Whaddaya say, wanna start our weekend with a little humor? We can't be serious every single second - it's exhausting. Thanks.
"Real Time" host Bill Maher appeared to be stunned by his admission that President Donald Trump is now considered "cool."
"Here's how bad the Democrats f---ed up: Trump is cool now," Maher said during a panel discussion Friday night. "He's not just the most powerful guy in the world and just made himself like the richest, he's actually kind of [cool] at 78!"
"I mean, rappers like him, the athletes are doing-" Maher continued while gesturing Trump's iconic rally dance. "I was making fun of him, j---ing off two guys at one time, and now he owns it. And now they're doing it!" "I mean, the Village People are gay for Trump now!" he added.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., responded by pointing out how Trump had "always been a celebrity," pointing to his stint as "The Apprentice" host and his countless film and TV cameos.
"He was a joke!" Maher pushed back.
ESPN host Stephen A. Smith suggested Democrats are to blame for making Trump a celebrity, insisting liberal A-listers "all loved him until he ran for office."
"You know what would be nice in this country?… Do we have to have the celebrity president?" Khanna complained. "I mean, is it all about coolness? How about being cool as president is actually about helping people?"
"That horse has left the barn," Maher responded.
Earlier in the conversation, Maher and Smith panned Democrats for drifting so far left, allowing Trump to be elected for a second term.
"The man was impeached twice. He was convicted on 34 felony counts, and the American people still said he's closer to normal than what we see on the left," Smith said.
"Exactly," Maher agreed."
"Why?" Smith continued. "Because something that pertains when you talk about the transgender community, for example, you talk about the issues that pertain to less than 1% of the population, the Democratic Party came across as if that was a priority more so than the other issues."
I’m sure there’s folks with buyer’s remorse already
Not at all Their too ignorant and blinded by their idol worship to realize they have veen grifted.
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It's fascinating and nearly confounding (except there are reasons for it) that so many MAGA believe their dictator truly cares for his flock and his country, despite the glaring evidence to the contrary. I guess chalk it up to lack of, or even suppression of the teaching of critical thinking, lack of education that includes a good, basic understanding of and knowledge of history (one of the reasons MAGA hate Heather Cox Richardson is because they can't box their way out of the realities of history), indoctrination at an early age, and a propensity to have a fetish for being team oriented and following that teams leader without question.
Sadly, all of this will probably lead to things none of want to think about, and that cult followers of authoritarian dictatorship and oligarchical rule, simply won't think about or admit is even possible. I would think, in the long run, that's gotta hurt the worst for those latter people.
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I’ve always had a hard time reconciling the fact that usually leaders of a cult tend to be quite intelligent with the fact that Trump isn’t that smart at all. “Really powerful light” among others, for example. But then I read a synopsis of this book written by a cult expert, and it reads:
”…going on to examine the techniques of gaslighting and outright lying that Trump has employed from the very beginning, “influence techniques with a need for attention and control over others.” Even if one does not accept that Trump is a cult leader as such—all politicians, after all, have their core of true believers—Hassan makes it clear that he is a master of certain rhetorical devices that do not require much intelligence but speak to much practice: the repetition of words and phrases (e.g., “I’m a very stable genius, very smart”) that, through “a primarily unconscious and memory-based process,” lead the listener to think that they must be coming from more than one source and are therefore true, "crowding out analytical thinking and causing the mind to retreat into a kind of trance.”
I’ve always had a hard time reconciling the fact that usually leaders of a cult tend to be quite intelligent with the fact that Trump isn’t that smart at all. “Really powerful light” among others, for example. But then I read a synopsis of this book written by a cult expert, and it reads:
”…going on to examine the techniques of gaslighting and outright lying that Trump has employed from the very beginning, “influence techniques with a need for attention and control over others.” Even if one does not accept that Trump is a cult leader as such—all politicians, after all, have their core of true believers—Hassan makes it clear that he is a master of certain rhetorical devices that do not require much intelligence but speak to much practice: the repetition of words and phrases (e.g., “I’m a very stable genius, very smart”) that, through “a primarily unconscious and memory-based process,” lead the listener to think that they must be coming from more than one source and are therefore true, "crowding out analytical thinking and causing the mind to retreat into a kind of trance.”
Went out to breakfast today to one of our usual Sunday spots. Egg meals all went up in price. Bacon went way up in price (an increase of $1.50 for a side of bacon, 3 slices) I was promised by this administration that the prices of these exact things would be coming down. Yet just the opposite has happened. Are you saying I was lied to by Trump and Vance?
This weekend we rock Portland
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Went out to breakfast today to one of our usual Sunday spots. Egg meals all went up in price. Bacon went way up in price (an increase of $1.50 for a side of bacon, 3 slices) I was promised by this administration that the prices of these exact things would be coming down. Yet just the opposite has happened. Are you saying I was lied to by Trump and Vance?
Trump, Vance, lying? I can't imagine!
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
This is the crux of all of it. Trump supporters who have average or even above average income WILL NOT BENEFIT FROM HIS POLICIES. THEY WILL HURT YOU. THEY WILL HURT R’s AND D’s AND EVERYONE ON BETWEEN. YOU HAVE BEEN FOOLED. And everyone will pay the price.
Right vs left be damned. He played you all for fools. And no, we don’t take pleasure in I told you so’s. We don’t take pleasure in ANYONE hurting. But mutherfucker you let your bigotry and ignorance to facts fuck up your country, and this affects all of us, American or not.
Went out to breakfast today to one of our usual Sunday spots. Egg meals all went up in price. Bacon went way up in price (an increase of $1.50 for a side of bacon, 3 slices) I was promised by this administration that the prices of these exact things would be coming down. Yet just the opposite has happened. Are you saying I was lied to by Trump and Vance?
Prices are down for maga loyalists. You have to prove fealty to the grifter-n-chief before they can issue you your discount card.
😂 both Mexican & Colombian presidents have saluted 💩 head 🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽you and your planes loaded with immigrants! I’m sure both of these countries won’t raise prices for the goods they export to America 🤣
jesus greets me looks just like me ....
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This is the crux of all of it. Trump supporters who have average or even above average income WILL NOT BENEFIT FROM HIS POLICIES. THEY WILL HURT YOU. THEY WILL HURT R’s AND D’s AND EVERYONE ON BETWEEN. YOU HAVE BEEN FOOLED. And everyone will pay the price.
Right vs left be damned. He played you all for fools. And no, we don’t take pleasure in I told you so’s. We don’t take pleasure in ANYONE hurting. But mutherfucker you let your bigotry and ignorance to facts fuck up your country, and this affects all of us, American or not.
That's the straight up truth. For now, show me a MAGA who will acknowledge that this will hurt them and us all and I'll be very surprised. But we're only in the 7th of 1461 days. Things will change. Most of us will lose out. Only- what?- maybe 10%- will gain anything over the next four years. Fools rushed into the flames.
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
"Try to not spook the horse."
-Neil Young
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Like many people, a good friend of mine has become hugely concerned about the dictator's and his co-agent of chaos's actions this last week, to the point of being freaked out and hugely stressed. I will be getting together with her soon, and I have been thinking about what to say to encourage her. My thoughts include gently reminding her that she is not amongst the most vulnerable (although being a woman, she is automatically targeted to a degree more than I am). I also want to point out to her that the MAGA m.o. is to to frighten, intimidate, bully, and in whatever manner possible, render their opposition as powerless as possible. I want to encourage her to be strong and resilient and do whatever she can to resist without putting herself in more harm's way, and to not fall for the bating. These are the things we need to do. Cowering and being frightened are what they want. Those feelings are natural, of course, but this is a time to stand up and be strong, not to cave in and give up.
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Like many people, a good friend of mine has become hugely concerned about the dictator's and his co-agent of chaos's actions this last week, to the point of being freaked out and hugely stressed. I will be getting together with her soon, and I have been thinking about what to say to encourage her. My thoughts include gently reminding her that she is not amongst the most vulnerable (although being a woman, she is automatically targeted to a degree more than I am). I also want to point out to her that the MAGA m.o. is to to frighten, intimidate, bully, and in whatever manner possible, render their opposition as powerless as possible. I want to encourage her to be strong and resilient and do whatever she can to resist without putting herself in more harm's way, and to not fall for the bating. These are the things we need to do. Cowering and being frightened are what they want. Those feelings are natural, of course, but this is a time to stand up and be strong, not to cave in and give up.
two words for her to repeat as a mantra to all those that follow that fucking guy.
FUCK YOU.
say it as calm and gentle as she likes. or out loud and proud. whatever suits, but fuck you is the words of the days for the next 1475 days....
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
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brianlux
Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,514
Like many people, a good friend of mine has become hugely concerned about the dictator's and his co-agent of chaos's actions this last week, to the point of being freaked out and hugely stressed. I will be getting together with her soon, and I have been thinking about what to say to encourage her. My thoughts include gently reminding her that she is not amongst the most vulnerable (although being a woman, she is automatically targeted to a degree more than I am). I also want to point out to her that the MAGA m.o. is to to frighten, intimidate, bully, and in whatever manner possible, render their opposition as powerless as possible. I want to encourage her to be strong and resilient and do whatever she can to resist without putting herself in more harm's way, and to not fall for the bating. These are the things we need to do. Cowering and being frightened are what they want. Those feelings are natural, of course, but this is a time to stand up and be strong, not to cave in and give up.
two words for her to repeat as a mantra to all those that follow that fucking guy.
FUCK YOU.
say it as calm and gentle as she likes. or out loud and proud. whatever suits, but fuck you is the words of the days for the next 1475 days....
Or as a Kurt Vonnegut once wrote in Slaughterhouse Five:
"Go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut," murmured Paul Lazzaro in his azure nest. "Go take a flying fuck at the moon."
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
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"Real Time" host Bill Maher appeared to be stunned by his admission that President Donald Trump is now considered "cool."
"Here's how bad the Democrats f---ed up: Trump is cool now," Maher said during a panel discussion Friday night. "He's not just the most powerful guy in the world and just made himself like the richest, he's actually kind of [cool] at 78!"
"I mean, rappers like him, the athletes are doing-" Maher continued while gesturing Trump's iconic rally dance. "I was making fun of him, j---ing off two guys at one time, and now he owns it. And now they're doing it!"
"I mean, the Village People are gay for Trump now!" he added.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., responded by pointing out how Trump had "always been a celebrity," pointing to his stint as "The Apprentice" host and his countless film and TV cameos.
"He was a joke!" Maher pushed back.
ESPN host Stephen A. Smith suggested Democrats are to blame for making Trump a celebrity, insisting liberal A-listers "all loved him until he ran for office."
"You know what would be nice in this country?… Do we have to have the celebrity president?" Khanna complained. "I mean, is it all about coolness? How about being cool as president is actually about helping people?"
"That horse has left the barn," Maher responded.
Earlier in the conversation, Maher and Smith panned Democrats for drifting so far left, allowing Trump to be elected for a second term.
"The man was impeached twice. He was convicted on 34 felony counts, and the American people still said he's closer to normal than what we see on the left," Smith said.
"Exactly," Maher agreed."
"Why?" Smith continued. "Because something that pertains when you talk about the transgender community, for example, you talk about the issues that pertain to less than 1% of the population, the Democratic Party came across as if that was a priority more so than the other issues."
Their too ignorant and blinded by their idol worship to realize they have veen grifted.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
”…going on to examine the techniques of gaslighting and outright lying that Trump has employed from the very beginning, “influence techniques with a need for attention and control over others.” Even if one does not accept that Trump is a cult leader as such—all politicians, after all, have their core of true believers—Hassan makes it clear that he is a master of certain rhetorical devices that do not require much intelligence but speak to much practice: the repetition of words and phrases (e.g., “I’m a very stable genius, very smart”) that, through “a primarily unconscious and memory-based process,” lead the listener to think that they must be coming from more than one source and are therefore true, "crowding out analytical thinking and causing the mind to retreat into a kind of trance.”
Now that makes perfect sense.
-EV 8/14/93
-EV 8/14/93
Sagan was amazing. We need more like him today.
Power and ignorance- a dangerous combination.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Egg meals all went up in price.
Bacon went way up in price (an increase of $1.50 for a side of bacon, 3 slices)
I was promised by this administration that the prices of these exact things would be coming down. Yet just the opposite has happened. Are you saying I was lied to by Trump and Vance?
Trump, Vance, lying? I can't imagine!
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
This. Is. Just. The. Beginning.
-EV 8/14/93
That's the straight up truth. For now, show me a MAGA who will acknowledge that this will hurt them and us all and I'll be very surprised. But we're only in the 7th of 1461 days. Things will change. Most of us will lose out. Only- what?- maybe 10%- will gain anything over the next four years. Fools rushed into the flames.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"