tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post6661809751278455772..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Donald Trump and the True Meaning of IdiotSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-47921316983596544132017-06-13T16:53:47.620-04:002017-06-13T16:53:47.620-04:00Simon, your post brings this song ("American ...Simon, your post brings this song ("American Idiot") to mind. <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_uujKuJMI (Green Day). As I know you would never use that term in its antiquated meaning, disparaging of people with intellectual disabilities. lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-4031467820030044772017-06-13T12:30:14.640-04:002017-06-13T12:30:14.640-04:00https://www.juancole.com/2017/06/really-doesnt-inv...https://www.juancole.com/2017/06/really-doesnt-investigated.html<br /><br />Yes the Russian thing is nothing.<br /><br />Keep embarrassing yourself, Steve.<br /><br />mr perfectAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-59783890505444255132017-06-13T12:09:40.343-04:002017-06-13T12:09:40.343-04:00Ashley MacIssac has a great song..."What An I...Ashley MacIssac has a great song..."What An Idiot He Is".<br />Very apt for Trump- and sadly, too many Americans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-42339221222269633412017-06-13T08:50:05.679-04:002017-06-13T08:50:05.679-04:00hi anon....I totally agree with you. Trump is the ...hi anon....I totally agree with you. Trump is the most disgusting president and human being I have ever seen. But I am actually glad that he has such a crush on Justin Trudeau, because it might stop the monster from going out of control and wrecking our economy. I know that having Trump breathing down his neck can't be pleasant for Justin. But him and his government have been playing the orange maniac just right, and that's what you get for being prime minister... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-2036258391733325222017-06-13T08:45:28.923-04:002017-06-13T08:45:28.923-04:00hi RT...I think you're right. I too believe th...hi RT...I think you're right. I too believe that he is just a grubby hustler rather than some sinister James Bond villain or whatever. His election was a fluke, nobody was more surprised that he won than he was. And since he's lived all his life in a golden bubble, I'm not sure he even wants to be president. But yesterday on his Twitter feed he was boasting about the opening of a new coal plant, so he is a threat to all of us and our poor planet. The Democrats need to get their act together, and quickly...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-1692586442791949012017-06-13T08:33:06.693-04:002017-06-13T08:33:06.693-04:00hi MC...I don't have a crystal ball so I can&#...hi MC...I don't have a crystal ball so I can't be sure how Trump will end up. But I assure you I'm neither desperate nor delusional. What I am merely reflecting is that Trump is the worst president in American history, and whether he is impeached or suffers a fatal heart attack, like many others I very much doubt he will serve his full four years....<br /><br />P.S. And please if you think he'll serve eight, you are the one who is desperate and delusional... Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-24977224206437170432017-06-13T08:29:34.766-04:002017-06-13T08:29:34.766-04:00hi David... I did know the cover was fake, unlike ...hi David... I did know the cover was fake, unlike a lot of others on Twitter who went for it hook line and sinker. But while I still like it better than the real cover, that real story looks REALLY interesting...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-43352062522828290312017-06-13T08:28:01.004-04:002017-06-13T08:28:01.004-04:00Hi David...I've read some excerpts from Klein&...Hi David...I've read some excerpts from Klein's book, and she makes some good points. How on earth did we normalize Trump making Mobile's Rex Tillerson the Secretary of State? And later think we were lucky because he seems to be one of the few Trumplings who knows what he is doing. But I still think the Art of the Deal tells us all we need to know about him....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-24904634482205736082017-06-13T08:22:12.912-04:002017-06-13T08:22:12.912-04:00hi anon....yes, whatever one might think of Comey,...hi anon....yes, whatever one might think of Comey, he is not weak or whiney. And he has served his country better than Trump ever did or will...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-86815981014959568562017-06-12T21:54:35.013-04:002017-06-12T21:54:35.013-04:00With any luck, he'll be "fired" thro...With any luck, he'll be "fired" through impeachment before next year's G7 in Montréal. El Jefe Covfefe's obsession with Justin Trudeau is creepy. He seems to think that by cozying up to the nice, popular Disney prince from Canada (while at the same time threatening to crush Canada's economy with tariffs), some of the glow will rub off on him and make his Sleepy Hollow pumpkin head glow all sunny, instead of like a grotesque, haunted Jack(A$$) O'Lantern. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Standing next to Justin, or even being mentioned in the same breath as Justin, only makes the obnoxious, aggressive idiot look 100x more like the obnoxious, aggressive idiot he is.<br /><br />The Cheezit-in-chief has no one to blame but himself for the Chevy Chase European Vacation disaster that was this year's G7. Shoving leaders out of the way, falling asleep at a meeting, and generally being an annoyance to Merkel, who in one picture that speaks a thousand words can be seen standing between a smiling Justin and a sour-faced Dump, and scowling at the latter:<br /><br />http://i.huffpost.com/gen/5329344/thumbs/o-G7-TRUMP-TRUDEAU-MERKEL-570.jpg?16<br /><br />What speaks volumes even louder is the absence of Sophie in the photo of the G7 spouses. (Obviously, she did go to Italy with Justin, having met with the Pope and later touring an earthquake site. But she was nowhere to be found at G7 and I'm not surprised.) No way is J.T. going to let her or Ella (or Maggie!) anywhere near the narcissistic, predatory Orange Julius, and I doubt any of them wants to be in the general vicinity of him either. <br /><br />https://cdn.rt.com/files/2017.05/original/592aa092c3618819678b45e3.jpg<br /><br />He is the celebrity stalker to end all celebrity stalkers: a stalker of celebrities, who happens to be a celebrity himself. Look up Salma Hayek's horror story that she told to Trevor Noah and the numerous accounts of how he unsettled poor Princess Diana. The latter is most likely why he's really despised in Britain. William and Harry hate his fat, sloppy guts because of his insistence on bedding their mother.<br /><br />"SAD!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-53304188644400687752017-06-12T21:36:46.181-04:002017-06-12T21:36:46.181-04:00Dinky Donnie is a real estate developer/scam artis...Dinky Donnie is a real estate developer/scam artist that for whatever reason decided to apply his hard learned tricks of the trade to America rather than a new Tower. So far its been the same M.O.,first set up the marks by telling them what they want to hear in a language they relate to, blame others for their problems and promise them good fortune in exchange for their loyalty, distribute some early tokens as an example of good faith, next comes the lawyering/stalling phase while he fleeces the marks (and others) through an elaborate dog and pony show. The money isn't actually stolen its just moved through contractors, shell companies, consultants, trade mark agreements etc. In the end its bankruptcy leaving the chumps with no money and no fraudsters go to jail. Donnie has been so successful that after six bankruptcies and 3000 lawsuits he is now ready to pull off the biggest scam of them all. <br /><br />I am hopeful that this is the case and not something far more sinister. The best outcome he can deliver is a somewhat poorer but slightly wiser America that is finally motivated to shrug off the cloak of negativity and seek leadership that will embark on a more enlightened journey. We are rapidly approaching an age where the technology is there to greatly benefit or destroy/enslave mankind and we desperately need visionary/unselfish/trustworthy leaders to help guide us through it.<br />RTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-10387148179567030812017-06-12T13:47:31.521-04:002017-06-12T13:47:31.521-04:00He won't make the end of his term. Your tears ...He won't make the end of his term. Your tears shall be delicious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-8000655361579240452017-06-12T13:46:42.879-04:002017-06-12T13:46:42.879-04:00I agree, the true scope of the treason will be rev...I agree, the true scope of the treason will be revealed by the Mueller special council and the Schneiderman RICO case. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-42856028909084875812017-06-12T10:40:44.968-04:002017-06-12T10:40:44.968-04:00Trump isn't going anywhere. You are starting t...Trump isn't going anywhere. You are starting to sound desperate and delusional.<br /><br />-MCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-53036859942904453042017-06-12T09:49:32.354-04:002017-06-12T09:49:32.354-04:00That "Liar in Chief" is a fake TIME maga...That "Liar in Chief" is a fake TIME magazine cover, but the real cover is pretty good:<br /><br />TIME: The Swamp Hotel<br />https://images.dailykos.com/images/410667/story_image/IMG_2236.JPG?1496928463<br /><br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-26640426968246080682017-06-12T09:40:13.521-04:002017-06-12T09:40:13.521-04:00Speaking of idiot....
No Is Not Enough: Resisting...Speaking of idiot....<br /><br />No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need (June 13, 2017)<br />By Naomi Klein<br /><br />https://www.amazon.ca/No-Not-Enough-Resisting-Politics/dp/1608468909/<br /><br />Naomi Klein: ‘Trump is an idiot, but don’t underestimate how good he is at that’<br />https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/11/naomi-klein-donald-trump-no-is-not-enough-interview<br /><br />[snip]<br /><br />Speaking at her home in Toronto last week, Klein suggested to me that Trump’s novelty was to take the shock doctrine and make it a personal superpower. “He keeps everyone all the time in a reactive state ” she said. “It is not like he is taking advantage of an external shock he is the shock. And every 10 minutes he creates a new one. It is like he has these lasers coming out of his belt.” She wrote the book very fast much faster than is her usual habit because she feared that the further into a Trump administration America travels the less scope there might be for resistance for building an alternative. In this she believes that there are important precedents for people to understand.<br /><br />*<br />Beyond that he has, "presumably wittingly“ surrounded himself with some of the world’s most expert crisis profiteers”. Men who have made billions out of meltdown and financial crisis such as Wilbur Ross the “king of bankruptcy” who is now secretary of commerce, or the various crash-plutocrats recruited from Goldman Sachs and elsewhere.“In any other moment,” Klein says with a laugh, “the very fact that the CEO of Exxon Mobil is now the secretary of state would be the central scandal. Here we have a situation where there is so much else to concern us it is barely a footnote.”)<br /><br />Klein’s book on Trump comes garlanded with quotes from just about every notable leftwing intellectual celebrity you can think of. Noam Chomsky calls it “urgent timely and necessary”. Yanis Varoufakis describes it as “a manual for emancipation by means of the only weapon we have against orchestrated misanthropy: constructive disobedience”. Michael Stipe meanwhile asks: “Who better than Naomi to make sense of this madness and help us find a way out?”<br /><br />[snip]<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/05/naomi-klein-to-rush-out-new-book-taking-on-trump-administrationDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-80468278097040583222017-06-12T09:35:53.681-04:002017-06-12T09:35:53.681-04:00How do you know a politician is lying. Their lips ...How do you know a politician is lying. Their lips are moving. Trump is just the worst liar ever. Nevertheless this <a rel="nofollow">witchhunt for Russians</a>, and obstruction of Justice has all the integrity of the Warren and 911 commissions.<br /><br />Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-53249105622850747862017-06-12T08:25:11.804-04:002017-06-12T08:25:11.804-04:00You gotta love the alt-rightists and other assorte...You gotta love the alt-rightists and other assorted tiny penises and man-babies calling Comey weak and whiney after his testimony. Take note losers, Comey is a real man and you will never understand his quiet strength. Take note of what a real man acts like if you ever want the opposite sex to look on you with anything other than revulsion and pity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com