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logicisall · 11/02/2026 22:41

Anyone else seen this? Now anyone can give Trump a gold trophy.

Name a better trio than Onion, Garlic & Ginger - Trump Thread #155
placemats · 11/02/2026 23:00

They should give it to him in the box!

My next Lego is the wildflowers.

LlttledrummergirI · 11/02/2026 23:31

I've just seen bits of that congressional hearing on the news. Oh my God, if that's the piss poor leadership on display, it's no wonder the country is fucked.

Bondi was like a petulant child, all but stamping her feet and saying shan't. Wtaf!

She also lied to their faces, on what planet or which universe is Trump the "best president ever"? She's either lied under oath or is so deluded she's not fit for office.

I don't think I've ever seen anything so pathetic. Poor America.

Igotjelly · 12/02/2026 06:38

Justsaynonow · 12/02/2026 00:47

So - if Fox is reporting this (along with other actual news outlets), it's probably indisputable. Airspace was closed over Texas due to a party balloon. This admin is not inspiring confidence. They had initially blamed Mexico for drone incursion. You'd think they'd be a little more careful after claiming Mexican territory as their own.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-military-shot-down-party-balloon-near-el-paso-after-suspecting-drone-official-says

Oh dear god 😂

These people have nukes…

InMySpareTime · 12/02/2026 06:59

DuncinToffee · 11/02/2026 21:09

Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5733236-gallup-stops-presidential-approval-ratings-polls/

This just means that Trump will forever be the President with the lowest approval rating, as there is now no opportunity for anyone to exceed it.

logicisall · 12/02/2026 07:30

I like your angle @InMySpareTime just don't let Trump know!

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 12/02/2026 08:45

Thank you, @logicisall. My absolute favourite starts at 6:39.

Spandauer · 12/02/2026 08:48

Party balloon?

Individually hilarious, collectively horrific.

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SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 09:32

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 11/02/2026 21:14

I wonder what the threats were against Gallup to make them stop showing the world how badly Trump is doing.

Their credibility ?

If I relied on data for my business, I would have to ensure it wasn't skewed to look good for POTUS. Another area where I can see US firms losing out.

I mean if you trust Google for anything, then you are an idiot who gets what they deserve. But if you now can't know if they are salting their results so that the Trump administration looks good .....

SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 09:36

Airspace was closed over Texas due to a party balloon.

Weird echos of weeks watching a Chinese balloon being tracked over the us during Biden ...

RedTagAlan · 12/02/2026 09:46

SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 09:36

Airspace was closed over Texas due to a party balloon.

Weird echos of weeks watching a Chinese balloon being tracked over the us during Biden ...

That was an interesting one, and for me the politics totally messed it up.

What do you do if you know there is a possible spy device, and you are pretty sure the owner of said device do not know that you do not know it's there ?

Do you feed it false data that that the operator thinks is real, or do you tell everyone it is there so the operator ignores any data it sends ?

SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 10:00

RedTagAlan · 12/02/2026 09:46

That was an interesting one, and for me the politics totally messed it up.

What do you do if you know there is a possible spy device, and you are pretty sure the owner of said device do not know that you do not know it's there ?

Do you feed it false data that that the operator thinks is real, or do you tell everyone it is there so the operator ignores any data it sends ?

That's all above my paygrade. And completely beyond any of the morons running the US at the moment

Feeding false information to the enemy is a great win - as long as they don't know it was false. But how do you know what they know ? How can you trust what you know ?

A lot of espionage seems to be trying to create elaborate lies that cost very little, but which can tie vast amounts of enemy resources up in wasted effort. I mean if one person in a shed can develop an "operation" that has mythical "sleeper agents" planted deep into the enemies capability - hidden for years with a perfect legend; then the resulting "molehunt" could take hundreds of people over many years to either convince themselves it's true (and thus destabilise their own capability) or take the risk of saying "it's bollocks" with the attendant risks of getting it wrong.

On a more prosaic level, the fact that it's so obvious Nigel Farage is a Russian asset (it's in his Wikipedia entry) and yet not received any (apparent) scrutiny could be part of an elaborate bluff by the UK. The spy equivalent of "Really ? Do try harder Ivan.".

"The Rest is Classified" is over there ->

SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 15:45

Now we know about the bridge - Trump donors are upset that they will lose tolls from the Ambassador bridge

https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02/10/trump-seeks-cut-of-gordie-howe-bridge-tolls-raising-questions-about-donor-influence/

RedTagAlan · 12/02/2026 15:58

SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 15:45

Now we know about the bridge - Trump donors are upset that they will lose tolls from the Ambassador bridge

https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02/10/trump-seeks-cut-of-gordie-howe-bridge-tolls-raising-questions-about-donor-influence/

Wow. From that link :

"The existing bridge crossing between Detroit and Ontario is the Ambassador Bridge, owned by the family of the late Manuel “Matty” Moroun. His son, Matthew Moroun, has been a prolific donor to Republican causes and Trump’s campaigns. It was well documented, too, that the Moroun family has opposed the construction of the Gordie Howe bridge since its inception."

Peak capitalism.

user3398721 · 12/02/2026 16:19

RedTagAlan · 12/02/2026 15:58

Wow. From that link :

"The existing bridge crossing between Detroit and Ontario is the Ambassador Bridge, owned by the family of the late Manuel “Matty” Moroun. His son, Matthew Moroun, has been a prolific donor to Republican causes and Trump’s campaigns. It was well documented, too, that the Moroun family has opposed the construction of the Gordie Howe bridge since its inception."

Peak capitalism.

I feel like a moron because it has literally never occurred to me that a bridge would be a privately owned enterprise.

*I'm Wallaw, by the way. Signed in with the wrong name.

SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 16:23

user3398721 · 12/02/2026 16:19

I feel like a moron because it has literally never occurred to me that a bridge would be a privately owned enterprise.

*I'm Wallaw, by the way. Signed in with the wrong name.

I imagine that the tolls being taken on the Ambassador bridge have fallen to fuck all recently.

Serpentstooth · 12/02/2026 20:26

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DuncinToffee · 12/02/2026 20:32

Posted this on the wrong thread

Trump has terminated the endangermenr finding

This is a finding from 2009 by the EPA which stated greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane are heating the Earth and that warming threatens public health and welfare

Rejecting science, climate change is a hoax and never mind people's health.

SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 20:43

Meanwhile, a judge writes

Name a better trio than Onion, Garlic & Ginger - Trump Thread #155
SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 20:45

and another judge writes

Name a better trio than Onion, Garlic & Ginger - Trump Thread #155
Igotjelly · 12/02/2026 20:46

Meanwhile Pam is playing in the dear leader’s mind…

Name a better trio than Onion, Garlic & Ginger - Trump Thread #155
SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 20:51

DuncinToffee · 12/02/2026 20:32

Posted this on the wrong thread

Trump has terminated the endangermenr finding

This is a finding from 2009 by the EPA which stated greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane are heating the Earth and that warming threatens public health and welfare

Rejecting science, climate change is a hoax and never mind people's health.

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/2/12/trump-orders-pentagon-to-buy-electricity-generated-by-coal

Trump orders Pentagon to buy electricity generated by coal

Trump orders Pentagon to buy electricity generated by coal

Trump's order is the latest move by US administration to boost fossil fuel industry despite climate change concerns.

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/2/12/trump-orders-pentagon-to-buy-electricity-generated-by-coal

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