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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe new TIME cover is really quite something
Link to tweet
http://time.com/4696428/donald-trump-war-state-government/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)kpete
(71,900 posts)fixed, and thanks,
kp
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)demmiblue
(36,744 posts)amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,892 posts)I can't think of a greater threat our democracy has ever faced. Anyone?
neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)Oh wait, that was the 14th Century. Nevermind.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,119 posts)Look for fine print in their health care financing bill that proposes that leeches be covered for all medical care.
Oh, and I think his tie needs to hang at least six inches lower.
neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)It sickens me (no pun intended) to imagine a major pandemic breaking out while these people are in power.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,119 posts)The CDC uses it to help states deliver vaccines, watch for infectious diseases, keep an eye out for lead in water, promote breastfeeding in hospitals, prevent suicide and watch out for hospital-associated infections. It totals $931 million for 2017.
"It really is a core activity," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, the CDC's acting director.
Not to worry, though. Only "those" people are susceptible to things like bird flu and Ebola.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)jmowreader
(50,451 posts)Turns out there are several conditions where leeches are really good therapy.
Here's the problem: You've heard the term "blood-sucking leech." That is exactly what leeches do, and for conditions where you need blood removed from the patient (such as a reattached limb - until the venous system reestablishes itself, blood will be pumped into the tissues where you don't want it, it'll clot...and the clots will break free and screw you up) they're good therapy. The name is "hirudotherapy."
Have you ever seen the Far Side cartoon about Equine Medicine? The one where the book had this long list of horse diseases, and the treatment for all of them was "shoot"? That was kinda like people medicine in the 1800s, but then it was "bloodletting." And leeches are bloodletting tools. When it became apparent that "cut a hole in the patient and let him drain" didn't cure everything, leeches fell out of favor.
This is what fucks the GOP regarding leeches: the damn things are $24 apiece. As in one, which isn't enough for anyone.
Initech
(99,914 posts)Trans people using the bathroom of their choice? Absolutely not. White fundamentalist Christians with a superiority complex? Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding!!!!!
PatSeg
(46,794 posts)Blowing in the wind and hitting his privates.
Bucky
(53,795 posts)But this has the potential to get into that zone. Thankfully, Trump is probably too stupid to be an existential threat to the country. He's "merely" a personal threat to the health & safety of millions of citizens.
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)llmart
(15,499 posts)that would express exactly how I feel, but you said what I feel.
Disgusting POS. He's not even good enough to be a deplorable.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)He's much, much worse.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Oh well, he is the disgusting POS's POS
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)dalton99a
(81,065 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)SpankMe
(2,937 posts)ymetca
(1,182 posts)Cracked Obelisk = Flaccid Penis
llmart
(15,499 posts)but yes, you are correct.
"The Failing Penis" - Good name for him.
SMC22307
(8,088 posts)glad I wasn't alone.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Where is the scotch tape?
Oops, the thought of DT's genitalia...
Danascot
(4,664 posts)nt
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)because of our stupid safety filters
sooooo......
pls give a url or actual pic
thx
llmart
(15,499 posts)The doofus in chief doesn't even know how to dress properly.
He's not going to like that cover. I guess Time will be on his shit list next, if it already isn't.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)HaHaHa. Never has a Prez been so trolled. He's shutting down the press, but the press is opening fire on him!
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)and 2. cant spell or read well enough to do it.
This is known about him.
And yet, half the country is thrilled he is running the show.
The ELECTORATE is the problem, folks.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)tavernier
(12,322 posts)in real life. His suits haven't fit him that well in 40 years.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,272 posts)Vinca
(50,170 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)The issue is not that he is a fat dumpy piece of shit, which of course, he obviously is.
stollen
(416 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Actually, we were probably more progressive in the 50s.
I don't think it is an accident, his tie. I think he is an accident, an accidental president, who is going to cause an accidental WWIII, though we are crumbling within too. It is not an accident for Bannon though.
Wow! The picture says it all. Brilliant!
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,303 posts)JudyM
(29,122 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)That's where he usually tweets from.
(Visual metaphors notwithstanding.)
applegrove
(118,018 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)which we thought was horrifying, and it was because he was a vindictive SOB. DT, through Assange, outed the whole friking CIA and all it's intelligence. DT is Assange's bitch.
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)zentrum
(9,865 posts)...helps him with his base frankly and with everyone who doesn't trust the DC bubble. I think it makes him look kind of strong to the uninformed.
I'm sure Bannon loves this pictures since he's "Deconstructor in Chief".
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,272 posts)Portraying these assholes as a wrecking crew is a compliment
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Washington DC, draining the swamp. Amazing, it could be like the deplorables comment. We see one thing and think it's horrifying, but the Deplorables relish it. For example, separating mothers and children at the border.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)To them he looks heroic in this graphic. Just doing exactly what he told them he would.
I wonder if Time was playing it both ways.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)KewlKat
(5,624 posts)WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)the thought that followed the first 'cool' was the same as yours... his base is loving this 'war'. They really are a clueless, shortsighted & bigoted (etc) bunch.