Mad Bastard

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So, uh.... Trump, look, I know you slept through every goddamn economics course you took, and you have a basic inability to do math, but if prices go back to what they were BEFORE you started a stupid fucking war, that's not actually a decrease.

That's most people's reaction.

So was the rest of him.

And his hair is almost the same shade as his face.

..... I suppose that might help hide bald areas?

Basically, he is once again taking credit for things that either would have happened without him, or that he had only the slightest influence on, if that.

Contrary to the brain dribblings coming out of Trump's mouth, the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States had nothing to do with him even existing.

He also wasn't President when L.A. started their bid for the Olympics.

And the bidding for the 2026 World Cup started in 2013.

He did not understand it at all, and he did not solve it.

This applies to nearly every problem that Trump hears about.

Oh, and they're all still targets, because Iran could still hit them with drones.

Okay, let's use a "small" long-range oil tanker ship. It's carrying ~345,000 barrels of oil. One barrel is 42 gallons, so this is just about 14.5 million gallons.

A really big tanker truck can carry 11,600 gallons.

Simple math says you'd need 1250 tanker trucks per tanker ship, in this case.

Ayup.

There are many reasons why this wouldn't work, but let's go with the one that is obvious.

OIL TANKER SHIPS ARE A LOT BIGGER THAN OIL TANKER TRUCKS.

Six months from now: Tesla power plant somehow drives off of a bridge.

....... what

.... is that what they're calling syphilis these days?

Oh hey, tornado warning.

Two of them.

In the last fifteen minutes.

So, a few things here:

1) No, he didn't add those "best of" additions to the SAVE America Act. If he had, it would have to go back to the House to get passed again.

2) There is no such word as mutilization.

3) He really is very stupid.

Into the garbage bin they go, right next to Target.

We don’t need your shitty brands! You’re expendable but trans people are not.

I'd tell them, "You go first."

If they had been insistent/pushy, if they had said I was going to Hell, you know, I probably would have reacted differently.

But they were nice, so I was nice.

And I was polite about it. I told them I was an atheist, that I wasn't interested, but thank you anyway.

And I offered them bottled drinks if they wanted them, because it's warm out.

Because it's not worth being that kind of asshole to strangers.

Anyway.... this morning, it happened.

It's not the first time it's happened since I moved. A couple times a year, usually in the spring months, usually before Easter, there will be some folks who come by to "spread the word".

Now, I'm an atheist. But it's not like I have that on the front door.

Because I had all these ideas of what to do.... most of them, not especially civil.

Like saying, "What is it? You interrupt.... the ritual." or things of that nature.

Oddly enough, some years ago, at a friend's place, we had a religious type knock on the door during a D&D game.

I think I've mentioned this already here, but for years before I moved into this house, I joked that because I lived in an apartment, I never got religious types knocking on my door to try and convert me to their religion.

.... although I did have random people on the street try that.

Oh. Oh.

No.

Oh no.

Trust me, I am being VERY sarcastic.

Look, Daylight Saving messes with some people way more than others.

Uh, so unless I missed it, gas hasn't been a dollar a gallon for a long fucking time, so there's a huge difference between 30 cents and 30 percent.

It's that pause that gets me. It's like he's saying, "Hey, here's your chance to respond." and she just sits there.

Scamperbeasts: We didn't do it!

Jared Kushner is almost certainly safe from any real retaliation, and even if he does fall on his sword over this, it's not like he doesn't have a huge fucking pile of money of his own.

But I could be wrong. He could fire Witkoff, who even for the Trump administration is staggeringly out of his depth.

Or Rubio, but I think Trump likes calling him names, so he's probably safe? Especially if Trump goes "Hey, let's fight Cuba too."