The Frankish Reich

I now believe Biden will pardon Trump for all crimes under federal jurisdiction just before he leaves office. And in light of the Hunter pardon, I actually think that would be appropriate.

Affairs, plural. Again, I hate to be an old prude here, but affairs while serving as a military officer too. You've gotta go pretty far to have your own mother take your wife's side in a split-up. Obviously she thought her son was a complete creep and that his behavior harmed the grandkids. That's the only thing a momma loves more than her own son....

This game was actually validation of the bend but don't break defensive philosophy. The Niners ran the ball effectively. Until players got bunched up in the red zone. Play 8 in the box and let CMC or one of their other runners break one for a TD or two early and the game could have taken on a different character.

I think you missed the sarcasm ... Thank you. Someone got it!

I'll start with the old-fashioned qualifier ... ... With all due respect, don't you see that there is something just a little different about how Trumpworld is now treating character issues? That's what David Brooks is talking about. Someone with the known, umm, sexual libertinism of Matt Gaetz (setting aside whether a minor was involved) would never, ever have been nominated for a Cabinet position - much less the nation's leading law enforcement authority - under any other President. Someone like Hegseth would have been considered disqualified based on his own inability to keep it in his pants. These two aren't close issues historically. Never would have even dreamed of nominating him (Swingin' Matt), or would have been forced to withdraw (Horndog Hegseth) as soon as it became clear that the behavior was true. (again, setting aside any issue of assault). His own mother's letter would have been thought so damning that it would be over. But not anymore Rush Limbaugh loved to cite the old Daniel Patrick Moynihan line about "defining deviancy down." What was once deemed utterly unacceptable and a disqualification from serving in public life becomes acceptable. And then, as Brooks points out, almost a good thing - a powerful man takes what he wants.

To answer the OP's question: JOSEPH R. BIDEN. Pardoning Hunter is a very ballsy decision. It may spell the end of his future political ambitions, but that didn't deter him. No doubt he circumvented the normal Presidential pardon process. A Man in Charge. It's not too late to nominate Hunter to be the Ambassador to France for the next 49 days. Do it!

And you say I need to go to joke-writing school. Please: don't ever try to do edgy again.

Hey, if he had: 1. Stayed in the race instead of being pushed aside for Kamala. 2. Won the election, Then he wouldn't have pardoned Hunter until January 2029. If he were still alive. Proof that Joe is still the Man in Charge in the White House.

You mean the half that insisted the economy is garbage, that inflation is completely uncontrolled, and that things are going to hell in a handbasket? You mean the same half that suddenly thinks things are kind of o.k. after all?

High praise from the stripper-adjacent Ms. Luna!

To MAGA World, it's a feature, not a bug. David Brooks did a nice job unpacking all of this. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/opinion/trump-values-maga-cabinet.html What does heroism look like according the MAGA morality? It looks like the sort of people whom Trump has picked to be in his cabinet. The virtuous man in this morality is self-assertive, combative, transgressive and vengeful. He’s not afraid to break the rules and come to his own conclusions. He has contempt for institutions and is happy to be a battering force to bring them down. He is unbothered by elite scorn but, in fact, revels in it and goes out of his way to generate it. In this mind-set, if the establishment regards you as a sleazeball, you must be doing something right. If the legal system indicts you, you must be a virtuous man. In this morality, the fact that a presidential nominee is accused of sexual assault is a feature, not a bug. It’s a sign that this nominee is a manly man. Manly men go after what they want. They assert themselves and smash propriety — including grabbing women “by the *****” if they feel like it.

"Islamist invaders" started the fire? Let's just keep making sh!t up.

You might need to check on the definition of "ignore." Responding to my every comment would seem not to fall within that definition. But you be you.

⬆️ Sole redeeming virtue: the nanny was so repulsed by him that nanny-banging was just a sad fantasy

The cited article focuses on degree mill/fake ostensibly Christian for-profit university Grand Canyon University, and its bs attempt to be classified as a nonprofit.

Meanwhile, the very reliable Tony Seruga. Tony, are we still waiting?

How dare you link to the mainstream Media. Especially the NYT. This must be total garbage!

Could someone explain to me what concessions Trump is trying to extort from Canada? Consider: - I want the Keystone Pipeline built to bring Canadian shale oil to U.S. refineries/ports - I want to slap a 25% tariff on Canadian imports which would render the Keystone Pipeline completely unviable.

Very cool. But you're sending me down a rabbit hole looking for info on that proposed new baseball league c. 1959

No self control.

Yes, they do receive absurdly generous lifetime benefits. And by the way, The Economist is an English publication ("American media should not be trusted ...")

Knox. Finally. We saw him more involved with Kincaid out.

Purdy played at Iowa State so cold is no stranger to him

Seth Moulton, Wes Moore, Jared Polis - it'll be interesting to see which one gets the early buzz.

Makes sense to me. Play was ugly, and the refs assumed somebody must've jumped. One of them blew the false start whistle. What should've happened was no flag, no whistle, simple Chiefs recovery and Chiefs win. But how could the refs restore the proper conclusion? Make up a fake penalty that didn't blow the play dead.