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Cake day: September 27th, 2023

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  • President Trump has created a unique political reality, largely by leading through instinct

    … “leading through INSTINCT”??? I get that the article is complete bullshit, but nobody has an “instinct” to be a good president. I can guarantee that all of the best presidents in history (1) understood the importance and history of their office, (2) surrounded themselves and appointed the best talents they could find, (3) proactively tried to be the best president, and (4) stayed awake during important meetings.

    The author is similarly insulting in saying “gifted athletes.” Do you know the one thing all top athletes have in common? It’s that they work their asses off. Even if they’re naturally gifted, it won’t amount to shit without putting in the work.




  • “This arrangement, now in place for 236 years, has served the country well,” Roberts wrote in the report, which was released by the Supreme Court hours before the start of the new year.

    “It was only when I started giving Trump all of the power that is supposed to lie in the Supreme Court that the arrangement started to fail,” Roberts continued. “I thought I could get an even greater position of power by kowtowing to the demands of Trump, but now he says that my ass isn’t as supple as it used to be, and that I keep losing concentration when I’m servicing him. But what can I do? He keeps falling asleep in the middle. Justice Thomas said the same thing. I knew people had said that with Trump, loyalty is a one-way street, but it’s shocking to experience it myself. I used to have all the power in the world, but now I just really feel used by this whole ordeal.”