“ I think presidents are allowed to use the "foot wedge"..
Are presidents also allowed flunkies who surreptitiously whip out a ball from their pockets, to replace a ball that’s been lost in the bushes, and slyly drop it wherever the president orders?
Magica said
Oct 13 10:42 AM, 2025
Personally I think Trump deserves a medal for getting hostages released.
I do hope this ends the bombing now. I don't trust Netanyahu.
Thousands of Hamas are back in Gaza.
Oh please let peace reign.
Anonymous said
Oct 13 11:00 AM, 2025
Magica wrote:
Personally I think Trump deserves a medal for getting hostages released.
I do hope this ends the bombing now. I don't trust Netanyahu.
Thousands of Hamas are back in Gaza.
Oh please let peace reign.
Clan fighting and killings are taking place already. I have a feeling peace will never prevail in that area.
Maddog said
Oct 13 12:29 PM, 2025
Vam wrote:
“ I think presidents are allowed to use the "foot wedge"..
Are presidents also allowed flunkies who surreptitiously whip out a ball from their pockets, to replace a ball that’s been lost in the bushes, and slyly drop it wherever the president orders?
I'll check the rulebook and get back to you..
Vam said
Oct 13 1:03 PM, 2025
(copied from another thread)
Fluffy wrote:
Only Trump could fix this situation, only he had the power influence and money to do so. The leader of the opposition in Israel is lying his ass off right now saying no genocide occured. , that it was all media manipulation. He has just this moment proclaimed "When you stand with Israel you stand on the side of justice" and calling America "their greatest friends" I can only imagine what Trump has promised them to stop them bombing Gaza . They are applauding him as if he is a deity.
They are madmen who have deliberately bombed hospitals , committed countless grotesque murders of children and denied the starving people of Gaza aid.
Yet you have decided to somehow twist the glorious conclusion of this horrible war finally ending, all hostages being released and peace being restored into a way to having a go at Starmer.
Petty isn't the word.
BIB…not so fast, Fluffs. There’s still quite a way to go yet.
But yes, of course, the hostage release is a fantastic turning point. And yes of course trump deserves the credit for whatever part he may have played in that.
But never, ever forget that Netanyahu is deeply corrupt and was desperate to keep hostilities rolling on. That’s because he’s trying to avoid the pending legal actions against him.
His BFF Donnie is capricious and purely transaction-driven. He has never been known to do anything, unless there’s something in it for him personally. So my TDS is programmed to instinctively raise an eyebrow and question every move he makes.
There‘s money to be made in Gaza, that’s for sure The fact that trump’s bottom-feeding son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is sniffing around over there, confirms that even more for me.
I M O - if there wasn’t any money to be made out of all this, trump would mostly be ignoring it all, and he’d be calling all the Middle Eastern countries involved what he always calls countries that aren’t America and don’t serve his purpose - “shithole countries”.
Trump is no doubt riding high on the wave of praise and adulation he's received for brokering the current ceasefire, but he'd better make the most of it while it lasts.
Meanwhile I'm still baffled by the way Americans have got suckered into supporting the Cult of Personality that has been created around this megalomaniac. We're used to seeing it in other dictatorships where leaders are portrayed as infallible and where criticism of them is suppressed or punished.
How on earth did Americans let it happen to them? It's baffling.
Vam said
Oct 16 10:01 AM, 2025
And yet again, I just can’t NOT comment 🤦🏻♀️
@ Dawg… a $20Billion bailout … ‘loan’ (🙄) … to Argentina seems a bit excessive, when tariffs are driving American farmers to suicide, and the shutdown is forcing folks to work without pay and creating miles-long queues at food banks.
But hey, what the hell, the (unelected) Treasury Secretary feels chucking another $20Billion at his buddies is A-OK too. That’s what friends are for, right?
The No-Kings protest marches on Saturday are expected to be massively attended. So of course, Mango Man has to find another way to push the boundaries and make it all about retribution again.
Government-sponsored terrorism, or nah..? 🤷🏻♀️
Vam said
Oct 16 10:18 AM, 2025
For anyone interested in what’s happening across the Pond on Saturday…
Will you be taking to the streets, Dawg? Then again, I guess you’d feel lonely if you’re marching ‘deep in the heart of Texas’ 😉
Maddog said
Oct 16 4:09 PM, 2025
Vam wrote:
And yet again, I just can’t NOT comment 🤦🏻♀️
@ Dawg… a $20Billion bailout … ‘loan’ (🙄) … to Argentina seems a bit excessive, when tariffs are driving American farmers to suicide, and the shutdown is forcing folks to work without pay and creating miles-long queues at food banks.
But hey, what the hell, the (unelected) Treasury Secretary feels chucking another $20Billion at his buddies is A-OK too. That’s what friends are for, right?
Will you be taking to the streets, Dawg? Then again, I guess you’d feel lonely if you’re marching ‘deep in the heart of Texas’ 😉
We had a big turnout for the last one. I had friends go, but I'm not really into that sort of event..
I hope everyone has fun..
I hope no one gets shot.
You know, that's a real possibility.
The last one seemed fairly peaceful. I know the one around here was.
But as these things go on and nothing changes, folks will want to escalate.
Vam said
Oct 16 7:35 PM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
Vam wrote:
And yet again, I just can’t NOT comment 🤦🏻♀️
@ Dawg… a $20Billion bailout … ‘loan’ (🙄) … to Argentina seems a bit excessive, when tariffs are driving American farmers to suicide, and the shutdown is forcing folks to work without pay and creating miles-long queues at food banks.
But hey, what the hell, the (unelected) Treasury Secretary feels chucking another $20Billion at his buddies is A-OK too. That’s what friends are for, right?
It's a currency swap. I'm not sure it's a great idea, but it's not a gift. They get dollars we get pesos..
Is any form of foreign aid a good idea?.
Yes because the one thing Argentina can be relied on for, is to honour a debt.
Holy crap, Dawg. Am I the only one seeing how deep the corruption goes with these carpetbaggers? They’re barely even bothering to hide it anymore, because there’s no one to stop them.
Maddog said
Oct 16 7:46 PM, 2025
Vam wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Vam wrote:
And yet again, I just can’t NOT comment 🤦🏻♀️
@ Dawg… a $20Billion bailout … ‘loan’ (🙄) … to Argentina seems a bit excessive, when tariffs are driving American farmers to suicide, and the shutdown is forcing folks to work without pay and creating miles-long queues at food banks.
But hey, what the hell, the (unelected) Treasury Secretary feels chucking another $20Billion at his buddies is A-OK too. That’s what friends are for, right?
It's a currency swap. I'm not sure it's a great idea, but it's not a gift. They get dollars we get pesos..
Is any form of foreign aid a good idea?.
Yes because the one thing Argentina can be relied on for, is to honour a debt.
Holy crap, Dawg. Am I the only one seeing how deep the corruption goes with these carpetbaggers? They’re barely even bothering to hide it anymore, because there’s no one to stop them.
It's not a debt. At least not what I read. There is nothing to pay back because it's a currency swap.
Fluffy said
Oct 18 6:33 PM, 2025
This is a frivolous question but many have pondered this about the President .how does he retain that er.. unique orange glow?
Tanning beds have been considered, a natural tan from relentless sun damage but nope..It's bronzer. Bronzer, self tan and good old fashioned make up. I hope he at least buys his own and doesn't borrow his wives!The reason is a tad unkind..apparently it's low self esteem. Who would have thought!
Make-up artist Kriss Blevens, who has worked on every President since Jimmy Carter – including Trump – recently theorised that the colour came from self-tanner. ‘Because I have done Trump’s makeup several times, I can tell you that, at times, his face looked bronzer than the rest of him, and that was before makeup,’ she told Fast Company. ‘My guess was he relied on some self-tanners to try to maintain a certain look that he’d come to feel healthy in from living in Florida.’
In a 2018 paper she wrote, 'Trump believes altering his natural skin colour will improve his appearance and, hence, sense of self. Trump's skin colour is a target of ridicule of a man obsessed with vanity yet marked by signs of failed masculinity.' Not exactly a glowing indictment!
-- Edited by Fluffy on Saturday 18th of October 2025 06:33:32 PM
Syl said
Oct 18 6:37 PM, 2025
Fluffy wrote:
This is a frivolous question but many have pondered this about the President .how does he retain that er.. unique orange glow?
Tanning beds have been considered, a natural tan from relentless sun damage but nope..It's bronzer. Bronzer, self tan and good old fashioned make up. I hope he at least buys his own and doesn't borrow his wives!The reason is a tad unkind..apparently it's low self esteem. Who would have thought!
Make-up artist Kriss Blevens, who has worked on every President since Jimmy Carter – including Trump – recently theorised that the colour came from self-tanner. ‘Because I have done Trump’s makeup several times, I can tell you that, at times, his face looked bronzer than the rest of him, and that was before makeup,’ she told Fast Company. ‘My guess was he relied on some self-tanners to try to maintain a certain look that he’d come to feel healthy in from living in Florida.’
In a 2018 paper she wrote, 'Trump believes altering his natural skin colour will improve his appearance and, hence, sense of self. Trump's skin colour is a target of ridicule of a man obsessed with vanity yet marked by signs of failed masculinity.' Not exactly a glowing indictment!
-- Edited by Fluffy on Saturday 18th of October 2025 06:33:32 PM
Can you imagine the state of his bedsheets.
Vam said
Oct 18 6:50 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Fluffy wrote:
This is a frivolous question but many have pondered this about the President .how does he retain that er.. unique orange glow?
Tanning beds have been considered, a natural tan from relentless sun damage but nope..It's bronzer. Bronzer, self tan and good old fashioned make up. I hope he at least buys his own and doesn't borrow his wives!The reason is a tad unkind..apparently it's low self esteem. Who would have thought!
Make-up artist Kriss Blevens, who has worked on every President since Jimmy Carter – including Trump – recently theorised that the colour came from self-tanner. ‘Because I have done Trump’s makeup several times, I can tell you that, at times, his face looked bronzer than the rest of him, and that was before makeup,’ she told Fast Company. ‘My guess was he relied on some self-tanners to try to maintain a certain look that he’d come to feel healthy in from living in Florida.’
In a 2018 paper she wrote, 'Trump believes altering his natural skin colour will improve his appearance and, hence, sense of self. Trump's skin colour is a target of ridicule of a man obsessed with vanity yet marked by signs of failed masculinity.' Not exactly a glowing indictment!
-- Edited by Fluffy on Saturday 18th of October 2025 06:33:32 PM
Can you imagine the state of his bedsheets.
He uses a special brand of self-tanner (I forget the name). And bronzing powder for a bit of extra 7Os Macho Medallion Man glow.
I am SO VERY tempted to post a picture to match my response to that BIB: ‘Especially after he’s been golfing wearing cream coloured trousers!’ 😂 But folks are probably eating, so I’ll behave myself 😇
Syl said
Oct 18 6:59 PM, 2025
Best not Vam, I am having Beef bourguignon for tea....don't make me see something else.
“ I think presidents are allowed to use the "foot wedge"..
Are presidents also allowed flunkies who surreptitiously whip out a ball from their pockets, to replace a ball that’s been lost in the bushes, and slyly drop it wherever the president orders?
I do hope this ends the bombing now. I don't trust Netanyahu.
Thousands of Hamas are back in Gaza.
Oh please let peace reign.
Clan fighting and killings are taking place already. I have a feeling peace will never prevail in that area.
I'll check the rulebook and get back to you..
Only Trump could fix this situation, only he had the power influence and money to do so. The leader of the opposition in Israel is lying his ass off right now saying no genocide occured. , that it was all media manipulation. He has just this moment proclaimed "When you stand with Israel you stand on the side of justice" and calling America "their greatest friends" I can only imagine what Trump has promised them to stop them bombing Gaza . They are applauding him as if he is a deity.
They are madmen who have deliberately bombed hospitals , committed countless grotesque murders of children and denied the starving people of Gaza aid.
Yet you have decided to somehow twist the glorious conclusion of this horrible war finally ending, all hostages being released and peace being restored into a way to having a go at Starmer.
Petty isn't the word.
BIB…not so fast, Fluffs. There’s still quite a way to go yet.
But yes, of course, the hostage release is a fantastic turning point. And yes of course trump deserves the credit for whatever part he may have played in that.
But never, ever forget that Netanyahu is deeply corrupt and was desperate to keep hostilities rolling on. That’s because he’s trying to avoid the pending legal actions against him.
His BFF Donnie is capricious and purely transaction-driven. He has never been known to do anything, unless there’s something in it for him personally. So my TDS is programmed to instinctively raise an eyebrow and question every move he makes.
There‘s money to be made in Gaza, that’s for sure
The fact that trump’s bottom-feeding son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is sniffing around over there, confirms that even more for me.
I M O - if there wasn’t any money to be made out of all this, trump would mostly be ignoring it all, and he’d be calling all the Middle Eastern countries involved what he always calls countries that aren’t America and don’t serve his purpose - “shithole countries”.
😂 Because, of course…
https://x.com/seungminkim/status/1977708096462938451?s=61
Trump is no doubt riding high on the wave of praise and adulation he's received for brokering the current ceasefire, but he'd better make the most of it while it lasts.
Meanwhile I'm still baffled by the way Americans have got suckered into supporting the Cult of Personality that has been created around this megalomaniac. We're used to seeing it in other dictatorships where leaders are portrayed as infallible and where criticism of them is suppressed or punished.
How on earth did Americans let it happen to them? It's baffling.
And yet again, I just can’t NOT comment 🤦🏻♀️
@ Dawg… a $20Billion bailout … ‘loan’ (🙄) … to Argentina seems a bit excessive, when tariffs are driving American farmers to suicide, and the shutdown is forcing folks to work without pay and creating miles-long queues at food banks.
But hey, what the hell, the (unelected) Treasury Secretary feels chucking another $20Billion at his buddies is A-OK too. That’s what friends are for, right?
https://x.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1978521223014305812?s=61
https://x.com/darrigomelanie/status/1978514700510921126?s=61
… also, @ Dawg…could you please make this make sense too?
https://x.com/meidastouch/status/1978601189718794528?s=61
The No-Kings protest marches on Saturday are expected to be massively attended. So of course, Mango Man has to find another way to push the boundaries and make it all about retribution again.
Government-sponsored terrorism, or nah..? 🤷🏻♀️
For anyone interested in what’s happening across the Pond on Saturday…
https://x.com/gtconway3d/status/1977773990388322650?s=61
https://x.com/gtconway3d/status/1977774000685379665?s=61
Will you be taking to the streets, Dawg? Then again, I guess you’d feel lonely if you’re marching ‘deep in the heart of Texas’ 😉
It's a currency swap. I'm not sure it's a great idea, but it's not a gift. They get dollars we get pesos..
Is any form of foreign aid a good idea?.
We had a big turnout for the last one. I had friends go, but I'm not really into that sort of event..
I hope everyone has fun..
I hope no one gets shot.
You know, that's a real possibility.
The last one seemed fairly peaceful. I know the one around here was.
But as these things go on and nothing changes, folks will want to escalate.
Yes because the one thing Argentina can be relied on for, is to honour a debt.
Holy crap, Dawg. Am I the only one seeing how deep the corruption goes with these carpetbaggers? They’re barely even bothering to hide it anymore, because there’s no one to stop them.
It's not a debt. At least not what I read. There is nothing to pay back because it's a currency swap.
This is a frivolous question but many have pondered this about the President .how does he retain that er.. unique orange glow?
Tanning beds have been considered, a natural tan from relentless sun damage but nope..It's bronzer. Bronzer, self tan and good old fashioned make up. I hope he at least buys his own and doesn't borrow his wives!The reason is a tad unkind..apparently it's low self esteem. Who would have thought!
Make-up artist Kriss Blevens, who has worked on every President since Jimmy Carter – including Trump – recently theorised that the colour came from self-tanner. ‘Because I have done Trump’s makeup several times, I can tell you that, at times, his face looked bronzer than the rest of him, and that was before makeup,’ she told Fast Company. ‘My guess was he relied on some self-tanners to try to maintain a certain look that he’d come to feel healthy in from living in Florida.’
In a 2018 paper she wrote, 'Trump believes altering his natural skin colour will improve his appearance and, hence, sense of self. Trump's skin colour is a target of ridicule of a man obsessed with vanity yet marked by signs of failed masculinity.' Not exactly a glowing indictment!
Source
https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/why-is-donald-trump-orange/?recirculation=taboola_native
-- Edited by Fluffy on Saturday 18th of October 2025 06:33:32 PM
Can you imagine the state of his bedsheets.
He uses a special brand of self-tanner (I forget the name). And bronzing powder for a bit of extra 7Os Macho Medallion Man glow.
I am SO VERY tempted to post a picture to match my response to that BIB: ‘Especially after he’s been golfing wearing cream coloured trousers!’ 😂 But folks are probably eating, so I’ll behave myself 😇
Best not Vam, I am having Beef bourguignon for tea....don't make me see something else.