What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Jacob]

In other exciting news, it appears many Secret Service agents can no longer be paid for their overtime due to the demands of looking after Mr. Trump and his assorted family members: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/21/secret-service-cant-pay-agents-because-trumps-frequent-travel-large-family/529075001/

WASHINGTON — The Secret Service can no longer pay hundreds of agents it needs to carry out an expanded protective mission – in large part due to the sheer size of President Trump's family and efforts necessary to secure their multiple residences up and down the East Coast.

Secret Service Director Randolph "Tex" Alles, in an interview with USA TODAY, said more than 1,000 agents have already hit the federally mandated caps for salary and overtime allowances that were meant to last the entire year.

The agency has faced a crushing workload since the height of the contentious election season, and it has not relented in the first seven months of the administration. Agents must protect Trump – who has traveled almost every weekend to his properties in Florida, New Jersey and Virginia – and his adult children whose business trips and vacations have taken them across the country and overseas.

"The president has a large family, and our responsibility is required in law,'' Alles said. "I can't change that. I have no flexibility.''

[CountDeMoney]

  Fuck you, assholes.  You wanted to Grab That Pussy, you don't get to Grab That Overtime.

#SoSollySecretSquirrels #BlameTheFBI

[Jacob]

Supposedly Secret Service Agents aren't too impressed with Trump reportedly "treating them like servants" (compared to Clinton treating them "like friends", Bush  "with great respect", and Obama "like family").

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/secret-service-at-the-end-of-their-rope-after-being-treated-like-servants-by-trump-report/

[Caliga]

Wow, that's shocking.

[11B4V]

Lulz, the 3rd SS Panzer Long Division was cut in half at Kursk.

Nah, it was just the New Math that said that 45 tanks = 1 division, as opposed to Old Math that said 90.

Like the blind leading the blind for fuck's sake.

3rd SS Panzer Grenadier Div (04 July 1943)
Starting tank/AFV strength;
Panzer III=63
Panzer IV=52
Tigers=15
StuG=35

[CountDeMoney]

If the 3rd SS Panzer has zero Jews and Poland has 10 Jews, how many Jews does the 3rd SS Panzer have?  Zero.

[The Minsky Moment]

Darkness is descending, all across America.

Also there is some kind of solar eclipse that is going to happen.

[derspiess]

Darkness is descending, all across America.

Also there is some kind of solar eclipse that is going to happen.

Reason did it: https://youtu.be/kfXQwx9ytiw

[viper37]

/quote]
there is nothing preventing that.  In fact, I think Tim posted a story that his close staff gives him a report everyday with carefully selected tweets and news reports from Fox News.

so, posting fake Tweets and reporting them to him?  Not above them.

[Savonarola]

Actual News Story:

Yes, Donald Trump really did look into the sky during the solar eclipse

I was wondering where the real CNN had gone for the past month..

[alfred russel]

Actual News Story:

Yes, Donald Trump really did look into the sky during the solar eclipse

I was wondering where the real CNN had gone for the past month..

The idea that it is dangerous to look very briefly into the sun - solar eclipse or not - is really stupid.

The absence of a bunch of eye injuries today should have clued CNN that their initial reporting of "Any amount of looking at it is too long.
Even the smallest amount of exposure can cause blurry vision or temporary blindness. The problem is, you won't know whether it's temporary." was stupid.

Yeah, I get that looking into the sun for a prolonged period, or even a few seconds is dangerous. But a quick glance is surely okay. I don't know when those protective glasses were invented, but eclipses didn't have southern england going blind when the eclipse went by London.

[Liep]

Actual News Story:

Yes, Donald Trump really did look into the sky during the solar eclipse

I was wondering where the real CNN had gone for the past month..

https://twitter.com/jules_su/status/899707355180527616

[mongers]

Actual News Story:

Yes, Donald Trump really did look into the sky during the solar eclipse

I was wondering where the real CNN had gone for the past month..

The idea that it is dangerous to look very briefly into the sun - solar eclipse or not - is really stupid.

The absence of a bunch of eye injuries today should have clued CNN that their initial reporting of "Any amount of looking at it is too long.
Even the smallest amount of exposure can cause blurry vision or temporary blindness. The problem is, you won't know whether it's temporary." was stupid.

Yeah, I get that looking into the sun for a prolonged period, or even a few seconds is dangerous. But a quick glance is surely okay. I don't know when those protective glasses were invented, but eclipses didn't have southern england going blind when the eclipse went by London.

 

[grumbler]

Today, I was followed by a moon shadow.  Moon shadow, moon shadow

[dps]

The idea that it is dangerous to look very briefly into the sun - solar eclipse or not - is really stupid.

No, it's quite true that it's dangerous to look directly at the sun, eclipse or not.  It's not hugely dangerous--people do it every day with no harm done, but there is a danger.

The idea that it's more dangerous to look directly at the sun during an eclipse is quite stupid.  But generally, when they say not to, they're not saying that because they think it's more dangerous during an eclipse, but simply because more people are likely to look during an eclipse.