Cobwebs in Congress, Bigly Ballrooms, Tariff Tantrums, Dementia Denials - Trump Thread #150

[Spandauer]

And Epstein and his beautiful files are still trying to claw their way out of his grave

Previous thread :
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5416501-hes-a-very-good-friend-of-epstein-oh-yes-he-is-trump-thread-149

WTAF

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-urges-ny-appeals-court-to-reverse-trump-criminal-conviction

Happy Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day to everyone who celebrates.

It's a little known rule that the Nobel prize cannot be awarded to convicted criminals (I made that up, but it sounds likely).

I forget the etiquette here,

is the correct response

"And up yours too" ?

The good ol' days...

This is shocking

Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

https://bsky.app/profile/gordondarroch.bsky.social/post/3m55i4h7fyk2a

What is wrong with these people? Lily-livered cowards every single one of them.

More (harrowing) details about the panels and the cemetery and the black servicemen who dug the graves.

"So, there we were. A group of Black Americans confronted with all these dead white Americans… When they were alive, we couldn’t sit in the same room."
https://bsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3m56rvvqicn2h

You want shocking ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3k5qv21g1o

For those of you with Apple TV I highly recommend 'Masters of the Air'. It deals with the first US Army Air Force (as it was called then) pilots to be stationed in the UK during WWII. It also brings in the Tuskegee Airmen, a squad of black pilots who were segregated from the white squadrons and allowed only 'support missions' until they became necessary to victory but who still stepped up with courage and honor to fight for a country that denied them equal rights.

After that Google "Bamber Bridge"

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-permanently-bars-trump-deploying-national-guard-troops-portland-rcna236421

@SerendipityJane
Have just merrily fallen down the Battle of Bamber Bridge rabbit hole.

It is so important to remember that US and UK race politics start from incredibly different places.

Yes, I think that's a huge part of where we are now. Talk radio/Reagan policies in the 80s convincing traditional union members that they were unnecessary left large parts of the country largely decimated and has contributed enormously to where we find ourselves now.

Well considering the DNC wouldn't support him and leadership like Chuck Schumer won't even say they voted for him, I suspect there's very little chance of that. If you take a look at the funding disclosures of most of the dem leadership, I don't think there's much reason to be concerned they're going all progressive on us.

I mean look at Maine - a state that could be critical with a senator who should be ripe for unseating. Even before Platner's issues, the party wasn't going to touch him, opting instead to throw their support behind a 77 year old woman who's been a good, but not hugely popular, governor.

But I'm a great believe in state primaries. Let the people choose.

I did think I'd like something like primaries here (wasn't something trialled in Cornwall a while back ?)

However I also though the Fixed Term Parliament Act was a good idea, and could not have been more wrong.

@AcrossthePond55 I'm just catching up on this thread. It's nice to see you back and I'm so sorry for what you've been through. What a great new start you've made!

I've been stuck at home today, bored and cranky, with a bit of a cold and very much enjoying catching up with MN and stirring the frothing pot on the school has banned Christmas thread. Nice to see you over there, @SerendipityJane!

Apparently, for an atheist, I know too much about religions.

I predict that no charges will be brought because....

They should've called the police first instead of just shooting out of nowhere like that," he said through an interpreter.

Well I find it's often the atheists who do.

Who doesn't like fairy stories ?

And now, in case someone was looking for an excuse to have a Sunday night glass of something, I leave you with this. It's by Getty Images and seems to be real, not a shadow...

Assuming it's not AI trickery, I can't help but be reminded of tanning salons ...

Further to the post up thread about the memorial panels for Black American soldiers, my Dutch-speaking friend looked into the story, as it has not made national news. All may not be as it appeared in the sm post. But who knows what the truth actually is?

Click on the symbol of the NL flag to change to English
https://www.l1nieuws.nl/nieuws/3025977/verdwenen-panelen-zwarte-bevrijders-op-begraafplaats-margraten-onderdeel-van-roulerend-systeem

If you haven't done all your Christmas winter festival shopping, you can buy it

https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/president-donald-trump-greets-fifa-president-gianni-news-photo/2240469839

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/president-donald-trump-greets-fifa-president-gianni-news-photo/2240469690

Available in small, medium and large. Reasonably priced from £150-£375.