Literally the worst senator this century. The murder rate of his whole state (lots of which is rural) is well over triple the rate in NYC.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:29 pm
by Andy McDandy
A fucking overpromoted PE teacher who is lucky not to be in jail.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:46 pm
by Bones McCoy
I don't think we've paid enough attention to the "overpromoted PE teacher" angle in American Dystopia.
I recently saw one of those collections of maps illustrating the top thing (many categories) in every state.
Things like "top selling fast food brand".
Scroll down to "Top paid public servant" and it's "High school football coach" in 46 states.
Seriously misplaced respect.
Meanwhile in the UK we have Brian Glover's Mr Sugden from Kes.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:23 pm
by Yug
Things are getting interesting
An Illinois judge has ruled that Donald Trump engaged in insurrection and has barred him from the state's primary ballot - though she put the ruling on hold pending an appeal.
Two other states - Colorado and Maine - have removed Mr Trump from their primary ballots for violating a 14th Amendment "insurrection" clause.
The final outcome will likely be decided by the US Supreme Court.
Illinois' primary election is scheduled for 19 March...
But Supreme Court justices have asked tough questions of those representing Colorado voters in favour of banning Mr Trump.
Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked if there could be a "disenfranchising effect" if voters were not allowed to decide for themselves whether they wanted Mr Trump as president.
I would like to assure Mr Kavanaugh that, despite not being allowed to decide whether or not they'd like to have me as their president, the voters have in no way been disenfranchised.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:27 pm
by Malcolm Armsteen
Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:46 pm
I don't think we've paid enough attention to the "overpromoted PE teacher" angle in American Dystopia.
I recently saw one of those collections of maps illustrating the top thing (many categories) in every state.
Things like "top selling fast food brand".
Scroll down to "Top paid public servant" and it's "High school football coach" in 46 states.
Seriously misplaced respect.
Meanwhile in the UK we have Brian Glover's Mr Sugden from Kes.
Don't talk to me about fucking PE teachers.
Bane of a Head of Year's life, the cunts.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:50 pm
by Andy McDandy
But Supreme Court justices have asked tough questions of those representing Colorado voters in favour of banning Mr Trump.
Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked if there could be a "disenfranchising effect" if voters were not allowed to decide for themselves whether they wanted Mr Trump as president.
Ah yes, the "Sell the Sun in Liverpool" argument.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 1:15 pm
by Malcolm Armsteen
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:58 pm
by Tubby Isaacs
You might recall a while ago that a scarily high percentage of young Americans who denied the holocaust because liberal indoctrination? It was bollocks.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:56 pm
by The Weeping Angel
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:50 pm
by Rosvanian
I know they're big 'buts' but were it not for the fact that Trump will trash the planet and put our national security at risk, I don't give a shit that USA appears to be on course to re elect this arsehole back in to power. Frankly, the Democrats have only got themselves to blame if the country is taken over by a bunch of fake Christian psychopaths.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:00 pm
by The Weeping Angel
Or maybe the blame lies with the voters. The thing is the Democrats have done stuff but they narely get any credit for what they do.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:06 pm
by Yug
Donald Trump has been told to pay the six-figure legal costs of a company he sued over claims of "perverted" sex acts and bribes to Russian officials.
Mrs Justice Steyn threw out the case against Orbis Business Intelligence, a consultancy founded by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, last month.
She found that Mr Trump's compensation claim was "bound to fail".
In a new ruling she also ordered Mr Trump to pay Orbis's costs "of the entire claim".
I don’t know what they put in his ice cream, but he absolutely nailed it and the Republican response was as awful as it could possibly have been.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:30 pm
by Oboogie
I listened to some of Biden's speech live and was surprised how impressive it was.
I was totally unsurprised how deranged Trump's response was.
Quite a contrast.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:17 pm
by satnav
Trump has done well in the polls so far because he has been in full campaign mode for months whilst Biden has been doing his day job. When the actual election campaign starts Trump will have come up with specific policies and answer for many of the policies he pursued when he was last in the White House.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:32 pm
by Youngian
LBJ announced he wasn’t going to run a second term very late in the day after being beaten in a primary. So still time for this increasingly foolish old doffer to step aside for someone who can walk unaided.
satnav wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:17 pm When the actual election campaign starts
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:37 pm
by The Weeping Angel
1. He hasn't actually lost a primary at least on that matters
2. The fact that the Democrats lost in 1968 is a sign that it didn't stepping aside wasn't the best idea.
Doesn't seem like much of a senile old doffer to me.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:45 am
by mattomac
He’s an 80 year old bloke, a healthy one who is running one of the biggest nations in the world.
He will be fine, meanwhile Trump can’t even deliver a coherent sentence and quelle surprise the polls are starting to uptick now Haley has dropped out. If anyone is going pass away it’s likely Trump, he really has fallen off a cliff.
Watch his speeches, and what he is saying, he won the election college when he was a smarmy tit , yes he rambled but it wasn’t patchy like it is now.
Re: Over in America...
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:41 am
by Oboogie
Youngian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:32 pm
So still time for this increasingly foolish old doffer to step aside for someone who can walk unaided.
Listen to Biden delivering the State Of The Union Address.
Try to imagine Trump attempting the same thing.
There's one "Foolish Old Doffer [sic]" medal to award, I know who I'm pinning it on.