[kreuzberger]

I woke this morning with fears for the future of my kid and his missus. They are utterly joyful drapers and upholsterers to pretty big name productions, and I would hate it (again) if the kid had to return to the misery of investment banking.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I see Daniel Peacock who was a fairly hot property in the early 80s wound up this film. I don't know how he felt about that, but maybe he thought it was better than appearing in Assaulted Nuts with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Newman out of Seinfeld.

[Crabcakes]

I'm confused, I thought Hollywood was failing because it was woke, not because of unfair competition.

He actually made an even more insane announcement.

The US president said Alcatraz, which is on an island off the coast of San Francisco, needed to be “substantially enlarged and rebuilt” to house “America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders”.

Alcatraz Island was developed into a national park and tourist attraction by notorious liberal leftist, Richard Nixon.

As has been noted on the interwebs, Escape from Alcatraz had been on telly that night.

Doesn’t take a genius to figure out where this ‘policy’ sprang from. But it does take an imbecile to base policy on what’s on the box that evening.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Not an imbecile.
A man succumbing to dementia and mental illness.

[Youngian]

The Alcatraz brain fart is normal Trump stuff, easy effective storytelling his base will understand.

[davidjay]

Not an imbecile.
A man succumbing to dementia and mental illness.

At what point will someone say "Enough," and is it even possible?

[Oboogie]

As someone with little knowledge of Hollywood, I found this discussion informative and helpful in understanding the issues.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Not an imbecile.
A man succumbing to dementia and mental illness.

At what point will someone say "Enough," and is it even possible?

It's possible, but very unlikely.

[Youngian]

How exceptional is the US's separation of powers? Most dictators in the Americas were executive presidents who came to power through elections, had legislatures and an independent judiciary.
Argentina showed it doesn't take long for a wealthy respected country to descend into a tinpot banana republic.

[Tubby Isaacs]

As has been noted on the interwebs, Escape from Alcatraz had been on telly that night.

Doesn’t take a genius to figure out where this ‘policy’ sprang from. But it does take an imbecile to base policy on what’s on the box that evening.

Ha ha ha ha. What's on tonight? The Towering Inferno? He'll be tweeting about skyscrapers by bedtime.

[Watchman]

Not an imbecile.
A man succumbing to dementia and mental illness.

and being manipulated by some very sinister people

[Tubby Isaacs]

He wasn't the brightest before. but he's deteriorating. I'm old enough to remember when getting a name wrong and instantly correcting was disqualifying for a US President.

[Bones McCoy]

Not an imbecile.
A man succumbing to dementia and mental illness.

and being manipulated by some very sinister people

This is the significant difference between 45 and 47.
* 45 played golf while the pet monkeys shat the bed.
* 47 has a drilled organisation, including several people even less pleasant than the president.

One is reminded of situations where scammers obtain control over the confused elderly.
With the plot twist that this confused elderly is also a wrong-un.

[Bones McCoy]

[Abernathy]

I've sort of gone past the point where a social media post supposedly by the orange crook in the white house would give me pause to think "Nah, that can't be real". But fuck a duck, I think this is.

[Boiler]

Surely that's fake?

If not, any sane group would now be poring over the 25th Amendment, but they're all as fucking demented as he is.

[Oboogie]

If that's real, there's going to be some furious backpedalling when Trump's told that MAGA hate the #WokePope. He'll be blaming Biden for Leo's appointment before the week's out.

[Boiler]

From the BBC:

Still, some of Trump's most prominent supporters were quick to attack Pope Leo, lambasting him as a possible challenge to Trump and on the perception that he will follow Pope Francis in areas like immigration.

"I mean it's kind of jaw-dropping," Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon told the BBC on Friday, speaking of Leo's election.

"It is shocking to me that a guy could be selected to be the Pope that had had the Twitter feed and the statements he's had against American senior politicians," said Bannon, a hard-right Trump loyalist, practising Catholic and former altar boy.

[davidjay]

From that thing about the camel and the needle, through Blake's Jerusalem to today's Woke Pope, Christianity has a 2,000 year history of left-wing doctrine and right-wing followers.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

The bit none of them seem to have read:


(Matthew 5:1-16)
“And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.