Said David Axelrod, quoted by Maureen Dowd, in "Burnin’ Down the House" (NYT).
Sundered.
Dowd's own words: "The president has the kind of blot-out-the-sun narcissism that spurs him to do whatever it takes to keep all eyes on him. He ignores the law, procedures, consequences. It’s a slam-dance presidency that delights in transgressing and provoking.... Trump’s talent is finding wormholes in the system that he can exploit for his own satisfaction or financial gain — things that are not specifically outlawed because it never occurred to the founders or anyone else that a lowlife could rise so high."
Dowd's own words: "The president has the kind of blot-out-the-sun narcissism that spurs him to do whatever it takes to keep all eyes on him. He ignores the law, procedures, consequences. It’s a slam-dance presidency that delights in transgressing and provoking.... Trump’s talent is finding wormholes in the system that he can exploit for his own satisfaction or financial gain — things that are not specifically outlawed because it never occurred to the founders or anyone else that a lowlife could rise so high."
They left wormholes because they didn't think there would be any worms? Stop underestimating the founders!
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Tattered as it may have been, there was a dignity to it.
I wonder if the foreign leaders of state felt that dignity when they had to shit in an outhouse at state dinners.
Delights in trans and projections. #HateLovesAbortion
Who cares what Dowd thinks... she is the crazy aunt in the attic... And Ax is a die hard Democrat leftist.
Former President Obama renovated a large portion of the White House for an indoor basketball court to the tune of $276 million dollars and stuck taxpayers with the bill. The ballroom is being paid by private donors and will actually be used in future administrations. Davey-boy and Dowdy should sit this one out.
You spent 370 million tax payer dollars on improvements shut up
They get smaller and smaller as they repeatedly flail about.
It must suck to be Axelrod or Dowd.
’If you worked in the White House, you have a reverence for every wall of that place.’
Needs more cowbell.
If you have enough verbal fluency, you can whip up a word salad that seems to lend gravity to whatever conviction you might have, no matter if the conviction is merely that your side in a partisan struggle is the only possible legitimate side.
State assemblies under the tent, in portable water shacks. A rose garden with unimproved trails hostile to the fashion sensibilities of our fairer sex and others in climate change.
Axelrod should focus on Chicago,
not DC.
’It was a quietly stately citadel of power in America…’
The East Wing? lol
It all boils down to one ground truth, Democrats think of Trump as a squatter on their property.
These are the people who for several years now have been burning down our history and trashing the Founders as white, slaveholding defenders of a 1619 America of their fevered self-hating imaginations. And now they have the chutzpah to pretend to see the Founders as just too pure for their own good, the Founders for whom they have nothing but contempt, really? Spare me, please, about their concerns for tradition. THEY are the worms digging up the worm holes. And the Founders had their number long ago. Meanwhile, I say build the ballroom and make it grand!
"Sundered!" As someone observed, the entire Democrat Party has been transformed into Margaret Dumont: "Well, I never!" Trump's not Chaplin's Great Dictator, he's Groucho, shooting elephants in his pajamas.
"Early in my term, I announced a major plan to provide millions of working families with debt relief for their college student debt. Tens of millions of people in debt were literally about to be canceled in debts. But my MAGA Republican friends in the Congress, elected officials and special interests stepped in and sued us. And the Supreme Court blocked it. But that didn’t stop me." - Joe Biden
Maureen Dowd is mentally ill and we should hospitalize her and treat her illness - electroshock therapy or perhaps a lobotomy - just as we would ease anyone's so publicly suffering.
I wonder how much of the 370 million taxpayer dollars Obama spent to "upgrade" the White House Axelrod got to pocket.
Dowd: "slam-dance presidency"
Reminds me of some (better-written) articles posted in this parish about how Trump is punk rock:
https://althouse.blogspot.com/2016/09/donald-trump-sex-pistolthe-punk-rock.html
https://althouse.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-argument-for-putting-label-punk-on.html
https://althouse.blogspot.com/2021/01/pickles-has-comfortable-relationship.html
Real punk rock, that is - the European/British punk of frustrated working- and non-working-class kids, not the punk of bored Northern Virginia bureaucrats' and lobbyists' kids going to the 9:30 on weekends. CC, JSM
When Obama spent $300m plus on White House renovations, that was "for his own satisfaction or financial gain"? Got it.
“Former President Obama renovated a large portion of the White House for an indoor basketball court to the tune of $276 million dollars and stuck taxpayers with the bill.”
“No, this statement is false. It misrepresents a minor, low-cost adaptation of an existing outdoor tennis court on the White House South Lawn into a dual-use basketball court in 2009, which involved simply adding hoops and repainting lines rather than any major renovation or new construction. No evidence supports a $276 million expenditure—let alone for this project—and the figure appears to stem from misinformation conflating it with unrelated White House infrastructure upgrades, such as a $12 million HVAC system overhaul approved under the prior Bush administration or exaggerated claims about broader maintenance (often inflated to $376 million in viral posts). The court was publicly used for events like games with college teams and Wounded Warriors, but official records show no significant taxpayer burden for this specific change.”
Grok
"things that are not specifically outlawed because it never occurred to the founders or anyone else that a lowlife could rise so high."
Like using USAID to funnel billions in government funds to NGOs, which then distribute the money to "activists" who push the Democrat agenda?
“ Former President Obama renovated a large portion of the White House for an indoor basketball court to the tune of $276 million dollars”
Where did you hear that? Fox News reports that Obama converted an existing outdoors tennis court to a basketball court by painting lines and adding portable hoops.
Trump’s profligate vanity spending is not something to celebrate.
“I wonder how much of the 370 million taxpayer dollars Obama spent to "upgrade" the White House Axelrod got to pocket.”
“The figure of $370 million appears to be a slight misremembering of a viral claim about $376 million in White House infrastructure upgrades that took place during Barack Obama’s presidency—but this was not money that Obama personally “spent,” nor was it his initiative. The project was planned and funded by Congress in 2008 (under President George W. Bush) following reports of failing systems, and it was executed over four years starting in 2010 by the General Services Administration (GSA). It focused entirely on essential, behind-the-scenes modernizations to the White House complex’s aging infrastructure, such as replacing decades-old heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, electrical wiring, fire alarms, and certain security equipment in the East and West Wings.   There were no changes to the historic structure itself, and no public breakdown of the exact allocation (e.g., X dollars for HVAC vs. electrical) has been detailed in official reports, but the high cost was attributed to the extensive underground utility work required in a secure, symbolic building like the White House.   Social media posts often distort this by implying it was frivolous or Obama’s personal choice, but it was standard government maintenance to prevent system.”
Grok
I voted for this.
No future Dem president should use the BIG BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM ever since obviously this is thr worst thing to happen to America according to our pearl-clutching betters.
The Left's bitching and complaining about this great - and free - improvement is so tiresome. If Obama would have done the same thing, they'd be praising him to the moon.
Axelrod is secretly wishing Barack would have done this. Imagine the freak off parties they could have had in Barry's second term in the ballroom.
Jupiter said...
"things that are not specifically outlawed because it never occurred to the founders or anyone else that a lowlife could rise so high."
A slight rewording and that covers a lot of things. "things that are not specifically outlawed or placed into law because it never occurred to the founders or anyone else that common sense would be abandoned."
Like writing into the Constitution- "marriage is between one man and one woman." "English is the official language of the United States and all official documents and business shall be conducted in English." "Men are men and women are women, and can't be each other."
Everyone likes a good party except the no fun party. They only like parties that only they can get invited to.
The true story of why this enrages the dems besides the cheap talking point is they didn’t think of building it.
Remind me which court orders Trump has ignored. Also, does Axe really think that state dinner guests should be relegated to tents outback? Wouldn't it be nice to get them indoors?
Crazy people run around social media yowling like alley cats.
This highlights the use of direct and indirect taxpayer funds for public and semi-private use. Ivory towers are falling down.
The White House “Big Dig” during the Obama presidency cost $375 million and was paid for by taxpayers. It seemed like a necessary improvement, as does the new ballroom. The ballroom’s construction is being funded by private donations. Is the concern that it is being done too quickly and at no cost to taxpayers?
“ Axelrod is secretly wishing Barack would have done this. Imagine the freak off parties they could have had in Barry's second term in the ballroom.”
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’These are the people who for several years now have been burning down our history and trashing the Founders as white, slaveholding defenders of a 1619 America of their fevered self-hating imaginations.’
They certainly care more for a physical structure than the framework of our Republic.
The kings and queens of the judiciary are saddened, and their handmade tailors are apoplectic. Bray on.
"Early in my term, I announced a major plan to provide millions of working families with debt relief for their college student debt." - Joe "the Fabulist" Biden
Remember when George W Bush gave 26 year old Hunter Biden a seat on the board of Amtrak that paid $90k a year?
Remember on the laptop where Hunter complained to his sister that Joe "took half" of all of the money he got for them?
Remember how Joe Biden shepherded the "bankruptcy reform" law through the Senate that made student loans non-dischargeable?
They count on us not remembering this stuff, or putting two and two together, that's why people who are demonstrably (except to them) unable even to understand the three paragraphs that they cut and paste here defending this or attacking that, are the ones who make up the Democrats' most fervent supporters.
Founding an argument on the idea that the founders were big fans of reverence toward government or the trappings of government, seems ... poorly conceived.
Who was the Declaration addressed to?
Decisions made by Obama and by Biden's proxies during those administrations were built upon a "Well, what you going to do about it?" approach. Another example of what Trump learned after his first term.
Here is an interesting AI prompt: "what was Joe Biden's role, as a senator, in passing the landmark bankruptcy reform legislation of 2005 signed by George W Bush?"
President Donald J Trump has been the best thing for low income people in my lifetime. Hopefully it will reverse some of the slavery the democrat party has saddled them with.
It also turned out that he has made the most significant upgrades to the Whitehouse to bring it into alignment with modernity in my lifetime. Especially accommodating ladies in heels, no tents, more safety ( bullet proof glass ), no porta potties for visiting dignitaries. But all democrats can do is lie that the money is coming out of the treasury and are aghast that statues have been pulled … my bad. Just freaking hypocrites and liars.
Axelrod is a hopped up jackass.
Quoting AI Rok: “Not only did Obama spend $275 million on a $50 thousand basketball court, it was reported that Michelle Obama’s brother was the lead contractor on the project. It was also reported that David Axelrod, aka A-Rod owned the asphalt company.”
I probably shouldn't give this advice, but the people who need it the most aren't going to accept it, so -
It's counterproductive to run around like your hair is on fire over everything that Trump does. It may go over well with the TDS suffering base, but to normal people it looks over the top and puts them off. You're just going to have to accept that the left no longer has a monopoly on the media. Young people no longer watch either network or cable news and the majority of all people distrust the media. Forget about the WH renovations. Most people don't give a shit about it.
Its all so tiresome and absurd. Every action of trump is analyzed by the MSM for an angle of attack. Everything orange man does must be bad. And it doesn't matter if the MSM were OK with it when Obama/Biden was doing the same thing.
Now, we're told that the East Wing was sacred ground. Even the dust mites. And they're doing everything possible to confuse low-information dumbos and make them think the East Wing is some beautiful old building put up by Andrew Jackson or Abe Lincoln.
"Sunder" has been used to describe the destruction of Solomon's Temple by the Babylonians. I was thinking of its veil rent in twain, but got the wrong era.
"If you worked in the White House, you have a reverence for every wall of that place.”
If you are an adult, you understand that things can change, and change dramatically. You can still hold that reverence in your heart while that change happens. This new ballroom will spur a reverence that others will hold.
Public money being used = $0. East wing = put up in 1942 to cover a air raid shelter.
And guess what, if Newsome or some other D is elected in 2028, they can Tear down the Trump ballroom and rebuild the old east wing.
Didn't clinton and his gang vandalize the white house before they left?
Anyway, the MSM has the power to frame every Trump action or issue anyway they want. We have to go along. They have microphone. So instead of talking about how nice it is that Trump is improving the white house at zero cost to the taxpayers, we're talking about whether Trump is a vandal or not.
Oh, puh-lease.
Apparently even Bill Maher, in his panel-discussion segment, said something about being unable to be this angry all the time. Our Democrat friends are perpetually awash in cortisol and adrenalin these days - that's gotta take a toll.
During the Obama years, there were certainly some on the right who tried to drum up constant outrage about every little thing; but whether because the media didn't provide that much-needed assist or because modern Republicans are just not built for constant rage (or, as is my opinion, both), most of what was supposed to enrage only either bemused or amused, despite Obama's infuriating condescension..
Things did get harder to ignore under Biden (yes, the boobs, among much else, most importantly the conspiracy to deceive the American public - nay, the world - about who was running things and how, and the almost-as-outrageous willful sundering of immigration law from border policy). But even with the actual outrages of those four years, Republicans somehow kept their s*** together and did not Take To The Streets or, God forbid, change their Instagram profile pictures to whatever symbol would most clearly capture their passionate #resistance. What is Democrats' problem?
Sunderland are currently tied 1-1 with Chelsea at 67 minutes.
All this over replacing an inadequate addition to the White House with a much more adequate one--arguably more beautiful, monumental, in keeping with the site.
If you worked in the White House, you have a reverence for every wall of that place.
Yeah, the Clintons had so much reverence for it they stole half the furniture!
What crap! This isn’t the first renovation of the WH. Its necessity may not be apparent, but it does create jobs and as Scott Adams points out it doesn’t hurt anybody. The Dems and their pet mediaswine are beyond absurd.
Axe proved himself a pompous fool long ago and this take does nothing but enhance his already established reputation.
If you know people who could never admit that a certain man could ever do anything proper, let alone admirable, but had predictable and endless criticism of every - single - thing he ever did, would you really care what those people have to say about that person today?
Some might say people like me are the reverse of that, but I was once anti-Trump, and I don't like everything about him or that he does, but: 1) When I disagree with him, he usually ends up right, and 2) The things I don't like are well worth the change he brings, which I prayed for, feared would never come, and voted for.
Thousands of years from now when the shell of the White House stands like the Parthenon today, all will lament the loss of the east wing and how, like the sacking of Rome by the barbariamns, directly resulted in the downfall of world civilization.
Maybe it has to do with updating the bunkers underneath it for WWIII?
You know Trump is a perfectionist and he loves improving things. Especially in the world of building and construciton.
That's his thing.
He probably does want to rip the whole WH down and re-build it with modern building techniques - but of course keep the grand Neo-Classical styling.
I'm OK with it. Beats jackwad Obama wasting OUR money on bullshit. $$$$$$$$$ 376 million. And what did Obama's re-decorating get us?
At 73, she may need some R&R.
Bagoh - spot on. @10:37.
Not only are the corrupt left unable to say a single positive thing ever - the dem/left also, non-stop, state that Everything Trump does and says - is a crime.
--->Soviet behavior - non-stop.
I suspect Donald Trump is paying for this himself. And not saying a word about it. Classy guy all the way.
Hey Hillary Dowd-D -
Please name the presidents who, throughout history, Built, Changed, re-modeled, or updated the White House.
Dowdy - Got History?
"It’s a slam-dance presidency that delights in transgressing and provoking..."
This is the major malfunction of Democrats. Provoking only works if the Mark chooses to react to the provocation. Don't respond to trolls. It's so simple, children know this. It's like a cheap shot in sports, the retaliation by the victim is always penalized.
Giving an attention whore attention makes the whore richer. Every time Kim Kardashian is called a slut, she receives $1M in advertising revenue.
Although he would like the DOJ to pay for some of it! Suing them for $230 million. That is so messed up. You can't sue the DOJ while you're the boss of the DOJ. Can you?
Trump is likely the most altruistic president in US history.
"James Carville Fantasizes About Trump ‘Collaborators’ Being ‘Shaved, Dressed in Orange Pajamas, and Spit on’ by Public After 2028"
Yes really. Non Stop violent venomous threats from the Soviet worms.
"You know that decision would have to go across my desk, and it's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself." Yeah, no shit!
"And any money that I would get, I would give to charity."
I think "the charity" is building a new east wing. Trump has a charitable impulse. And then he's like, "Oh shit, I got to sue somebody to pay for this."
"You can't sue the DOJ while you're the boss of the DOJ. Can you?"
If you were defrauded by a company, and you later became its CEO, would you have right to be reimbursed for the money they stole from you? I think most people would insist on it.
The pro-fentanyl and crime dems demand tents!
I wonder if Dowd is now using AI. She used to be able to turn a phrase pretty well ("maladroit de seignuer") but here she keeps the "sundering" infelicity in the Axelrod quote and, worse, she gets "wormholes" wrong: wormholes are made by the worms eating; they're not something pre-existing that worms, or other things, wriggle through.
The metaphor of the Founders leaving "wormholes" in the law makes no sense. If there are wormholes in the law it would be because the law had been gnawed away over the centuries (which is certainly possible, but not what Dowd is trying to convey).
While statues were torn down and churches burned axelrod did what?
Our host had it right days ago - no one cared about the East Wing until the always fierce moral urgency of opposing Trump on all matters made it the great moral crisis of the week. No matter what job title he holds at any given moment, Axelrod is always an operative and his job is to conjure sunderstorms.
Back to earth 838 where she files her column
In addition to breaking norms Trump is also breaking the glitterati and the credentialed class.
"Every time Kim Kardashian is called a slut, she receives $1M in advertising revenue."
And every time she has sex-for-money she gets $1M in advertising revenue PLUS the agreed-upon one-hundred bucks!
I am Laslo.
Suing them for $230 million.
His suit was filed before his second election.
has a manic desire to tear down history and write his own.... He believes that the only thing you can do wrong is that which is not in your self-interest
Next Axelrod will say Trump is out of touch with regular Americans due to spending his childhood eating dogs in Indonesia
BAD: desire to tear down history and write his own
GOOD: goal of fundamentally transforming America
BAD: belief that the only thing you can do wrong is that which is not in your self-interest
GOOD: belief that sin is being out of alignment with your values
I've seen estimates only for what the renovation will cost - but what's the spending multiplier? (remember those?)
The progressives resist change while the conservatives defend it. Make America Great Again.
Even the greatest men of history occasionally bought new clothes.
We need an animatronic AI powered Mareen Dowd. Come to think of it, are we sure we don't already have one?
Elon could use wormholes to get to Mars faster!
What is killing the Progs is that the new. Holding will be a permanent reminder that the Trump administration existed.
I do wish that Trump did not channel Liberace in designing the interior. It is house, not a palace. The aesthetic should be more republican and less imperial.
I suspect Donald Trump is paying for this himself.
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remodeled house is what nice dad leave for children!
MoDo is a smart, pretty, Lefty Lady. Why did she never marry and/or adopt children?
On the other end of the spectrum is Ann Coulter, a pretty Right Lady that never married and/or adopted children.
They represent the death of the Anglo West, IMO.
Any word on whether Trump removed the Clinton installed turnstile at the Lincoln bedroom entrance?
mezzrow at 1027 - Sunderland did it.2-1. Bravo newbies.
Elon could use wormholes to get to Mars faster!
Yeah, if Trump wasn't hogging them all.
That's probably what they fell out over. Elon was like, 'Just let me have one measly, little wormhole," but Trump was like, "No." Trump is a notorious hole hog. Nobody's perfect.
The Founders wouldn't want a nice big beautiful ballroom? Really? Was Ben Franklin asked about this?
Hey bgates how have you been
Outrage of the day. I give it a week before it becomes background noise. Then on to the next outrage of the day. Minor skirmishes as the winds of change keep blowing across the world. Nationalism vs Globalism. Keep your eye on the ball. I'd place immigration and the coalition in the ME as what is important right now.
Kings and ballrooms! LOL.
Like funenployment honestly danny ocean would marvel
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/mexico-misfire
@ pacwest
Venezuela.
Check out Sharyl Attkisson Podcast Ep. 312, Stolen Elections
Buy the book by Ralph Pezzullo and Gary Berntsen. It's very good and highly readable.
A wormhole is an einstein rosenman bridge
Never gave much thought what people do while attending a White House. When I read "porta potties" I was on board for this project instead of not caring at all. You spend that much on dress, shoes etc you deserve a real bathroom.
As to outrage of the week ... friends gathered for dinner thought it should be the next party game. Starting with the current day's paper and counting backward, what were the last 5 outrages of the day? Extra points if you can also name who Hakeem Jeffries is threatening.
Saint Croix said...
Although he would like the DOJ to pay for some of it! Suing them for $230 million. That is so messed up. You can't sue the DOJ while you're the boss of the DOJ. Can you?
Has he sued the DOJ yet? Not that I can see.
As a private citizen, not even a declared candidate at that point and with some doubt about whether he would run, he made an "Administrative claim" to the DOJ under the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act.
I think he is entitled to make the claim and have it processed. My feeling is that he should get paid some or all of the claim but I really don't know the facts of law of the case so could be wrong.
I also agree that it is not a good look to be making a claim against himself. Perhaps he needs to convert the claim to a lawsuit and kick it to the courts as an independent arbiter.
"Administrative claims" are decided within DOJ and there would seem to be a conflict of interest.
John Henry
real outrage or fake, axelrod is a red diaper baby who made obama's seat possible through his newspaper contacts going after blair hull and jack ryan,
“Extra points if you can also name who Hakeem Jeffries is threatening.”
Extra points if you can name who is threatening Hakeem Jeffries.
“Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week.
Court documents obtained by CBS News said Christopher Moynihan was arrested Sunday after saying in text messages that he planned to "eliminate" Jeffries when the top House Democrat spoke at the Economic Club of New York in New York City on Monday, Oct. 20.
Moynihan was arraigned Tuesday and entered a plea of not guilty. He was released on bond on Saturday, prosecutors told CBS News, pending future court proceedings.
According to a court filing by prosecutors in the New York state criminal case, Moynihan wrote, "Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live."
Moynihan also allegedly stated: "Even if I am hated, he must be eliminated, I will kill him for the future," the filing said.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pardoned-capitol-rioter-charged-threatening-hakeem-jeffries-nyc-trump/
well its a lawsuit against the previous holders of office, some of whom are still buried in the bureaucracy
Jupiter said...
"things that are not specifically outlawed because it never occurred to the founders or anyone else that a lowlife could rise so high."
Like the custom of not serving more than 2 terms as president? Everyone respected that, though a few nibbled at the edge, until King Franklin who decided he was president for life. Anyone doubt he would have run for a 5th term if he had somehow managed to stay alive no matter how enfeebled until 1948?
Wilson, or at least his wife and handlers, supposedly want to run for a 3rd term even though he was essentially in a coma. (Guess the party)
John Henry
well that never gets in their way, recent events resemble the plot of 'head of state' from 2015
This whining ignores the history of the place. Accurate is that is has been constantly evolving, ever changing, sometimes neglected. It is not a shrine or sacred relic. People work there, probably too many by the sound of all the whining…
@Bob Boyd
Thanks for the leads. I'd surmised a lot of this of course, but the podcast was an eye opener. I didn't know the DOJ was in process on this for one. It explains the immediate attack on Flynn I didn't get the full gist of, and brings Trump's actions against Venezuela into a new light. I'll definitely be reading the book! Thanks again. Stuff like this is why I read Althouse comments.
"Our arrows will be so numerous that they will blot out the sun."
"Then we will fight in the shade."
you do have to get through the chaff, though,
General Flynn was perhaps one of the best intel officers, like Billy Mitchell, was among Army aviators, the former wasn't court martialled but Trump was deprived on his services,
and Mike Pence and Pompeo, by lying about it, prove how unworthy they are for any position,
Deep down, you folks love brown nosing billionaires. Oh, the horror of portable shitters and temporary tents. We must give them guilded bidets and Italian marble floors. For the rest, let them eat Twinkies and Ho Ho's
Hakeem of teh Sun People…
we haven't forgotten the whole rotten clan of hters,
Quoting AI Rok: “Not only did Obama spend $275 million on a $50 thousand basketball court, it was reported that Michelle Obama’s brother was the lead contractor on the project. It was also reported that David Axelrod, aka A-Rod owned the asphalt company.”
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Actually, A-Rod subcontracted the work to me, skimming off his take. Even with that, we still made millions. God's Truth!
she really thinks she's this generations dorothy parker, but that requires talent and wit,
I've been contemplating Althouse's highlighting of Axelrod's claim that Trump is "sunder[ing]" history. The only thing that occurs is the context of Obama's endlessly repeated formulation that folks are either on the wrong side or right side of History. So History is no mere chronicle of "one Goddam thing after another" (in Dorothy Parker's timeless formulation) but a god-like force or consciousness somehow taking sides in human affairs. Ascribing Trump with the power to sunder History elevates him to an equal level, which Axelrod is too dim to see.
We think of porta-potties as those blue stinky telephone booth things. Essentially portable outhouses.
But there are other porta-potties available. https://www.portablerestroomtrailers.com
These popped up in a Brave search but there are many companies providing trailers with restrooms that are every bit as good as 90% of the regular restrooms out there. They include an internal holding tank and septic(?) system like an RV or boat.
John Henry
I attended an outdoor wedding which featured one of those fancy trailers with restrooms. Of course, the ladies still had to stand in line.
They really have nothing else, do they.
At this point, laugh at them, wave your hand and walk away.
Make America Great Again leaves a lot of room to the imagination. The man is a builder. What did they expect? When are they going to stop catastrophising Trump world?
tcrosse said...
"I attended an outdoor wedding which featured one of those fancy trailers with restrooms. Of course, the ladies still had to stand in line"
**********
Once again proving Freud's dictum that "Anatomy is Destiny".
Spinal Tap - Hell Hole
https://youtu.be/Rk9aThIovMA?si=JTKPLZQJTict56Qm
Lyrics:
The window's dirty, the mattress stinks
This ain't no place to be a man
I ain't got no future, I ain't got no past
And I don't think I ever can
The floor is filthy, the walls are thin
The wind is howling in my face
The rats are peeling, I'm losing ground
Can't seem to join the human race
Yeah, I'm living in a hell hole
Don't want to stay in this hell hole
Don't want to die in this hell hole
Girl, get me out of this hell hole
I rode a jet stream, I hit the top
I'm eating steak and lobster tails
The sauna's drafty, the pool's too hot
The kitchen stinks of boiling snails
The taxman's coming, the butler quit
This ain't a way to be a man
I'm going back to where I started
I'm flashing back into my pan
It's better in a hell hole
You know where you stand in a hell hole
Folks lend a hand in a hell hole
Girl, get me back to my hell hole
Igna, I shall check my facts more closely in the future. A note of caution to you, though, not all AI sources are equal and their answers can vary from week to week.
The Democrats are the only ones "Brownosing Billionaires". Probably because 2/3 of them are democrats and basically fund the Democrat party.
I never heard bob wright say a single Goddamn thing about Billionaires like Soros, Zuckerberg, Bezos, the guys who own google, etc. But when Musk bought Twitter suddenly, suddenly, he became concerned about "Billionaires running the country".
And bob wright is just your standard Libtard.
I remember in 2022, Biden telling the American people he was ready to do battle against half of them and he had F-15s.
"Reminds me of some (better-written) articles posted in this parish about how Trump is punk rock...."
Thanks for digging up all that old stuff.
Trump DGAF, and also as a realty developer knows that a lot of places, while revered by many, have only tear-down value in terms of their utility to actual users, as real estate in the present day.
I wonder if Japanese hold this same reverence for government structures. From AI:
Yes, it is common in Japan for people to buy a house only to tear it down and build a new one because Japanese houses have a short perceived lifespan and rapidly depreciate in value. This "scrap and build" culture is rooted in factors like updated earthquake-resistant building codes, the history of rebuilding after disasters, and an economic system that treats houses more like consumer goods than long-term assets. Banks often will not lend against the value of an older building, making demolition and new construction more practical than renovating or buying existing, older homes.
I do recall a story I read not long ago of an American tourist visiting an ancient temple that had been in place for hundreds of years. Well, sort of. It was the 7th or 8th building there in the last few hundred years. But, the TEMPLE, or concept thereof, had been there all that time, so it was the same temple... just a different building.
It will still be The White House.
When the construction is finished he should invite all the congressional Democrats for a performance by the Village People.
Then president Vance can hold his inaugural ball there.
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