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I hope I'm not the only one who finds any leader's use of the word "absolute" to be troublesome?
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I hope I'm not the only one who finds any leader's use of the word "absolute" to be troublesome?
martin clark
pinko bodger
Joe - we know that's entirely made-up; the reported speech is too literate for therealdonaldtrump.
Fake cartoon!
Fake cartoon!
sean99
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Some prominent lawyers think that Trump cannot pardon himself.
https://nyti.ms/2xKEIRk
Over the coming years I think we'll find out if the US is a nation of laws or a powerful banana republic.
https://nyti.ms/2xKEIRk
Over the coming years I think we'll find out if the US is a nation of laws or a powerful banana republic.
martin clark
pinko bodger
A Republic of powerful bananas? Intriguing possibility; quite likely, on present showing.
Rob998
Scimmia Nordoccidentale
Joe
Love how they've got the tanning goggle rings around his piggy eyes.
vuk
\o/ choose anarchy
the problem with attempting trump humour is that the reality is so comical and absurd to begin with, you don't really have many places to go. "modern world" guy is layering a touch or two of hyperbole on real hyperbole. that isn't really funny -- at least not to me. that's why the NY post is set to win the prize right now. although crass, they were very clever and subtle.
p.s. the tanning eye protector is brilliant, but not enough -- actually would have been enough if that was the main gag.
TheDecameron
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The Twilight Zone,
merlin
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It's worth remembering that in the thirties, Adolf Hitler was referred to by American journalists like this...
If you look back to the very beginning of Hitler's rhetoric about Jews for instance, it was all there -- the talk about extermination and vermin. He didn't spell out exactly what would happen in the Holocaust, but he gave a pretty good indication of its overall thrust. When dictators and demagogues assume power and start proclamations, it's historically been a natural reaction to say "Oh, that's just a figure of speech. They don't really mean it. It's just a way to whip up supporters." - whilst at the same time portraying the man responsible as a clown.
At a certain point however, people began to witness things that were unbelievably horrifying. I rather hope we don't get that far but with Americans like Nathan Larson feeling empowered to run for Congress, my feeling is that these are genuinely hopes rather than expectations.
If you look back to the very beginning of Hitler's rhetoric about Jews for instance, it was all there -- the talk about extermination and vermin. He didn't spell out exactly what would happen in the Holocaust, but he gave a pretty good indication of its overall thrust. When dictators and demagogues assume power and start proclamations, it's historically been a natural reaction to say "Oh, that's just a figure of speech. They don't really mean it. It's just a way to whip up supporters." - whilst at the same time portraying the man responsible as a clown.
At a certain point however, people began to witness things that were unbelievably horrifying. I rather hope we don't get that far but with Americans like Nathan Larson feeling empowered to run for Congress, my feeling is that these are genuinely hopes rather than expectations.
TheDecameron
Unicorns fart glitter.
droodzilla
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Another example of the sort of far-right f*ckwittery Trump has enabled:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44373028
Well done to David Hogg (the target of this "hoax") for keeping cool.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44373028
Well done to David Hogg (the target of this "hoax") for keeping cool.
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