The Official "Damned Trump" Thread

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Calls for invoking the 25th Amendment, most from Democrats. https://constitutioncenter.org/interacti...ndment-xxv

It would take just nine Republicans to remove him. I don’t see it happening.

Boru

[The Grand Nudger]

The political media gossip is that the GOP has decided he'd have to try it -again- before they thought about standing up. Some weird variation of a three strikes law?

[Brian37]

Calls for invoking the 25th Amendment, most from Democrats. https://constitutioncenter.org/interacti...ndment-xxv

It would take just nine Republicans to remove him. I don’t see it happening.

Boru

Doesn't seem likely. But damn, even Bill Barr has jumped ship.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The political media gossip is that the GOP has decided he'd have to try it -again- before they thought about standing up.  Some weird variation of a three strikes law?

That seems fair. His attempted insurrection fizzled, so he deserves a do-over.

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

It would take just nine Republicans to remove him. I don’t see it happening.

Boru

Doesn't seem likely. But damn, even Bill Barr has jumped ship.

Bill Barr isn’t one of the nine.

Boru

[The Grand Nudger]

It all tracks and seems fair when you have a good hold on who and what you're dealing with, doesn't it, lol.

Bill had already jumped ship...and I wondered then what was too much for him. Who knows, maybe this..but if this wasn't it........then....?

[Rev. Rye]

And even his cabinet are actually going so far as to consider invoking the 25th Amendment and removing him from power themselves.

https://www.kwch.com/2021/01/07/cbs-news...ent-trump/

Utterly irrelevant observation (given the seriousness of the issue):

If Trump gets successfully 25th-ed, Pence will assume the presidency until Biden's inauguration. So, some questions:

-Does that make Pence the 46th president, or will his official title be something like 'Acting President', 'Interim President', etc?

-Will he get an official presidential portrait?

-Will he get a presidential pension and other post-presidency perks?

-Will he have to choose a vice-president?

-Will this invalidate the outcome of all previous trivia games that hinged on the question, 'Which president had the shortest term in office?' If so, who can I write to about getting my record changed?

-Why do so many people believe the myth that the Great Wall of China can be seen from the Moon?

Boru

I suspect that, given the timing (like the fact that this happened during a lame duck period with a maximum of 13 days until the peaceful transition of power that he has gone on record as supporting), Pence probably wouldn’t be given the full title of President.

As for the last one, I dunno, because they only take its sheer length into account and the fact that it’s more narrow than a modern freeway doesn’t even register as a relevant variable for some reason?

[The Grand Nudger]

It used to be in childrens books about the wonders of the world. That exact assertion - that it could be seen from space. It's not any process of thinking about length or width.

Ironically, a bunch of narrow roads are some of the most visible objects from space. It's not so much the width of the wall as it is it's irregular or broken geometry.
(with respect to modern laser leveled gps plotted roads, ofc)

[Fireball]

I served in the Navy, '72-'76. In my rating, there were few guys who even went to services on Sunday. I was in a medical holding company in '74 after my ruptured appendix was removed, and one buddy who was an electronics tech kept trying to get me to go to one of his religious meetings. Wasn't happening. The "A" school for electronics techs was rampant with christ-punchers, though. My eldest son is currently in the Air Force, and lives off base specifically because senior NCOs keep rounding up the lower echelons for bible study whenever they can.

I  joined '69, fourteen hours after graduating from high school. In boot camp I was ordered to attend a church service each week. I hope my snores weren't disruptive.

After boot camp I put "Zoroastrian" in the "Religion" box.

My last ship, we were asked if anyone needed new dog tags. One guy got new ones with "Druid" as the religion. 

[arewethereyet]

I just dug out my dog tags...says Roman Catholic. Not that it would have mattered either way - last rites or no, dead is dead. MEH

I went through basic in Alabama and by the accents of the drills I would guess most weren't far from home. Sunday mornings were either spent going to church somewhere, I assume, or hanging out at the barracks doing extra chores. We were in old WWII barracks that could never be clean enough. There was never an issue with not going to some chapel somewhere. Those of us who stayed at the barracks actually had a pretty good time...no supervision, the fussy girls were off praying. It just wasn't an issue.