"The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue!" – Thersites, Troilus and Cressida, William Shakespeare
There is so much bullshit flowing from the Whitewash House these days, it becomes overwhelming. Today I am going to focus just on stooooopid stuff from IQ47. He really is an ignorant fool!
We know he's an idiot since Drumpf 1.0 and before, like "windmills cause cancer;" staring straight into the sun during an eclipse; lauding the up-and-coming Frederick Douglass; celebrating the airplanes that fought during the Revolutionary War; purporting that exercise "depletes the body's reserves of energy;" his transparent attempts to use the alias "John Barron" on business phone calls; urging more raking on the forest floor; encouraging injecting or ingesting bleach to cure Covid; his woeful ignorance on how a grocery store works; it goes on and on.
Just in the last two weeks of his second term:
He nominated other idiots to cabinet positions, most on a whim.
Lets' see... who can flatter me or get good ratings on TV?
- A weekend TV host for Secretary of Defense, who has credible allegations of alcohol abuse on the job and allegations of sexual assault? Are you fucking kidding me?
- An avowed anti-vaxxer overseeing our entire health apparatus? Excuse me?
- A puppy killer to head Homeland Security? Is this real life?
- A WWF wrestler and child-sexual-abuse enabler for Education Secretary? What is happening?
- Excuse me, what??! A Russian propagandist for Director of National Intelligence????
Since I don't have all day, just look at this one idiot, Robert "Viruses are our friends" Kennedy, Jr. That link has videos with some of his more outrageous and bizarre statements about health and welfare. This is a dangerous man.
He said DEI was responsible for the fires in Los Angeles
What part of drought combined with 100mph winds combined with a tiny spark don't you understand?
The Magats were up in arms about three *gasp* lesbians in charge of the firefighting efforts.
He went on and on about "giant faucets" in the north that can be turned to allow water to flow to parched Southern California
He actually sent out this tweet. It is a lie. It is a bizarre lie. It is a very stupid lie.
He mixed up his own failings with regard to air safety with previous administrations
There was a tragic air collision over the Potomac River last week. A passenger jet was imminently landing, at an altitude of 350 feet, when it collided with a Blackhawk helicopter. All passengers and crew of both aircraft, 67 souls in all, perished.
In the week before the crash:
Then he blamed the prior administrations, both Biden and Obama, as well as DEI for the crash. From AP:
Q: “Are you saying this crash was somehow caused as the result of diversity hiring? And what evidence have you seen to support these claims?”TRUMP: “It just could have been. We have a high standard. We’ve had a much higher standard than anybody else. And there are things where you have to go by brainpower. You have to go by psychological quality, and psychological quality is a very important element of it. These are various, very powerful tests that we put to use. And they were terminated by Biden. And Biden went by a standard that seeks the exact opposite. So we don’t know. But we do know that you had two planes at the same level. You had a helicopter and a plane. That shouldn’t have happened. And, we’ll see. We’re going to look into that, and we’re going to see. But certainly for an air traffic controller, we want the brightest, the smartest, the sharpest. We want somebody that’s psychologically superior. And that’s what we’re going to have.”Q: “You have today blamed the diversity elements but then told us that you weren’t sure that the controllers made any mistake. You then said perhaps the helicopter pilots were the ones who made the mistake.”TRUMP: “It’s all under investigation.”Q: “I understand that. That’s why I’m trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash.”TRUMP: “Because I have common sense. OK? And unfortunately, a lot of people don’t. We want brilliant people doing this. This is a major chess game at the highest level. When you have 60 planes coming in during a short period of time, and they’re all coming in different directions, and you’re dealing with very high-level computer, computer work and very complex computers.”
No. You don't have common sense. You don't have any sense.
And:
Trump was challenged on his claim that the FAA under Democratic presidents had promoted the hiring of people with disabilities. The page Trump referenced has existed on the FAA’s website for a decade, including his first term.Q: “The implication that this policy is new or that it stems from efforts that began under President Biden or the transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, is demonstrably false. It’s been on the FAA’s website —”TRUMP: “Who said that, you?”Q: “No, it’s on the website, the FAA’s website. It was there from 2013 ... it was there for the entirety, it was there for the entirety of your administration, too. So my question is, why didn’t you change the policy during your first administration?”TRUMP: “I did change it. I changed the Obama policy, and we had a very good policy. And then Biden came in and he changed it. And then when I came in two days, three days ago, I signed a new order, bringing it to the highest level of intelligence.”
Former Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, absolutely spanked him in a tweet:
When asked if he would visit the crash site, as is customary for a president to do after disasters, IQ47 said, "I have a plan to visit, not the site. Because you tell me, what’s the site? The water? You want me to go swimming?"
Reporter: Do you have a plan to go visit the site?
— Acyn (@Acyn) January 30, 2025
Trump: I have a plan to visit, not the site. Because you tell me, what’s the site? The water? pic.twitter.com/TytZjonqvx
This man is a complete, undeniable, certifiable idiot!
He is imposing 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico and 10% on goods from China
He wants to lower prices? That's 👏 not 👏 how 👏 tariffs 👏 work 👏!
Tariffs start today. Watch for higher prices tomorrow. Idiot!
He tried – and thankfully failed – to freeze most federal spending.
His order to freeze $3 trillion worth of grants and loans caused all kinds of confusion and chaos throughout the country.
- Research facilities had to pause their trials. How about that, cancer patients? You won't get your dose of experimental medications.
- The Medicaid website was shut down. Would anyone be able to receive their benefits?
- Schools, non-profits, and police stations, among others, were thrown into confusion.
- Congress didn't know what was happening. No one knew what was happening.
Less than 12 hours later, a judge blocked the order, and a few hours after that, IQ47 rescinded the order.
What an absolute idiot. That money is not at the mercy of his whim to decide it shouldn't be spent. He doesn't understand how this works. Congress holds the purse strings. Those funds were lawfully allocated, Babyhands illegally paused them, and he can fuck right off.
He has decreed that thousands of migrants will be shipped to Guantánamo Bay
"Many people don't even know" that the military facility can hold 30,000 people. That's because it can't. The facility can humanely house in the hundreds. At most, the facility has held 780 prisoners. Unless they plan to built huge tent cities – and I wouldn't be surprised if that was the plan – then, no, 30,000 people are not going to be able to be held at Guantánamo.
Don't even get me started on the idiots who surround him!
There's too much to get into, but a couple recent ones:
- Border Czar Tom Homan allowing Dr. Phil to tag along on immigration raids. WTAF.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem using "One Hot Mama" as her walk-up song at her first DHS presser.
Lyrics include:
"And you'reOne hot mamaYou turn me onLet's turn it upAnd turn this roomInto a saunaOne hot mamaOh what you say babe
You wanna?"
What's wrong with being led by an idiot?
A lot. Is it good for the country to be led by someone who doesn't know how things work and doesn't care to learn? Who "loves the poorly educated" and they love him? Who makes shit up when he doesn't know the answer?
He doesn't care that he isn't informed or intelligent; he'll just pretend to know from here until kingdom come. The Dunning-Kruger Effect is strong in this one.
He's really, really good at lying and boasting, and he'll call you a liar if you challenge him. He's confident in his buffoonery. It's called being a con man for a reason.
One of the problems with such idiocy is that he is easily manipulated. He's not doing much but spouting the first thing that comes to his head and railing against anyone and anything that does not work in his own interest. If you flatter him, he'll give you power, including power over him.
The miscreants that surround him are the real dangers. Puppet master Steven Miller, first and foremost. I am convinced this racist weasel has been the one thrusting most of this ill upon us, directing his puppet for years without so much as tangling a string. Of course, the new(ish) players, too, are exerting their nefarious influence. The Tech Bro Oligarch Gang is moving their chess pieces over the country's checkerboard to install their king.
In the meantime, we get this:
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| Andrew Harnik / AP |
That's all the idiocy I can handle today. We will get to terrifying, illegal, hateful, and evil aspects in a future post.
Your Moment of Beauty
A Litany for Survival
By Audre Lorde
For those of us who live at the shoreline
standing upon the constant edges of decision
crucial and alone
for those of us who cannot indulge
the passing dreams of choice
who love in doorways coming and going
in the hours between dawns
looking inward and outward
at once before and after
seeking a now that can breed
futures
like bread in our children’s mouths
so their dreams will not reflect
the death of ours;
For those of us
who were imprinted with fear
like a faint line in the center of our foreheads
learning to be afraid with our mother’s milk
for by this weapon
this illusion of some safety to be found
the heavy-footed hoped to silence us
For all of us
this instant and this triumph
We were never meant to survive.
And when the sun rises we are afraid
it might not remain
when the sun sets we are afraid
it might not rise in the morning
when our stomachs are full we are afraid
of indigestion
when our stomachs are empty we are afraid
we may never eat again
when we are loved we are afraid
love will vanish
when we are alone we are afraid
love will never return
and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive.
"A Litany for Survival." Copyright © 1978 by Audre Lorde, from The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde. Copyright © 1997 by the Audre Lorde Estate. From The Poetry Foundation.
Your Moment of Inspiration
Please read this inspirational piece by Joyce Vance. The Resistance is out there. Let's keep the faith.
If you know a federal employee, encourage them to seek counsel before committing. The shysters behind this stinky proposition do not intend to pay anything to anybody.
Your Moment of Action
Go to Postcards to Voters and write postcards in support of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford. Good judges are a balm for idiocy.
If you want to read more about the current state of stupidity, The New York Times coincidentally published a piece titled "The Six Principles of Stupidity" last week.
And remember, we have the smarts. "The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits." – Celia, As You Like It, William Shakespeare
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