Steve Thomas

I’m voting for “Spike”. LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump ... and “Spike?” https://apnews.com/aa5101b6fbd7936a4aaf1679a54960ff “Local election clerks in Michigan downloading absentee ballots for residents overseas were given ballots that listed Trump’s Republican running mate as Jeremy Cohen, who is the Libertarian Party candidate for vice president, the Michigan Secretary of State’s office said. Vice President Mike Pence wasn’t on the ballot next to Trump. Cohen, whose nickname is “Spike,” is running with Jo Jorgensen. It was a “temporary error” that was fixed within 90 minutes Tuesday, said Tracy Wimmer, a spokeswoman for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.” Steve Thomas

Trump’s Doral Hotel to Host a Confab of Anti-Vaxxers and Leading QAnon Champions A CRAZY BREW MAGA world meets science deniers with a large scoop of conspiracy theorists on top. By Will Sommer Published Sep. 16, 2020 https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-doral-hotel-to-host-a-confab-of-anti-vaxxers-and-leading-qanon-champions “...as the COVID-19 virus could very well be entering an expected second wave, one of Trump’s hotels will become a hub for anti-vaccine activism. Some of the most notorious figures in the anti-vaccine movement are set to converge on the president’s Trump National Doral Miami resort in early October for a MAGA-world conference. The anti-vaccine figures won’t be the only fringe GOP movement represented at Trump’s property during the American Priority Conference or “AMPFest,” which runs between Oct. 8 and Oct 11. They’ll be joined by top QAnon conspiracy theory promoters, including one with a history of anti-Semitic remarks. There’s even a pool party.” Steve Thomas

Richard, I personally believe that this description is included in a dossier compiled in military intelligence files about a Harvey Lee Oswald. Here's a portion of a cable from the Continental Army Command that went out to Fort McDill in Florida on the evening of the 22nd: Steve Thomas

Donald Trump saying of trees that have fallen in the forest: "They become really like a matchstick. And they get up you know there's no water pouring through." My wife said she has never heard of fallen trees getting up. She wanted to know where they were going. I was at a loss... Steve Thomas

Joe, Yes. Watch the video clip. https://youtu.be/PgYcnEI59sk Steve Thomas

This is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. Trump calls in to Fox news and threatens to call in every Monday or Tuesday for 47 minutes of free air time. The host says, "Fox News has not committed to that and we will gladly give Joe Biden 47 minutes of equal time." His fellow hosts are stunned. https://youtu.be/PgYcnEI59sk Steve Thomas

Trump-linked hotel investors are begging for a bailout as they struggle with Wall Street debt: report Published on September 15, 2020 By Matthew Chapman https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/trump-linked-hotel-investors-are-begging-for-a-bailout-as-they-struggle-with-wall-street-debt-report/ “On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that hotel owners with ties to President Donald Trump are struggling to pay off debt in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic — and are begging the administration for a bailout. “Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the billionaire investor and major donor to President Trump, has run into an unexpected patch of red ink thanks to the pandemic: He has struggled to keep up with payments on $1.97 billion in Wall Street debt he used to buy a collection of more than 160 hotels,” reported Eric Lipton and Jeanna Smialek. “Monty Bennett, another big donor to Mr. Trump, is in a similar tough spot after he recently halted payments owed on the $2.6 billion worth of Wall Street debt used to acquire his own hotel collection.” “The hotel industry is running into trouble in part because it spent years loading up on a type of debt, known as commercial mortgage-backed securities, which must make regular payments to the bondholders who own the debt,” said the report. “But as hotel occupancy has fallen, the owners of these properties in many cases have lacked the cash flow to cover payments on the loans, which had been bundled together and then sold off to Wall Street investors as bonds. Over all, there are $550 billion worth of commercial mortgage-backed securities outstanding in the United States, financing hotels, shopping centers, office buildings and even self-storage facilities.”” Steve Thomas

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump According to press reports, Iran may be planning an assassination, or other attack, against the United States in retaliation for the killing of terrorist leader Soleimani, which was carried out for his planning a future attack, murdering U.S. Troops, and the death & suffering... 10:04 PM · Sep 14, 2020·Twitter for iPhone 17.6K Retweets 2.5K Quote Tweets 61.5K Likes Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 6h Replying to @realDonaldTrump ...caused over so many years. Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude! Here we go. Steve Thomas

Paul, Have you noticed that the Forum Thread, "Traitor" has disappeared? You won't find it in the threads, nor will you find it in a Search under the Topics. I suggested to Jim DiEugenio that the poster, Jeff Royle was more than likely an alias for Pope. I suspect you won't see him again either. Steve Thomas

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Bob Woodward and the Nihilism of “LOL Nothing Matters” Republicans By Tim Miller September 10, 2020 https://thebulwark.com/bob-woodward-and-the-nihilism-of-lol-nothing-matters-republicans/ “We should be talking about the insane fact that there is a recording of the president saying how dangerous this pandemic was at the same time he was lying to the American public and telling them not to worry about it because it was going to disappear “like a miracle.” In any normal time, a revelation like this would trigger the president’s resignation, not because of the politics, but because of the moral outrage. Woodward’s interviews with President Trump make as plain as day that our president is a congenital xxxx who is overmatched by the job, incapable of understanding reality, and utterly indifferent to the suffering his failures have caused. Woodward’s interviews with Trump’s advisors reveal that the president’s own top men found him to be “dangerous,” “unfit,” compromised by Putin, “rudderless,” and possessing an attention span that is a “minus number.” Given all that, it’s no wonder the president’s fans have resorted to nihilism and self-delusion. What else do they have?” Steve Thomas

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The threat of right-wing theocracy has raised its ugly head once again Published 1 min ago on September 13, 2020 By Paul Rosenberg, Salon https://www.rawstory.com/author/paul-rosenberg/ “The Federalists, like today’s Republicans, were the conservatives, the party that believed the rich should rule, feared that more people being able to vote would put them out of power, regarded immigrants with contempt, and hypocritically boasted of having “all the religion.” The Federalist clergy, like the right-wing clergy of today, were outspokenly political, preaching that it was a religious duty to vote for Federalists.” “That story is told in a new book by author and researcher Chris Rodda, “From Theocracy to Religious Liberty,”” In his Inaugural Speech of January 20, 2017, Donald Trump declared, “We are protected by God.” Lately, he has been declaring that Joe Biden wants to "hurt God" and is "against God" and wants to "hurt the Bible." As Mr. Rosenberg said, "Theocracy is rearing its ugly head once again." Steve Thomas

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For me, seeing the ecstasy in people's eyes at a Trump rally makes me think of a fat Elvis concert. It's like people are worshiping an image of a man they remember, not the man as he is now. Steve Thomas

David, More wars have been fought in the name of religion than all the other reasons combined. God, Guns and Trump... the unholy troika. Steve Thomas

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Jared Kushner told us that in order to understand Donald Trump, you have to read Alice in Wonderland. Up is down: Trump lies that Biden would 'destroy' Obamacare's protections for pre-existing conditions By Daniel Dale, CNN September 11, 2020 https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/11/politics/fact-check-trump-biden-pre-existing-conditions-obamacare/index.html Washington (CNN) “President Donald Trump told one of the most absurd lies of his relentlessly dishonest reelection campaign on Thursday. At a campaign rally in Freeland, Michigan, Trump claimed his opponent, Joe Biden, "will destroy your protections for pre-existing conditions." Trump went on to say that he would himself preserve these protections. Facts First: This is not only false but a complete reversal of reality. The protections for people with pre-existing conditions were created by the very Obama administration in which Biden served as vice president -- as part of Obamacare, the 2010 law Biden has vowed to preserve and strengthen if elected President. Trump, conversely, has tried repeatedly to get bills passed that would have weakened these protections. He is now trying to get the entirety of Obamacare struck down by the courts”. Steve Thomas

We don't want to spread panic about the coronavirus, but antifa is OK. “A vague Facebook message by the Molalla Police Department posted Wednesday evening (Molalla, Oregon) fed suspicion among the rumor- and fire-stricken residents. “To those of you still in and around town, please report any suspicious activity (strange people walking around/looking into cars and houses/vehicles driving through neighborhoods that don't belong there) to 911 immediately,” the MPD post read. “EDIT/CLARIFICATION: This is about possible looters, not antifa or setting of fires,” the updated post read. “There has been NO antifa in town as of this posting at 02:00 am. Please, folks, stay calm and use common sense. Stay inside or leave the area.” Besides the Molalla Police Department, the Medford Police Department, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office have published appeals on their Facebook pages in the past 24 hours for the public to stop spreading false information connecting antifa to the Oregon fires.” Steve Thomas

“Democracy is the worst form of Government…” By Richard M. Langworth 26 June 2009 https://richardlangworth.com/worst-form-of-government quoting Winston Churchill, 11/11/1947 in the House of Commons, as cited in his book, Churchill by Himself, page 547. “Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…” Steve Thomas

- Donald Trump - "When Hitler was bombing London, Churchill, a great leader, would oftentimes go to a roof in London and speak. And he always spoke with calmness." You have to hand it to the British people. They must have really good hearing to hear calm-speaking Churchill over all those bombs raining down down on them from the sky. But that's okay. The people were reassured and didn't panic when he told them that all those bombs they were seeing were just a hoax that would magically disappear when the weather got warm. Steve Thomas

Joe, At his Michigan rally Thursday night, Trump called Woodward "a wack job". How can you believe someone who talks out of both sides of their mouth? Steve Thomas

Trump’s extra $300 jobless benefit already running dry in some states By REBECCA RAINEY 09/10/2020 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/10/trump-jobless-benefit-running-out-411763 “The extra $300 federal boost to unemployment benefits created under an executive action signed by President Donald Trump is already running out for some states, less than a month after the program launched. Both Texas and Tennessee, some of the first states to start paying the extra benefit, were notified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week that they will no longer receive funding to provide the $300 under Trump’s new Lost Wages Assistance Program. Montana, one of the first states FEMA approved to participate in the program, was also told funding for the program was to be cut off after the week ended Sept. 5. Iowa, which just started paying out the extra $300 benefit last week, said it too had been notified from the federal government that the program has ended. And in Arizona, the Department of Economic Security recently warned that the extra payment could end in the state as soon as this week.” Steve Thomas

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump "Kim Jong Un is in good health. Never underestimate him!" 7:45 AM · Sep 10, 2020 Oh, I'm glad. I've been so worried about him! Steve Thomas

Biden Campaign Firm Hit by Suspected Kremlin Hacking Attack By Jamie Ross Updated Sep. 10, 2020 https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-campaign-firm-hit-by-suspected-kremlin-hacking-attack?ref=home “Reuters reported Thursday morning that suspected Russian state-backed hackers have attempted to breach the systems at Washington-based SKDKnickerbocker, a strategy and communications firm working hand-in-glove with Joe Biden’s campaign. The attacks, which took place over the past two months, were unsuccessful. The failed hacking attempt was brought to SKDK’s attention by Microsoft, which reportedly gathered information identifying hackers linked to the Kremlin as the most likely suspects. The attacks are said to have mainly focussed on phishing—a common hacking method which lures users into disclosing sensitive passwords. That was the method used by Russian hackers to access DNC emails, which were subsequently leaked online, ahead of the 2016 presidential election.” Steve Thomas