer - who has just today been identified as the target of a terrorist kidnapping plot foiled by the FBI - refusing to discuss his ongoing test results, claiming he'll set up his own debates, claiming Ralph Northam "executed a baby" and accusing all his political opponents of treason and spying on him.

I doubt it will come to much, but the 25th amendment definitely needs to be used right the f.ck now.

ETA: Oh and everyone's saying his voice is extremely hoarse and sometimes giving out.

I realise this post seems incoherent. That's because I was trying to sum something up that was extremely incoherent.

EACLucifer wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 2:44 am

I doubt it will come to much, but the 25th amendment definitely needs to be used right the f.ck now.

"California is gonna have to ration water. You wanna know why? Because they send millions of gallons of water out to sea, out to the Pacific. Because they want to take care of certain little tiny fish, that aren't doing very well without water."

"Number one, [California] should let water come down from the north, and accept it instead of throwing it out to the Pacific. But you always have to have forest management"

sTeamTraen wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:35 pm

Can someone explain to me why we are [only now] hearing talk of the 25th amendment?

First, it seems like a distraction from a likely Biden win ("the evil Democrats are trying to get rid of Trump this way because they know they will lose the election once their rigging is revealed", etc etc).

Second, I can't see what is qualitatively worse about [what I have seen of] Trump's recent behaviour compared to the rest of the past almost-four-years.

Third, he actually seems to be coping quite well with COVID-19, by the standards of what we'd been led to expect. In fact his case seems to give hope to a lot of overweight 70+ people (we sometimes forget that 90%+ of them survive COVID, most with no lingering side effects). I appreciate that he probably has a toot of something before he goes on camera, but again, that's not news. If he keels over mid-speech then let me know, but for the moment, either he is doing OK or his doctors are prepared to say he is, and it's hard to get past that while we are hamstrung by the presumption of decency.

I mean, obviously like everyone else I want him and his entire family and entourage to f.ck off and be put in prison for a long time, but does anyone really think that Pence is going to enter into a discussion with Pelosi about a handover of power? Clearly not, so what is the point of the exercise?

sTeamTraen wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:35 pm

Can someone explain to me why we are [only now] hearing talk of the 25th amendment?

First, it seems like a distraction from a likely Biden win ("the evil Democrats are trying to get rid of Trump this way because they know they will lose the election once their rigging is revealed", etc etc).