Orange stain second term results thread

[nakedfrog]

Even British Tories aren't right-wing enough for the American fascists (I'm not particularly a fan of Rory Stewart)

Trump's vice president JD Vance takes aim at Rory Stewart in bizarre exchange

JD Vance and the Rest is Politics podcast presenter traded blows as US president’s allies continue to target British politicians

uk.yahoo.com

...And what's with the weird quibbling about IQ?



(Generally believing in IQ as some sort of coherent, meaningful, measurable trait, is a sign of being a bit dim. But why such specificity? "You think you have an IQ of 125, when really its only 124" Next he'll be suggesting Stewart isn't any good at Diablo)

Not to mention his odd take on Christianity



I mean, there probably is a defensible philosophical argument for adopting that attitude, but it seems a stretch to claim that it's a specifically "Christian" concept. For one thing, I thought Christ called on people to leave their families in order to follow him?

I mean there's also this banger:
Matthew 25:35-46:
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

 

[Brainonska511]

I mean there's also this banger:
Matthew 25:35-46:
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Republican Jesus: fuck the poor people, because they should have known better before becoming poor.

 

[brycejones]

Republican Jesus: fuck the poor people, because they should have known better before becoming poor.

babies who choose poor parents deserve to be punished

 

[K1052]

Exclusive: Trump set to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada starting on March 1, sources say

We'll see if it sticks or if tariffs are the new infrastructure week.

 

[Roger Wilco]

Needs more time to receive and prioritize bribes and flattery.

 

[K1052]

Exclusive: Trump set to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada starting on March 1, sources say

We'll see if it sticks or if tariffs are the new infrastructure week.

or maybe still on for tomorrow? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Brainonska511]

or maybe still on for tomorrow? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Touching every stove.

 

[K1052]

Touching every stove.

Typical cycle:

Trump - I'm thinking about touching the stove very strongly.

Everyone - eh just hot air his advisors will talk him down

*advisors leak story that he will not in fact touch stove or do it at some much later time, maybe*

Trump - Fuck that get out of my way.

 

[Brainonska511]

Typical cycle:

Trump - I'm thinking about touching the stove very strongly.

Everyone - eh just hot air his advisors will talk him down

*advisors leak story that he will not in fact touch stove or do it at some much later time, maybe*

Trump - Fuck that get out of my way.

Yeah ... Except half his advisors are egging him on for the lulz because they're just douches.

 

[K1052]

Yeah ... Except half his advisors are egging him on for the lulz because they're just douches.

If you do the tariffs unilaterally as a national security measure and as not part of the tax bill then you don't get to count them as revenue against the tax cuts hehe.

 

[Brainonska511]

If you do the tariffs unilaterally as a national security measure and as not part of the tax bill then you don't get to count them as revenue against the tax cuts hehe.

The press secretary claiming fentanyl has killed tens of millions of Americans as to why these tariffs are coming. Seems off by an order of magnitude, looking only at deaths from overdoses per year. But what does truth even mean anyway?

 

[K1052]

The press secretary claiming fentanyl has killed tens of millions of Americans as to why these tariffs are coming. Seems off by an order of magnitude, looking only at deaths from overdoses per year. But what does truth even mean anyway?

Look all we are asking is for Canada and Mexico to resolve America's centuries long inexhaustible appetite for drugs. How hard could it be?

 

[Roger Wilco]

Looks the markets are finally taking this seriously.

 

[K1052]

Looks the markets are finally taking this seriously.

Of course Trump hates it when the number goes down but we're gonna need it to go down a lot more before he stops doing shit.

 

[hal2kilo]

Looks the markets are finally taking this seriously.

Yep, only the NASDAC is slightly positive now. One of the talking heads this morning was playing the Trump game and put out, looks like we will be slightly positive for the week. If only I wasn't invested in the market.

 

[K1052]

Lol apparently Trump's order about "opening the valves" in California for the wild fires was him ordering the Army Cops of Enigneers to dump water from its storages without telling CA water management officials or the farmers he was gonna flood out.

 

[repoman0]

Yep, only the NASDAC is slightly positive now. One of the talking heads this morning was playing the Trump game and put out, looks like we will be slightly positive for the week. If only I wasn't invested in the market.

It’s barely down, still selling near the top if you choose to do so. I’m on the fence about locking in some profits today before the voluntary recession hits and inflation reaccelerates.

 

[hal2kilo]

It’s barely down, still selling near the top if you choose to do so. I’m on the fence about locking in some profits today before the voluntary recession hits and inflation reaccelerates.

No, I have strangely committed my active part into almost 100% equities due to last years lackluster performance. Fidelity's Fn scale for what I signed up for sucks as it was supposed to be 70% growth and got half of the DOW performance.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Lol apparently Trump's order about "opening the valves" in California for the wild fires was him ordering the Army Cops of Enigneers to dump water from its storages without telling CA water management officials or the farmers he was gonna flood out.

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hahaha, that's borderline enemy action at this point.

 

[nakedfrog]

If anyone is curious about the $50 million in condoms for Gaza thing, here's the info. It seems like the line from here to Herr Trump's moronic mis-statement is DOGE claims to find this $50m in condoms sent to Gaza, Herr Musk says "My guess is that a lot of that money ended up in the pockets Hamas [sic], not actually condoms", someone responded saying the condoms were being used to transport IEDs, and thus Herr Trump's blathering, idiotic statement about using condoms to make bombs. You know, because he's an utter fucking moron with swiss cheese for a brain.

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/no-evidence-us-spent-50-million-condoms-gaza-2025-01-30/

 

[K1052]

Hm what a coincidence I'm less concerned now myself since I yesterday reduced my equities exposure.

 

[MtnMan]

The press secretary claiming fentanyl has killed tens of millions of Americans as to why these tariffs are coming. Seems off by an order of magnitude, looking only at deaths from overdoses per year. But what does truth even mean anyway?

Are we supposed to believe that Trump and republicans actually give a fuck how many Americans die?

Or even billionaires?

 

[Brainonska511]

Are we supposed to believe that Trump and republicans actually give a fuck how many Americans die?

Or even billionaires?

No. They only care about themselves.

 

[Panino Manino]

What spineless coward!
He changed 100% tariffs on China to 10%!

 

[nakedfrog]

More efficient use of government resources. Never mind that people with gender neutral names find use in having pronouns in their email signature, these thin-skinned namby-pamby weaklings get the vapors at the sight of pronouns in an email signature.

Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day

Employees at multiple federal agencies were ordered to remove pronouns from their email signatures by Friday afternoon, according to internal memos obtained by ABC News.

abcnews.go.com