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Manbird

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Posted: Oct 18, 2024 - 7:21pm

 VV wrote:

Wow only 5000 and each pair numbered? Who wants to bet that there are 20 pairs with the number one in the batch? And how are they numbered… with a Sharpie?




(I'm making the assumption that the Nyes didn't change the child's birthname).
Red_Dragon

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 6:37pm

 Steely_D wrote:


None over 20, since they can’t count higher without unzipping. 




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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 6:36pm

 VV wrote:

Wow only 5000 and each pair numbered? Who wants to bet that there are 20 pairs with the number one in the batch? And how are they numbered… with a Sharpie?



None over 20, since they can’t count higher without unzipping. 
VV

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 5:34pm

 Beaker wrote:


Naw.  This one earns him that.  Because limited edition, yo!  





Wow only 5000 and each pair numbered? Who wants to bet that there are 20 pairs with the number one in the batch? And how are they numbered… with a Sharpie?

Red_Dragon

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 4:54pm

 Isabeau wrote:

Some Satire From Ireland:

Trump Expected To Use Shooting To Call For Peace, Civility & Tolerance

•THE TRANSFORMATIVE nature of being millimetres from death is expected to lead Donald Trump to a soul-searching examination of where the US is as a nation, and his unifying role in healing the fractious divide.

•“I just can’t see why a man with a history of praising the brutal acts of dictators, who engages in racist dog whistles with his supporters and constantly dehumanises those who oppose him and calls for violence against them, would ever use an incident like this to further inflame tensions,” offered one political commentator on US TV.

•“As always Donald preaches a message of peace, civility and tolerance, and if anything this famously unpetty individual will use this assassination attempt to call for his supporters to be totally chill,” said one member of Trump’s campaign while reading up on the 1933 burning of the Reichstag.....................



Some dark Irish humor indeed.
Isabeau

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 3:13pm

Some Satire From Ireland:

Trump Expected To Use Shooting To Call For Peace, Civility & Tolerance

•THE TRANSFORMATIVE nature of being millimetres from death is expected to lead Donald Trump to a soul-searching examination of where the US is as a nation, and his unifying role in healing the fractious divide.

•“I just can’t see why a man with a history of praising the brutal acts of dictators, who engages in racist dog whistles with his supporters and constantly dehumanises those who oppose him and calls for violence against them, would ever use an incident like this to further inflame tensions,” offered one political commentator on US TV.

•“As always Donald preaches a message of peace, civility and tolerance, and if anything this famously unpetty individual will use this assassination attempt to call for his supporters to be totally chill,” said one member of Trump’s campaign while reading up on the 1933 burning of the Reichstag.....................

steeler

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 2:20pm

 Isabeau wrote:



  The old line from the story applies here: "You knew I was a snake when you let me in."

Jonah Goldberg has been proven prophetic after making these comments Monday about a changed Trump:

“I predicted Donald Trump’s presidency would end badly because character is destiny,” he said. “I’ve been saying how expecting Donald Trump to pivot to being presidential is like Waiting for Godot. Just not going to happen. But I want to give due credit to Scott’s point that getting shot at can change a person. So we’ll see. My one source of skepticism – other than the fact that 78-year-olds, even when they go through something dramatic don’t tend to change their fundamental natures too much. But it’s possible.

“I don’t know that he knows how. I don’t know that he knows the language of being a conciliator for more than five minutes. And the idea that he is going to not go back to calling his opponents vermin and Marxists and fascists and communists and all that kind of stuff – that’s the language he’s learned how to speak in. And I don’t know that can get a Berlitz phrasebook and get up to speed on how to be like a middle-of-the-road guy.”

Isabeau

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 2:03pm

 steeler wrote:


We saw the projected “softer” Trump transform back to the Trump we have come to know all too well. There was a big opportunity missed when he went off his prompter and went full-on rally Trump. A changed Trump very well might have played well for those undecided voters who hesitate about voting for Trump because of fears about what he might do if he again ascends to the White House. Last night showed the Democrats will not have the additional problem of going up against a changed, softer Trump. This is the same Trump. No change.h



  The old line from the story applies here: "You knew I was a snake when you let me in."
steeler

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 9:11am

 R_P wrote:

FYT


Indeed. I was going to say that I have never seen anyone other than Trump do that.
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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 9:02am

 steeler wrote:
I think his anyone hugging and kissing the American flag is contrived.

FYT
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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 8:39am

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/p...

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 8:09am

 VV wrote:

Yes, and then selling his "branded" bibles will most certainly earn him a fast-pass to the "Pearly Gates".



Naw.  This one earns him that.  Because limited edition, yo!  




VV

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 7:45am

 Steely_D wrote:


But holding up the Bible in front of a church showed us where his heart is really at.

Yes, and then selling his "branded" bibles will most certainly earn him a fast-pass to the "Pearly Gates".

Steely_D

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 7:36am

 steeler wrote:


I think his hugging and kissing the American flag is contrived.





But holding up the Bible in front of a church showed us where his heart is really at.
VV

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 7:14am

 steeler wrote:

Hulk Hogan?


Carrot Top was busy and Jake "The Snake" Roberts wanted too much $$$ to appear.



rgio

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 7:08am

 steeler wrote:
I think his hugging and kissing the American flag is contrived.

Would be noticeably easier to list what isn't contrived about everything he's ever touched.

steeler

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 7:04am

 Beaker wrote:


So in previous speech appearances, he also exploited the American flag whenever he went over, hugged and kissed it?  Just asking.

I think you're failing to grasp that this is truly genuine Trump.


I think his hugging and kissing the American flag is contrived.



Beaker

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 6:55am

 steeler wrote:

I am not big on props during political speeches, but I concede this had an emotional impact. That impact, though, turned exploitative when Trump went over and kissed the helmet.



So in previous speech appearances, he also exploited the American flag whenever he went over, hugged and kissed it?  Just asking.

I think you're failing to grasp that this is truly genuine Trump.  Nothing says you have to like it.

Manhandling the American flag was a perfect representation of this dichotomy. Half the country likely saw it as a fitting metaphor for his presidency writ large: an assault on our most cherished values. He took what was not his, robbed it of all its virtue – and then presumably moved on to his next conquest.

But to the rest, those who support Trump, it was the quintessential way of showing his unapologetic patriotism. It was honest and earnest. It wasn’t fancy or philosophical. It wasn’t intellectual or complicated. Hugging the flag is nothing if not literal. It was the way Trump approached his entire presidency, much to their great satisfaction.

link from not a fan




steeler

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 6:49am

 steeler wrote:

The zebra doesn’t change its stripes. The leopard doesn’t change its spots.



We saw the projected “softer” Trump transform back to the Trump we have come to know all too well. There was a big opportunity missed when he went off his prompter and went full-on rally Trump. A changed Trump very well might have played well for those undecided voters who hesitate about voting for Trump because of fears about what he might do if he again ascends to the White House. Last night showed the Democrats will not have the additional problem of going up against a changed, softer Trump. This is the same Trump. No change.h
steeler

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Posted: Jul 19, 2024 - 6:37am

 Beaker wrote:

The addition to the stage of Comperatore's firefighter gear is absolutely brilliant.  


I am not big on props during political speeches, but I concede this had an emotional impact. That impact, though, turned exploitative when Trump went over and kissed the helmet.

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