It’s just so very heartbreaking.
You think we have THAT long?
A photo of the alleged Health and Human Services secretary swimming with his grandkids in Rock Creek in Washington, D.C.
Rock Creek is a waterway so contaminated with sewage runoff, so dangerously contaminated with E. Coli and fecal bacteria, that swimming there has been banned for going on fifty years.
You get the cabinet appointees from what you voted for, Orange believers.
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Oh, so you believe in bacteria now? Illness and “infections” are just symptoms of a bad diet. Eat more health food and have a few enemas, and you’lle be OK.
That’s just because the corrupt elite from the swamp wants it for itself, so YOU, the TAXPAYER, can not!
(</sarcasm>, if that wasn’t bloody obvious)
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The doctors at the hospital RFK Jr takes his grandkids to if they start having severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea had better not use any “drugs” in treatment, either.
Otherwise, we may be treated to a press conference about how those kids now have autism because big pharma.
Plus evil fluoride. Don’t vaccinate. Drink raw milk.
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Palpatine has collapsed so hard on Chinese tariffs, that it’s a miracle he didn’t trap 20 miners… 
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Baby steps
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RFK is not affected by pathogenic bacteria because his brain worm eats them all for desert.
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Robert De Niro attacks Trump in Cannes speech: ‘This isn’t just America’s problem’
The actor Robert De Niro has – after a brief period of abstention – returned to his robust public critique of Donald Trump, using his Palme d’Or acceptance speech at the Cannes film festival to newly attack the US president.
“In my country, we are fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted,” he said. “That affects all of us here, because art is the crucible that brings people together, like tonight. Art looks for truth. Art embraces diversity. That’s why art is a threat.”
As applause broke out in the Grand Lumiére, Cannes’ largest cinema, De Niro continued:
“That’s why we are a threat to autocrats and fascists. America’s philistine president ha[s] had himself appointed head of one of our premier cultural institutions [the Kennedy Center]. He has cut funding and support to the arts, humanities and education.”
De Niro then addressed Trump’s surprise announcement 10 days ago that he planned to put a 100% tariff on films made outside the US.
“You can’t put a price on creativity,” said De Niro, “but apparently you can put a tariff on it. Of course, this is unacceptable. All of these attacks are unacceptable. And this isn’t just an American problem, it’s a global one. Like a film, we can’t just all sit back and watch. We have to act, and we have to act now.”
“It’s time for everyone who cares about liberty to organise,” he said, “to protest, and when there are elections, vote. Vote. Tonight, and for the next 11 days, we show our strength and commitment by celebrating art in this glorious festival. Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité.”
The actor Leonardo DiCaprio presented De Niro, now 81, with the award in advance of the opening night film – French comedy Partir Un Jour. De Niro was president of the jury at the festival in 2011 and has long been a regular on the Croisette.
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Some analysis from The Register on what would be needed to convert the flying gold-plated palace from Qatar into Air Force 1:
The current VC-25s aren’t just repainted 747s. They’re a pair of flying fortresses that must be capable of allowing the president to run the country, survive wartime conditions (even nuclear), and be totally secure from outside influence or intrusion. While the precise details of the current airframe are a tightly guarded secret, some details are included on government fact sheets or have been revealed in various media reports. For a start, it must have an in-flight refueling capability so the president can go anywhere in the world and stay up as long as needed. Retrofitting this to an existing 747 would be very expensive, as the feds would need to strengthen portions of the hull to handle the refueling system and reconfigure the fuel tanks to handle trim issues.
Then there’s the hull, which is known to be armored, and the windows are also thicker than you’d find on a normal flight. The government would also need to build in weapons systems like the chaff rockets used against radar-guided missiles, flares against heat seekers, and AN/ALQ-204 Matador Infrared Countermeasure systems, or similar to try and confuse incoming missiles. Next up, the engines and electrical systems would have to be replaced. The electronics in the current VC-25s are hardened as much as possible against an electromagnetic pulse that would be generated by a nuclear detonation. There are also claims that the aircraft have extra shielding in the engines to help against missile fragments should a physical attack happen.
Next up are communications. Air Force One has air-to-ground, air-to-air, and satellite comms systems that are thought to be the equal of what’s in the White House. There are at least two separate internal phone systems - one open and the other highly secure - that would need to be installed and checked as well. Then there are incidentals. Contrary to what films will tell you, there is no escape capsule on the current Air Force One, nor a rear parachute ramp, but there is a medical suite with emergency equipment and space for a physician which would already need to be installed, as well as a secured cargo area designed to prevent tampering or unauthorized access.
The bottom line is that refitting this white elephant would cost more than a billion dollars and take several years, and would not be ready until after the Cheeto left office (assuming he does, which is not a sure thing, unfortunately).
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Hopefully it will be a tacky posthumous reminder of how close the free world came to destroying itself, for the empty promise of a cheaper gallon of petrol, and half a dozen eggs.
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Baby steps…another office flipped from red to blue
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That’s probably enough to get him arrested…
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He wants it sooooooooo bad it will be interesting to see if any logic, reason, or illegality will stand in his greedy, covetous way. If for some reason he can’t scheme his way into getting it I pity the wretch who has to tell him. It will be worse than telling a cranky, missed his nap 2 year old he can’t have that toy. On second thought I don’t pity that person, because they would have to be some kiss ass from his inner circle and deserve it.
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The rest of the story about Pimp Force One:
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Meanwhile, I just found this …
When Wal-Mart of all companies, decides that it’s going to shift operations massively to India and Vietnam, in a bid to avoid the economic torpedo of Cheetolini’s tariff war, you know that the Carotene Canker Sore has fucked up.
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Voice commentary at times in this video becomes “American loud”, but otherwise, what is described here is a genius move by Judge Hannah Dugan and her legal team …
This promises to be fun.
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That Trump is under the impression that he can tell a big, capitalist, ruthlessly money grabbing entity like Walmart that they’ve made plenty of money and therefore must absorb the huge cost caused by his tariffs is hilarious. Imagine someone telling him he’s made quite enough money and needs to stop grifting his followers immediately.
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