And, for all we know, Rump entered the hospital, went straight to their cafeteria, had a "hamberder" and diet coke, never saw his brother at all... and exited into his waiting car, smiling for the photographers...
Sadly, I'm only being half facetious here....
That sounds like something that could be reported to a local news outlet. I'm sure they'd be happy to report on how hard it is for people to drop off their ballots.
Here is my reply from the other thread:
I'm sorry that I can't remember where I read it or find a link to it, but I recently read an article about "freedoms" in the US vs. the rest of the world (it was an opinion piece, not research based).
My takeaway from that article was this: In the US, Americans perceive freedom, but the freedoms perceived are abstract (e.g., the right to pursue happiness, freedom of religion), whereas in the rest of the world (referring to free societies), the freedoms enjoyed are concrete (e.g., not losing your house or retirement if you get sick or lose your job).
In part due to how our system of public education has been destroyed over the last 6-7 decades, Americans are ignorant and brainwashed. Many lack basic analytical skills that would enable them to see through the conmen who are oppressing us now. They view these abstract concepts as concrete, with no awareness that there is nothing concrete to hold them up.
Let me give you an example: according to the Second Amendment to our Constitution (composed in 1789), we have the right to "bear arms". Americans interpret this literally, many own lots of weapons including guns. The founders of the country wanted their new, untested country to be able to protect itself from tyrants and "foreign potentates". The intention was not for Americans to wield weapons against each other, but that's how it has played out. The founders also said that if the US government became tyrannical, that the citizenry should use their weapons to overthrow it BUT in about 1840 the Sedition Act was created, which makes it illegal to overthrow the government or for any state to secede from the union of states.
Which brings me to another problem: We are a confederation of states forming a republic. With 50 states plus a handful of offshore territories (e.g., PR, Samoa), there is no unity of anything. Laws are a complete patchwork across the board, as are social services and taxation.
For people not from the US who don't know - people who reside in Washington DC do not have a vote in federal elections. They get no say in who the president is. The city budget is directed by Congress, and they have no elected representatives except for one observer in the House of Representatives who does not get to vote on bills, laws, etc. They pay taxes like everyone else, though. In fact, the slogan on their license plates is "Taxation Without Representation". The founders did not want the capital of the US to be a place for people to live, it was meant to be a temporary residence for those serving the federal government to be while they were working a few months a year, but much like everything else, that's not how it turned out.
The problems in the US go back to its founding. The Constitution is deeply flawed and may turn out to be unfixable because in order to change it, each state gets a say in how to change it, and too many rural states have neo-conservative leadership that would end up turning us into a true oligo-theocracy.
Pray for us.
As for me, if I could move to Utrecht tomorrow, I would...
@melmystery @saibh I agree. It's a good idea and is based on your first hand experience.
Hi, I am new to all this and began reading this message board earlier this month. Earlier this month I came across several posts on this thread predicting that Trump is or would become seriously ill this summer. I printed out the most interesting ones and glued them in my diary. When I have seen Trump on TV since then, he still looks about the same as he always has to my untrained eyes. However, this past weekend, his brother Robert died after being sick for a while.
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Is it possible that the people seeing Trump's illness were actually seeing his brother's illness?
This post by tbs is especially interesting to me now: https://www.jeannemayell.com/community/postid/30848/
It talks about the natural death of an older white man who is not necessarily Trump in the White House during the summer and how "This will start the ending." While I don't think that Robert Trump was physically in the White House at the time he died, he is an older white man who died of natural causes during the summer who has a link to the White House. I don't know much about the internal goings on of Trump's family/family business, but is Robert Trump significant enough to start the ending? In the CNN report I linked, it sounds like Robert Trump at least got involved in the whole drama over Mary Trump's book.
Regarding Republicans seeking to change the nomination. It likely won’t happen but one person was gonna try in 2016
https://www.businessinsider.com/katie-walsh-led-secret-talks-to-remove-trump-2016-ticket-2020-8
@lovendures - drip drip drip
Your wish has been granted. This is a tweet I just read.
“I hope the Postmaster General comes prepared. I know I will.“
Katie Porter
@jeanne-mayell like I said, Jeanne, Democrats will crawl over broken glass this year to vote! That’s why Trump is trying to sabotage the vote.
@lenor Eric Swalwell has a very bright future ahead of him.
When do you think T will blame the Post Master for this fiasco? If he thinks this is going bad, and it is, he will through him under the bus. There are already stories about people waiting for the medications that are a week overdue. One guy is waiting for his heart medicine.