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1. 1 day ago on Clay Jones

   — I certainly agree that just because Trump says something, like being a germaphobe or not drinking, is no reason to accept it as fact. If the only reason we “know” something is that Trump said so, we don’t really know it, given his lengthy history of prevarication.

   I do not agree that the condom example has any bearing, either way, on Trump’d claim about being a germaphobe. The fact that he first grilled her about STD testing in the porn industry (monthly testing required), her personal test result history, and the fact that she worked at a studio that had a 100% mandatory policy of condom use before making intimate contact (which she testified came across as very unusual pre-intimacy conversation; not like how it usually went), is actually consistent with his claim.

   Trump made sure HE was protected before proceeding, but cared nothing about ensuring that his partner was protected.

2. 1 day ago on Clay Jones

   But of course the evangelical conservative “Christians” who love to wag their moralistic fingers in everyone else’s faces and lecture them about “family values,” are all hunky-dory with supporting a thrice-married serial adulterer, who has openly cheated on all of his wives, including with a porn star and Playboy nude model (“Playmate of the year!”).

   So it turns out it was all phony, all hypocrisy and all a big scam to take the “tithes and offerings” from the gullible suckers, many of whom live paycheck-to-paycheck, while the televangelist pastors (Talibangelical Christofascists) take all their money to build lavish mansions, yachts and even private jets, you know, like Jesus would have done.

   Trump’s defense lawyers tried to object to the part about Trump not wearing a condom as being irrelevant and unnecessarily inflammatory.

   No, it was extremely relevant for what it reveals about Trump.

   He first asked Stormy about STD test results (required of porn actors) and she said she never had a bad test because she worked for the only porn studio that had a mandatory condom policy. So once Trump was reassured that HE was safe, he had no problem with exposing his victim to whatever dangers he brought.

   Secondly, if she got pregnant, she could get an abortion at a time before Trump single-handedly engineered the overturning of Roe v Wade. If the same situation were to occur today, his victim would no longer have the same freedoms they enjoyed at that time in many states.

   But again, evangelical hypocrites, who have repeatedly proved the hollow emptiness of their “family values” refrains, are perfectly fine with all that.

3. 1 day ago on Clay Jones

   When a 60-year old man tells a 27-year-old porn star (as happened in their encounter in 2006, 18 years ago) she reminds him of his daughter and then has unprotected sex with her, he is definitely creepy and definitely a bigger threat than the bear.

   Trump, a long-time pal of Jeffrey Epstein, is a pervert — proven by court judgments, allegations from more than 26 additional women with cases pending, and even his own admission.

   Do a Google search on “Trump wants sex with his daughter video” (preferably constrain the search to YouTube and you can find a montage of video clips of Trump fantasizing about sex with his daughter Ivanka while she is sitting right next to him. (I have posted the actual link many times here in GoComics, but it is easy to find; also disgustingly gross.)

   Additionally, Trump bragged on tape (Howard Stern show) about barging in on MISS USA and MISS UNIVERSE pageant contestants while they were undressed, and even UNDRESSED UNDERAGE MISS TEEN USA contestants.

   And this does not even include openly cheating on all three of his wives, and paying hush money to porn stars and Playboy nude models for which he is now being tried criminally for falsifying business records to cover it up in violation of election laws.

   No moral, decent person can support such a wanton pervert who also mocks people with disabilities, ridicules war heroes and gold star families (while he bribed a doctor to falsify a claim of bone spurs) and tried to foment a violent overthrow of a full, free and fair election he had lost.

   But the TrumpubliKKKlan cult worshipping Talibangelical religious nut jobs who love to wag their moralistic fingers in everyone else’s faces embrace him as their new deity — the Golden Calf grew up to become the Wall $treet Bull, and now has devolved into the Mar-a-Lago Bu11$h!tter — and literally fashioned a golden (fools’ gold) idol at a CPAC convention that people photographed themselves bowing down to.

4. 2 days ago on Mike Luckovich

   — Yes, I have verified your correction that the worm was not removed. It is still there as a hardened lump.

   And yes, I have seen the reports that he ate tuna and other mercury-laden species for years. As for the irony of being an environmental lawyer who should have known better (or did know and recklessly did it anyway), that odd juxtaposition was specifically pointed out.

5. 2 days ago on Mike Luckovich

   — Thank you for your concern. I pop up when I have something to say, which is not every day.

6. 2 days ago on Mike Luckovich

   continuation …

   6. In the meantime, more to the subject of this thread, Tuesday was the Indiana primary election. Nikki Haley, who dropped out of the race more than three months ago and has not campaigned since, won 21% of the vote. This is consistent with all the post-Super Tuesday primaries.

   ONE FIFTH or Republican voters are voting against Trump, even when there is no longer any viable alternative in their party’s primary.

   Some may decide to go for Biden.

   Some true conservatives may decide they can never vote for Biden. For these voters, brain-worm mercury-poisoned memory-impaired (all his own admissions) RFK Jr may be preferable to a con man serial adulterer rapist con man who pays hush money to porn stars and Playboy nude model 1998 “Playmate of the Year.”

   But sure, Talibangelical christofascits, keep wagging your moralistic fingers in our faces and preaching “family values,” you disgusting hypocrites.

7. 2 days ago on Mike Luckovich

   Whiny crybaby Trump has whined and cried that, boo-hoo, having to show up in court four days a week has kept him off the campaign trail.

   Boo hoo, crybaby snowflake.

   The facts are as follows:

   1. Trump is not the president of the United States, and has not been since January 20, 2021.

   2. Trump currently holds no official position (speaking officially, pending the Republican National Convention, he is not even — officially — the nominee of the Republican Party).

   3. He has been indicted by a local grand jury in a state court (no, Joe Biden nor the Department of Justice, which are at the federal level, have even the slightest involvement in this state / local judicial proceeding.

   4. Many, many of those who are being held in custody pending trial, without bail (where Trump will be if he keeps violating lawful gag orders), had day jobs that were impacted by the fact of their pre-trial incarceration. Trump has been given far more chances than any other defendant would have been given (yes, the wealthy elite can buy greater access to judicial protection than other civil or criminal defendants). Whiny crybaby Trump whines about how badly he is being treated (boo hoo, crybaby snowflake), but no other defendant in his position would still be out on “own recognizance.”

   5. Whiny crybaby Trump whines about being kept off the campaign trail. He is not in court on Wednesdays. He was not in court yesterday (Wednesday). He did not use that time to campaign. He flew to Mar-a-Lardo to host a reception for investors in his NFT (non-fungible-token) scam trading cards. The con comes first. The scam comes first. The grift comes first.

   continues …

8. 2 days ago on Mike Luckovich

   — I understand your concern and I agree with your perspective (about treating rumors as truth). I do not agree that anything I have said contravenes that perspective, nor did you cite any example of such. If you wish to cite a specific example, which you did not, I will be happy to consider it.

9. 3 days ago on Mike Luckovich

   — As for who RFK Jr draws votes away from … just as Trump “loves the uneducated” (who are the only ones, other than the few richest elites who benefit from his corporate welfare and tax giveaways to the rich, gullible enough to vote for him), the “uneducated” who hate those “ivy league eggheads” and prefer the mentally impaired who let them feel superior may actually see RFK Jr as a less morally-challenged alternative to Trump.

   Initially, the Kennedy name was siphoning support from Biden. But with the Kennedy family endorsing Biden, and Kennedy’s mental challenges being revealed, along with his anti-vaxx and other conspiracy theories, and promising to consider pardoning the treasonous January 6 traitors, that equation may change. He may end up drawing more from Trump and actually help Biden.

   Deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole. Curiouser and curiouser.

10. 3 days ago on Mike Luckovich

    — I don’t think RFK Jr was a drug criminal for years. He was a respected and successful (and yes, articulate) environmental attorney. His anti-vax lunacy and his descent into bizarre conspiracy theories only came about after the period in which it was discovered that a parasitic worm had eaten portions of his brain, that he had mercury poisoning and that he had suffered memory loss.

    But since that tragic sequence of events did unfold, yes, he should sit down and shut up.

    I share the perspective of the Kennedy family. They love their brother, cousin, nephew, father, but they know how utterly and tragically impaired he is and that he should not be anywhere near occupancy of the White House.

    As for Trump, he says he does not drink (if the only way we know something about Trump, an inveterate liar, is that he told us, do we really “know it”?). He says nothing about drugs. He sniffs and snorts like a coke head. There were widespread rumors that drugs flowed freely in the Trump White House. It seems a much better fit for Trump.