21 hours ago, dimreepr said:

Lest we forget, has been forgotten and replaced with the latest iteration of the Hitler youth, that are now pentioners... 

You spelled Senators wrong...

Unthankful fish obviously attacked the snake, and noticeably isn't even in a suit and tie...

On 2/26/2025 at 11:05 AM, TheVat said:

What's brown and black and looks good on a lawyer?

A doberman.

 

That's hardly fair. It's always the 90% of lawyers that give the rest a bad name.

On 2/26/2025 at 2:59 AM, Eise said:

99% of the lawyers give the rest a bad name.

And now I see this...

This surprises me from Exchemist's link. Even Keith Kellogg has now swallowed the Kool-aid:

Keith Kellogg, Trump’s envoy to Ukraine, tweeted: “Was honored to be with @POTUS, @VP, and [Rubio] in the Oval today during the bi-lateral with President Zelensky. As the President has ALWAYS done-he stood for America....America First.”

1 hour ago, exchemist said:

 

I actually think this dust-up in the Oval Orifice was a manufactured publicity stunt by Vance and Trump to try to weaken Zelensky personally, in the hope he will stand aside and allow a more Russia-friendly leader to replace him.

 

This has to be correct. 

Lindsey Graham: "I have never been more proud of the President. I was very proud of JD Vance, standing up for our country"

 "He (Zelensky) needs to resign and send over someone we can do business with, or he needs to change"

Lindsey Graham is simply not that stupid. There is nothing Zelensky said that needs taken back.They no doubt hoped for more:

2 hours ago, Trurl said:

I don’t think the exchange matters much. How many times in your life were you in a disagreement and changed your mind or approach?

Trump is right Zelensky has no cards to play. There needs to be a strategy. I have stated on previous posts that I do not like this war. I feel for Ukraine, but we give them weapons when there is no chance for them to win. A military operation will not solve this war. It will start a war.

Zelensky will have to concede. I don’t know what Russia wants. But diplomacy is more powerful than war.

Right. Big mistake giving up their nuclear weapons. What a message for the World.

Europe better start building more of them before Ukraine's well trained army is conscripted against them.

And let's stop being hypocritical about North Korea and Iran.

Only might is right.

1 hour ago, swansont said:

How was it estimated? The article only states the number, not the method or evidence.

I don't know. That's in part why I added "for whatever that's worth"

24 minutes ago, CharonY said:

From one of the links regarding his upcoming biography:

It seems that there is really no evidence of an actual test.

Okay. No actual test.

You quoted this though as well though:

"There’s zero evidence, from his life history, of Musk having anything higher than a 110 IQ.”

You quoted this as a biographer's statement. Fair enough. But do you believe that? 

Is there nothing in his life history that suggests above average intelligence?

Musk's IQ has been estimated to be around 155 (for whatever that's worth). I have no doubt that at one time it was above 140, arguably the start of genius level (for what that's worth)

My issues with him would be more with both his intellectual and moral integrity.

https://brainmanager.io/blog/cognitive/what-is-elon-musk-iq

1 hour ago, swansont said:

I missed where anyone has proposed curing him of any afflictions/deficiencies. Seeing as this is posted in politics, the “something” we do about it are political solutions, not medical ones. 

Surely, though, you didn't look at Musk wielding the chainsaw without thinking a good lobotomy session was in order...

Right now it seems more like cooking a frog in a very bad microwave, with temperatures all over the place.

Not sure whether to laugh...or cry

Might be why Putin is so fast to respond to any peaceful opposition...don't let any protests, peaceful included, approach 3.5%

Fortunately the US still has enough rights and freedoms in place...for now

8 hours ago, MigL said:

Even if Canada was annexed as one state, and given the same representation as othe states in the House, Senate and Electoral College, the Republicans would never get elected again.

 

 

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting to get to vote if it happened. Would even current Americans get an honest election to vote in if the currently attempted trajectory gets enough footing?

7 hours ago, MigL said:

I don't know ...

Many Republicans are troubled by his labelling of the Ukrainian President an unelected dictator, and snuggling up to the Russian President.

They are just too scared to voice their opinions because Trump and Musk will make sure they will not get re-elected.

If Trump/MAGA/extreme right is stopped, it has to come from them, from the right, and maybe slightly left of centre. Further left will just add fuel for those trying to establish a coup from within.

Still claiming these as "just waves", Musk recently and Bannon (again) now.

There does seem to me some resistance coming from the right, even the far right (Bardella of France cancelling his CPAC speech due to Bannon's gesture)in this case.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2glydm3gmo

Bees individually or consciousness of say a hive or swarm? I think you could say yes to either depending on a number of definitions, but maybe not always prove it.

It seems like some of the Republican side, while clinging to the belief Trump may still have a shirt or two up his ass where they can't see them...are at least starting to admit the Emperor has no visible sign of clothing.

17 minutes ago, CharonY said:

I do wonder though how much of the "savant" part is facilitated by generational wealth.

...not to mention how much of the rest of the wealth is facilitated by the idiot part.

Being a genius doesn't equate to having good morals, or confer a right to subjugate others. Elon may very well be a genius. Trump may be a genius using a general definition of genius (1% of the population? IQ of 140? I suspect a number on this Forum would meet tha criterion). Doesn't mean much when they espouse opinions that are not just unhelpful to the general population but also often contradictory (other than perhaps pointing to them being often more malicious than wrong in thinking) At any rate these two seem more like idiot savants than "pure" genius.

In his defence, he was much less of an obvious Ahole and Nazi the further back you go in time.

5 hours ago, John Cuthber said:

Can you expand on that?
Is time travel involved?

2 hours ago, John Cuthber said:

Dear Mr President.
Maybe the guy who thought launching a car into space was a good idea is not perfectly qualified to identify wasteful spending.
Also, what do you plan to do when the other 50% of Americans discover that tariffs are paid by the citizens of the country which imposes them?
And finally (for the minute), if America was too cold to hold your inauguration outside them you certainly don't want Greenland, it's f%^&*&ing freezing.

Yours etc

+1...but do you really expect them to figure it out? What with Biden being at fault for the upcoming inflation?

2 hours ago, Externet said:

Good morning mister president of the U.S.

What is your plan to reverse inflation in the event your tariffs and actions are not successful to make the United States great and wealthier again ?   Will you compensate me for the devaluation of the currency and worsening inflation ?

 

Add your own messages below.

Absolutely. I'm going to lower your taxes and eliminate any rules and regulations holding you back.

By the way, which multi billionaire are you anyway? I don't see any Externet on the list...

For a sufficiently small country with a population motivated more altruistically than typical, it can work to some level for a limited period of time.

Capitalism can last longer, as it recognizes the motivations and merits of self interest.

Striking a balance is best, though not easy to implement and maintain to work well for everyone.

To appease and honour Trump, Canadian maps will rename the largest Great Lake after the Trump Administration...

Lake Inferior

Do it Google!