• @eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1111 days ago

    Man he’s had signs of dementia for a long while now. What makes these signs any more impactful than previous ones?

  • @6stringringer@lemmy.zip
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    1010 days ago

    “Politicians are a lot like diapers. They should be changed frequently, and for the same reasons.”

    ― Mark Twain

    • @psychothumbs@lemmy.worldOP
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      510 days ago

      Mark Twain was a gold mine of using wordplay to say politicians are full of shit.

      I also love “Imagine you are a congressman. And imagine you are an idiot - but I repeat myself”

      • @Gaylactus@lemmy.world
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        19 days ago

        I’ll never forget that one congressman that asked if a woman could swallow one of those pill cameras used to diagnose problems with the digestive system, if that pill could come out from a woman’s vagina instead. I think that’s the dumbest shit I ever heard a US congressman say.

  • @ameancow@lemmy.world
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    911 days ago

    Ah yes, the monthly “Trump is senile” post. Been going since 2016.

    Should we meet back here in another ten years when he’s on his fourth term without consequence or care from anyone in power?

    • Jesus
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      411 days ago

      He’s an overweight, burger loving, guy whose idea of exercise is a golf cart.

      The odds of another 10 years aren’t in his favor. Although he has a track record of defying the odds. Maybe he’ll file years of appeals with the Grim Reaper.

      • @FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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        211 days ago

        I’m convinced he’s made a deal with the devil to never face consequences for anything, maybe that includes no health consequences

          • @ameancow@lemmy.world
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            10 days ago

            Evil is rampaging across the country, the worst people in the world are being given positions of power, hate and racism are being made into policy and the people you hate most who scream about race are being given uniforms and guns and concentration camps, the Epstein-patrons are celebrating, there is a sweeping movement across evangelicals pushing back on empathy and Christian values broadly. Human rights are being taken away, as well as basic services like healthcare, food and housing for the poor and families are being torn apart without consequence.

            I’m not religious but if I were and watching all of this, I would probably believe that a deal was really struck or that this was all some kind of Revelations prophecy.

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              010 days ago

              I am not religiouse either but we are talking about christian mythologie and spreading evil wouldnt be a goal for the devil nore any of his underlings. A free society would theoreticly create the most sinning if you think about it

              • @ameancow@lemmy.world
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                09 days ago

                Religion makes no sense when you think about it at all, so my imagery is more in line with our current “fairy tale” version of Christianity that most Americans have grown up with, without actually reading the book in any capacity. (Actually reading the book is what made me leave.)

    • @Yaztromo@lemmy.world
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      310 days ago

      It reminds me of all of the “Fidel Castro is secretly close to death” news articles that showed up in the 80s and 90s. I suppose the predictions were eventually correct — but I’m not sure that predicting “sucks is gonna die” 30+ years out from his actual death was particularly useful.

  • @Zephorah@discuss.online
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    711 days ago

    There should be a mandatory retirement age of 70 for all 3 branches.

    Turning 70 before your potential 4 yr term would be up? Then you cannot run. Same for the senate. We would know ahead of time which Presidential term would be replacing SCOTUS, unless that justice chose to retire early.

    • Jesus
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      311 days ago

      Although, in this case, his age is a good thing. If he was younger and sharper, then America would be stuck with him for a lot longer.

      • @nickiwest@lemmy.world
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        611 days ago

        I feel like if we have a minimum age of 35 for a President, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to have a maximum age of 70, which is double the minimum age.

        I really think that anyone who is eligible to retire and draw Social Security should be aged out of public office. I wish that older people in government would retire and go enjoy their lives.

        The Boomers got that opportunity from the generations before them. (Bill Clinton took office when he was 46. That was 32 years ago.) They have held on to power for far longer than is reasonable. Gen X never really expected to make a difference, but it would have been nice to at least have had the opportunity to try.

    • Goldholz
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      110 days ago

      “Clean coal” “its my favorit food” - donald trump (defenetly not cut together)

  • @Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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    Hey I know dementia isn’t a voluntary condition but I can’t help but believe it is karmic that the orange is showing signs of it

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉
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      39 days ago

      he was a pedo way before dementia, the only injustice is how little he suffered in life