Winston Churchill’s remarkable life was filled with genuine “OMG” moments, from withstanding the disastrous Gallipoli campaign during the First World War to leading Britain through World War II as prime minister. Churchill held a front-row seat to many history-defining moments, even including the little-known origin of the term “OMG” itself.
The expression “OMG,” an acronym for “oh my god,” became popular as early internet lingo during the 1990s. But the first known use of the acronym actually dates back to a letter written to Churchill in 1917, while he was serving as first lord of the admiralty in the British navy. The letter was written by John Arbuthnot Fisher, who, as first sea lord (the navy’s highest ranking officer), often quarreled with Churchill. In the 1917 missive, Fisher wrote, “I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis [table] — O.M.G. (Oh! My God!) — Shower it on the Admiralty!!” Sadly for the linguistically hip Fisher, neither Churchill, the navy, nor the British people adopted his clever quip. It wasn’t until the arrival of the internet age some 70 years later that the “OMG” acronym exploded in popularity.
Is this what we get to look forward to for the next few years… a 78years old toddler that has a poopy diaper and no concept that the world exists outside the confines of his hair spray. Donald has delusions of grandeur, and his personality disorder and advanced age are on full display. These are the actions of a tyrant that in no way will tolerate anything contrary being said about him or to him. His inaugural ‘TED Talk’ was full of lies about the failing economy and how he has been mistreated and how everything (he thinks) is bad will be rectified by his hand.
The thin-skinned Narcissist can’t even take the pleas of a female bishop for compassion for LGBTQ, immigrants and anyone else in distress without attacking them as a nasty person.
We must stand up and push back, if we don’t, we only have to look back through the 20th century to see what the cost could be.
Like any good tyrant he is talking about expelling those he feels are undesirable, expanding our borders through military action, punishing any, and all that speak out against him. President Biden foresaw they actions of the Toddler King and pre-emptively pardoned his entire family and all those that were on the J6 committee but based on the actions of the past 48hours I don’t know that if Donny gets the league of misfits in the Justice Department, he wants that they will honor any actions taken by President Biden. Wouldn’t be surprised if during the State of the Union he didn’t call for public executions of any person on the J6 committee, the Biden family, Kamala Harris and her Husband and because the Supreme Court said that nothing is illegal if its Presidential act he would walk away once again.
Currently we have a constitution and laws and those are being severely challenged, our system allowed a convicted felon into the White House… I guy that if he weren’t DJT with these charges could even buy a gun but now he has an army and the nuclear codes. Too many believed the constant barrage of crap that White Washed the last time he was in the Oval and now we are all going to pay the price.
This may not make a great deal of difference in the actions of the ultra rich, but it should be something for them to think about. Most if not all of them got wealthy because they have or had something that other people bought. So now you are sitting on these mountains of money and looking at the class of people that are your customers and saying lets take away the programs that help them have the money to spend on our products. If you sell cars and you take away jobs by allowing tariffs to be put in place that end up closing your factories, who is going to buy your cars? If you sell news papers and people only have enough in their pockets to either buy the paper or something to eat, which do you suppose will come first? Most of the newspapers around the country have been bought out or crushed because the big boys did not like the message that was being sent by the local press. Has it really improved your circulation that much? Take the controls off of medicine and the ones that benefit for now are the drug companies, and when no one can afford the medicine and start dying off then will the drug companies do better? The only things that improve with loss are disease and stupidity. Keep on believing that putting debt back on students, or families trying to same a sick family member and all other facets of life will begin to suffer. When buying medicine causes someone to not pay the rent, if you are a land lord you end up with emptry apts. If you are a rancher and sell beef and people can only buy hamburger your cattle are not that valuable or become a liability. If no one can buy anything more than basics in groceries the novelty foods are left to be thrown out. The wealth of a nation depends on the how well all of the inhabitats are doing not just the ones at the top. The Robber Baron era finally proved that to at least a couple of those that made fortunes off the sweat of others. One started building libraries as a for instance. What are you going to build? If social security gets cut or eliminated that truly means that millions of people will be out on the street. The benefit was earned and should be repaid. The fund would be self generating if it were allowed to take care of only what it was designed to do versus all the crap that it has funded over the years. Other social assistance programs are necessary because of many factors, not the least of which is the reluctance of the wealthy to share some of that by way of paying living wages. Many of the wealthy today high someone to do all the grunt work to keep things going and they usually offer a golden parachute if that person fails to do a really good job. You have boards of directors that do nothing to improve or produce the product you are selling but they get paid lots for hot air. Hopefully that is not what is being offered to the less than competent people that are being approved by the fearful congress to hold such important cabinet positions. Big business has for years put limitations on people for being inventive. If you come up with something that makes this better the company owns it and you can not profit by the invention. Really causes everyone to be creative or inventive doesn't it? The bottom line is that the arrogance of wealth is leading to ecconomic ruin and it will not just be the people at the bottom that have nothing, no one will. Look at history and what the more corrupt nations of today look like an you have the view of what your programs and hubberus will cause.
Yesterday the 34 count Felon and Adjudicated Sexual Offender was reinstalled as the head of our government much to the shaggin and disappointment of many. In his address he stated that we are starting the Golden Era, “Unlike anything ever seen…” After that he signed executive orders receding the cap of pharmaceutical drugs for seniors and Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices and the $35.00 insulin cap, put in process to once again pull the United States out of the Paris Climate agreement and pardoned all the J6 individuals who assaulted police offices while trying to overturn an election. The law-and-order party just released criminals, some of whom confessed, that injured policed officers.
But let’s talk about the golden era that he wants to usher in with a little view of history…
The Gilded Age that started in the 1870s, was a period of economic growth as the United States jumped to the lead in industrialization ahead of Britain. The nation was rapidly expanding its economy into new areas, especially heavy industry like factories, railroads, and coal mining. Three societal problems facing America during the Gilded Age were political corruption, racial tensions, and economic inequality. Political corruption: The Gilded Age was marked by widespread political corruption, with politicians catering to business interests and participating in graft and bribery.
Well at least it starting out like last time… what could go wrong?
While there were some positives… Significant economic growth, technological advancements, and the rise of new industries. Those positives made men like Andrew Carnage, J.P. Morgan, John Rockefeller wealthy beyond belief but there was a cost. Those costs included exploitation of workers, dangerous working conditions, low wages, widespread poverty, political corruption, and the growing gap between the rich and poor. The ‘Gilded Age’ is also known as the age of the robber barons and that is the era Donald wants to bring back. A time when the rich get filthy rich and everyone else suffers… we already have Billionaires, which is obscene, but they want to be Trillionaires. This current round of aristocrats I don’t foresee making a sudden move to philanthropy like Rockefeller and Carnage did in the early 20th century. To date there isn’t a Hospital, Library, Museum, or any public project named after, Musk, Zuckerburg, Bezos, or Trump. Which hard to believe as much as Trump likes to put his name on things, I am sure there will be plenty of monuments to dear leader but they will have zero benefit other than ego aggrandizement.
We have jumped the track and are on our way to OZ. Trump is not in office yet, please let something stop that, and he has made a big deal out of taking back the Panama Canal, annexing Green Land, by force if necessary, making Canada the 51st state, and renaming the Gulf of Mexico. Nothing like pissing off allies and causing caous which is what he is good at. The fires in California are the govenors fault, something about water, but since it is a state that did not vote for him it will not get federal help if he can help it. More blatant stupidity for the sake of a bruised ego. All these distractions but nothing about how to make good on all the promises about lowering prices in the grocery store or the drug store, just bull shit to distract from serious matters. Again, all of those that voted for him, did you not see this coming? He only keeps promises to wealthy donors and he isn't real good at that. His biggest efforts are directed at how much he can steal from the nation before he is again out of office. Oh, amd keep in mind, he will not be prosecuted for crimes because of the Supreme Courts complicit stupidity. We are definitely in for one of the most corrupt none functional administrations that has ever been put into place anywhere in the free world. The latest and greatest is the fact that the republicans in the House of Representative have put together a bill to allow Trump to buy back the Panama Canal. We are being told that we need to cut back on Social Security, Medicare, sell the Post Office turn schools back to the states, close libraries, but we can cut takes on the rich and now buy the canal. Are we out of money or are we being witness to another round of ass kissing for the sake of pleasing Trump. Again, the question is to the American public, what were you thinking in Novenmber? Moving ahead to the future, hoping we actually have one, the goal will be to return a sense of normalcy to the nation, the economy and to common sense. Caous is the currency of the Trump periods. He likes to keep things stirred up so that he is not being closely watched while he depletes the national treasury. He made a forturne from charging for hotel space for secret service while he played golf to putting his hand out to every second rate charleton you can imagine. Sell some secrets, give up the names of undercover agents and let them be found and killed, doesn't matter he made money off those deaths and that is the only point we need to know. The entire reason for his push to get back in the Presidency has nothing to do with the betterment of America, it is all about the enrichment of Trump. He claims to be our favorite President. He is the most despised of our Presidents. We have had some good and some bad and a few that were unfortunate enough to die in office. There were a couple that got killed in office and the reason for that is because they were doing far to good a job of running the country and it pissed someone off. Trump will not be one of those types, he may die in office but it will most likely be from chocking to death on his ego. The comment has been made that the conformation hearings are rather childish. The truth is that we have been subjected to the preschool antics of the people that are supposed to be running the country ever since Trump entered the field of politics. He does not know the english language well enough to articulate a full sentence that does not sound like it came from a first grade primer book. He spends most of his time whining about how badly his treated and how he intends to punish everyone that doesn't show the necessary deference to him. His life has been a on going shit show and it will continue into death. With any amount of luck when he dies they will put him in a pile of dung. The lack of any productive agenda by the incoming administration proves that they are not working to make things better for the majority of us but rather for the minority, particularly the wealthy minority of us. They wish to cut taxes on the rich and impose more taxes on the middle and lower class. They don't see the need to raise minimum wages but they do see a need to impose excessive tariffs on all imports, which makes everything more costly and lowers the value of what income everyone has. That is the justification for cutting taxes on the rich, but not on anyone else. Many of these people are from the far right politically which means, if you listen to their bull shit, they are religious and are very pious. Truth be told they must be using the Trump bible for their worship as I would guess that dear Don has taken the place of Jesus.
Trump wants to end birth rite citzenship, which is in the 14th Amendment. If we are unwilling to violate that clause why are we violating the mandate in section 3? One item saves people that are born here of foreign born parents, the other item will save the nation from rule by an idiot. Someone needs to push back on the insurection clause and end this foolishness before it gets going.
Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump are two presidential phoenixes rising from the ashes of electoral defeat. But in the land of second chances, some sequels are best left on the cutting-room floor. Cleveland’s second act was a tragedy in four years, a cautionary tale the GOP seems hellbent on remaking, this time with more hairspray and fewer facts.
In 1892, Cleveland, like Trump in 2024, was resurrected by unwavering party loyalty despite losing the previous election. Both men, separated by time but united in their disdain for the “establishment,” demanded fealty with the fervor of medieval kings suffering from lead poisoning.
But the true test of a leader comes not from an audacious encore but the improvisation when chaos reigns. When faced with national crises, their ability to pivot was akin to that of the Titanic avoiding its infamous iceberg — tragically nonexistent and disastrously consequential.
For Cleveland, a Democrat, it was the Panic of 1893, a severe economic depression triggered by railroad overbuilding and shaky financing, which set off a series of bank failures. Within months, unemployment skyrocketed to nearly 20%, over 15,000 companies and 500 banks failed, and farmers in the South and Midwest faced ruin as crop prices plummeted. His inflexibility exacerbated the crisis as he rigidly hung on to the gold standard and fiscal conservatism, fracturing his Democratic Party.
Former President Donald Trump, Former President Grover Cleveland.
Trump, meanwhile, faced the Covid-19 pandemic with a mix of self-absorption and pseudoscience that would make snake oil salesmen blush. Trump’s erratic policy shifts on tariffs, immigration and foreign relations threaten to create both domestic and global chaos.
Despite their contrasting styles — Cleveland’s stubborn adherence versus Trump’s mercurial shifts — both approaches risk the same disastrous end: a party in disarray. Just as Cleveland’s policies led to William Jennings Bryan’s populist takeover of the Democrats in 1896, Trump’s volatility could trigger a schism between MAGA loyalists and traditional conservatives, fracturing the GOP coalition.
his investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020.
Trump, at 78, would be the oldest president ever inaugurated. As we learned from President Joe Biden, the commander in chief’s age isn’t just a number; it can be a problem. While some argue that Trump’s base is unbreakable, history suggests that even the most seemingly unassailable political figures face internal challenges, particularly as they age. Their grip on power wanes. Why wouldn’t it? Trump’s glory days are likely behind him; Republicans need to chart a course for the future.
For Cleveland, the second-term midterms were a political bloodbath, ushering in nearly two decades of Democratic exile from power. In a stunning reversal, Republicans gained 130 seats in the House of Representatives, the largest swing in a midterm election in U.S. history, while also securing a 10-seat majority in the Senate. By 1896, Cleveland, 59, found himself a pariah in the party he once led.
If Trump’s second term is a disaster right out of the gate, his party may take a beating in the 2026 midterms. And it’s also not hard to imagine a third party capitalizing on widespread electorate cynicism toward Democrats and Republicans. After Cleveland’s presidency, the People’s Party (or Populists) briefly threatened the two-party system — until the Democrats absorbed them. As electoral cynicism reaches levels that would make Diogenes proud, the preconditions for a third party to find its footing might soon be complete.
Comebacks can be pyrrhic victories, triumphs that contain the seeds of their own destruction. Cleveland’s presidency imploded in a shower of broken promises and shattered alliances. So, too, might Trump’s — and with it, the future of a party that has hitched its wagon to a reality star that may well be a supernova in disguise. The stage is set for a performance that could reshape not just Trump’s legacy, but the very foundations of the Republican Party.
Will the GOP heed this historical cautionary tale before the midterms or are they doomed to star in a remake of a flop, hoping against hope that this time, the ending will be different? As the curtain rises on this improbable second act, one thing is certain: In the theater of American politics, the most tragic plays are often those we’ve seen before.
This article was originally published on MSNBC.com
I well aware that there is an event tomorrow that I and a lot of other people hoped would not happen, I am also aware that there are a contingent of people out there that seem to be jubilant about it unaware of the impending train wreck. The very much frustrating part of those that are 100% on board with the installation of their godking is the blind sycophancy and hypocrisy.
Case in point when Clinton lost in 2016, we were told you lost get over it… when Donny lost in 2020, according to the MAGA cult the election was rigged, and Biden was unlawfully elected. Funny how Biden could fix an election when he wasn’t President but couldn’t rig the result when he is in office. Just one of those conundrums that will perplex me till I die.
I guess the Presidency has become a popularity contest and the one who can sell the most (MADE IN CHINA) merch wins.
Here is my question for the MAGA loyalist… how does wearing a shirt or a hat or flying a flag that states in bold print, (GOD, GUNS and TRUMP) say anything about America?
GOD your version of GOD? The version of GOD that wants to ban books, marriage if it doesn’t fit their version of GODs interpretation, persecuting a portion of the population that is less than ½ of 1% because you don’t believe in pro-nouns.
GUNs because your right to carry a firearm outweighs the rights of children not to get shot in school. I am sick of the guns don’t kill people, people kill people meme… NO PEOPLE WITH GUNS KILL PEOPLE, see the connection!?
TRUMP… well what else Is there to say he’s a 34-count convicted felon, an adjudicated sexual offender that anyone with a young daughter wouldn’t let within 10 miles of their child, but let’s give him the keys again because he didn’t enough damage the first time around.
Sadly, this is the road we are on and I having a feeling COVID19 will look like a holiday… I think I said that in another post, but it bears repeating.
The presidential airplane is iconic, decorated with an American flag on the tail, the seal of the President of the United States by the door, and the words “United States of America” along the side. It’s known as Air Force One — but that term actually refers not to any specific plane, but to what is being transported. Air Force One is the radio name for any airplane that’s carrying the president of the United States. Usually, the president travels on a plane custom-designed to transport the commander in chief, nicknamed the “flying Oval Office.”
The first plane to bear the designation “Air Force One” was Columbine II, the aircraft that transported President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954. In 1953, Eisenhower’s plane, then called Air Force 8610, almost collided with a passenger plane, Eastern Air Lines 8610. The Air Force One name was born to quickly communicate to air traffic control which plane the president was on, avoiding confusion with other planes in the area.
The current presidential aircraft is a customized Boeing 747-200 (and another identical plane) first used during George H.W. Bush’s administration. It boasts three stories, a medical suite that can function as an operating room, food galleys capable of feeding 100 people, and quarters for staffers and members of the press. It’s even capable of fueling mid-flight.
Here are the definitions of 3 different ideas of how government should be run and 2 of them are very similar…
Oligarchy, government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes. Oligarchies in which members of the ruling group are wealthy or exercise their power through their wealth are known as plutocracies.
The GOP would have us all running scared that Socialism is the worst of all sins, that giving the people a say in how things should be distributed is paramount to the destruction of all that is good in this world. I hate to break it to those who refuse to learn but we have been a Social Democracy for a very long time, and those who claim we aren’t, are the first to say, “Don’t let the government touch my Medicare, Social Security, etc.” Unfortunately, they are the first to claim anyone behind them in chronological age that these programs are handouts, in affect pulling the ladder up behind them.
We have been having the word Fascism bandied around quite a bit lately and I am the first to admit that what is coming down the pipe looks a lot like it and the thought of that system taking hold in the United States is terrifying. The facts lie in the realization the Donny, wants to be Emperor, does not have a philosophy, he wants to be Oligarch just like the people he admires, Putin, Erdogan, Kim Jung Il, people that control by fear while only enriching themselves.
I can make this bold claim by pointing out that the 34 count felons’ cabinet picks are majority billionaires and millionaires. This narcissist wants his face on a mountain and his face on the currency like any monarch and for a least the first two years of his tyranny he will have little stop gaps in what he wants, only we the people can shut him down with our voices and our dollars. He has the world richest ass hole licking his ear and a bunch of other money hogs kissing his feet, any of them that can read know what Putin did to the wealthy that opposed him. I don’t think Donald has those kinds of stones, but the Richie Riches of the world know that it has happened. Kiss the ring and your fortunes continue, don’t and breathing may be the next thing you lose. Sorry for such a bleak view of our imminent future and I hope I am wrong, all I do know is the fight just got real.
Esoteric Meandering Shouting Into the Void 
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