The Frankish Reich

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I believe the ratings stuff, but the timing? I doubt it’s coincidental. More Shari Redstone cozying up to Trump to complete the CBS sale without FCC interference. Enjoy the New CBS, brought to you by Oracle and the Ellison kids.

No offense, but many of you folks read the alt right media exclusively. The WSJ published this after Trump threatened to sue them if they did, and after Trump was given an opportunity to comment. The WSJ follows good journalistic practices, and they have good lawyers to run this by. I therefore assume that the source is credible and is backed up by other evidence. This isn’t Jack POS making up silliness about the underage sex slave den in the nonexistent Comet Pizza basement. I will refrain from the obvious your mama jokes.

I'm pretty sure vague references to "meals" means eating infant blood. I mean, that's what Jack Poseur told us with Hillary.

Trump tried desperately to kill the WSJ story, even though that story is pretty mild. He's absolutely terrified about anything else coming out about his Epstein connection. Is the letter real? Yeah, it's real, and it came (somehow) from Ghislaine Maxwell and her circle. So they have a source, and a source means More to Come. Hence the Trump panic.

Keeps the story going for another news cycle ... Look, everyone knows Trump is a perv. The question is whether he's been an old creeper for decades, trying to bed 19 -25 year olds, or whether he's a legally culpable perv trying to bed girls under the age of consent in the relevant jurisdiction. Oh, and this: https://people.com/ex-casino-boss-claims-trump-epstein-brought-underage-girls-casino-floor-11774374 That seems to cut in the direction of garden variety old creeper. On the other hand, the little "secrets" we share with Ghislaine and Jeffrey suggest legally culpable perv.

I'm not much of a late night talk show guy, but my personal preferences are: 1. Kimmel. Trump calling him out actually sharpened his comedic edge. And I'm all about edgy. [big gap] 2. Colbert. Mostly boring. Has always been. Annoying. Can't watch him. Not sad to see him go. 3. Fallon. No edge whatsoever. Bad wig in lame attempt to preserve "boyish charm."

Well, that certainly is "counterintuitive."

Yes, loyal reader. I was.

"No doubt the healthiest man to ever serve as president." Yeah. Open. Preposterously so. By the way, I just saw a clip yesterday where someone zoomed in on a Fox video showing Trump's hand and his pathetic makeup cover-up job (no doubt of an IV bruise; isn't he on anti coagulants too?) That's why they came out with this "update"

Yes. Stephen Miller is making all kinds of immigration decisions with Trump appearing to find out only later. Trump himself has said that if he were in charge (now there's a thought), he might have handled DOGE differently than Musk. He also would've never appointed Jerome Powell. And probably wouldn't have stopped arms shipments to Ukraine. Look, all old men are in decline. It's relative. And it's a big job. Show me the guy with swollen ankles who says he's at the top of his game - golf or professional - and I'll show you a liar.

Well, Stormy Daniels said it was quite a sight to see. So there is that too.

Care to comment on Old Man Trump's chronic health conditions?

Yeah, and JFK Jr. isn't coming back.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_4483 Jimmy Carter pardoned an entire class of draft evaders without even specifically naming them. This is the dumbest of all MAGA obsessions.

Who is the senile moron who appointed Jerome Powell?

Now Elon is censoring Elmo after Elmo called for the Epstein files to be released. Sick.

River of Diet Coke will take you out!

A steady hand, the type that no longer exists.

As @JDHillFan would say ....

All true. I'm sticking to this specific case of the campground dorms. There was time to warn, and time to get the kids to slightly higher ground outside of the floodplain. It would require a flood evacuation drill ahead of time. Probably they don't do that because they don't want to spook the parents and because people prefer not to think about the potential for disaster. There are sensible things we can do that are low tech/low cost. My guess: just like in 1987, we won't do them after this one either. Instead, the campground simply won't be rebuilt, which is probably an overreaction.

I'm not blaming Trump or FEMA or whatever. But we need to learn from mistakes. I say this every time there's a disaster. Why is our evacuation plan always "throw all you sh!t in the car and start driving for higher ground?" It's a floodplain. It floods. There's not much warning, but there's enough to even go on foot to high enough ground. It's the difference between life and death.

Is Food Lion still around? Nothing said "you're in the south" like the Food Lion meat fridge.

Yes, but that kind of thing is now considered a virtue in MAGA world. He dumped his old wife for something newer, better, younger, no doubt with lip fillers and MAGA hair. Shows that despite the total nerd appearance he's actually an alpha male. Eff God and all that Sixth Commandment crap. That's for elementary school plaques, not powerful men. Winning! EDIT: not quite. More Uncle Newtie's 3rd wife or John McCain's 2nd. Or Kari Lake. The kind of butch haircut these closet cases love.

Exactly. Hey builders, lock up your copper every night!