What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Jacob]

Forbes Magazine says: "If you hire any of Trump's liars, we'll assume your company is lying too": https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2021/01/07/a-truth-reckoning-why-were-holding-those-who-lied-for-trump-accountable/?sh=56f88cc95710

[Josquius]

What's the story with Kevin Sorbo? I liked him (haven't heard about him since Andromeda) and he seemed like a decent fellow.

He's apparently been a cook for quite some time, even somewhat back in his Hercules days.

Yep. YouTube is packed with stuff about "gods not dead". A horrific strawman film about how atheists believe in God they just choose not to believe in him....
Ja.
E. G.

https://youtu.be/U5tv10RpEPg

When I first learned of this I was really surprised though. Hercules seems a very odd role for a fundamentalist Christian.

[Darth Wagtaros]

What's the story with Kevin Sorbo? I liked him (haven't heard about him since Andromeda) and he seemed like a decent fellow.

He's apparently been a cook for quite some time, even somewhat back in his Hercules days.

Yep. YouTube is packed with stuff about "gods not dead". A horrific strawman film about how atheists believe in God they just choose not to believe in him....
Ja.
E. G.

https://youtu.be/U5tv10RpEPg

When I first learned of this I was really surprised though. Hercules seems a very odd role for a fundamentalist Christian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5tv10RpEPg

A good review of that from Wisecrack.

[grumbler]

What's the story with Kevin Sorbo? I liked him (haven't heard about him since Andromeda) and he seemed like a decent fellow.

He's apparently been a cook for quite some time, even somewhat back in his Hercules days.

Yep. YouTube is packed with stuff about "gods not dead". A horrific strawman film about how atheists believe in God they just choose not to believe in him....
Ja.
E. G.

https://youtu.be/U5tv10RpEPg

When I first learned of this I was really surprised though. Hercules seems a very odd role for a fundamentalist Christian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5tv10RpEPg

A good review of that from Wisecrack.

I think he knows that, since he linked to that very video.

[Jacob]

Two officers from the Capitol police speaking of the storming: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmanuelfelton/black-capitol-police-racism-mob

They confirm a couple of points: Upper management left them woefully underprepared, and a number of the attackers were highly organized.

The cognitive dissonance of the insurrectionists is pretty intense:

Another officer, a newer recruit, echoed these sentiments, saying that where he was on the steps to the rotunda on the east side of the Capitol, he was engaged in hand-to-hand battles trying to fight the attackers off. But he said they were outnumbered 10 to one, and described extraordinary scenes in which protesters holding Blue Lives Matter flags launched themselves at police officers.

"We were telling them to back up and get away and stop, and they're telling us, they are on our side, and they're doing this for us, and they're saying this as I'm getting punched in my face by one of them ... That happened to a lot of us. We were getting pepper sprayed in the face by those protesters, I'm not going to even call them protestors, by those domestic terrorists," said the officer.

[Syt]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/09/trump-cabinet-resignations-death-star/

I see no choice but to resign from this Death Star as it begins to explode

It is with a heavy heart and a deep sense of responsibility that I must submit my resignation, effective immediately, from my post on this Death Star. However, I see no other choice.

Now is the time for all of us to stand up from our posts and do what is right.

It's been an honor to work on this Death Star. I love the aesthetic. I love how I've been able to pursue my greatest passion: destroying planets and pressing buttons. I love my little hat that is a sunshade for no reason! I love the easy-to-access computer interfaces, the blast-door equipped hallways and that one area we can access only by pressing a button to extend a bridge. Our design always made a lot of sense to me! And I love our reliable trash disposal system and the little one-eyed tentacle fella that lives in it. In general, I'm proud of this station and of what we've achieved on it, together.

Sure, there have been moments with which I disagreed. Lord Vader and I don't always see eye to eye; in fact, I have no idea where he is looking in that creepy helmet of his. I didn't like when he tried to choke my colleague, or my other colleague, or that additional different colleague who later passed away. But I stayed at my post because I knew that my work mattered, and I was helping Grand Moff Tarkin keep the regional governors in line.

I understand that there might be some confusion about what exactly I'm doing, and why I'm doing this now, but I don't think there should be. I am objecting, on principle, to staying on this Death Star for a single additional second. To those of you who would question my motives: I did know for a long time that the place I worked was a Death Star, but I have to say, until today, I didn't understand that it was also very vulnerable to assault by a small one-man fighter because of a design flaw!

Destroying planets and using fear of this battle station to keep the local systems in line was my No. 1 passion until — about 30 seconds ago, weirdly! That was when I saw the X-wings that had evaded our turbo-lasers and were proceeding down a trench toward our vulnerable thermal exhaust port — and realized I had to speak up. I thought: What if remorselessly destroying planets isn't my passion? What if my real passion is staying alive and avoiding the consequences of my actions?

The only thing I hate more than the population of the planet Alderaan, who totally deserved it, is consequences. Consequences and not having a job! I think any galaxy in which I had to face a consequence for my past work on this weapon would be a sad one. That would be divisive and the last thing we need. So I hope that when the history of this moment is written, I will be remembered as someone who stood on principle.

Technically, I am standing on an evacuation shuttle, if I can make it there in time. But mostly principle.

[celedhring]

That reads more like an Onion article than a "serious press" op-ed, but I guess that's the reality we live in 

[garbon]

How many Republicans are open about liking to hurt people?

[Solmyr]

What's the story with Kevin Sorbo? I liked him (haven't heard about him since Andromeda) and he seemed like a decent fellow.

He's apparently been a cook for quite some time, even somewhat back in his Hercules days.

What dish is he known for?

Crazy cocktail.

[Razgovory]

That reads more like an Onion article than a "serious press" op-ed, but I guess that's the reality we live in 

Petri does comic stuff.

[The Brain]

She can dish it out, but can she take it?

[Duque de Bragança]

Reminds me, I need to watch Bitch Slap again. Not for Sorbo, mind.

He only has an extended cameo, at best, there anyways.

[Maladict]

I wonder what would have happened if the mob had succesfully occupied the Capitol, cleared it of police presence and dug themselves in?
What would they have gotten their hands on, as far as sensitive information? And would the response have been to storm the building as soon as possible, or protracted negotiations?

[Jacob]

I wonder what would have happened if the mob had succesfully occupied the Capitol, cleared it of police presence and dug themselves in?
What would they have gotten their hands on, as far as sensitive information? And would the response have been to storm the building as soon as possible, or protracted negotiations?

If they'd cleared it of police presence, they'd probably have some members of the House or Senate as hostages.

[grumbler]

I wonder what would have happened if the mob had succesfully occupied the Capitol, cleared it of police presence and dug themselves in?
What would they have gotten their hands on, as far as sensitive information? And would the response have been to storm the building as soon as possible, or protracted negotiations?

If they'd cleared it of police presence, they'd probably have some members of the House or Senate as hostages.

Ah, but that's the clever part.  Some of them were policemen!  They'd avoid the armed response by claiming that police were still in control of the building!