#BYEDON 2020 - The End Better Fucking Be Near

[Sid]

I always find it hillarious talking to my parent’s generation when it involves a password. All of them like short words or a random jumble of letters and symbols. As a hacker I like long strings with multiple words and such. Typically they complain about why I make passwords so hard.

Far better protection is that after an x-amount of failures there follows an access denied. Just like with the pin-codes of the bank cards and their digipass (at least that's how it works here in NL)

 

[danielravennest]

Hmm..maybe you saw specific mention of this? I just see election results?

It was listed as one of the "battleground" states, although Trump lost it by 7 points. They just listed all seven of the ten battleground states he lost, but not the three he won.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Well, I didn't see that coming

 

[Sid]

.... the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away.....
Praise the Lord.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Well, I didn't see that coming

 

[Free]

Well, I didn't see that coming

He's been 4 years without an enemy to rail against. It's been quite a dry spell.

 

[Free]

Engaging With Trump’s Die-Hard Supporters Isn’t Productive

The loyalists who still cling to conspiracy theories should be deprived of the attention they seek.

www.theatlantic.com

Instead, I am talking about the people who are giving Trump their full-throated support to the very end, even as he mulls a military coup; the people who buy weird paintings of Trump crossing the Delaware, or who believe that Trump is an agent of Jesus Christ, or who think that Trump is fighting a blood-drinking ring of pedophiles. These supporters have gone far beyond political loyalty and have succumbed to a kind of mass delusion. It is not possible to engage them. Indeed, to argue with them is to legitimize their beliefs, which itself is unhealthy for our democracy.

I don’t want to treat our fellow citizens with open contempt, or to confront and berate them. Rather, I am arguing for silence. The Trump loyalists who still cling to conspiracy theories and who remain part of a cult of personality should be deprived of the attention they seek, shunned for their antidemocratic lunacy, and then outvoted at the ballot box.

Not sure about all that, but definitely agree here:

If we’ve learned one thing about “Trumpism,” it is that there is no such thing as “Trumpism.” No content anchors it; no program or policy comes from it. No motivating ideology stands behind it, unless we think of general grievance and a hatred of cultural and intellectual elites as an “idea.” And when views are incoherent and beliefs are rooted in fantasies, compromise is impossible. Further engagement is not only unwarranted, but it can also become counterproductive.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Trump's private bankers resign from Deutsche Bank | CNN Business

The private bankers to President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner have resigned from Deutsche Bank, the bank said.

www.cnn.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Trump's private bankers resign from Deutsche Bank | CNN Business

The private bankers to President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner have resigned from Deutsche Bank, the bank said.

www.cnn.com

Quite apart from the bankers' and the bank's possible legal exposure, it seems to me only sensible that the team handling the bank's relationship with Trump would have to be replaced now, since the bank's relationship with Trump will fundamentally change as it tries to end its relationship with him when his debts to them of $400 million, guaranteed against his personal wealth, fall due.

I can't see that being a pain-free exercise for anyone, so it would make sense to have a new team of heavies take over from the Trump whisperers who have kept things ticking over until now.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Spoiler: Send in Pauly

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

After 2 years, Donald Trump Jr. still holds the prize for Most Cringeworthy Christmas Tree Topper

As Christmas draws near and we learn that Baby Yoda is now a more popular tree topper than angels, our thoughts turn lightly to the worst topper we’ve ever seen – this offering shared by Donald Trump Jr. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Donald Trump Jr. (@donaldjtrumpjr) on Dec 2...

www.thepoke.co.uk

 

[Free]

Trump turns on Pence, McConnell and White House counsel Cipollone in desperate final days

Trump views Pence as not fighting hard enough for him.

www.axios.com

Inside title for the piece: Trump turns on everyone

Trump thinks everyone around him is weak, stupid or disloyal — and increasingly seeks comfort only in people who egg him on to overturn the election results. We cannot stress enough how unnerved Trump officials are by the conversations unfolding inside the White House.

Looks like we're now on the totally lost it watch.

(Edit: added quote text.)

 

[Free]

Oh, and of course, all those pardons.

Trump Goes Whole Hog, Grants Pardons For House Allies And Russia Probe Figures

President Trump went on pardon tear Tuesday night as his presidency wanes, with the White House announcing grants of clemency...

talkingpointsmemo.com

 

[Free]

Some other xmas gifts from the Criminal in Chief for those who don't require legal repairs.

Trump Gives Loyalists Ric Grenell, Hope Hicks, Pam Bondi Gigs On His Way Out

President Donald Trump on Tuesday added more loyalists to the long list of friends who’ve gotten plum jobs as he...

talkingpointsmemo.com

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

It was bound to happen and there's nothing we can do about it.

Insofar as the Russia probe guys - notice that so far several of them were busted solely for lying to the FBI and nothing else. I do not know how likely it is that, anticipating pardons, the relevant DAs may have back-burnered more serious charges that can be picked up and brought against them after Trump is gone and no longer able to obstruct justice. Probably not very likely. But, I mean, it's a fun thing to wish for.

 

[detrius]

After 2 years, Donald Trump Jr. still holds the prize for Most Cringeworthy Christmas Tree Topper

As Christmas draws near and we learn that Baby Yoda is now a more popular tree topper than angels, our thoughts turn lightly to the worst topper we’ve ever seen – this offering shared by Donald Trump Jr. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Donald Trump Jr. (@donaldjtrumpjr) on Dec 2...

www.thepoke.co.uk

Sooo... Lucifer?

 

[Ashiri]

It was bound to happen and there's nothing we can do about it.

Insofar as the Russia probe guys - notice that so far several of them were busted solely for lying to the FBI and nothing else. I do not know how likely it is that, anticipating pardons, the relevant DAs may have back-burnered more serious charges that can be picked up and brought against them after Trump is gone and no longer able to obstruct justice. Probably not very likely. But, I mean, it's a fun thing to wish for.

We will know on the 21st.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Sooo... Lucifer?

No, Blathoxi and John Constantine, more like

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Read Hellblazer Issue #3 comic online free and high quality. Unique reading type: All pages - just need to scroll to read next page.

readcomiconline.to

Blimey -- that was first published in March 88, or 32 years ago.

 

[Free]

It was bound to happen and there's nothing we can do about it.

We may not be able to stop Trump from tossing pardons left and right, but there's a LOT we can do about it.